For Prayer and Fasting

August 5
Martyr Eusignius of Antioch (362).
Hieromartyrs Fabian (250) and Antherus (Antheros) (257), popes of Rome.
Martyr Pontius at Cimella in France (257).
Martyrs Cantidius, Cantidian and Sibelius (Sobel), of Egypt.
Righteous Nonna (374), mother of St. Gregory the Theologian.
St. Oswald, king and martyr (642).

Luke 9:28-36 Matins Gospel
Λουκᾶν 9:28-36
Луки 9:28-36 (на утрене)
 
On the Holy Feast-Day of Transfiguration (Metamorphosis) on August 6th (19th) our tradition calls that the Orthodox Christian faithful bring fruits and even vegetables to be blessed on this day. The most common fruit to be blessed are grapes.

The blessing of fruits i.e., grapes, apples, etc., as well as vegetables on this day, is one very beautiful custom of our Holy Church. The practice signifies the final transfiguration of all things in Christ our Savior. “It signifies the ultimate flowering and fruitfulness of all creation in the Paradise of God’s Kingdom of Life where all will be transformed by the Glory of the Lord”.

This is an early Christian tradition. The first week of August, on the sixth of August, the farmers used to gather the first fruits of their summer harvest (grapes, figs, etc.) and to offer thanks to God and offer them to the Church to be blessed and then to give them to the faithful present at the Divine Liturgy as a blessing to them.

August 6
The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ (Second "Feast of the Saviour" in August).
St. Theoctistus, bishop of Chernigov (1123).

2 Peter 1:10-19
Matthew 17:1-9

On the Holy Feast-Day of Transfiguration (Metamorphosis) on August 6th (19th) our tradition calls that the Orthodox Christian faithful bring fruits and even vegetables to be blessed on this day. The most common fruit to be blessed are grapes.
The blessing of fruits i.e., grapes, apples, etc., as well as vegetables on this day, is one very beautiful custom of our Holy Church. The practice signifies the final transfiguration of all things in Christ our Savior. “It signifies the ultimate flowering and fruitfulness of all creation in the Paradise of God’s Kingdom of Life where all will be transformed by the Glory of the Lord”.
This is an early Christian tradition. The first week of August, on the sixth of August, the farmers used to gather the first fruits of their summer harvest (grapes, figs, etc.) and to offer thanks to God and offer them to the Church to be blessed and then to give them to the faithful present at the Divine Liturgy as a blessing to them. 

August 7
Martyr Dometius of Persia (363) and two disciples.
Martyrs Marinus the Soldier and Asterius the Senator at Caesarea in Palestine (260).
Venerable Hor (Horus) of the Thebaid (390).
Virgin Potamia of Alexandria.
Venerable Theodosius the New, healer of Peloponnesus (862).
St. Hierotheus of Hungary (10th c.).
St. Stephen I king of Hungary (1038).
Holy Ten Thousand Ascetics of Thebes.
Hieromartyr Narcissus, patriarch of Jerusalem (213).
Martyr Afra of Augsburg (304).

August 8
Synaxis of saints of Valaam Monastery (movable holiday on the Sunday after August 6th).
St. Emilian the Confessor, bishop of Cyzicus (820).
St. Myron, bishop of Crete (350).
Martyrs Eleutherius and Leonides of Constantinople, and many infants with them.
Martyr Gormizdas of Persia (418).
Twelve Ascetics of Egypt.
Two Martyrs of Tyre.
Martyr Styracius.

August 9
Apostle Matthias (63).
Martyr Anthony of Alexandria.
Venerable Psoes of Egypt (4th c.).
Martyrs Julian, Marcian, John, James, Alexius, Demetrius, Photius (Phocas), Peter, Leontius, and Mary, of Constantinople (726).
The Restoration of the Temple of the 40 Martyrs.

August 10
Holy Martyrs Archdeacon Laurence and Pope Sixtus, Felicissimus and Agapitus, deacons, and others with them (258).
Martyr Romanus, soldier, of Rome (258).
Six Martyrs of Bizin.

