August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Dormition.
• ''Translation of the "Image not made by hands" (Acheiropoieta) of Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944)

Saints

• Martyr Diomedes the Physician, of Tarsus in Cilicia (298){{#tag:ref|Name days celebrated today include:
• Diomedes (Διομήδης).|group=note}}
• Martyr Alcibiades, by fire.{{#tag:ref|Name days celebrated today include:
• Alcibiades (Ἀλκιβιάδης).|group=note}}
• 33 Martyrs of Palestine, by the sword.
• Venerable Chaeremon of Egypt (4th century)
• Saint Anthony the Stylite, of Martqopi, Georgia (6th century)
• Saint Makarios the Archbishop.

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Ambrose, a centurion put to death under Diocletian, in Ferentino, central Italy (c. 303)
• Saint Titus, a Deacon martyred during the sack of Rome by the Goths, while distributing alms to the half-starved population (c. 410)
• Saint Armagillus (Armel), founder of Saint-Armel-des-Boscheaux and Plou-Ermel (Ploermel) in Brittany (c. 550)
• Saint Eleutherius of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre from 532–561, who assisted at the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Councils of Orléans between 533 and 549 (561)
• Saint Simplician, a friend and advisor of St Ambrose, whom he succeeded as Bishop of Milan (400)
• Saint Stephen of Hungary, King of Hungary (1038) (see also: August 20 - East)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Joachim, monk, of Osogovo and Sarandapor, Bulgarian monk (1105)
• Saint Eustathius II, archbishop of Serbia (1309)
• Venerable Nilus of Ereikoussa, nephew of Emperor Theodore Laskaris (c. 1335)
• Saint Romanus the Sinaite, of Djunisa, Serbia (14th century)
• Monk-martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia, at Damascus (15th century)
• Saint Akakios, Bishop of Liti and Rendini (15th century)
• Venerable Diodorus, Abbot of Yuriev Monastery, Solovki (1633)
• Venerable New Monk-Martyr Nicodemus of Meteora (1551)
• Venerable Daniel of Meteora.
• Venerable Gerasimus of Kefalonia, the New Ascetic of Cephalonia (1579)
• Saint Raphael of Banat in Serbia (c. 1590)
• Venerable Timothy of Euripos (Timothy of Chalcedon), Archbishop, founder of the Pendeli Monastery (1590)
• New Martyr Stamatius of Demetrias, near Volos, at Constantinople (1680)
• New Great-martyr Apostolos of the town of St. Laurence, martyred at Constantinople (1686)
• New Martyrs King Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia, his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, Matthew, and his counsellor Ioannicius (1714)|group=note}} (* see also: May 21*)
• Saint Joseph of Văratec Monastery, Romania (1828)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Stephen, Priest (1918)
• New Hieromartyrs priest Vladimir, and his brother Boris (1931)
• New Hieromartyr Alexander Sokolov, Priest, Virgin Martyr Anna Yezhov, and Martyr Jacob Gortinsky (1937)
• Venerable Elder Joseph the Hesychast, of New Skete, Mt. Athos (1959){{#tag:ref|On October 20, 2019, at the Protaton Church in Karyes on Mt. Athos, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew announced that the glorification of four great 20th-century Athonite elders would soon proceed, including:
• Daniel of Katounakia (†1929)
• Ieronymos of Simonopetra (†1957)
• Joseph the Hesychast (†1959), and
• Ephraim of Katounakia (†1998)). Commenting on the forthcoming glorification of Elder Joseph the Hesychast, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America said: :"We are especially blessed in America because the founder of monasticism here, Elder Ephraim, made sure that he would bring us the sacred skull of Elder Joseph, who is also his spiritual father." He was officially glorified by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on March 9, 2020, to be commemorated each year on August 16/29, the day after the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.|group=note}}

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (1798) of Martyrs Seraphim, Dorotheus, Jacob (James), Demetrius, Basil, and Sarantis, of Megara.
• Repose of Matrona (Popova), in monasticism Maria (1851), disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk.

