July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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July 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 7All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 19 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Venerable Sisoes the Great of Egypt...

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July 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 9All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 21 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Great martyr Procopius of Caesarea in Palaestina...



All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 20 by Old Calendarists
Old Style and New Style dates
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Saints

  • Venerable
    Venerable
    The Venerable is used as a style or epithet in several Christian churches. It is also the common English-language translation of a number of Buddhist titles.-Roman Catholic:...

     Thomas of Mt. Maleon (283
    283
    Year 283 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Carus and Carinus...

    )
  • Venerable Acacius of Sinai, who is mentioned in The Ladder of Divine Ascent (6th century)
  • Hieromartyr
    Hieromartyr
    In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....

     Evangelus, Bishop of Tomi (Constanţa
    Constanta
    Constanța is the oldest extant city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanța County and the largest city in the region....

    ) in Romania
    Romania
    Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

     (290
    290
    Year 290 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius...

    )
  • Martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

     Epictetus, presbyter
    Presbyter
    Presbyter in the New Testament refers to a leader in local Christian congregations, then a synonym of episkopos...

    , and Astion, monk
    Monk
    A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...

    , in Scythia
    Scythia
    In antiquity, Scythian or Scyths were terms used by the Greeks to refer to certain Iranian groups of horse-riding nomadic pastoralists who dwelt on the Pontic-Caspian steppe...

     (209
    209
    Year 209 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Lollianus...

    )
  • Martyr Kyriaki of Nicomedia (289
    289
    Year 289 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Quintianus...

    )

Other commemorations

  • Translation of the icon
    Icon
    An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...

     of the Theotokos
    Theotokos
    Theotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...

     Blachernitissa
    Blachernitissa
    Blachernitissa , also called Theotokos of Blachernae or Our Lady of Blachernae , is a 7th-century encaustic icon representing the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary...

    from Mount Athos
    Mount Athos
    Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...

     to Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    (1654)
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