Orthodox Calendar for July 2023

July 2023
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						1 Apostles Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Leontius and Companions
2 Apostles Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 4th Sunday after Pentecost Holy Apostle Jude, Brother of the Lord Our Holy Father Païsius the Great of Egypt (400)	3 Apostles Fast Hieromartyr Methodius, Bishop of Patar St Kallistos I, Patriarch of Constantinople (1363) Blessed Studios (5th c.)	4 Apostles Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Julian of Tarsus Our Holy Fathers Julius and Julian (5th c.)	5 Apostles Fast Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata St Alban, First Martyr of Great Britain (early 3rd c.)	6 Apostles Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Martyr Agrippina of Rome Martyr Agrippina of Rome (3rd c.) Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God	7 Apostles Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Nativity of St John the Baptist Synaxis of Sts Zacharias and Elisabeth Holy Martyrs Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus and Longinus (3rd c.)	8 Apostles Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Virgin Martyr Febronia Peter and Fevronia of Murom Our Holy Father Dionysios, founder of the Monastery of St John the Forerunner on Mt Athos (1380)
9 Apostles Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed 5th Sunday after Pentecost Ven. David of Thessalonica Tikhvin Icon	10 Apostles Fast Ven. Sampson the Hospitable of Constantinople St Severus the Priest (6th c.) St Joanna the Myrrh-bearer (1st c.)	11 Apostles Fast—Wine and Oil are Allowed Trans. Rel. Ven. Cyrus and John Sts Sergius and Herman (1353), abbots of Valaam Synaxis of the Icon of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos "Of the Three Hands" Our Holy Father Sennuphius the Standard-Bearer (4th c.)	12 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Holy Apostles Peter and Paul	13 Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles	14 Fast Unmercenary Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian	15 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)
16 6th Sunday after Pentecost 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)	17 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)	18 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)	19 Fast Ven. Sisoes the Great Holy Martyrs Marinus and Martha, and those with them (269)	20 Ven. Thomas of Mt Maleon Holy Martyr Kyriake of Nicomedia (289)	21 Fast Greatmartyr Procopius of Caesarea Appearance of the "Kazan" icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579) St Procopius, Fool for Christ (1303)	22 Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina
23 7th Sunday after Pentecost 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)	24 Greatmartyr Euphemia Blessed Princess Olga New Martyrs Nikodemos (1722) and Nektarios (1820) St Sophrony of Essex (1993) (June 28 OC)	25 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)	26 Fast 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)	27 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)	28 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Enlightener of the Lands of Rus Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta (304)	29 Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis
30 8th Sunday after Pentecost Fathers of the 1st Six Ecumenical Councils Royal Passionbearers Greatmartyr Marina	31 Martyr Emilian of Silistria St Pambo, hermit of Egypt (374? 386?)