Orthodox Calendar
July 2028
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1

  • Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, martyrs at Rome (284)

2

  • 4th Sunday after Pentecost
  • 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

  • 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

Fast

  • 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

Fast

  • St Thomas of Mt Maleon (10th c.)
  • Holy Martyr Kyriake of Nicomedia (289)

8

  • Appearance of the "Kazan" icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579)
  • Holy Great Martyr Prokopios (303)
  • St Procopius, Fool for Christ (1303)

9

  • 5th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Hieromartyr Pancratius, bishop of Taormina in Sicily (1st c.)

10

  • 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

Fast

  • 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

Fast

  • 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

  • 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

  • 6th Sunday after Pentecost
  • Fathers of the 1st Six Ecumenical Councils
  • Hieromartyr Athenogenes, bishop of Sebaste, and his ten disciples (311)

17

  • Royal Passionbearers
  • Great-martyr Marina (Margaret) of Antioch in Pisidia (270)

18

  • Holy Martyr Emilian (362)
  • St Pambo, hermit of Egypt (374? 386?)

19

Fast

  • 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

Fast

  • 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

  • Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene

23

  • 7th Sunday after Pentecost
  • 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

  • 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

Fast

  • 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

Fast

  • Holy Apostles of the Seventy and Deacons Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenas
  • St Irene, Abbess of the Convent of Chrysovalantou (912)

29

  • Holy Martyr Callinicus of Gangra in Asia Minor (c. 250)
  • Holy Martyr Seraphima (2nd c.)

30

  • 8th Sunday after Pentecost
  • 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

  • Forefeast of the Procession of the Lifegiving Cross
  • Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th c.)
  • Righteous Joseph of Arimathea (1st c.)