August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.

Saints

• Hieromartyr Alexander of Comana, Bishop of Comana (3rd century)
• Martyrs Pamphilus and Capito, by the sword (3rd century)
• Martyrs Anicetus and Photius, and others, of Nicomedia (288)
• Holy 12 soldier-martyrs of Crete, by the sword.
• Venerable Pallamon of Egypt (c. 323), instructor of St. Pachomius the Great.
• Venerable Saints Sergius and Stephen, peacefully.
• Venerable Castor, peacefully.

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Hilaria, Digna, Euprepia, Eunomia, Quiriacus, Largio, Crescentian, Nimmia, Juliana and Companions (c. 304)
• Saint Euplus of Catania (304)) (see also: August 11)
• Saint Gracilian and Felicissima (c. 304)
• Saint Cassian of Benevento, Bishop of Benevento (c. 340)
• Saint Eusebius of Milan, a Greek by birth, was Bishop of Milan in Italy for sixteen years, he opposed Eutychianism (465)
• Saint Herculanus of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia in Italy (c. 550)
• Saint Molaise of Devenish (Laisrén mac Nad Froích) (563)
• Saint Muredach (Murtagh, Muiredach), first Bishop of Killala and founder of Innismurray (6th century)
• Saint Seigine (Ségéne mac Fiachnaí), Abbot of Iona (652)
• Saint Porcarius, Abbot of Lérins, and 500 Companions, massacred by the Saracens (c. 732)
• Saint Jambert (Jænberht, Janbert), fourteenth Archbishop of Canterbury (792)
• Saint Merewenna (Marwenne, Morwenna), the local saint of Marhamchurch near Bude in Cornwall.
• Saint Ust (Justus). The town of St Just, a few miles from Penzance in Cornwall, is named after this hermit.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• New Hieromartyrs of David Gareja Monastery, slain by the Dagestanis (Lekians) (1851): :* Gerontius and Serapion (hieromonks); Otar (deacon); Monk-martyrs Germanus, Bessarion, and Michael, and New Martyr Symeon.

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyrs of the Belogorsk St. Nicholas Monastery (Perm) (1918-1919): :* Barlaam (Konoplev), Archimandrite, :* Anthony (Arapov), Abbot, :* Sergius (Vershinin), Elijah (Popov), Vyacheslav (Kosozhilin), Ioasaph (Sabintsev), and John (Novoselov), Hieromonks; :* Micah (Podkorytov), Bessarion (Okulov), Euthymius (Korotkov), and Matthew (Bannikov), Hierodeacons; :* New Monk-martyrs: Euthymius, Barnabas, Demetrius, Sabbas, Hermogenes, Arcadius, and Marcellus; :* Martyred novices: John, Jacob, Peter, Jacob, Alexander, Theodore, Peter, Sergius, and Alexis.
• New Hieromartyr Basil Infantiev, Priest (1918)
• New Hieromartyrs Leonidas Biryukovich, John Nikolsky, and Nicholas Dobroumov, Priests (1937)
• New Martyr Eudocia Safronova (1938)

Other commemorations

• Translation of relics of St. Eadwold of Cerne (Edwold) (c. 900), hermit of Cerne.

Icon gallery

File:Святой Фотий.jpg|Saint Photius the Martyr File:Case of Molaise's Gospels.png|Cover from the Soiscél Molaisse File:Kreuzerhoehungskirche.jpg|Belogorsk St. Nicholas Monastery (Perm), in 1917

Notes

References

Sources

• August 12 / August 25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• August 25 / August 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• August 12. 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 Twelfth Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.
• August 12. 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. 240-241.
• 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. pp. 389-391.

; Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 12 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 12 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

; Russian Sources

• 25 августа (12 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

References

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3. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102282 Hieromartyr Alexander the Bishop of Comana].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
4. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=108996 Martyr Pamphilus].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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6. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102279 Martyr Anicetus of Nicomedia].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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8. Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang. el ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/357/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δώδεκα Στρατιῶτες Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τὴν Κρήτη].'' 12 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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12. 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.
13. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdaug.htm August 12]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
14. ''[[:iarchive:romanmartyrology00cathuoft. 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. 240-241.
15. Rev. [[Sabine Baring-Gould]] (M.A.). "S. EUPLIUS, D.M. (A.D. 304.)." In: ''[[:iarchive:TheLivesOfTheSaintsV09. The Lives of the Saints]].'' Volume the Ninth: August. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 116-118.
16. Rev. [[Sabine Baring-Gould]] (M.A.). "S. MUREDACH, B. OF KILLALA. (ABOUT A.D. 580.)." In: ''[[:iarchive:TheLivesOfTheSaintsV09. The Lives of the Saints]].'' Volume the Ninth: August. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 118-119.