August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 15 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 17
All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 29 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For August 16, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 3.
Feasts
Afterfeast of the Dormition.
Translation of the "Image not made by hands" (Acheiropoieta) of Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (944)
Saints
Martyr Diomedes the Physician, of Tarsus in Cilicia (298)
Martyr Alcibiades, by fire.
33 Martyrs of Palestine, by the sword.
Venerable Chaeremon of Egypt (4th century)
Saint Anthony the Stylite, of Martqopi, Georgia (6th century)
Saint Makarios the Archbishop.
Pre-Schism Western saints
Saint Ambrose, a centurion put to death under Diocletian, in Ferentino, central Italy (c. 303)
Saint Titus, a Deacon martyred during the sack of Rome by the Goths, while distributing alms to the half-starved population (c. 410)
Saint Armagillus (Armel), founder of Saint-Armel-des-Boscheaux and Plou-Ermel (Ploermel) in Brittany (c. 550)