July 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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July 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 22

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 3 by Old Calendar.[note 1]

For July 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 8.

Saints

• Prophet Ezekiel (6th century BC)[1][2][3][4] (see also: July 23)
• Hieromartyr Zoticus, Bishop of Comana in Armenia (204)[1][2][5][note 2]
• Martyrs Theophilus,[7] Trophimus[7] and another 13 martyrs with them (305)[2][8][9][10] (see also: July 23)
• Martyrs Justus and Matthew,[11] and Eugene,[12] at Rome (305)[1][2][7][9][10]
• Martyrs Theodore and George.[7][9][10][13]
• Holy 3 Martyrs of Melitene, dragged to death.[9][10][14]
• Hieromartyr Bargabdesian, Deacon, at Arbela in Assyria (354)[1][2][15]
• Saints Paul, Bishop, and John, Priest, ascetics, near Edessa (5th century)[1][2]
• Venerable Symeon of Emesa, Fool-for-Christ (590),[7] and his fellow ascetic St. John (c. 590)[1][2][9][10][16][17][18][note 3] (see also: July 23)

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Praxedes, the daughter of the Roman senator Pudens and sister of St Pudentiana (2nd century)[19][20][21][note 4]
• Saint Julia of Troyes (c. 272)[19][22][note 5][note 6]
• Saints Claudius, Justus, Jucundinus and Companions, a group of eight martyrs, who suffered with St Julia in Troyes in France under Aurelian (273)[6][19][note 7]
• Martyr Victor of Marseilles,[1][2][9][10][23][24] and soldiers Alexander, Felician and Longinus (c. 290)[19][25][note 8][note 9]
• Saint Constantine, a disciple and the first successor of St Benedict at Monte Cassino in Italy (c. 560)[19]
• Saint Arbogast, 7th-century missionary to the Frankish Empire and an early Bishop of Strasbourg (c. 678)[19][26][27][note 10][note 11]
• Saints John and Benignus, twin brothers and monks at Moyenmoutier in France (707)[19]
• Saint Wastrada, the mother of St Gregory of Utrecht, she became a nun at the end of her life (c. 760)[19][note 12]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Onuphrius the Silent, of the Kiev Caves (12th century)[1][2][7][9][10][18][28][29][note 13]
• Venerable Onesimus the Hermit, recluse of the Kiev Caves Monastery (12th-13th century)[1][2][10][18][30]
• Venerable Manuel II Palaiologos (Matthew in monasticism) (1425)[7][9][31]
• Venerable Raphael (1640-1645) and Parthenius (1660) of Old Agapia Monastery, Romania.[1]
• Saint Parthenius of Radobysdio, Arta, Bishop (1777)[1][2][7][9][10][32]
• Ethno-Hieromartyr Meletios (Kyriakos), Bishop of Kitros (1821)[9][33][note 14]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Peter Golubev, Priest (1938)[2][18]
• New Hieromartyrs Simo Banjac and Milan Stojisavljevic, and the latter’s son Martyr Milan of Glamoc, Serbia (1941-1945)[1][2][note 15]

Other commemorations

• Synaxis of Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of "Armatia", Constantinople.[1][7][9][10][34][35] (see also: August 17)
• Synaxis of Saint Eleutherius, Bishop of Illyricum, in the Church by "Dry Hill".[1][2][10]
• Synaxis of the holy martyr Acacius of Cappadocia, in Heptascalon.[2][9][10][36] (see also: May 7)
• Uncovering of the relics (1649) of St. Anna of Kashin, Princess of Kashin (Euphrosyne in monasticism) (1337)[1][2][10]
• Uncovering of the relics (1999) of New Hiero-confessor Roman Medved of Moscow, Archpriest (1937)[2][18][37][note 16] (see also: August 26)
• Repose of Abbess Arsenia (Sebryakova) of the Ust-Medveditsk Convent (ru) (1905)[1][note 17]
• Repose of Abbot Gerasim of the Chudov Monastery (1911)[1]
• Repose of Blessed Anthony Petrovich Shuvalov, wonderworker of Undor-Simbirsk (1942)[1][note 18]
• Repose of Abbess Euphemia of the Ravanica and St. Petka monasteries, Serbia (1958)[1]

Icon gallery

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  Prophet Ezekiel.
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  Venerable Symeon of Emesa and his fellow faster St. John.
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  St. Praxedes, with Pope Paschal I and the Apostle Paul.
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  Martyr Victor of Marseilles.
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  Venerable Onuphrius the Silent, of the Kiev Caves.
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  Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos (Matthew in monasticism).
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  St. Anna of Kashin (Euphrosyne in monasticism).
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  New Hiero-confessor Roman Medved of Moscow, Archpriest.
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  Abbess Arsenia (Sebryakova) of the Ust-Medveditsk Convent.

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. "At Comana, in Armenia, the holy bishop and martyr Zoticus, who was crowned under Severus."[6]
3. "In Syria, the holy monk John, a companion of St. Simeon."[6]
4. "AT Rome, the holy virgin Praxedes, who was brought up in all chastity and in the knowledge of the divine law. Assiduously attending to watching, prayer and fasting, she rested in Christ, and was buried near her sister Pudentiana, on the Salarian road."[6] One of the ancient churches in Rome is dedicated to her.
5. Born in Troyes in France, she was seized by soldiers of the Emperor Aurelian after his victory over the usurper Tetricus. Committed to the charge of an officer called Claudius, she converted him to Christ and both were beheaded in Troyes under the same Aurelian.
6. "At Troyes, St. Julia, virgin and martyr."[6]
7. Their relics were enshrined in the convent of Jouarre near Meaux.
8. Victor, an army officer in Marseilles in France, suffered martyrdom there with three prison-guards whom he had converted. In the fourth century St John Cassian built a monastery over their tomb which afterwards became the Monastery of St Victor.
9. "At Marseilles, the birthday of St. Victor, a soldier. Because he refused to serve in the army and sacrifice to idols, he was thrust into prison, where he was visited by an angel, then subjected to various torments, and finally being crushed under a millstone, he ended his martyrdom. With him also suffered three soldiers, Alexander, Felician, and Longinus."[6]
10. Born in Aquitaine in France, he was a hermit in Alsace when King Dagobert II forced him to become Bishop of Strasbourg, where he showed great humility and wisdom. At his own request he was buried in the place set apart for the burial of criminals. A church was soon built over his tomb.
11. "At Strasburg, St. Arbogastus, a bishop, renowned for miracles."[6]
12. She was buried at Susteren Abbey.
13. See: (in Russian) Онуфрий Молчаливый. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
14. See: (in Greek) Μελέτιος Α' Κίτρους. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
15. See: (in Serbian) Списак светитеља Српске православне цркве:

    • Симо Бањац (1871-1941).
    • Мирко Стојисављевић (1885-1941).

16. See: (in Russian) Медведь, Роман Иванович. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
17. See: (in Russian) Арсения (Себрякова). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
18. (in Russian) Старец Антоний Ундоровский - Антон Петрович Шувалов (1870−1942).

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26. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. ARGOBASTUS OR ARBOGASTUS, BISHOP OF STRASBOURG, GERMANY. [SEVENTH CENTURY.]". In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 280-289.
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33. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελέτιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ Ἐθνομάρτυρας, Ἐπίσκοπος Κίτρους, ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ. 21 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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