August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Aug. 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 3
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[edit] 2005
- New Calendarists only: Fasting day (for the Dormition)
- 7th Tuesday after Pentecost
- 1st Corinthians 6:20-7:12
- Matthew 14:1-13
[edit] Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 15 by Old Calendarists
[edit] Saints
- Blessed Basil of Moscow, Fool-for-Christ (1552)
- Blessed Basil of Kubensk (15th century)
- Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome
- Saint Marco of Belavinsk in Vologda
- Saint Friardus of Vidumitta in Gaul
- Martyr Phocas
- Martyr Theodore
[edit] Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Saint Stephen in 428
- Finding of the relics of righteous Nicodemus, Gamaliel, and Abibas in 428
- Translation of the relics of martyrs Maximus, Dada, and Quinctilian at Dorostolum in Bulgaria
- Repose of Priest Alexis Medvedkov of France (1934)
