Aug. 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 19
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 31 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For August 18, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 5.
A15th-century Novgorod icon of Sts. Florus and Laurus.
Hieromartyr Emilian, Bishop of Trebia in Umbria.
Mount Mela Monastery (Panagia Soumela), founded by Barnabas and Sophronius, and later Christopher of Trebizond.
St. John of Rila, fresco from Rila monastery, Bulgaria.
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