August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Feasts

• Afterfeast of the Dormition.
• Translation of the "Image not made by hands" of Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople

  Saints

• Martyr Diomedes the Physician, of Tarsus in Cilicia
• Martyr Alcibiades, by fire.
• 33 Martyrs of Palestine, by the sword.
• Venerable Chaeremon of Egypt
• Saint Anthony the Stylite, of Martqopi, Georgia
• Saint Makarios the Archbishop.

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Ambrose, a centurion put to death under Diocletian, in Ferentino, central Italy
• Saint Titus, a Deacon martyred during the sack of Rome by the Goths, while distributing alms to the half-starved population
• Saint Armagillus, founder of Saint-Armel-des-Boscheaux and Plou-Ermel in Brittany
• 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
• Saint Simplician, a friend and advisor of St Ambrose, whom he succeeded as Bishop of Milan
• Saint Stephen of Hungary, King of Hungary

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Joachim, monk, of Osogovo and Sarandapor, Bulgarian monk
• Saint Eustathius II, archbishop of Serbia
• Venerable Nilus of Ereikoussa, nephew of Emperor Theodore Laskaris
• Saint Romanus the Sinaite, of Djunisa, Serbia
• Monk-martyr Christopher of Guria, Georgia, at Damascus
• Saint Akakios, Bishop of Liti and Rendini
• Venerable Diodorus, Abbot of Yuriev Monastery, Solovki
• Venerable New Monk-Martyr Nicodemus of Meteora
• Venerable Daniel of Meteora.
• Venerable Gerasimus of Kefalonia, the New Ascetic of Cephalonia
• Saint Raphael of Banat in Serbia
• Venerable Timothy of Euripos, Archbishop, founder of the Pendeli Monastery
• New Martyr Stamatius of Demetrias, near Volos, at Constantinople
• New Great-martyr Apostolos of the town of St. Laurence, martyred at Constantinople
• New Martyrs King Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia, his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, Matthew, and his counsellor Ioannicius
• Saint Joseph of Văratec Monastery, Romania

  New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Stephen, Priest
• New Hieromartyrs priest Vladimir, and his brother Boris
• New Hieromartyr Alexander Sokolov, Priest, Virgin Martyr Anna Yezhov, and Martyr Jacob Gortinsky
• Venerable Elder, of New Skete, Mt. Athos

  Other commemorations

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

  Icons

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore of Kostroma
• Icon of the Theotokos of Port Arthur

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