August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 10 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 12

All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 24 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 11, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 29.

Feasts

Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.August 11 / August 24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

Virgin-martyr SusannaVirginmartyr Susanna. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and those with her (295): Hieromartyrs Gaius, Pope of Rome; the priest Gabinus; Martyrs Maximus, Claudius and his wife Praepedigna; and their sons Alexander and Cuthias. Holy Hieromartyr Archdeacon Euplus of Catania (304)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὖπλος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας ὁ Διάκονος. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 11 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Martyr and Archdeacon Euplius of Catania. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyrs Neophytus, Zeno, Gaius, Mark, Macarius, and Gaianus, by fire.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νεόφυτος, Ζήνων, Γάϊος, Μᾶρκος, Μακάριος καὶ Γαϊανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Ia and 9,000 with her in Persia (363)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἰᾶς ἡ Μάρτυς. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: August 4 and September 11) Venerable Passarion, Bishop in Palestine (428)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Πασσαρίων. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: May 10)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saint Rufinus and Companions, an early bishop (Episcopus Marsorum), martyred with companions in Italy.August 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Tiburtius, a martyr in Rome, connected with the soldier-martyr St Sebastian and was entombed at the Via Lavicana (c. 288)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. TIBURTIUS, M., AND CHROMATIUS, C. (A.D. 286.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Ninth: August. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 113-114.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article XIV.—Feast of St. Tiburtius." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VIII. Dublin, 1875. p. 173. Saint Chromatius, the Prefect of Rome and father of St Tiburtius the martyr (3rd century) Saint Digna, a holy virgin in Todi in Umbria in Italy, lived as an anchoress in the mountains nearby during the persecution of Diocletian (4th century) Saint Taurinus, first Bishop of Evreux, Gaul (c. 412)August 24 / August 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Attracta (Athracht), an anchoress, first in Killaraght on Lough Gara and then in Drum near Boyle (5th century)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. ATTRACTA, VIRGIN AND PATRONESS OF KILLARAUGHT, COUNTY OF SLIGO." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VIII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 150-167. Saint Equitius, founder of a number of monasteries in the province of Valeria in Italy (c. 540) Saint Bláán (Blane), Bishop of Bute, Scotland (c. 590) (see also: August 10) Saint Gaugericus (Gau, Géry), Bishop of Cambrai and Arras in France, Confessor (c. 625) Saint Lelia, a holy virgin connected with Limerick and Kerry; several places in Ireland are named after her.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article V.—St. Lelia, Virgin, Dioceses of Limerick and Kerry." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VIII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 170-171.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Monk-martyrs Basil and Theodore, of the Kiev Caves (1098)Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βασίλειος καὶ Θεόδωρος οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Theodore (in monasticism Theodosius) of the Kiev Caves, Prince of Ostrog in Volhynia (1483)St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople (1508)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νήφων Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St Niphon the Patriarch of Constantinople of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Martyrs Anastasius Paneras of Asomaton, and Demetrius Begiazis of Agiasos on Lesbos, at Kasamba in Asia Minor (1816)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀναστάσιος Πανερὰς καὶ Δημήτριος ὁ Μπεγιάζης οἱ Μάρτυρες. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint John, recluse of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1867)RUSSIAN CHURCH ADDS 30 LOCALLY-VENERATED SAINTS TO CHURCH-WIDE CALENDAR. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017.

New martyrs and confessors

Venerable Martyr St Rafaela (Tertatska), (Rafaela of Chyhyryn), Igumenia (1926)Dr. Alexander Roman. August . Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).

Other commemorations

Commemoration of the Miracle (1716) of St. Spyridon (348) on Corfu with the Hagarenes.Leonidas J. Papadopulos, Georgia Lizardos, et al (Transl.). "The Miracle of Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker Against the Turkish Invasion of Kerkira." In: New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke. Seattle: St. Nectarios Press, 1985. pp. 258-260.Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνάμνηση Θαύματος Ἁγίου Σπυρίδωνα. 11 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Repose of Elder Sampson (Sievers) (Edward von Sievers), Spiritual Director at Poltava's Monastery of the Exaltation of the Precious Cross (1979) Repose of Archpriest Nicholas Guryanov of Talabsk Island, in Pskov (Chudskoye) lake (2002) Uncovering of the relics (2011) of Venerable Theophan (Medvedev), Schema-Archimandrite of the Rykhlovsk Monastery (ru), in the Nizhyn diocese, Ukraine (1977) ФЕОФАН РЫХЛОВСКИЙ. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree"). Retrieved: September 26, 2026. 11 серпня (за ст.ст.) / 24 серпня, Середа. Календар - Українська Православна Церква, Офіційна мережа сайтів (Calendar - Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Official network of sites). Retrieved: September 26, 2026 (see also: January 5 - Feast Day)

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References

Sources August 11 / August 24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). August 24 / August 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). August 11. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 59. Menologion: The Eleventh Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China. August 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 239-240. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 389.

Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 11 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 11 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources 24 августа (11 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).