August 17, 2018

Saints and Feasts of August 17


On the seventeenth Myron was beheaded with a sharp sword.

Holy Martyr Myron

Holy Hieromartyr Myron of Cyzicus


Holy Martyrs Straton, Philip, Eutychianos and Cyprian

Holy Martyrs Straton, Philip, Eutychianos and Cyprian of Nicomedia


Holy Martyrs Paul and Juliana 
with Akakios, Kodratos and Stratonikos

Holy Martyrs Paul and Juliana of Ptolemais


Holy Martyrs Thyrsos, Leukios and Koronatos

Holy Martyrs Thyrsos, Leukios and Kallinikos of Bythinia


Venerable Elias the New

Saint Elias the New of Sicily (+ 903)


Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Caves

Saint Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves


Saint Tbeli Abuserisdze

Saint Tbeli Abuserisdze of Khikhuni, Adjara (+ 1240)


Venerable Theodoret of Kola

Saint Theodoret of Kola, Enlightener of the Lapps in Solovki (+ 1571)


Holy New Martyr Demetrios of Samarina

Holy New Martyr Demetrios of Samarina (+ 1808)


Saint George the Pilgrim

Saint George the Pilgrim (+ 1916)


Synaxis of the Theotokos in Armatios

Synaxis of the Theotokos in Armatios


Synaxis of the Dormition Icon of the 
Mother of God at the Kiev Caves

Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople to the Kiev Caves in 1073


Synaxis of the Sven Icon of the Mother of God

Synaxis of the Sven Icon of the Mother of God