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Ephemeris of Thursday 13 August, 2026

The sun and moon today in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 6:38 AM
Sunset: 8:21 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 1:30 PM
Sunshine duration: 13 hours and 42 minutes (-2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:39 AM and set at 8:20 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 2:39 PM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 3 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

29 days moon

Today: new moon.
Next full moon on 28 August, 2026.
Next new moon on 11 September, 2026.

Commemorations on 13 August

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Saint Maximus the Confessor, translation of his relics
    Αγίου Μαξίμου του Ομολογητού, ανακομιδή και μετάθεσις του λειψάνου
  • Saint Eudocia the Empress
    Αγίας Ευδοκίας βασιλίσσης
  • Saint Seridus, Abbot of the Monastery in Gaza
    Αγίου Σερίδου, Hγουμένου της εν Γάζη Mονής
  • Saints Dorotheus and Dositheus of Gaza
    Αγίων Δωροθέου και Δοσιθέου Γάζης
  • Saint Irene the Empress, who became nun Xenia
    Αγίας Ειρήνης βασιλίσσης, μετονομασθείσης Ξένης Mοναχής
  • Saint Coronatus, Martyr
    Αγίου Κορωνάτου, Μάρτυρος

Fasting Instructions: the August 13 is a complete fasting day; Of course you can still eat legumes and cabbages, as long as you only cook them with water and salt. Fruit, bread, honey and nuts are also allowed (νηστεία)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

  • There are no known names celebrated today

On this day

1968

Le député de gauche Alexandros Panagoulis échoue dans sa tentative d'assassinat du colonel Georgios Papadopoulos, le chef de la junte militaire au pouvoir depuis un an. Manquant l'attentat à Varkiza, une banlieu d'Athènes, Panagoulis est arrêté et emprisonné.

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1913

Naissance de Mikhaïl Khristodoulou Mouskos à Ano Panagia à Chypre, future archévêque de l’Église de Chypre sous le nom de Makarios III et président de la République chypriote.

-490

Les Grecs, sous le commandement de l'athénien Myltiadès, obligent l'armée persane qui avait débarqué à Marathon de battre en retraite.

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