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August 28 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 30
All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 11 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For August 29, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 16.
- The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John (ca. 28)[1][2][3][4][note 2][note 3]
- Saints Candida (418) and Gelasia (422), of Constantinople.[1][7]
- Saint Theodora, nun, of Thessaloniki, who was from Aegina (892)[1][3][7][8][note 4] (see also: April 5)
- Saint Arcadius of Arsinoe, Cyprus, Bishop and Wonderworker.[1][3][7][9]
- Saint Basil I the Macedonian, Byzantine Emperor (886)[3][10][note 5]
- Saint Sabina, matron and martyr from Rome (c. 126)[11][note 6]
- Saint Sabina of Troyes, by tradition the sister of St Sabinian of Troyes in France where she was venerated together with him (c. 275)[11][note 7]
- Saint Candida, one of a group of martyrs who suffered on the Ostian Way outside the gates of Rome.[11][note 8]
- Saint Euthymius, a Roman who fled to Perugia in Italy with his wife and his child, St Crescentius, during the persecution of Diocletian (4th century)[11][note 9]
- Saint Adelphus, an early Bishop of Metz and Confessor (5th century)[6][11]
- Saint Sæbbi of Essex (Sebbi, Sebba), King of Essex and monk (c. 694)[1][6][7][11][12][13][note 10]
- Saint Medericus (Merry), a monk at St Martin's in Autun, where he eventually became abbot (c. 700)[6][11][note 11]
- Saint Velleicus (Willeic), born in England, he followed St Swithbert to Germany and became Abbot of Kaiserswerth (8th century)[11]
- Saint Eadwold of Cerne (Edwold), hermit at Cerne in Dorset in England (9th century)[11][note 12][note 13]
- Saint Alberic, a monk who lived at Bagno de Romagua in Italy (1050)[11]
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- Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Voche, near Galich (16th century)[5][7]
- New Martyr Anastasius (Spaso) of Strumica, at Thessaloniki (1794)[1][5][7][15]
New martyrs and confessors
- Commemoration of all Orthodox soldiers killed on the field of battle.[1][7]
- Translation of the relics (1699) of St. Joseph Samakus the Sanctified, of Crete (1511)[1][5][7][note 14]
- Repose of Hiero-Schemamonk Poemen of Cernica (1831)[1]
- Repose of Righteous Pachomius the Silent, of Valdai Monastery (1886)[1]
Head of Saint John the Baptist.
Gold solidus of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian.
- The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - "THE beheading of St. John the Baptist, who was put to death by Herod about the feast of Easter. However, the solemn commemoration takes place today, when his venerable head was found for the second time. It was afterwards solemnly carried to Rome, where it is kept in the church of St. Silvester, near Campo Marzio, and honored by the people with the greatest devotion."[6]
- He is not included in the Synaxaria. However his memory is recorded in the Byzantine Church Calendar of Gideon (Βυζαντινὸ Ἑορτολόγιο τοῦ Γεδεῶν), p. 161, as a founder and renovator of many churches and monasteries. Basil (867-886) was included with the saints in some Menologia for his piety and his enrichment of the capital (Constantinople) with sacred buildings to the Glory of God.
- "At Rome, on Mount Aventine, the birthday of St. Sabina, martyr. Under the emperor Adrian, she was struck with the sword, and thus obtained the palm of martyrdom."[6] The famous Basilica on the Aventine in Rome is dedicated to her.
- King of Essex in England. After a peaceful reign of thirty years he became a monk at the monastery of Westminster ('the monastery in the West') which he had founded. His life was one of prayer, repentance and almsgiving.
- Later he lived as a hermit near Paris, where now stands the church of Saint-Merry.
- Possibly the brother of St Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia.
- Rev. Richard Stanton lists him under Nov. 27th in his Menology of England and Wales as follows:
- "EDWOLD was brother of St. Edmund, King and Martyr, who, after witnessing the misfortunes of his house and country, resolved to forsake this deceitful world, and prepare for eternity by a life of solitude and rigorous mortification. The retreat he chose was Cerne or Cernel, in Dorsetshire, a spot said to have been formerly visited by St. Augustine, in his attempt to convert the people of those parts. There Edwold lived in a solitary cell, tasting nothing but bread and water, and giving himself up to exercises of devotion. He died with a reputation of great holiness; and the veneration with which he was regarded in later years induced Egelward, a wealthy nobleman, to build a monastery in honour of St. Peter over the place of his burial."[14]
- His feast day is on January 22.
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