The Sixteenth Day of the Month of August

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The Sixteenth Day of the Month of August

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Afterfeast of the Dormition
Translation of the Image Not Made By Hands of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople (Third "Feast of the Saviour" in August)
Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia (298)
St. Joachim, Bulgarian, monk, of Osogov (12th cen.)
St. Gerasimus the New Ascetic of Cephalonia (Mt. Athos)
Martyr Nicodemus of Meteora
Martyr Stamatios of Thessaly
Russian New Martyrs Vladimir, priest and his brother Boris (1931)
St. Raphael of Banat (Serbia)
33 Martyrs of Palestine
Martyr Alcibiades
St. Nilus, brother of Emperor Theodore Laskaris
St. Timothy of Chalcedon, archbishop, founder of the monastery of Pendeli
Great Martyr Apostolos of the town of St. Laurence, martyred in Constantinople
Translation of the relics of Martyrs: Seraphim, Dorotheus, James, Demetrius, Basil and Sarantis
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of St. Theodore ("Feodorovskaya")
Repose of Blessed Matrona Popova, disciple of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk (1851)

Troparion of the Holy Icon Tone 2

We worship Thine immaculate image, O Good One,/ and ask the forgiveness of our sins, O Christ our God;/ for of Thine own will Thou wast pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh,/ to deliver from slavery to the enemy those whom Thou hadst created./ Therefore we thankfully cry to Thee:/ Thou hast filled all things with joy, O our Savior,/ by coming to save the world.

Troparion of the Feast Tone 1

In giving birth thou didst preserve thy virginity;/ in falling asleep thou didst not forsake the world, O Theotokos./ Thou wast translated to life, O Mother of Life,/ and by your prayers you deliver our souls from death.

Troparion of St. Diomedes Tone 1

O Diomedes, as a healer of bodily sickness,/ by the word of truth thou didst grant healing to souls./ Thou hast received this gift from God/ and dost ever help those suffering from various diseases./ Thou art radiant with the grace of martyrdom;/ wherefore thou savest those who cry to thee:/ Glory to Him Who has glorified thee; glory to Him Who has crowned thee;/ glory to Him Who through thee works healings for all.

Kontakion of the Holy Icon Tone 8

The uncircumscribable word of the Father/ was circumscribed when He took flesh of thee, O Mother of God;/ and when He had restored the defiled image to its pristine state He suffused it with divine beauty./ And as we proclaim our salvation we record it by word and deed.

Kontakion of the Feast Tone 2

Neither the tomb nor death could hold the Theotokos,/ who is sleepless in her intercessions and an unchanging hope in her mediations./ For as the Mother of Life she was transferred to life/ by Him Who dwelt in her ever-virgin womb.

Kontakion of St. Diomedes Tone 6

Thou wast skilled in the science of healing/ and didst wisely choose the lot of holy athletes;/ thou didst openly preach Christ our God,/ O blessed Diomedes, thou adornment of unmercenary saints,/ the protector of those crying to thee:/ Become the physician of us thy servants, O wise one.

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