Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar

August 29

Saints commemorated, links to lives of Saints,

Feasts, Scripture Readings, rubrics

  1. The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John St. Alexander, abbot of Voche.
  2. New-Martyr Anastasius of Bulgaria.
  3. New-Martyr Peter, Metropolitan of Krutitsa (1936).
  4. Greek Calendar
    • St. Theodora of Thessalonica.
    • St. Arcadius of Arsinoe on Cyprus, Bishop of and Wonderworker.
    • Translation of the Relics of St. Joseph the Sanctified of Samaka.
  5. Repose of Righteous Pachomius the Silent of Valdai Monastery (1886).



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