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August 18 2026:

Afterfeast of the Dormition; Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria; Martyrs Hermes, Serapion, and Polyaenus of Rome; Hieromartyr Emilian, Martyrs Hilarion, Dionysius, and Hermippus, and others (about 1,000) of Italy; Saints John (V) and George (I), Patriarchs of Constantinople; Saint Barnabas and his nephew Saint Sophronius, monks of Mount Mela near Trebizond in Asia Minor; Saint Christopher of Gazara, Abbot of Mount Mela Monastery; Saint Sophronius of St. Anne's Skete on Mount Athos; uncovering of the relics of Saint Arsenios of Paros; Martyr Juliana near Strobilus; Martyr Leo, drowned near Myra in Lycia; four holy ascetics; a multitude of paupers who were burned for smashing idols; Venerable Macarios, Igumen of the Pelekete Monastery; Martyr Agapitos of Praeneste; repose of Saint John, Abbot of Rila; Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Directress" or "Hodigitria" in the Mela monastery, according to Tradition, written by St. Luke

( August 5 2026: Julian Calendar )

Forefeast of the Transfiguration; Martyr Eusignius of Antioch; Martyrs Cantidius, Cantidian, and Sibelius (Sobel) of Egypt; Martyr Pontius at Cimella in France; Hieromartyrs Fabian and Antherus (Antheros), Popes of Rome; Righteous Nonna, mother of St. Gregory the Theologian; Martyr Oswald, King of Northumbria; Venerable Job of Ushchelsk; Saint Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov; Saint Eugene of Aitola; New-Martyr Habakkuk of Thessaloniki; Blessed John the Romanian; Martyrs Afra, Eunomia, Digna, and Eutropia, of Augsburg; Saint Gormgalios, Abbot of Ardoilen

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