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Orthodox Feast Days in July
3, Jul 2010 - 10:46

July 4th There will be no Orthodox Liturgy on this first Sunday in July as Clergy are away at Synod, next Orthodox Liturgy will be on Sunday 1st August at 330pm Church of Holy Rosary Castlebar, and Sunday 15th August at 330pm Solemnity of the Dormition ( falling asleep of Blessed Virgin Mary Our Holy Theotokos)

Monday 5th July St Athanasius, founder of the great Lavra on Mt Athos, and his disciples (1000) Uncovering of the relics of St Sergius of Radonezh ( 1422) St Morwenna, Patron of Morwenstow (6th) Euphrosyne, Grand Duchess of Moscow (1407)

Tuesday 6th July St Sisoes the Great (429) Virgin Martyr Lucy (301) St Sexburga, Abbess of Ely (c700)

Wednesday 7th July Great Martyr Cyriaca ( c303) St Palladius of Rome, Bishop of Ireland. St Willibald, Bishop of Eichstatt (786) St Thomas Of Mt Maleon (10th) St Eudoxia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, Grand Duchess of Moscow (1407)

Thursday 8th July Appearance of Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579) Mary Procopius of Caesarea in Palestine (303) St Kilian, Hieromartyr of Wurzburg (689) St Edgar the King "the Peaceable" (975) Fool-for-Christ , wonderworker of Ustiug (Vologda 1303)

Friday 9th July. Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of taormina in Sicily (1st) St Evereld, Virgin )c700) St Theodore of Edessa (9th)

Saturday 10th July Forty -Martyrs of Nicopolis in Armenia (c319) St Anthony of the Kiev caves, founder of Monastiscism in Russia (1073) The Placing of the Honourable robe of the Lord at Moscow (1625) Konevits Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos

Sunday 11th July. 7th Sunday of Pentecost. Great Martyr Euphemia the All Praised (304) St Olga, Princess of Russia, in Baptism Helen ( 969) St Cyril of Paros (1833)

Monday 12th July St Veronica who was healed by Christ (1st) Martyrs Proclus and Hilary (Hilarion) of Ancyra ( 2nd ) Martyr Serapion ( 2nd-3rd) St Michael of Maleinus) (961) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos " of the three hands"

Tuesday 13th July Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel St Julian of Venomanis (Le Mans) in Gaul (1st) St Sara of Egyptian desert (5th)
Martyr Golinduc, in Baptism Mary, of Persia (591)

Wednesday 14th July Apostle Aquila, of seventy (1st) Martyr Justus of Rome (1st) St Joseph the confessor, Archbishop of Thessalonica ( 832) St Nicodemus the Hagiorite ( 1809)

Thursday 15th July. Holy Equal To Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, In Baptism Basil. (1015)
Martyr Cyrius ( Quiricus) and his mother Julitta of Tarsus (c305) St Swithun , Bishop of Winchester and wonderworker of Winchester.(862)

Friday 16th July. Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis (c311) Virgin-Martyr Julia of Carthage (c440 or 613) Martyr Helier of Jersey (6th)

Saturday 17th July Great Martyr Marina (Margaret) Of Antioch In Pisidia (C303)
Passion_Bearers Emperor Nicholas 11, Empress Alexandra< Crown Prince Alexis, And Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana,Maria, And Anastasia (1918)
child Martyr Prince Kenelm ( c821) St Irenarchus, Abbot of Solovki ( 1628)

Sunday 18th July 8th Sunday after Pentecost commemoration of the fathers of fourth Ecumenical Council ( 451) (Greek Use )
Commemoration of Fathers of First Six Ecumenical Councils ( Slav Use) Martyrs Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Nun Barbara ( 1918) Martyr Emilian of Silistria in Bulgaria ( 363) Martyr Hyacinth of Amastris (4th)

