July 7 Events Pre-1600 *1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks. *1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution. * 1520 – Spanish '' conquistador ...

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 rul ...

- July 9 All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 21 by

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Eastern Orthodox Chri ...

. For July 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 25.

Saints

* Hieromartyr Epictetus, Priest, and Monk-martyr Astion, at

Halmyris Halmyris ( grc, Ἁλμυρίς) was a Roman and Byzantine fort, settlement and naval port, located 2.5 kilometers west of the village of Murighiol at the mouth of the Danube Delta in Romania. It is locally known as the site where the bodies ...

in Scythia Minor (Romania) (290)July 8/July 21
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).July 21 / July 8
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Great-martyr

Procopius Procopius of Caesarea ( grc-gre, Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς ''Prokópios ho Kaisareús''; la, Procopius Caesariensis; – after 565) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Caesarea Maritima. Accompanying the Roman ge ...

of Caesarea in Palestine, and with him (303): Συναξαριστής.
8 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. :* Martyrs Theodosia (his mother), tribunes Antiochus and Nicostratus, martyrs Abdias and Sabbas, and twelve women of senatorial rank, all by the sword. * Martyr Mirdat, King of Kartli, Georgia (410)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints Aquila and Priscilla, a

Christian mission A Christian mission is an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith. Missions involve sending individuals and groups across boundaries, most commonly geographical boundaries, to carry on evangelism or other activities, such as ...

ary married couple described in the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

(Acts 18:3, Rom. 16:3-4) (1st century)July 8
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also:

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the '' Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. * 1462 – T ...

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 ...

'') * Saint Auspicius of Trier, the fourth

Bishop of Trier The Diocese of Trier, in English historically also known as ''Treves'' (IPA "tɾivz") from French ''Trèves'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.Bishop of Benevento in Italy (c. 326) * Saints Sostratus, Spirus, Eraclius, Eperentius and Cecilia, martyrs of Syrmium in Pannonia (4th century) * Saint Morwenna, patroness of

Morwenstow Morwenstow ( kw, Logmorwenna) is a civil parish in north Cornwall, UK. The parish abuts the west coast, about six miles (10 km) north of Bude and within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Morwenstow is the most north ...

, England (5th or 6th century) (''see also '' July 5'' '') * Saint Urith of Chittlehampton (''Hieritha''), a nun martyred by pagan English invaders at Chittlehampton in Devon (6th century?) * ''Saints

Kilian Killian or Kilian, as a given name, is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Cillian. The name Cillian was borne by several early Irish saints including missionaries to Artois and Franconia and the author of the life of St Brigid. The name is ...

(''Chilianus''), Colman and

Totnan Saint Totnan (7th Century – 689 AD) an Irish Franconian apostle. He was born in Ireland and was martyred along with Saint Colman and Saint Kilian in Würzburg around 689. His feast day is July 8. After Saint Totnan died, he was named pa ...

, monks from Ireland, Enlighteners of

Franconia Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch''). The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper F ...

and East

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

, where they were martyred'' (c. 689) * Saint Landrada of Austrasia, foundress and first Abbess of Munsterbilsen in Belgium (c. 690) * Saint Withburgh of

East Anglia East Anglia is an area in the East of England, often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles, a people whose name originated in Anglia, in ...

(''Withburga''), an anchoress at East Dereham,

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...

, England (c. 743) * Saint Arnold of Arnoldsweiler, a charitable Greek musician at the court of Charlemagne (c. 800) * Blessed

Edgar the Peaceful Edgar ( ang, Ēadgār ; 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. The younger son of King Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, he came to the throne as a teenager following ...

, King of

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and

Northumbria la, Regnum Northanhymbrorum , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Northumbria , common_name = Northumbria , status = State , status_text = Unified Anglian kingdom (before 876)North: Anglian kingdom (af ...

, and upon the death of his brother

Eadwig Eadwig (also Edwy or Eadwig All-Fair, 1 October 959) was King of England from 23 November 955 until his death in 959. He was the elder son of Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu, who died in 944. Eadwig and his brother Edgar were you ...

(A.D. 959), King of all England (975) * Saint Grimbald, monk at St. Bertin Abbey in

Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audomar, ...

