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August 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)


Aug. 8 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Aug. 10

All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 22 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 9, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 27.

Holy Apostle Matthias.

Fresco of Saints Secundian, Marcellian and Verian.

Saint Philaret (Gumilevsky).

Holy New Martyr Ignatius (Bazyluk).

Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress regnant.

Venerable Herman of Alaska.

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