August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 16 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For August 3, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 21.

Saints

• Holy Myrrh-bearer Salome (1st century)^{[1][2][note 2]}
• Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome, and Companions (257)^{[4][5][note 3]} (see also: August 2)
• Venerable Saints Isaac (383),^[6] Dalmatius, and Faustus (5th century), ascetics of the Dalmatian Monastery at Constantinople.^[1][7]
• Protomartyr Rajden (Razhdenes) of Tsromi and Nikozi, Georgia (457)^{[1][8][9][10]}
• Saint Cosmas of Palestine, eunuch and hermit (6th century)^{[1][11][10][12]}
• Martyr Olympios the Prefect (Olympius the Eparch), Byzantine noble martyred under the Persian King Chosroes II for confessing the Orthodox Faith (c. 610-641)^[13]
• Saint John of Patalaria Monastery, Confessor and Abbot (8th-9th centuries)^[1][5][14]
• Venerable Theoclita (Theokliti) the Wonderworker, of Optimaton (Theme of the Optimatoi) (ca. 842)^{[1][15][note 4]}
• Saints John the Monastic, and John the New, Bishops of Ephesus.^{[5][16][note 5]}
• Venerable Nuns Theodora, and Theopisti her daughter, of Aegina, in Thessaloniki (892)^{[5][17][note 6]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Aspren (Aspronas), Bishop of Naples (1st century)^{[18][note 7]}
• Saint Euphronius, Bishop of Autun in France and a friend of St Lupus of Troyes, Confessor (c. 475)^[18][19]
• Saint Trea, hermitess, converted to Orthodoxy by St Patrick, she spent the rest of her life as an anchoress in Ardtree in Derry, Ireland (5th century)^[18]
• saint Faustus, son of St Dalmatius of Pavia in Italy, lived the life of a holy monk (5th century)^[18]
• Saint Senach (Snach), a disciple of St Finian and his successor as Abbot of Clonard in Ireland (6th century)^[18]
• Saint Benno, hermit on Mt Etzel in Switzerland, a founder of the monastery of Einsiedeln, became Bishop of Metz in 927 (940)^{[18][note 8]}
• Saint Gregory of Nonantula, Abbot of Nonantola Abbey near Modena in Italy (933)^[18]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Anthony the Roman, Abbot in Novgorod (1147)^{[1][10][20][21]}
• Nine Kherkheulidze brothers, their mother and sister, and 9,000 others, who suffered on the field of Marabda, Georgia (1625)^[1][22][23]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Viacheslav Lukanin, Deacon (1918)^[10][24]
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas Pomerantsev, Priest (1938)^[10][24]

Other commemorations

• Repose of Hiero-schemamonk Ignatius of Harbin (1958)^[1][25]

Icon gallery

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  Icon of the two Marys and Salome at the Tomb of Jesus.

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  Hieromartyr Stephen, Pope of Rome.

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  St. Isaac of Dalmatia.

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  St. Razhden the Protomartyr.

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  Church of Sant'Aspreno ai Crociferi, Naples, dedicated to Saint Aspren.

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  Venerable Anthony the Roman.

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  Icon of Nine Brothers Kherkheulidze with their Mother and Sister.

Notes

1. 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").
2. She was the mother of the Apostles James and John, the wife of Zebedee, and the daughter of Joseph the Betrothed, who was a widower when he became betrothed to the Mother of God. She was a disciple of the Lord and one of the Myrrh-bearing women who first brought tidings of the Resurrection to the world.^[3] Name days celebrated today include:
   • Salome (Σαλώμη).
3. He is commemorated in certain Synaxaria on September 7 as well.
4. In Codex 73 of the Monastery of Our Lady of Halki, there is also a saint called Theokliti, whose memory is commemorated on August 21.
5. Their memory is preserved in two codices, the Patmiako Codex 266, and the Parisian Codex 152. In the Parisian Codex they are also commemorated on August 4.
6. Their memory was celebrated on August 29, but was moved to August 3, dueto the feast of the Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John.
7. "At Naples, in Campania, St. Aspren, bishop, who was cured of a sickness by the apostle St. Peter, and after being baptized, was made bishop of that city."^[19]
8. Born in Swabia in Germany, he became a hermit on Mt Etzel in Switzerland, St Meinrad's former hermitage. He lived there with a few disciples, so founding the monastery of Einsiedeln. In 927 he became Bishop of Metz in France. Striving to overcome abuses, he was attacked and blinded by enemies of Christ. He resigned and returned to Einsiedeln.

References

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3. Holy Myrrh-bearer Salome. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
4. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πάπας Ρώμης καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ. 3 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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7. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ὅσιοι Δαλμάτιος, Φαῦστος, καὶ Ἰσαάκιος. 3 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. The Martyr Razhdenes. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
9. Martyr Razhden of Persia the Georgian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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11. Venerable Cosmas the Eunuch and Hermit of Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
12. The Monk Kosma the Hermit. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
13. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὀλύμπιος ὁ ἔπαρχος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 3 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ὁμολογητὴς ἡγούμενος τῆς Μονῆς Πατελαρίας. 3 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἡ Ὁσία Θεοκλητῶ ἡ Θαυματουργός. 3 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ Νέος Ἐπίσκοποι Ἐφέσου. 3 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ὁσίες Θεοδώρα καὶ Θεοπίστη ἡ θυγατέρα της ἐξ Αἰγίνης. 3 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. August 3. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
19. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 230-231.
20. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ρωμαῖος ἐκ Νοβογορδίας (Ρῶσος). 3 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. 9 Kherkheulidze Brothers with their Mother and Sister and Nine Thousand Martyrs of Marabda. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
23. 9 Kherkheulidze Brothers with their Mother and Sister and Nine Thousand Martyrs of Marabda. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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25. Menologion: The Third Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.

Sources

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• Dr. Alexander Roman. August. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
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• Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 3 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 3 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

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