August 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 25
Interior of the Basilica of St. Aurea of Ostia.
New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles.
Sarcophagus of Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos.
Maximus Confessor
Kosmas the Aetolian
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Kosmas the Aetolian, sometimes Cosmas the Aetolian or Patrokosmas "Father Kosmas" was a monk, who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is recognized as one of the originators of
August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
…Venerable Serapion the Wonderworker, abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at David Gareja monastery complex, Georgia (1774) New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779) (see also: August 4) Saint Aristocleus, Elder, of Moscow and Mount Athos (1918…
Mural icon of Saint Kosmas
Icon of St. Kosmas the Aetolian