August 2025
The Orthodox calendar for August 2025: each day with its feast, its saint, and its fast.
In August 2025, on the New Calendar, the Orthodox Church keeps the Transfiguration on August 6, the Dormition of the Theotokos on August 15, and the Dormition Fast from August 1 to August 14.
- 1Procession of the Precious Cross and the Beginning of the Dormition Fastfast
St Nicholas of Japan › - 2Saturdayfast
St Vasily the Fool for Christ › - 3Sundayfast
St Anthony the Roman of Novgorod › - 4Mondayfast
Seven Youths of Ephesus › - 5Tuesdayfast
St Eusignius of Antioch › - 6The Transfigurationfast
- 7Thursdayfast
St Or of the Thebaid › - 8Fridayfast
St Emilian the Confessor of Cyzicus › - 9Saturdayfast
St Herman of Alaska › - 10Sundayfast
St Lawrence of Rome › - 11Mondayfast
St Susanna the Virgin › - 12Tuesdayfast
St Alexander of Comana › - 13Wednesdayfast
St Maximus the Confessor › - 14Thursdayfast
St Micah › - 15The Dormition of the Theotokosfast
- 16Saturday
St Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia › - 17Sunday
St Myron of Cyzicus › - 18Monday
St John of Rila › - 19Tuesday
Andrew Stratelates and Companions › - 20Wednesdayfast
St Philip of Heraklion › - 21Thursday
Thaddeus of the Seventy › - 22Fridayfast
St Eulalia of Barcelona › - 23Leavetaking of the Dormition of the Theotokos
St Pothinos of Lyons › - 24Translation of the Relics of St Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
St Kosmas of Aitolia › - 25Monday
Titus of the Seventy › - 26Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God: Deliverance from Tamerlane (1395)
Adrian and Natalia › - 27Wednesdayfast
St Poemen the Great › - 28Thursday
St Moses of Ethiopia › - 29Beheading of St John the Baptistfast
St Theodora of Salonica › - 30Saturday
St Alexander Nevsky › - 31Sunday
St Cyprian of Carthage ›
Questions about August 2025
What Orthodox feasts are in August 2025?
On the New Calendar, the Church keeps the Transfiguration on August 6 and the Dormition of the Theotokos on August 15.
Is there an Orthodox fast in August 2025?
Yes. On the New Calendar, the Church keeps the Dormition Fast from August 1 to August 14. August 29, the Beheading of St John the Baptist, is also a strict fast day.