26 August 1953, Wednesday (13.08 according to the old style)
Church calendar for 26 August 1953
Saints commemorated
- Hierarch Tikhon of Zadonsk 1724 — 1783
- Bishop Seraphim (Zvezdinsky), Bishop of Dmitrov 26 марта 1883 — 26 августа 1937
- Martyr Avundius of Rome † 258
- Martyr Concordia of Rome †258
- Venerable Dositheus of Palestine, Disciple of Abba Dorotheus кон. VI — нач. VII века
- Venerable Maximus the Confessor ок. 580 — 662
- Blessed Maxim the Blessed of Moscow † 1434