August 28 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 30
Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John (Dionysiou monastery)
Head of Saint John the Baptist.
Gold solidus of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian.
Maximus Confessor
August 29 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 31
August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
…August 28 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 30 All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 11 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar…
Saint Fiacrius.
18th century icon of Alexander Svirsky.