Saint
Elizabeth
A saint commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church.
- Feast
- August 23old style September 5
- Era
- unknown
Life
Saint Elizabeth is commemorated in the Handbook for Priests, the 1979 edition of the Moscow Patriarchate, on 23 August, that is 5 September in the new style. The sources here say nothing of her life.
The name of Saint Elizabeth is not included in the present calendar of the Russian Church.
Commemorated the same day August 23
Irenaeus of LyonsHieromartyr · Bishop of LyonsAug 23
Callinicus I of ConstantinopleSaint · Patriarch of ConstantinopleAug 23- Zacchaeus of JerusalemSaint · Bishop of JerusalemAug 23
Lupus of NovaeMartyr · Servant of Saint DemetriusAug 23
Tydfil of MerthyrMartyr · Welsh martyrAug 23
Asterius, Claudius and NeonHoly MartyrsAug 23
John VostorgovHieromartyr · Archpriest, preacher and missionaryAug 23- Cyriacus of OstiaHieromartyr · Bishop of OstiaAug 23
Ephraim KuznetsovHieromartyr · Bishop of SelengaAug 23- Anthony of GeraceSaintAug 23
Nicholas VarzhanskyMartyrAug 23- Antonios of SardisSaint · Bishop of SardisAug 23