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Tuesday, 1 September 2026

19 August 2026 on the Old calendar

  • ✚Beginning of the Indiction (that is, the New Year)

Liturgical colour: gold

Saints of the day

  • Venerable Symeon the Stylite
  • Venerable Martha, mother of St. Symeon the Stylite
  • Righteous Joshua, Son of Nun
  • 40 Virgin-Martyrs and Martyr Deacon Ammun, their instructor
  • Martyr Callista and her half-brothers Evodus and Hermogenes
  • Commemoration of the great fire at Constantinople under Emperor Leo I
  • Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos at the Miasena Monastery (in honor of the finding of her icon)
  • Venerable Evanthia
  • Venerable Meletius the New
  • New Martyr Angeles
  • Venerable Nicholas
  • Venerable Anthony in Agyia
  • Agathoclia
  • Martyr Aithalas the Deacon
  • Venerable New Martyr Tatiana (Gribkova) and New Martyr Natalia (Kozlova)
  • “Chernigov-Gethsemane” Icon of the Theotokos
  • Alexandria Icon of the Theotokos
  • Augustów Icon of the Theotokos
  • “All Blessed” Icon of the Theotokos in Kazan
  • St. Giles, Abbot and Confessor of Narbonne
  • Twelve Holy Brothers at Benevento
  • Hieromartyr Priscus, Bishop of Capua
  • Hieromartyr Sixtus (Xystus), bishop of Rheims
  • Hieromartyr Terentian, Bishop of Todi in Umbria
  • Martyrs Vincent and Lætus in Spain
  • Martyr Regulus in Piombino, Tuscany
  • St. Lupus, Bishop of Sens
  • St. Priscus, Bishop of Capua, Confessor, and his companions: Castrensis, Tammarus, Rosius, Heraclius, Secundinus, Adjutor, Mark, Augustus, Elpidius, Canion, and Vindonius
  • St. Constantius, Bishop of Aquino
  • St. Victorius, Bishop of Le Mans
  • Venerable Verena at Zurzach

Fasting

No fast

Any food is fine.

Fasting is personal; ask your priest.

Readings

Full text of the readings