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, invited by King Alfred the Great to help restore scholarship in England, Abbot of Winchester(901) * Virgin-martyr Sunniva (''Sunnifa'') and companions, on Selje Island, Norway (10th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Procopius of Ustyug,

Fool-for-Christ Foolishness for Christ ( el, διά Χριστόν σαλότητα, cu, оуродъ, юродъ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting socie ...

, Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda (1303)21 июля (8 июля)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * Venerable Theophilus the Myrrh-gusher of Pantocrator Monastery on

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the peni ...

(1548) * Righteous Procopius,

, of Ustya, Vologda (c. 1600) * New Hieromartyr Anastasius of Saint Blaise in Hegumenitsa, Priest, of Constantinople (1743)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Alexander Popov, Theodore Raspopov, and Nikolai Bryantsev, Priests (1918)8 июля (ст.ст.) 21 июля 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr Procopius (Titov), Archbishop of Kherson (1937) (''see also:

November 10 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. * 937 – Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor ...

'')

Icons

* Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug (1290) * Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579) * Reverence list of a "Kazan" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, at: :* Kazan (1579) :* "Yaroslavl" (1588) :* Moscow (1612) :* "Viazniky" (1624) :* Nizhnelomovskaya (1643) :* Vitebsk (1655) :* "Tobolsk" (1661) :* "Kaplunovka" (1689) :* "Tambov" (1695) :* Shlisselburg (1702) :* "Penza" (1717) ''(see also: August 4)'' :* Petersburg (1721) :* "Peschanka" / "Peschanskaya" (1754) :* "Chimeev" (1770) :* "Vysochinovsky" (18th century) :* "Vyshensky" (1812) * "Jacobshtad" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (17th century) * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Weeping "Umileniye" ("Of Tender Feeling") of Novgorod. * Icon of the Mother of God "Our Lady of

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", Alaska (1850)

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics (1779) of St. Demetrius of Basarabov, Bulgaria, to

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...

(1685) * Slaying of Anastasia Strogilos on the

Mount of Olives The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet ( he, הַר הַזֵּיתִים, Har ha-Zeitim; ar, جبل الزيتون, Jabal az-Zaytūn; both lit. 'Mount of Olives'; in Arabic also , , 'the Mountain') is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jerus ...

(1995) * ''Synaxis of All

Military Saints The Military Saints, Warrior Saints and Soldier Saints are patron saints, martyrs and other saints associated with the military. They were originally composed of the Early Christians who were soldiers in the Roman army during the persecution ...

of the Orthodox Church'' (2019)

Icon gallery

File:St Procopius Icon Sinai 13th century.jpg, Great-martyr

of Caesarea in Palestine. File:St. Heirathas, Chittlehampton (8387870016).jpg, St. Urith of Chittlehampton's (''Hieritha's'') tomb. File:Relics of Saints Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan - St. Kilian's Cathedral - Würzburg - Germany 2017 (3).jpg, Relics of Saints

, Colman and

. File:St. Withburga, in St. Nicholas Church, East Dereham.jpg, St. Withburgh of

. File:Wappen Arnoldsweiler.jpg, St. Arnold of Arnoldsweiler (''Coat of arms of Arnoldsweiler''). File:Edgar.jpg, Blessed

. File:SanProcopio.jpg, St. Procopius of Ustyug. File:Прокопий Устьянский.jpg, Righteous Procopius,

, of Ustya. File:Annunciation ystuj.jpg, '' Ustyug Annunciation.'' File:Kazan moscow.jpg, Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, copy in the museum of Rostov Kremlin File:Peschaskaja.jpg, Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Peschanskaya. File:Damaskenos Michael - Four military saints - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Four Military Saints'' by

Michael Damaskinos Michael Damaskenos or Michail Damaskenos ( el, Μιχαήλ Δαμασκηνός, 1530/35–1592/93) was a leading post-Byzantine Cretan painter. He is a major representative of the Cretan School of painting that flourished in the 16th and ...

, showing

St George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

and

St Theodore Teron ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...

on the left, and St Demetrios and St Theodore Stratelates on the right.

Notes

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