The twelfth volume of the New Synaxarion of the Orthodox Church by Makarios Simonopetritis. Within its pages, the reader will find the complete list of saints celebrated by our Orthodox Church in the month of August.

Saint Euphemius, Patriarch of Constantinople, Saint Emilian, Saint Laurentius, 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 from the Eastern Churches illuminate our every day with their lives and martyrdom.

The volume is adorned with selected Russian, Slavic, and Greek icon references.