August 8 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 10
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 22 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For August 9, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 27.
Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ.
Holy Apostle Matthias (1st century)
Martyr Anthony of Alexandria (2nd century)
Venerable Psoes of Egypt (Psoy) (4th century)
Saint Samuel of Edessa, presbyter (5-6th century)
Saint Constantine I, Patriarch of Constantinople (677) (see also: July 29)
The Holy Ten Martyrs of Halki, who defended the wonderworking icon of the Savior, made of copper:
Martyrs Julian, Marcian, John, James (Jacob), Alexius, Demetrius, Photius, Peter, Leontius, Mary the Patrician, Gregory the protospatharios, two boys and others, of Constantinople (730)
Saint Irene of Athens, Byzantine empress regnant and a strong iconodule (803) (see also: August 7)
Saints Secundian, Marcellian and Verian, martyrs who suffered near Civitavecchia in Italy under Decius (250)
Saint Numidicus and Companions, a group of martyrs burnt at the stake at Carthage in North Africa under Decius (251)
Saint Romanus Ostiarius, an early martyr in Rome (258) (see also: August 10)
Saints Firmus and Rusticus, two relatives, probably citizens of Bergamo in the north of Italy, honoured in Verona under Maximian (c. 290)
Saint Amor (Amour), venerated in Franche-Comté in France together with St Viator.
Saint Domitian of Châlons, third Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in France, Confessor (4th century)