ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY THEN AND NOW: Saints and Feasts of August 13

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August 13, 2018

Saints and Feasts of August 13

Dead Maximus was translated on the thirteenth.

(Fasting Day)

Leavetaking of the Feast of the
Transfiguration of the Savior Christ

The Afterfeast of the Transfiguration

Transfiguration of Christ Resource Page

Translation and Placement of the Sacred Relic
of the Venerable Maximus the Confessor

Saint Maximus the Confessor Resource Page

Holy Empress Eudocia

Saint Eudocia the Empress, Wife of Emperor Theodosius the Younger

Empress Eudocia and the Apple of Discord

Venerable Seridos, Abbot of the Monastery in Gaza

Holy Abba Seridos of Gaza

Venerable Dorotheos of Gaza

Saint Dorotheos of Gaza Resource Page

Venerable Dositheos the Submissive,
Disciple of Saint Dorotheos

Saint Dositheos the Submissive, Disciple of Abba Dorotheos

August: Day 13: Teaching 2: Venerable Dositheos

Holy Empress Irene,
Who Was Renamed Xene as a Monastic

Synaxarion of Saint Irene, Empress of the Romans, Founder of Pantocrator Monastery in Constantinople

Holy Empress Irene of Constantinople, Who Was Renamed Xene as a Monastic

Holy Martyr Koronatos

Holy Martyr Koronatos

Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, Bishop of Voronezh

Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk Resource Page

Holy Martyr Maxim Rumyantsev the Fool for Christ

Holy Martyr Maxim Rumyantsev the Fool for Christ (+ 1928)

Uncovering of the Sacred Relic
of Saint Maximus of Moscow

Saint Maximus of Moscow the Fool for Christ (+ 1434)

St. Maxim the Fool: "Yes, It Is Bitterly Cold, But Paradise Is Sweet!"

Synaxis of the Minsk Icon of the Mother of God

Synaxis of the Minsk Icon of the Mother of God