August 2026

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 SaturdayDormition Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Procession of the Lifegiving Cross
15. 2 SundayDormition Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. 9th Sunday of Matthew
16. 3 MondayDormition Fast: strictMonday. Ven. Isaac, Dalmatius, Faustus; Ven. Anthony the Roman of Novgorod; Holy Myrrh-bearer Salome
17. 4 TuesdayDormition Fast: strictTuesday. Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
18. 5 WednesdayDormition Fast: strictWednesday. Forefeast of Transfiguration
19. 6 ThursdayDormition Fast: fish, wine and oil allowedThursday. Transfiguration of Our Lord
20. 7 FridayDormition Fast: strictFriday. Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
21. 8 SaturdayDormition Fast: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
22. 9 SundayDormition Fast: wine and oil allowedSunday. 10th Sunday of Matthew Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
23. 10 MondayDormition Fast: strictMonday. Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
24. 11 TuesdayDormition Fast: strictTuesday. Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
25. 12 WednesdayDormition Fast: strictWednesday. Afterfeast of the Transfiguration
26. 13 ThursdayDormition Fast: strictThursday. Leavetaking of Transfiguration
27. 14 FridayDormition Fast: strictFriday. Forefeast of Dormition
28. 15 SaturdaySaturday. Dormition of the Most-Holy Theotokos
29. 16 SundaySunday. 11th Sunday of Matthew Image of Christ Not Made by Hands
30. 17 MondayMonday. Martyr Myron, Presbyter of Cyzicus; Holy Martyr Patroclus (late 3rd c.); Straton, Philip, Eutychian, & Cyprian the Martyrs of Nicomedea
31. 18 TuesdayTuesday. Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria; Our Holy Father John, Abbot of Rila (946); Leontus the martyr
32. 19 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. Martyr Andrew Stratelates and Companions; Holy Martyrs Timothy, Agapius and Thecla; Theophanes the New Wonderworker of Macedonia
33. 20 ThursdayThursday. Prophet Samuel; Hieromartyr Philip, Bishop of Heraklion, and those with him (2nd c.); Holy Martyr Luke of Bouleutos
34. 21 FridayFast day: strictFriday. Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy; Avram, Archimandrite of Smolensk; Holy Martyrs Bassa and her sons Theognis, Agapios, and Pistis (4th c.)
35. 22 SaturdaySaturday. Martyr Agathonicus and Companions; Holy Martyr Eulalia of Barcelona (303); Athanasios the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Tarsus
36. 23 SundaySunday. 12th Sunday of Matthew Leavetaking of Dormition
37. 24 MondayMonday. Hieromartyr Eutychius; Trans. Rel. Peter, Metr. Kiev; New Hieromartyr Kosmas of Aitolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779)
38. 25 TuesdayTuesday. Relics of Apostle Bartholomew; Holy Apostle Titus of the Seventy; John the Cappadocian, Epiphanius and Menas, Patriarchs of Constantinople
39. 26 WednesdayFast day: strictWednesday. Martyrs Adrian and Natalia; Vladimir Icon; Our Holy Father Tithoës of the Thebaid (4th c.)
40. 27 ThursdayThursday. Ven. Poemen the Great; Great-martyr Phanurius the Newly Appeared of Rhodes; Anthousa the Martyr
41. 28 FridayFast day: strictFriday. Uncovering of the Relics of St Job of Pochaev (1651); St Moses of Ethiopia (400); Repose of Elder Joseph the Hesychast of Mt Athos (1959) (August 15 OC)
42. 29 SaturdayFast day: wine and oil allowedSaturday. Beheading of St John the Baptist
43. 30 SundaySunday. 13th Sunday of Matthew
44. 31 MondayMonday. Sash of the Theotokos; Hieromartyr Cyprian, bishop of Carthage (258); St Gennadius, Patriarch of Constantinople (471)

Strict fast Fast, with some foods allowed. Open a day to see what is allowed.