Orthodox Calendar for July 2026

July 2026
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 Fast Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, martyrs at Rome (284)	2 The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae St John (Maximovich), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (1966) (June 19 OC) St Juvenal, Patriarch of Jerusalem (458) St Juvenaly, First Martyr of America and Alaska (1796)	3 Fast Martyr Hyacinth of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and those with him (108) Our Holy Father Isaiah the Solitary (491) Our Holy Father Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones (430) Our Father among the Saints Anatolios, Archbishop of Constantinople (458)	4 Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia: Tsar Nicholas II, Tsaritsa Alexandra, Crown Prince Alexei, and Grand duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and those martyred with them (1918). St Andrew, archbishop of Crete (720?) St Martha, mother of St Symeon of the Wonderful Mountain (551) St Andrew (Rublev), iconographer (1430)
5 5th Sunday after Pentecost Unc. Rel. Ven. Sergius of Radonezh; Ven. Athanasius of Athos St Athanasius of Mt Athos (1003) and his six disciples Uncovering of the Relics (1422) of St Sergius of Radonezh (1392) Martyrdom of St Elizabeth Romanov and Nun Barbara (1918) Our Holy Father the New Martyr Cyprian (1679)	6 Our Holy Father Sisoës the Great of Egypt (429) Holy Martyrs Marinus and Martha, and those with them (269)	7 St Thomas of Mt Maleon (10th c.) Holy Martyr Kyriake of Nicomedia (289)	8 Fast Appearance of the "Kazan" icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579) Holy Great Martyr Prokopios (303) St Procopius, Fool for Christ (1303)	9 Hieromartyr Pancratius, bishop of Taormina in Sicily (1st c.)	10 Fast Ven. Anthony of the Kiev Caves Holy 45 Martyrs of Nikopolis in Armenia (319) St Anthony of the Kiev Caves (1073) The Placing of the Precious Robe of the Lord in Moscow (1625)	11 Commemoration of the Miracle (451) of Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised, of Chalcedon (304) Blessed Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga, princess of Russia, in holy baptism called Helen (969). New Martyrs Nikodemos (1722) and Nektarios (1820) St Sophrony of Essex (1993) (June 28 OC)
12 6th Sunday after Pentecost Holy Martyrs Proclus and Hilarius (2nd c.) St Veronica, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by the Savior Saint Païsios of the Holy Mountain (1994) (June 29 OC)	13 Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel Holy Martyr Golinduc of Persia (6th c.) Saint Julian, Bishop of Cenomanis (Le Mans) (1st c.) Repose of Photios Kontoglou (1965) (June 30 OC)	14 Apostle Aquila of the Seventy, and St Priscilla (1st c.). Our Father among the Saints Joseph, Archbishop of Thessalonika (833) St Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain, spiritual writer (1809)	15 Fast—Fish, Wine and Oil are Allowed Great Prince Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Enlightener of the Lands of Rus Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir (in holy baptism Basil), enlightener of the Russian Land (1051) Holy Martyrs Cyricus and His Mother Julitta (304)	16 Hieromartyr Athenogenes, bishop of Sebaste, and his ten disciples (311)	17 Fast Royal Passionbearers Great-martyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia (270)	18 Holy Martyr Emilian (362) St Pambo, hermit of Egypt (374? 386?)
19 7th Sunday after Pentecost Fathers of the 1st Six Ecumenical Councils Unc. Rel. Ven. Seraphim of Sarov Uncovering of the relics (1903) of St Seraphim of Sarov St Macrina, sister of St Basil the Great and St Gregory of Nyssa (380)	20 Holy Prophet Elijah Holy Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah) (9th c. BC) Martyrs Maria (Skobtsova), Dimitri (Klepenin) and those with them, who perished in the Nazi concentration camps (1944-1945)	21 Our Righteous Fathers John and Symeon, the Fool for Christ's Sake (570) Marcella, Virgin-Martyr of Chios (ca. 1500) Prophet Ezekiel (6th c. BC)	22 Fast Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene	23 Hieromartyr Apollinarius, bishop of Ravenna (75) Holy Prophet Ezekiel (6th c. BC) Righteous Anna (Hannah), mother of the prophet Samuel Righteous Anna (Hannah), mother of the prophet Samuel	24 Fast Martyrs Boris and Gleb, Passionbearers Martyr Christina of Tyre (200) Holy Martyrs and Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb of Russia, in holy baptism Romanus and David (1015)	25 Dormition of the Righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Theotokos Commemoration of the holy 165 Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (553) St Olympias the Deaconess (408)
26 8th Sunday after Pentecost Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska Holy Hieromartyrs Hermolaus (305), Hermippus, and Hermocrates at Nicomedia Holy Righteous Martyr Paraskeve (140) Saint James (Jakov) Netsvetov, Missionary to Alaska (1864)	27 Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon Holy Great-martyr and Healer Panteleimon (305) St Clement, Archbishop of Ochrid (916) Commemoration of the canonization (1970) of St Herman of Alaska (1837)	28 Holy Apostles of the Seventy and Deacons Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenas St Irene, Abbess of the Convent of Chrysovalantou (912)	29 Fast Holy Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (c. 250) Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)	30 Apostles Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus of the Seventy Hieromarytyr Polychronius, Bishop of Babylon, and those with him (251) Venerable Angelina, Princess of Albania.	31 Fast Forefeast of the Procession of the Lifegiving Cross Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th c.) Righteous Joseph of Arimathea (1st c.)