July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 27

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 8 by Old Calendar.[note 1]

For July 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 13.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors
  • New Hieromartyr Sergius Strelnikov, Priest (1937)[11][13]

Other commemorations
  • Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Emvolon" (in Pegadion by the New Colonnade), Constantinople.[1][5][28]
  • Consecration of the Temple the Holy Archangel Michael in Scallae.[5][29]
  • Consecration of the Temple the Holy Archangel Gabriel in Chaldae.[5][30]
  • Repose of Elder Theophanes of Solovki Monastery (1819)[1]
  • Repose of Archimandrite Nathaniel (Pospelov) of Pskov-Caves Monastery (2002)[1]

Notes
  1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. Name days celebrated today include:
    • Paraskevi (Παρασκευή);
    • Paraskevas (Παρασκευᾶς).
  3. "Venerable Symeon the Archimandrite and Stylite." He is absent from the Synaxarion of Nicodemus. However his memory is recorded in the "Patmiako" Codex, as well as in "Βιέννης Theol. gr. 300", and in the Synaxarion of Delahaye, without any biographical details.[15]
  4. "Also, at Rome, St. Pastor, priest. His name is used to designate a cardinal's title in the church of St. Pudentiana, on the Viminal hill."[19]
  5. Symphronius was a Roman slave who brought about the conversion of the tribune Olympius, the latter's wife Exuperia and their son Theodulus.
  6. "At Rome, on the Latin road, the holy martyrs Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus, and Exuperia, who (as we read in the Acts of pope St. Stephen) were burnt alive, and thus obtained the palm of martyrdom."[19]
  7. "At Verona, St. Valens, bishop and confessor."[19]
  8. He was renowned for the miracles he worked on these journeys. Finally he settled at the monastery of Padolirone near Padua in Italy.
  9. "In the monastery of St. Benedict, near Mantua, St. Simeon, monk and hermit, who was renowned for many miracles, and at an advanced age rested in the Lord."[19]
  10. "Modern Roman Martyrology, Benedictine Martyrologies. Authority: – A life written not long after his death by a monk of Padolira. The early part of his life was learned from letters of Arsenius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. He was canonized by Benedict VIII; and at the elevation of his body, Leo IX sent a brief to the Bishop of Mantua, approving veneration to the saint."[20]
  11. See: (in Russian) Феодосий Кавказский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References
  1. July 26/August 8. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Παρασκευὴ ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυς. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 26 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  4. Martyr Parasceva of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  5. July 26. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.
  6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ὡραιοζήλη ἡ Μάρτυς. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  7. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ἱερουσαλήμ ἡ Μάρτυς. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑρμόλαος, Ἕρμιππος καὶ Ἑρμοκράτης οἱ Μάρτυρες. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  9. Hieromartyr Hermolaus and Martyrs Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  10. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀππίων ὁ Μάρτυρας. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  11. August 8 / July 26. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  12. Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  13. (in Russian) 8 августа (26 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  14. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰγνάτιος ὁ Στειρωνίτης. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  15. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ ἀρχιμανδρίτης καὶ στυλίτης «ὁ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ Ἀνάπλου». 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  16. (in Greek) 26/07/2023. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
  17. July 26. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  18. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PASTOR, P. (2ND CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 571.
  19. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 221.
  20. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SYMEON, H. (A.D. 1016.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 571-574.
  21. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερόντιος ὁ Ἁγιορείτης. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  22. Venerable Gerontius of Saint Anne Skete, Mt. Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  23. Saint Sava III of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  24. (in Romanian) Sfântul Cuvios Ioanichie cel Nou de la Muscel (Argeș). DOXOLOGIA.RO. Retrieved: 13 April 2019.
  25. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ ἐν Ἀλάσκα. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  26. Repose of Saint Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  27. Hieroconfessor Theodosius Of Minvody. St Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney TX. Retrieved: 13 April 2019.
  28. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου πέραν ἐν τῷ Πηγαδίῳ πλησίον τοῦ νέου Ἐμβόλου. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  29. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἐγκαίνια Ναοῦ Ἀρχαγγέλου Μιχαὴλ πέραν ἐν Σκάλλαις. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  30. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἐγκαίνια τοῦ Ναοῦ Ἀρχαγγέλου Γαβριὴλ πέραν ἐν Χάλδαις. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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