July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 19 by Old Calendar.[note 1]

For July 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 23.

Saints

• Apostles of the Seventy Archippus, Philemon, and Onesimus (1st century)[1][2][3][4][5]
• Hieromartyr Asteius, Bishop of Dyrrachium in Macedonia (c. 100)[1][2][4][6]
• Martyrs Marinus and Martha, their children Audifax and Abbacum (Habakkuk), and those with them at Rome (269):[1][5][7][8] (see also: January 19 - West )

• Cyrinus, the priest Valentine, and Asterius

• Saint Cointus of Phrygia (Quintus), Confessor and Wonderworker (c. 283)[1][5][8]
• Hieromartyr Isaurus the Deacon, and Martyrs Innocent, Felix, Hermias, Basil, Peregrinus, Rufus, and Rufinus, of Apollonia in Macedonia (284)[1][5][8][9] (see also: June 17)
• Virgin-martyr Lucy of Campania, Martyr Rixius the Imperial Vicar,[10] 24 others beheaded with them,[11] and many other martyrs in Campania, including (301):[1][2][4][5][8][12][note 2]

• Anthony, Lucian, Isidore, Dion, Diodorus, Cutonius, Arnosus, Capicus, Satyrus, and others.

• Martyrs Apollonius,[14] Alexandrion,[15] and Epimachus.[2][4][5][16]
• Martyr Basil and 69 other martyrs of Scythopolis.[2][17] (see also: June 28 )
• Venerable Sisoës the Great of Egypt (429)[1][2][4][5][8][18][19][20]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Romulus of Fiesole and Companions, ordained by the Apostle Peter as first pastor of Fiesole, he was martyred with several companions under Domitian (c. 90)[21][22][note 3]
• Saint Tranquillinus, a martyr in Rome connected with St Sebastian (c. 288)[21][23][note 4]
• Saint Dominica, a martyr venerated in Campania who suffered under Diocletian.[21][24][note 5]
• Saint Monenna (or Darerca), an ascetic and Abbess of Sliabh Cuillin in Ireland, foundress of Killeevy Monastery (c. 518)[1][5][21][25][note 6][note 7]
• Saint Goar of Aquitaine, Hieromonk, hermit, and missionary along the Rhine, Germany (649)[1][5][21][27][note 8][note 9]
• Saint Seaxburh of Ely (Saxburgh, Sexburga), foundress of the abbey at Minster-in-Sheppey and later Abbess of Ely (699)[4][21][28][29][note 10]
• Saint Noyala, a holy virgin from Britain beheaded at Beignan in Brittany.[21][note 11]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Sisoes of the Kiev Caves, Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves (13th century)[1][4][5][8][31]
• New Monk-martyr Cyril of Hilandar, Mt. Athos, burned alive at Thessalonica (1566)[1][2][5][32]
• Saint Barnabas, Elder, of the Gethsemane Skete of St. Sergius Lavra (1906)[1][5]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Euthymius (Lyubovichev), Hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1931)[1][5][8][33][note 12]
• New Hieromartyr Theodore (Bogoyavlensky), Hieromonk, of Vostryakovo, Moscow (1943)[1][5][8]

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics of Saint Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th century)[34][note 13]
• Uncovering of the relics of St. Juliana, Princess of Olshansk (16th century)[1][4][5][8][35][36][note 14]
• Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh.[1][5][8][37][38][note 15]
• "Bogorodsko-Ufimsky" Icon of the Mother of God (1621)[5][8][39][note 16]
• Repose of Archimandrite Arsenius (Papacioc) of Romania (2011)[1][note 17]

Icon gallery

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  Venerable Sisoës the Great, before the tomb of Alexander the Great, signifying the remembrance of death.
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  Killevy Old Church, reputed site of St. Monenna's convent.
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  St. Goar of Aquitaine (from the Nuremberg Chronicle).
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  St. Seaxburh of Ely.
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  'Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh.
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  Icon of the Mother of God 'Ufimskaya'.
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  Archimandrite Arsenius (Papacioc) of Romania.