August 11
Holy Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus of Catania (304).
Martyrs Basil and Theodore of the Kiev Caves (1098).
Alexander and Cutias (295).
Venerable Passarion of Palestine.
St. Blaan, bishop of Bute (Dunblane), Scotland (590).
St. Taurinus, first bishop of Evreux, Gaul (2nd c.).
Martyrs Neophytus, Zeno, Gaius, Mark, Macarius, and Gaianus.

August 12
Martyrs Anicetus and Photius (Photinus) of Nicomedia (305).
Hieromartyr Alexander, bishop of Comana (3rd c.).
Martyrs Pamphilus and Capito.
Venerable Pallamon of Egypt, instructor of St. Pachomius the Great.
St. Muredach (Murtagh), first bishop of Killala and founder of Innismurray (6th c.).
St. Molaise of Devenish (563).
St. Seigine, abbot of Iona (652).
Sts. Sergius and Stephen, monks.
Soldier-martyrs of Crete.
Translation of relics of St. Edwold, hermit of Cerne.
St. Jambert, archbishop of Canterbury .

August 13
Venerable Maximus the Confessor (662).
Martyr Hippolytus of Rome and 18 martyrs with him, including Martyrs Concordia, Irenaeus, and Abundius (258).
Venerable Serid (Seridos), abbot, of Gaza (6th c.).
Empress Irene, tonsured Xenia (12th c.).
St. Eudocia the Empress (460), wife of Theodosius the Younger.
Venerable Radegunde of Poitiers, nun (587).
Venerable Abba Dorotheos of Gaza.
St. Wigbert, abbot of Hersfeld, English missionary to Germany (738).

August 14
Prophet Micah (8th c. B.C.).
Translation of the relics of Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves (1091).
Venerable Arcadius, monk, of Vyazma and New Torzhok (1077).
Hieromartyr Marcellus, bishop of Apamea (389).
Martyr Ursicius at Nicomedia.
St. Fachanan, abbot of Ross Carbery, Cork, Ireland (ca. 600).

Luke 1:39-49, 56 Matins Gospel

August 15
The Dormition of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.
Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God.
Reverence list of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God: "Kievo-Pechersk" (1073), "Ovinovsk" (1425), "Pskov-Pechersk" (1472), "Semigorodnaya" (15th c.) and "Piukhtitsk" (16th c.).
"Mosdok" (13th c.), "Atskursk" (1st. c.), "Tsilkansk" (4th c.), "Vlakhernsk" (Georgia), "Vladimirsko-Rostovsky" (12th c.), Gaenatsky (13th c.), "Bakhchisaraysk", "Chukhlomsk" (14th c.), "Surdegsk" (1530), "Tupichevsk" (17th c.) Icons of the Mother of God.
New Hieromartyr Andrew (Voliansky) priest.
St. Christos of Ioannina.

Philippians 2:5-11 Epistle, Theotokos
 Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28 Gospel, Theotokos

August 16
Translation of the Image Not-Made-By-Hands of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944).
Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia (298).
33 Martyrs of Palestine.
Venerable Joachim, monk, of Osogovo and Sarandapor (11th c.).
Venerable Anthony the Stylite of Martq'ophi, Georgia (6th c.).
Holy Martyr Kristepore Guruli .
St. Timothy of Chalcedon, archbishop, founder of the monastery of Pendeli.
Martyr Alcibiades.

August 17
Martyr Myron of Cyzicus (250).
Martyrs Paul and his sister Juliana of Syria (273).
Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, and Coronatus, with others at Caesarea in Bithynia (250).
Martyr Patroclus of Troyes (3rd c.).
Martyrs Straton, Philip, Eutychian, and Cyprian of Nicomedia (303).
Venerable Ellas of Calabria (903).
St. Jeroen, hieromartyr of Noordwijk (857).

August 18
Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria (2nd c.).
Martyrs Hermes, Serapion, and Polyaenus of Rome (2nd c.).
Martyrs Hilarion, Dionysius, and Hermippus, Hieromartyr Emilian, and others (about 1,000) of Italy (4th c.).
Sts. John (674) and George (683), patriarchs of Constantinople.
Venerable Macarius the Monk of Pelekete (830).
Repose of Venerable John, abbot of Rila (946).
The Hodigitria Icon of the Mother of God.
Venerable Barnabus and his nephew Venerable Sophronius, monks of Mt. Mela near Trebizond (412).