July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II o ...

–

Eastern Orthodox Church calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

July 14 Events Pre-1600 * 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy. *1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II. * 142 ...

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 26 by

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For July 13th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Mil ...

Saints

* ''

Synaxis A synaxis ( "gathering"; Slavonic: собор, ''sobor'') is a liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity (the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite). Synaxes of feast days In Constantinopl ...

of the Holy Archangel Gabriel.''July 13/July 26
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
13 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyr Serapion, under Severus (c. 205)July 26 / July 13
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (''see also:

'') * Martyr Marcian of

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(258) (''see also:

July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius). * 911 – Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair ...

'') * Venerable Abbess Sarah of Scetis (370) * Martyr Golinduc, in holy baptism Mary, of Persia (591)
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. (''see also:

'') * ''

Venerable ''The Venerable'' often shortened to Venerable is a style, title, or epithet used in some Christianity, Christian churches. The title is often accorded to holy persons for their spiritual perfection and wisdom. Catholic In the Catholic Churc ...

Stephen the Sabaite Saint Stephen the Sabaite (725 – 796 or 807), also known as Stephen the Hymnographer, was a Christian monk from Julis, Gaza, a district of Gaza. He was a nephew of St. John of Damascus and spent a half-century in the monastery of Mar Saba. He ...

(Stephen the Hymnographer)'' (794 or 807)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Julian of Le Mans Saint Julian of Le Mans (; ; 3rd century; perhaps 4th century) is a saint venerated in both the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Church, honoured as the first bishop of Le Mans. His feast day is 27 January. The translation of his relics is celebrated ...

, Bishop of Cenomanis (

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) in (

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) (1st or 3rd century)July 13
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. ''(see also:

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...

- West)'' * Saint

Dogfan Dogfan, also known as ''Doewan'', was a saint and martyr who lived in 5th century Wales. He is venerated in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, True Orthodox Church, and Roman Catholic Church, on 13 July. Family He is the patron saint o ...

(''Doewan''), martyred by heathen in Dyfed in Wales where a church was dedicated to him (5th century) * Saint Just of

Penwith Penwith (; ) is an area of Cornwall, England, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former Non-metropolitan district, local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one ...

, monk, of Cornwall (5th century) * Saints Eugene, Bishop of Carthage, Salutaris, Archdeacon of Carthage, Muritta the Deacon, and Companions, Confessors (505) *'' Venerable Abbess Mildred of Thanet, Abbess of

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Convent'' (c. 733)Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 332-333. ''(see also:

February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...

)'' * Saint

Turiaf of Dol Saint Turiaf of Dol (or Thivisiau, Tuien, Turiav, Turiave, Turiavus, Turien, Turiano, Turiavo; died ) was a Breton abbot and bishop of the ancient Diocese of Dol. Life Turiaf was born in Brittany to French nobility in the 8th century. He became ...

(''Turiav, Turiavus''), successor of St. Samson as

Bishop of Dol The Breton and French Catholic diocese of Dol, situated in the northern part of the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, 6 km (3.8 mi) from the English Channel coast and 22 km (14 mi) southeast of Saint-Malo, existed from 848 until t ...

in Brittany (c. 750)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* The holy Five Martyrs of Alamannia who suffered in Cyprus: :* Heliophotus, Epaphrodites, Ammon, Auxouthenius, and Euthenius, monks, of Cyprus (12th century) * Saint Onesiphorus, born in Constantinople, ascetic in Cyprus and Wonderworker.

Other commemorations

* Icon of the Most Holy

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Axion Estin ''Axion estin'' ( Greek: , Slavonic: Достóйно éсть, ''Dostóino yesť''), or It is Truly Meet, is a pair of hymns to the Virgin Mary used in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches, consisting o ...

" ("It is Truly Meet").
Icon of the Mother of God "It Is Truly Meet"
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. (''see also:

June 11 Events Pre-1600 * 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty ( 171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle ...

'') * Translation of the relics (early 11th century) of St. Juthwara of Cornwal (6th century) to

Sherborne Abbey Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral (705–1075) and a Benedictine abbey church (998–1539) ...

. *

of the Saints of

Hilandar The Hilandar Monastery (, , , ) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian Orthodox monastery there. It was founded in 1198 by two Serbs from the Grand Principality of Serbia, Stefan Neman ...

, Mt. Athos. * Repose of Constantine Oprisan of Jilava, Romania (1959)

Icon gallery

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. File:Vitrail de St Julien à Gesnes.jpg, St.

. File:Eglwys Sant Dogfan, Church of St Dogfan, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys 23.JPG, St.

. File:Mildred von Minster.jpg, Venerable Abbess Mildred of Thanet.

Notes

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'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. * The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 51. *

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Cardinal Gibbons James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until ...

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13 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
13 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
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13 июля по старому стилю / 26 июля по новому стилю
СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". 2018. *
13 июля (ст.ст.) 26 июля 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:July 13 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar