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July 31 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Aug. 2
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 14 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For August 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 19.
Feasts
- The Origin of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross of Jesus Christ.
- The Feast to the All-Merciful Saviour and the Most Holy Mother of God (especially in churches dedicated to Christ).
- Beginning of the Dormition Fast.
Saints
- Holy Seven Maccabees:
- Martyrs: Abimus, Antoninus, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusabonus, Alimus, Marcellus, their mother Solomonia, and their teacher Eleazar (166 BC)
- Holy Nine Martyrs of Perge in Pamphylia:
- Leontius, Attius, Alexander, Cindeus, Minsitheus, Cyriacus, Mineon, Catanus, Eucleus (3rd century)
- Finding of the relics (1882) of Bishop Nestor (Zakkis) of the Aleutians and Alaska (1882)