July 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 4
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 16 by Old Calendarists
July 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
July 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 3All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 15 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Juvenal of Jerusalem, Patriarch *Saint Photius of Kiev, metropolitan...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 4
July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
July 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 5All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 17 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Saint Andrew of Crete, archbishop *Venerable Martha, mother of Symeon Stylites the Younger...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 16 by Old Calendarists
Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- MartyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
Hyacinth of CaesareaHyacinth of CaesareaHyacinth was a martyred Christian saint, who had been the chamberlain to Emperor Trajan. Saint Hyacinth was imprisoned in Caesarea, Cappadocia, and after numerous scourges, he starved to death refusing meat which had been blessed for sacrifice to pagan gods, in 120.-References:...
in CappadociaCappadociaCappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province.In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine...
(108108Year 108 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Trebonius and Bradua...
) and Diomedes, Eulampius, Asclepiodotus and Golinduch, who suffered with Hyacinth. - VenerableVenerableThe 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:...
Nicodemus of Kozhe Lake, abbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
(1640) - Martyrs MociusMucianSaint Mucian is an ancient Roman martyr of the early Christian Church. He was killed with a sword with two other men, named Mark and Paul, as well as a little boy whose name is unknown....
and Mark (4th century) - Saint Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople (458)
- Saint Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones on the Euphrates (430)
- Saint Isaiah the Solitary from Scetis in Egypt, died in Gaza (491)
- Saint Basil the Bishop of RyazanRyazanRyazan is a city and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Oka River southeast of Moscow. Population: The strategic bomber base Dyagilevo is just west of the city, and the air base of Alexandrovo is to the southeast as is the Ryazan Turlatovo Airport...
(1295) - Holy Princes Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257) of YaroslavlYaroslavlYaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...
- Saints John and Longinus, Wonderworkers of YarenskYarenskYarensk is a selo of 4,100 people located on the bank of the Vychegda River near its confluence with the Yarenga. It is the center of Lensky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast....
(Solovki) - Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-ChristBlessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-ChristBorn on the outskirts of Vologda in Russia, Blessed John of Moscow the Fool for Christ, Wonderworker of Moscow, spent his youth as a labourer in a local saltworks and as a water-carrier...
(ca 1589) - Blessed Michael and Thomas, fools-for-Christ of SolvychegodskSolvychegodskSolvychegodsk is a town in the southern part of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right-hand bank of the Vychegda River northeast of Kotlas. Administratively, it is a part of Kotlassky District. Municipally, it is incorporated as Solvychegodskoye Urban Settlement of Kotlassky Municipal...
(Vologda).
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relicRelicIn religion, a relic is a part of the body of a saint or a venerated person, or else another type of ancient religious object, carefully preserved for purposes of veneration or as a tangible memorial...
s of HieromartyrHieromartyrIn 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....
Philip of MoscowMetropolitan PhilipSaint Philip II of Moscow was a Russian Orthodox monk, who became Metropolitan of Moscow during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. He was one of a few Metropolitans who dared openly to contradict royal authority, and it is widely believed that the Tsar had him murdered on that account...
, metropolitanMetropolitan bishopIn Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
and wonderworker (1652) - Icon of the Mother of God the "Milk-Giver" of the Hilandar Monastery on Mt. Athos