4 July
36 commemorations of 4 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 July of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Andrew of Crete
Saints
- Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota, martyred with St. Hyacinth at Caesarea in Cappadocia (108)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδοτος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · saint.gr · orthochristian.com · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Theophilos, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Korilla (Cyrilla)Ἡ Ἁγία Κορίλλαsynaxarion.gr
- Hieromartyrs Innocent and Sabbatius, and 30 others with them, in Sirmium of Pannonia (304)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Theodore of Cyrene, Bishop of Cyrene in Libya, and with him Martyrs Cyprilla, Aroa, and Lucia (310)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος Ἐπίσκοπος Κυρήνης (τῆς Λυβύης)synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Donatus, Bishop of Libya, and Monk-martyr Hilarion (c. 361–363)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δονᾶτος ἐπίσκοπος Λιβύης καὶ Ἰλαρίων Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Martha, mother of Symeon Stylites the Younger, of the Wonderful Mountain (551)Ἡ Ἁγία Μάρθα (κατ’ ἄλλους Μαρία) μητέρα τοῦ Ὁσίου Συμεών, ποὺ ἀσκήτευσε στὸ ὄρος Θαυμαστὸsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Andrew of Crete, Archbishop of Crete, the Jerusalemite (712)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀνδρέας ὁ Ἱεροσολυμίτης, Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κρήτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · tyoos.org
- Saint Asclepias the WonderworkerἩ Ἁγία Ἀσκληπία ἡ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable MenignosὉ Ὅσιος Μένιγνοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Burial of St. Andrew, Prince of Bogolubovo (1174)oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · tyoos.org
- Saint Michael Choniates, Metropolitan of Athens (1220)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Χωνιάτης Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ἀθηνῶνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Andrew (Rublev), iconographer, of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, Moscow (1428)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Olimpia Tănase of Fărcașa, mother of Venerable Petroniu of Prodromu (1967)orthochristian.com
New martyrs and confessors
- Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia (1918)
- Tsar Nicholas II
- Tsaritsa Alexandra
- Crown Prince Alexius
- Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and with them:
- New Martyr Passion bearer Eugene Botkin, physician
- New Hieromartyr Nilus, Hieromonk, of Poltava (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Jonah (Sankov) the Athonite (1938)drevo-info.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Sava (Trlajic), Bishop of Gornji Karlovac (1941) and Đorđe Bogić, Priest, of Nasicecalendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Demetrius Kazansky, Priest (1942)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
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.
- Prophets Hosea and Haggai (6th-4th century BCE)
- Saint Namphamon and Companions, of Carthaginian descent, he was martyred with several compatriots at Madaura in Numidia in North Africa and called 'the... (c. 180)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Jucundian, a martyr in North Africaorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Laurianus, Archbishop of Seville in Spain, he was martyred in Bourges in France (c. 544)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Finbar, an Abbot of Innis-Doimhle, in Wexford, Ireland (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bertha of Artois (Bertha of Blangy), a Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Abbess of noble blood (c. 725)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aurelian, a monk and Abbot of Ainay in France, he later became Archbishop of Lyon (895)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ulrich of Augsburg and Bavaria (973)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Hatto, born of a noble Swabian family, he left all his property to the monastery of Ottobeuren in Germany, and became a monk there (985)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Procopius of Sázava, Abbot of Sázava in Bohemia (1053)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Icon of the Mother of God of Galateaoca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Translation of the relics (460–490) of St. Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours (397)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Uncovering of the relics of St. Euthymius the Wonderworker, Archimandrite, of Suzdal (1507)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hieroschemamonk John, founder of Sarov Monastery (1737)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Righteous Confessor Andrew the Russian, at Cairo (c. 1850)pravoslavie.ru
- Slaying of General Dragoljub (Drazha) Mihailovic of Serbia (1946)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archpriest Tikhon Pelikh of Sergiyev Posad (1983)pravoslavie.ru
The list is July 4 (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.