2 July
22 commemorations of 2 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 15 July of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Anthimus the Elder, Paul, Bilonus, Theonas, Heron, and another 36 Egyptians, at Thessalonica (c. 305-310)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄνθιμος ὁ Γέρων, Παῦλος, Βήλων, Θέων, Ἤρων καὶ ἄλλοι 36 Αἰγύπτιοι († 305-310)orthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · saint.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Quintus of Phrygia (c. 285)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοϊντόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Juvenal of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (458)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουβενάλιος Πατριάρχης Ἱεροσολύμωνsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Basil of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (836 or 838)pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Photius of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kiev (1431)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Right-believing King Stephen the Great, of Moldavia (1504)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Juvenaly of Alaska, Proto-martyr of America and Alaska (1796)holytrinityorthodox.com · tyoos.org
- Saint John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (1966)oca.org · saint.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Lampros of Makri, Alexandroupoli, in Thrace (1835)Ὁ Ἅγιος Λάμπρος ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Three Martyrs of Rome, three soldiers who were converted at the martyrdom of the Apostle Paul in Rome, and then were themselves martyred (c. 68)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Acestes, one of the three soldiers who led St Paul to execution in Rome, he was converted by him, and they were beheaded (1st century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Processus and Martinian, martyrs who were greatly venerated in Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Ariston, Crescentian, Eutychian, Urban, Vitalis, Justus, Felicissimus, Felix, Marcia and Symphorosa, a group of martyrs in the Campagna, under Diocletian (c. 285)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Monegundis of Chartres (Monegunde, Monegunda), in Gaul (570)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Oudaceus (Eddogwy), third Bishop of Llandaff in Wales (c. 615)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Swithun, Bishop and Wonderworker of Winchester (862)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- The placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae (5th century)Κατάθεσις Τιμίας Ἐσθῆτος τῆς Θεοτόκουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Feast of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos, Georgiaholytrinityorthodox.com
- Translation (1483) of the relics of Saint Arsenius of Tverdrevo-info.ru
- Uncovering of the relics (2003) of New Hieromartyr Sergius Florinsky, Priest of Rakvere, Estonia (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Lawrence of the Iveron-Valdai Monastery (1876)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Elder Zachariah, Schema-Archimandrite of St. Sergius Lavra (1936)pravoslavie.ru
The list is July 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.