July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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July 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Repose of righteous Anna, mother of the Most Holy Theotokos...

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July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
July 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 28-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 9 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Holy Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon...


Fixed commemorations

All fixed commemorations below are observed on August 8 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

  • 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....

    s Hermolaus, Hermippus, and Hermocrates
    Hermocrates
    Hermocrates was a general of Syracuse during the Athenians' Sicilian Expedition.The first historical reference to Hermocrates is at the congress of Gela in 424 BC, where he gave a speech demanding the Sicilian Greeks stop their quarrelling...

     at Nicomedia
    Nicomedia
    Nicomedia was an ancient city in what is now Turkey, founded in 712/11 BC as a Megarian colony and was originally known as Astacus . After being destroyed by Lysimachus, it was rebuilt by Nicomedes I of Bithynia in 264 BC under the name of Nicomedia, and has ever since been one of the most...

     (305
    305
    Year 305 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius 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:...

     Paraskevi of Rome
    Paraskevi of Rome
    Saint Paraskevi of Rome is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century. According to Christian tradition, she was born in Rome about 140 AD to parents who were Christians. Her parents, Agathon and Politia, were of Greek origin, and had prayed for many years to have a child...

     (2nd century)
  • Saint
    Saint
    A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...

     Moses the Hungarian
    Moses the Hungarian
    Moses the Hungarian was a Kievan Russian monk of Hungarian origin. He is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church.Moses was born around 990-995. He probably left Transylvania to serve the princely family in Kiev...

     of the Kiev Caves Monastery (1043)
  • Virgin-martyr Oriozela of Reuma, disciple of Saint Andrew
    Saint Andrew
    Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...

  • Saint Ignatius of Mt. Stirion, 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...

  • Martyr Appion
  • Virgin-martyr Jerusalem of Byzantium
  • Saint Gerontius
    Saint Gerontius
    Saint Gerontius may refer to:*Gerontius of Cervia *Geraint, character from Welsh folklore and Arthurian legend, a king of Dumnonia and a valiant warrior...

    , founder of the Skete
    Skete
    A Skete is a monastic style community that allows relative isolation for monks, but alsoallows for communal services and the safety of shared resources and protection...

     of Saint Anne
    Saint Anne
    Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...

  • Saint Sava III of Serbia, archbishop
    Archbishop
    An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...


Other commemorations

  • Repose of Elder Theophanes of Solovki (1819)
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