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Today's feasts August 26 2026: Martyrs Adrian and Natalia and 33 companions of Nicomedia; Martyr Adrian at Nicomedia; Saint Tithoes of the Thebaid, disciple of St. Pachomius the Great; Saint Adrian, Abbot of Ondrusov (Valaam); Blessed Cyprian of Storozhev, former outlaw; Saint Adrian, Abbot of Poshekhonye (Vologda); Saint Ibestion the Confessor, Egyptian ascetic; Saint Adrian of Uglich, disciple of St. Paisius of Uglich; Martyrs Atticus and Sisinnius; Venerable Joasaph, son of St. Abenner the king; Saint Zer-Jacob, missionary in Ethiopia; Saint Pandonia, virgin of Eltsley; finding of the relics of Saint Bassian of Alatry Monastery; commemoration of the meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos; miraculous renewal of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in the hands of Righteous Abbess Rufina in Harbin, Manchuria. Other events: repose of Schema-hieromonk Aristocleus of Mount Athos and Moscow ( August 13 2026: Julian Calendar ) Apodosis of the Transfiguration; Saint Maximus the Confessor; Saint Tikhon (Tychon), Bishop of Voronezh, Wonder-worker of Zadonsk and All Russia; Martyr Hippolytus of Rome and those with him: Martyrs Concordia, Irenaeus, and Abundius; Empress Irene, tonsured Xenia; Saint Eudocia the Empress, wife of St. Theodosius the Younger; Saint Serid, Abbot of Gaza; New-Martyrs Benjamin, Metropolitan of Petrograd, Archimandrite Sergius, and those with them; Saint Abba Dorotheus of Gaza; Martyr Coronatus; Saint Wigbert, Abbot of Fritzlar; Saint Radegunde, Abbess of Poitiers and Queen of France; Martyr Cassian of Imola; opening of the relics of Saint Maximus of Moscow, Fool-for-Christ; Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Passion," "of the Seven Arrows" and at Minsk. Other events: repose of Valaam Schemamonk Timothy of Mount Athos Featured article The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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