Feasts and Saints

Martyrs Callinicus, Benjamin and Mamant; Martyr Theodota and her sons

Orthodox Calendar July 29 Martyr Callinicus A native of Cilicia, he was raised from childhood in the Christian Faith. Grieving that many misguided people would perish for eternity because they worshiped idols, he went through the cities and villages to proclaim Jesus Christ and His teachings to the pagans, and with the Word of God…

Jul 29, 2026basilica.ro

Saints Apostles and Deacons: Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas; Saint Irene Chrysovolantou; Venerable Paul the Founder of the Xeropotamou Monastery

Orthodox Calendar July 28 Saints Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenas, Apostles of the Seventy They were among the first deacons in the Church of Christ. In the Acts of the Holy Apostles (6:1-6) it is said that the twelve Apostles chose seven men: Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicholas, full of the Holy…

Jul 28, 2026basilica.ro

Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon

Orthodox Calendar, July 27 Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon The Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon was born in the city of Nicomedia into the family of the illustrious pagan Eustorgius, and he was named Pantoleon. His mother Saint Euboula (March 30) was a Christian. She wanted to raise her son in the Christian Faith, but she…

Jul 27, 2026basilica.ro

Venerable Ioannikios the New of Muscel; Hieromartyr Hermolaus at Nicomedia; Martyr Paraskeva of Rome (The Feeding of the Five Thousand)

Orthodox Calendar July 26 Venerable Ioannikios the New of Muscel This pious man obedient to God was born to religious parents living in Muscel area. Having obeyed the call of Christ, he gave up all the pleasures and temptations of the vain world ever since he was a young man and withdrew to Cetăţuia Negru-Vodă…

Jul 26, 2026basilica.ro

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