Monday 19th July Uncovering Of Relics Of St Serphim Of Sarov ( 1903) St Macrina, sister of St Basil the Great (380) St Theodore of Edessa (9th) St Roman, Prince of Ryaazan (1270) St Stephen, King of Serbia ( 1427), and his mother, St Militsa ( 1405)

Tuesday 20th July HOLY GLORIOUS PROPHET ELIJAH (9th BC)
ST Abramius of Galich, disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh ( 1375) St Elias Chavchavadze ( Geogia 1907) St Alexis ( Medvedkov) of Ugine ( Russia, France 1934) New\Martyrs Num Maria ( Skobtsova) (1945) Fr Dimitri Klepinin (1944)

Wednesday 21st July. ST Symeon of Emesa, fool-for-Christ and his fellow Ascetic, St John (c590)
Martyr Victor of Marseilles (4th)

Thursday 22nd July. Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-Apostles-Mary Magdalene (1st)

Friday 23rd July. Translation of Relics of Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (c117)
Prophet Ezekiel ( 6thBc) Hieromartyr Apollinaria, Bishop of Ravenna ( c75) St Pelagia of Tinos (1834) Pochaev Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Saturday 24th July. Martyr Christina of Tyre ( 3rd) St Declan , Bishop of Ardmore (5th) Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb, in Baptism Roman andDavid.

Sunday 25th July. 9th Sunday After Pentecost The Dormition Of The Righteous Anna mother of the Most Holy Theotokos and Blessed Virgin Mary. St Olympias ( Olympiada) the deaconess, of Constantinople (c408) Holy Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne, Santus, Maturus, Attalus and Blandina ( 177) Virgin Eupraxia of Tabennesi ( 413) Commemoration of 165 Fathers of Fifth Ecumenical Council ( 533)

Monday 26th July. Martyr Parasceve of Rome (2nd) Hieromartyr Hermolaus and Martyrs Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia (c305) St Jacob Netsvetov, missionary to Yupik Eskimos. ( Alaska 1864)

Tuesday 27th July. Great Martyr And Healer Panteleimon (305) HOLY Equal-To-Apostles Clement of Orchid, Bishop of Greater Macedonia ( 916) and Sts Angelar, Horasdus, ( Gorazd) Hahum, and Sabas, disciples of Sts Cyril and Methodius. St Nickolas Kochanov, fool-for-Christ, at Novgorod (1392)e ( 448)

Wednesday 28th July Apostles of the seventy and deacons; Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas (1st) Martyr Julian of Dalmatia ( 2nd) St Samson, Bishop of Dol in Brittany ( c565) St Irene of Chrysovalantou (9th) St Xeropotamou (founder of Monastery of St Paul, Mt Athos 10th) New Martyr Christodoulos ( 1777)

Thursday 29th July. Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor ( 3rd-4th) Virgin Martyr Seraphima ( Serapia) of Antioch (2nd) Martyr Theodota and her three sons in Bithynia (c304) St Lupus, Bishop of Troyes ( 479) St Olaf, King of Norway ( 1030) St Bogolep of Cherny Yar, Child -monk of Great habit (17th)

Friday 30th July. apostle Silas (Silvanus) of the seventy, and those with him. Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus (1st) Hieromartyr valentine, Bishop of Interamma ( terni) in Italy (c273) Martyr Julitta at Caesarea ( 304-305)

Saturday 31st July. Forefeast Of Procession Of Honourable Wood Of Lifegiving Cross Of The Lord.
St Joseph of Arimathaea (1st) St Germanus, Bishop of Auxerrre ( 448) St Neot, Hermit in Cornwall (c877)

1st August Start Of Holy Dormition Fast In Honour Of Solemnity Of Falling Asleep Of Holy And Blessed Theotokos And Blessed Virgin Mary.

1st August Sunday Orthodox Liturgy Of Procession Of Honourable Wood And Lifegiving Cross Of The Lord. 330pm Church Of Holy Rosary Castlebar