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. "The same day, St. Lucia, martyr, a native of Campania. Being arrested and severely tortured by the lieutenant-governor Rictiovarus, she converted him to Christ. To them were added Antoninus, Severinus, Diodorus, Dion, and seventeen others, who shared their sufferings and their crowns."[13]
3. "At Fiesoli, in Tuscany, St. Romulus, bishop and martyr, disciple of the blessed apostle Peter, who commissioned him to preach the Gospel. After announcing Christ in many parts of Italy, he returned to Fiesoli, and was crowned with martyrdom with other Christians in the reign of Domitian."[13]
4. "At Rome, the birthday of St. Tranquillinus, martyr, father of the Saints Mark and Marcellian, who were converted to Christ by the preaching of the martyr St. Sebastian. Baptized by the blessed priest Polycarp, he was ordained priest by pope St. Caius. He was arrested while praying at the tomb of blessed Paul on the Octave of the Apostles, and stoned to death by the Pagans, and thus consummated his martyrdom."[13]
5. "In Campania, St. Dominica, virgin and martyr, in the time of the emperor Diocletian. For having destroyed idols, she was condemned to the beasts, but being uninjured by them, she was beheaded and departed for heaven. Her body is kept with great veneration at Tropea, in Calabria."[13]
6. "S. Monynna, or Darerca, is said to have received the veil from the hands of S. Patrick, near the pool of Bruigis. She proceeded to associate others with herself, eight virgins, and a widow with her little boy, named Luger, who afterwards became a bishop. They built a church at Roskerry, near Carlingford. Then she removed with her nuns to S. Ibar (d. 500), in the western isles of Ireland, and remained for some time under his direction, first there, and afterwards in an island in the south, called Little Ireland (Beg-Erin), in Wexford harbour. She made the acquaintance of, and often visited, S. Bridget, and is said to have established herself at a distance of four days' journey from that holy woman. She next retired into a cell where she could not see the face of a man, only going out at night. Her church is now called Killevy, near Newry."[26]
7. Foundress of a number of monasteries in Scotland and England.
8. A priest from Aquitaine in France, who lived as a hermit near Oberwesel on the Rhine in Germany, now called St Goar.
9. "In the vicinity of Treves, St. Goar, priest and confessor."[13]
10. Daughter of Anna, King of East Anglia in England, sister of Sts Etheldred, Ethelburgh and Withburgh and half-sister of St Sethrid. She married Erconbert, King of Kent, and so became mother of Sts Ermenhild and Ercongota. As Queen she founded the convent of Minster in Sheppey. Widowed in 664, she became a nun there, later moving to Ely in 679, where she became abbess.
11. "According to the popular belief in Brittany, unsupported by any evidence, S. Noaluen or S. Noyala the White, was a British maiden, who floated over to Brittany with her nurse on the leaf of a tree. She was decapitated at Beignan, and walked to Pontivy holding her head in her hands. The chapel dedicated to her at Pontivy was remarkable in the 18th cent. for several interesting paintings on gold grounds representing this fanciful story."[30]
12. See also: (in Russian) Евфимий (Любовичев). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
13. His feast day is on July 31.
14. See also: (in Russian) Иулиания Ольшанская. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
15. See also: (in Russian) Собор Радонежских святых. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
16. See also: (in Russian) Богородско-Уфимская икона Божией Матери. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
17. See also: (in Romanian) Arsenie Papacioc. Wikipedia (Romanian Wikipedia).

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16. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπίμαχος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Σισώης ὁ Μέγας. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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24. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DOMINICA, V.M. (DATE UNKNOWN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 137-140.
25. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE II.—ST. DARERCA, OR ST. MONINNE, VIRGIN, OF CILLTSLEIBHE, NOW KILLEAVY, OF SLIABH CUILLIN, COUNTY OF ARMAGH. [FIFTH OR SIXTH CENTURY.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 79-93.
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27. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GOAR, P.C. (A.D. 573.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 154-158.
28. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SEXBURGA, Q. ABSS. (A.D. 699.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 158-160.
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32. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Θεσσαλονίκη. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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34. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων τοῦ Ὁσίου Εὐδοκίμου. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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36. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων τῆς Ἁγίας Ἰουλιανῆς τῆς Παρθένου ἀναπαυομένης ἐν τὴ Λαύρα τοῦ ἐν Κιέβῳ Σπηλαίου (Ρωσίδα). 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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39. (in Russian) 19 июля (6 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

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