The twelfth volume of the New Synaxarion of the Orthodox Church by Makarios of Simonopetra. In its pages, the reader will find all the saints celebrated by our Orthodox Church in the month of August. Saint Euthymius, Patriarch of Constantinople, Saint Aemilianus, Saint Lawrence, Saint Niphon, as well as the Transfiguration of the Savior and the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, along with other martyrs, new martyrs from Greece, and newly revealed saints of the Eastern Churches illuminate our every day with their lives and martyrdom. The volume is adorned with selected Russian, Slavic, and Greek reference icons [Excerpt from publisher or edition presentation text]