6 Августа 1881 - Orthodox Calendar / Orthodox Menologion Online

Saturday, August 6, 1881 (July 25, 1881 by the Julian calendar)
8^th Week after Pentecost, Tone six

[.:] The Dormition of the Righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Theotokos. Holy Women Olympias (Olympiada) the Deaconess of Constantinople (409), and the Virgin Eupraxia of Tabenna (413). [.:] St. Macarius, abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha (1444). New Hieromartyr Alexander priest (1927). St. Iraida confessor (1967). Martyrs Sanctus, Maturus, Attalus, Blandina, Vivlia, Vetius, Epagathus, Ponticus, Alexander and others at Lyons (177) (Gaul). Commemoration of the Holy 165 Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (553). St. Christopher, abbot of Solvychegodsk (Vologda) (1572). New Hieromartyrs Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich, Nicolos (Johnson) and Peter (Remes). St. Gregory (Kallidis), metropolitan of Thessalonica and Heraclea (1925). New Hieromartyrs Vukosav Milanovic and Rodoljub Samardzic of Kulen Bakufa, Serbia (1941-1945).