Feasts and Saints

Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Mother of God; Commemoration of the Holy 165 Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council; Holy Woman Olympias the Deaconess of Constantinople; Virginmartyr Eupraxia

Orthodox Calendar, July 25 Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Mother of God She was the daughter of the priest Matthan and his wife Mary. She was of the tribe of Levi and the lineage of Aaron. According to Tradition, she died peacefully in Jerusalem at age 79, before the…

Jul 25, 2026basilica.ro

Martyr Christina of Tyre; Martyr Hermogenes

Orthodox Calendar, July 24 Martyr Christina The Martyr Christina lived during the third century. She was born into a rich family, and her father was governor of Tyre. By the age of 11 the girl was exceptionally beautiful, and many wanted to marry her. Christina’s father, however, envisioned that his daughter should become a pagan…

Jul 24, 2026basilica.ro

The translation of the relics of Phocas the Holy Martyr, Bishop of Sinope; Hieromartyrs Apollinaris, Vitalius and Valeri

Orthodox Calendar, July 23 The translation of the relics of Phocas the Holy Martyr, Bishop of Sinope St Phocas was known for the many miracles he worked and for his apostolic zeal in shepherding the flock of Sinope. He contested for the Faith during the reign of Emperor Trajan, in the year 102, when he…

Jul 23, 2026basilica.ro

Holy Confessor Priest Elijah Lăcătușu; Myrrhbearer and Equal of the Apostles Mary Magdalene; Martyr Markella of Chios

Orthodox Calendar, July 22 Holy Confessor Priest Elijah Lăcătușu The Holy Confessor Priest Elijah Lăcătușu was born on December 8, 1909, in the village of Țepești, in the commune of Crăpăturile, in Vâlcea County, Romania. His parents, Marin and Maria, were devout people who worked the land. They had seven children, with Elijah being the…

Jul 22, 2026basilica.ro

†) Ven. Raphael and Parthenius of old Agapia; Ven. Simeon and John the Ascetic; Prophet Ezekiel; The Veneration of the Icon of the Mother of God from Dintr-un Lemn Monastery

Orthodox Calendar, July 21 Venerable Raphael from Agapia Venerable Raphael lived in the old monastic settlement of Agapia in the Hills, in the 16th century. He was acclaimed especially in Moldavia, as one of the great Romanian Saints, whose relics Saint Hierarch Dosoftei, metropolitan of Moldavia, looked to venerate them. According to certain chronicles, Saint Raphael…

Jul 21, 2026basilica.ro

†) Holy, Glorious Prophet Elijah

Orthodox Calendar, July 20 Holy, Glorious Prophet Elijah The Holy Prophet Elijah is one of the greatest of the prophets and the first dedicated to virginity in the Old Testament. He was born in Tishba of Gilead into the Levite tribe 900 years before the Incarnation of the Word of God. Saint Epiphanius of Cyprus…

Jul 20, 2026basilica.ro

Venerable Macrina the Sister of St Basil the Great; The Saints from the Family of Saint Basil the Great; Venerable Dius the Abbot of Antioch; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov; 7th Sunday after Pentecost (of the Holy Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council)

Orthodox Calendar, July 19 Venerable Macrina Saint Macrina was the sister of the holy hierarchs Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa, and was born in Cappadocia at the beginning of the fourth century. Her mother, Emilia, saw an angel in a dream, naming her unborn child Thekla, in honor of the holy Protomartyr Thekla.…

Jul 19, 2026basilica.ro

†) Martyr Emilian of Dorostolum; Venerable Pambo the Hermit of Egypt

Orthodox calendar, July 18 Holy Martyr Emilian of Durostorum The Holy Martyr Emilian suffered for Christ during the reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate (361-363). Julian wanted to restore the cult of the pagan gods throughout the Roman Empire, and he issued an edict, according to which all Christians who failed to honor the pagan gods…

Jul 18, 2026Sorin Ioniţe

Greatmartyr Marina; Hierarch Euphrasius, Bishop of Ionople

Orthodox Calendar, July 17 Holy Great Martyr Marina The Holy Great Martyr Marina was born in Asia Minor, in the city of Antioch of Pisidia (southern Asia Minor), into the family of a pagan priest. In infancy she lost her mother, and her father gave her into the care of a nursemaid, who raised Marina…

Jul 17, 2026basilica.ro

Hieromartyr Athenogenes and his Ten Disciples; Virginmartyr Julia

Orthodox Calendar, July 16 Hieromartyr Athenogenes and his Ten Disciples Hieromartyr Athenogenes and his Ten Disciples suffered for Christ during the persecution of Christians in the city of Sebastea in Cappadocia. The governor Philomachos arranged a large festival in honor of the pagan gods and called upon the citizens of Sebastea to offer sacrifice to…

Jul 16, 2026basilica.ro

Martyrs Cyricus and Julita; St. Vladimir, the Enlightener of the Russian Land

Orthodox Calendar, July 15 Martyrs Cyricus and Julita The Holy Martyrs Cyricus and Julita lived in the city of Iconium in the province of Lykaoneia in Asia Minor. Saint Julita was descended from an illustrious family and was a Christian. Widowed early on, she raised her three-year old-son Cyricus (Quiricus). During the emperor Diocletian’s persecution…

Jul 15, 2026basilica.ro