Icons

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore ("Feodorovskaya") of Kostroma (1239)
• Icon of the Theotokos of Port Arthur (1904)

Icon gallery

File:Abgarwithimageofedessa10thcentury.jpg|King Abgar with the Image of Edessa (St Catherine's monastery, Mount Sinai.) File:FrescoDiomedes.jpg|Saint Diomedes, fresco at Hilandar Monastery, Mt. Athos. File:IMG 7373 - MI - San Simpliciano - Corpo S. Simpliciano, vescovo di Milano - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 25-Mar-2007.jpg|Reliquary of Saint Simplician. File:Portrayal of Stephen I, King of Hungary on the coronation pall.jpg|Portrayal of King Stephen I on the Hungarian coronation pall from 1031. File:C-tin Brancoveanu.jpg|King Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia, and his sons (Church mural in Hurezi Monastery). File:Иосиф Исихаст.jpg|Venerable Elder Joseph (Spilaiotis) the Hesychast. File:Fedorovskaya3.jpg|Theotokos of Saint Theodore ("Feodorovskaya"). File:Theotokos of Port Arthur.jpg|Theotokos of Port Arthur.

Notes

References

Sources

• August 16 / August 29. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• August 29 / August 16. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• August 16. 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. 60.
• Menologion: The Sixteenth Day Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.
• August 16. 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. 245-246.
• 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. 395-396.

; Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 16 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 16 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

; Russian Sources

• 29 августа (16 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

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3. Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang. el ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/384/sxsaintinfo.aspx Μνήμη εἰσόδου τῆς ἀχειροτεύκτου μορφῆς τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ].'' 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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5. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102304 Translation of the Image “Not-Made-By-Hands” of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople, the Third “Feast of the Savior in August”].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102305 Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus, in Cilicia].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
7. ''[[: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. 245-246.
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9. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102306 Venerable Cherimon (Chaeremon) of Egypt].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103878 St Anthony of Martkofeli].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
11. [http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdaug.htm August 16]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
12. Rev. Richard Stanton. ''[https://archive.org/details/menologyofenglan00stanrich 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. 395–396.
13. ''[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/August/16-09.htm Martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia].'' Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
14. ''[http://www.saint.gr/4351/saint.aspx Άγιος Ακάκιος Επίσκοπος Λητής και Ρεντίνης].'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
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16. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=103408 Repose of the Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of the Yuriev Monastery, Solovki].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
17. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=108991 Hieromartyr Nicodemus of Meteora].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
18. Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang. el ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/393/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Δανιὴλ ὁ Μετεωρίτης].'' 16 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=108993 Venerable Gerasimus the New Ascetic of Cephalonia].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=108992 New Martyr Stamatius of Volos].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
21. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=149014 St Constantine Brancoveanu].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=149015 St Constantine the Younger].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
23. ''[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=149019 St Ianache Vacarescu].'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. 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. 60.
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28. ''[https://orthochristian.com/124847.html ELDER JOSEPH THE HESYCHAST, THREE OTHER 20TH-CENTURY ATHONITE ELDERS CANONIZED].'' Orthodox Christianity. Mt. Athos, October 21, 2019.
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30. ''[https://www.goarch.org/-/joseph-the-hesychast-americas-new-saint Joseph the Hesychast, America’s new Saint].'' Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. October 21, 2019.
31. In 2019, the Holy Transfiguration Skete of the [[Trinity Monastery of St. Jonas. Holy Trinity-St. Jonas Monastery]], in the village of Nescherov in the Kiev Province, established that the monastery would celebrate the elder's memory on the Sunday nearest to the feast of the Dormition, according to the Abbot, His Eminence Archbishop Jonah of Obukhov ([[:ru:Иона (Черепанов). ru]]).''[http://orthochristian.com/119497.html KIEV MONASTERY ESTABLISHES CELEBRATION OF ELDER JOSEPH THE HESYCHAST].'' Orthodox Christianity. Kiev, February 21, 2019.
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