August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# August 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 19 – Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar – August 21

All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 2 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 20, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 7.

## Feasts

* Afterfeast of the Dormition.

## Saints

* Prophet Samuel (11th century BC)
* Hieromartyr Philip of Heraclea, Bishop, and with him Martyrs Severus, Memnon, and 37 soldiers, in Philippopolis, Thrace (304)
* Saints Reginus and Orestes the Great Martyrs, in Cyprus.
* Martyr Lucius the Senator, of Cyprus (c. 310)
* Martyrs Heliodorus and Dosa (Dausa) in Persia (380)
* Martyr Photine, at the gates of Blachernae.
* Saint Hierotheus, first Bishop and Enlightener of Hungary (10th century)
* Saint Stephen I of Hungary, King of Hungary (1038) (see also: August 16 - West)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Porphyrius, an early martyr in Palestrina near Rome.
* Saint Amator (Amadour), hermit.
* Saint Maximus, a disciple of St Martin and founder of the monastery of Chinon in France, confessor (c. 470)
* Martyr Oswine of Deira, king of Deira (651)
* Saint Haduin (Harduin), Bishop of Le Mans in France, he founded several monasteries including Notre-Dame-d'Evron (c. 662)
* Saint Philibert of Jumièges (Gaul) (685)
* Saint Eadberht of Northumbria (Edbert), successor of St Ceolwulf on the throne of Northumbria in England, then became a monastic (768)
* Saint Burchard, monk at Lobbes Abbey in Belgium, then became Bishop of Worms where he was a canonist (1026)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Abramius of Smolensk, Archimandrite, Wonderworker of Smolensk, (1220) (see also: August 21)
* New Martyr Theocharis of Neapolis, Cappadocia (1740)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Vladimir Chetverin, Priest (1938)
* New Martyrs of Estonia (1944-1955):

   * New Hieromartyr Peeter (Pähkel), Bishop of Tartu and Pechory (1948)

   * New Hieromartyr Alypy (Ivlev), Archimandrite (1950)

   * New Hieromartyr Vladimir Irodionov, Protopresbyter (1945)

   * New Hieromartyr Ioann Vark, Priest (1952)

   * New Hieromartyr Leonid Lavrov, Priest (1954)

   * New Hieromartyr Seraphim Ulyanov, Priest (1955)

   * Martyr Alexander Gadalin, church warden (1951)

   * Martyr Andrei Punsun (1955)

## Other commemorations

* Repose of Hieromonk Seraphim Rose of Platina, California (1982)
* Repose of Archimandrite Spyridon (Lukich) of Kyiv (1991)

## Icon gallery

* Prophet Samuel.
* Martyr Oswine of Deira, King of Deira and Passion Bearer.
* St. Stephen I of Hungary, King of Hungary.
* Venerable Abramius of Smolensk.
* New Martyr Theocharis of Neapolis, Cappadocia.
* New Hieromartyr Peeter (Pähkel), Bishop of Tartu and Pechory.
* Hieromonk Seraphim Rose of Platina, California.
