Orthodox Calendar
July 2021
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1

  • Unmercenary Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian

2

Fast

  • Robe of the Theotokos at Blachernae
  • St John (Maximovich), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (1966) (June 19 OC)
  • St Juvenal, Patriarch of Jerusalem (458)
  • St Juvenaly, First Martyr of America and Alaska (1796)

3

  • Martyr Hyacinth
  • Trans. Rel. Philip, Metr. Moscow
  • Our Holy Father Isaiah the Solitary (491)
  • Our Holy Father Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones (430)
  • Our Father among the Saints Anatolios, Archbishop of Constantinople (458)

4

  • 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
  • All Saints of America, All Saints of Russia
  • St Andrew of Crete
  • Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia: Tsar Nicholas II, Tsaritsa Alexandra, Crown Prince Alexei, and Grand duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and those martyred with them (1918).
  • St Martha, mother of St Symeon of the Wonderful Mountain (551)
  • St Andrew (Rublev), iconographer (1430)

5

  • Unc. Rel. Ven. Sergius of Radonezh; Ven. Athanasius of Athos
  • Martyrdom of St Elizabeth Romanov and Nun Barbara (1918)
  • Our Holy Father the New Martyr Cyprian (1679)

6

  • Ven. Sisoes the Great
  • Holy Martyrs Marinus and Martha, and those with them (269)

7

Fast

  • Ven. Thomas of Mt Maleon
  • Holy Martyr Kyriake of Nicomedia (289)

8

  • Greatmartyr Procopius of Caesarea
  • Appearance of the "Kazan" icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579)
  • St Procopius, Fool for Christ (1303)

9

Fast

  • Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina

10

  • Ven. Anthony of the Kiev Caves
  • Holy 45 Martyrs of Nikopolis in Armenia (319)
  • The Placing of the Precious Robe of the Lord in Moscow (1625)

11

  • 3rd Sunday after Pentecost
  • Greatmartyr Euphemia
  • Blessed Princess Olga
  • New Martyrs Nikodemos (1722) and Nektarios (1820)
  • St Sophrony of Essex (1993) (June 28 OC)

12

  • Martyrs Proclus and Hilary of Ancyra
  • St Veronica, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by the Savior
  • Saint Païsios of the Holy Mountain (1994) (June 29 OC)

13

  • Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel
  • Holy Martyr Golinduc of Persia (6th c.)
  • Saint Julian, Bishop of Cenomanis (Le Mans) (1st c.)
  • Repose of Photios Kontoglou (1965) (June 30 OC)

14

Fast

  • Apostle Aquila of the Seventy
  • Apostle Aquila of the Seventy, and St Priscilla (1st c.).
  • Our Father among the Saints Joseph, Archbishop of Thessalonika (833)
  • St Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, spiritual writer (1809)

15

  • Great Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Enlightener of the Lands of Rus
  • Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta (304)

16

Fast

  • Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis

17

  • Royal Passionbearers
  • Greatmartyr Marina

18

  • 4th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Fathers of the 1st Six Ecumenical Councils
  • Martyr Emilian of Silistria
  • St Pambo, hermit of Egypt (374? 386?)

19

  • Unc. Rel. Ven. Seraphim of Sarov
  • St Macrina, sister of St Basil the Great and St Gregory of Nyssa (380)

20

  • Holy Prophet Elijah
  • Martyrs Maria (Skobtsova), Dimitri (Klepenin) and those with them, who perished in the Nazi concentration camps (1944-1945)

21

Fast

  • Prophet Ezekiel
  • Our Righteous Fathers John and Symeon, the Fool for Christ's Sake (570)
  • Marcella, Virgin-Martyr of Chios (ca. 1500)

22

  • Holy Myrrhbearer Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles

23

Fast

  • Martys Trophimus, Theophilus and Companions
  • Hieromartyr Apollinarius, bishop of Ravenna (75)
  • Holy Prophet Ezekiel (6th c. BC)
  • Righteous Anna (Hannah), mother of the prophet Samuel Righteous Anna (Hannah), mother of the prophet Samuel

24

  • Martyrs Boris and Gleb, Passionbearers
  • Martyr Christina of Tyre (200)

25

  • 5th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Dormition Righteous Anna, Mother of Theotokos
  • Commemoration of the holy 165 Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (553)
  • St Olympias the Deaconess (408)

26

  • Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska
  • Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus (305), Hermippus, and Hermocrates at Nicomedia
  • Holy Righteous Martyr Paraskeve (140)

27

  • Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon
  • St Clement, Archbishop of Ochrid (916)
  • Commemoration of the canonization (1970) of St Herman of Alaska (1837)

28

Fast

  • Apostles of 70 Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas
  • St Irene, Abbess of the Convent of Chrysovalantou (912)

29

  • Martyr Callinicus of Gangra
  • Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)

30

Fast

  • Apostles Silas and Silvanus of the Seventy
  • Hieromarytyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, and those with him (251)
  • Venerable Angelina, Princess of Albania.

31

  • Forefeast of the Procession of the Lifegiving Cross
  • Righteous Joseph of Arimathea
  • Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th c.)
  • Righteous Joseph of Arimathea (1st c.)