August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 18
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 30 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For August 17, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 4.Feasts
- Afterfeast of the Dormition.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Myron of Cyzicus, Priest
- Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinicus, with others, of Caesarea in Bithynia
- Martyrs Paul and his sister Juliana, and Quadratus, Acacius and Stratonicus the executioners, at Ptolemais in Syria
- Martyrs Straton, Philip, Eutychian, and Cyprian, of Nicomedia
- Venerable Monk-martyr Macarius of Mount St. Auxentius
- Venerable Elias the Younger of Calabria,
- Venerable Aiglon, a hermit who lived ascetically and reposed in peace.
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Eusebius, a Greek by birth, reposed in exile in Sicily
- Saint Theodulus of Grammont, an early Bishop of Valais, who was much revered in Switzerland and Savoy
- Hieromartyrs Liberatus, Boniface, Servus, Rusticus, Rogatus, Septimus, and Maximus, under the Arian King Hunneric
- Saint Anastasius of Terni, Bishop of Terni in Italy
- Saint James the Deacon, companion of St Paulinus of York in his mission to Northumbria
- Saint Drithelm, monk at Melrose Abbey in Scotland, Confessor, great ascetic
- Saint Carloman, eldest son of Charles Martel, became King of Austrasia
- Saint Amor, companion of St Pirmin in preaching Christ in Germany, founder of the monastery of Amorbach in Franconia
- Martyr Patroclus of Troyes, under Aurelian
- Hieromartyr Jeroen, hieromonk, at Noordwijk, Netherlands
- Saint Benedicta and Cecilia, two daughters of the King of Lorraine, became nuns and successively Abbesses of Susteren Abbey, in the Rhineland, Germany
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Venerable Alypius the Iconographer, of the Kiev Caves Monastery
- Saint Tbeli Abuserisdze of Khikhuni, Adjara
- Venerable Leucius, Abbot of Volokolamsk
- Blessed Theodoretus, Enlightener of the Laps in Solovki
- Saint Philip of Mt. Yankov Monastery, left bank of Sukhona River in Vologda, monk
- New Monk-martyr Agapius, at Thermes, near Thessalonica
- Venerable Monk-martyr Demetrius of Samarina, at Ioannina
- Saint Pimen, Archimandrite, of Ugreshi Monastery
- Saint George the Pilgrim, of Piatra Neamț, in eastern Romania
- New Hieromartyr Alexis Velikoselsky, Priest
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Ostroumov, Priest
Other commemorations
- Repose of Schemanun Ardaliona of Ust-Medveditsky Convent
- Repose of Schemamonk Onuphrius of Valaam Monastery
Icons
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of "Armatia", Constantinople.
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of "Svensk"
- Icon of Panagia of Goumenissa.
Icon gallery