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5 July

26 commemorations of 5 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 18 July of the civil calendar.

In the map: St. Elizabeth the New Martyr

Saints

  • Martyr Anna, at Rome (304)orthochristian.com · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Cyrilla of Cyrene in Libya, a widow (4th century)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Hieromartyr Athanasius, Deacon, of Jerusalem (451)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Lampadus, monk, of Irenopolis (10th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Λαμπαδόςsynaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · tyoos.org
  • Venerable Athanasius of Mt. Athos and his six disciples (1000)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ἀθωνίτηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saints Athanasius and Theodosius of Cherepovets (both c. 1388), disciples of St. Sergius of Radonezhpravoslavie.ru
  • New Martyr Cyprian of Koutloumousiou Monastery, Mount Athos (1679)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κυπριανὸς ὁ νέος Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

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.

  • Hieromartyr Stephen of Rhegium (Stephen of Nicea), Bishop of Rhegium, disciple of Apostle Paul, and with him Bishop Suerus and the women Agnes, Felicitas... (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Μητροπολίτης Ρηγίου τῆς Καλαβρίας καὶ Μνήμη ἐγκαινίων ναοῦ τοῦ Μάρτυρα αὐτοῦ στὴν πόλη αὐτὴsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Zoe of Rome (c. 286)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Febronia (Trofimena), virgin-martyr of Sicilly (c. 304)drevo-info.ru · forum-orthodoxe.com
  • Saints Agatho and Triphina, martyrs in Sicily (c. 306)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Fragan and Gwen Teirbron (Blanche) of Brittany (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Philomena, a saint venerated in San Severino near Ancona in Italy (c. 500)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Edana (Etaoin), patron of parishes in the west of Ireland, a famous holy well bears her nameorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Erfyl (Eurfyl), founder of the church of Llanerfyl in Powys in Walesorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Probus and Grace, saints of Cornwall, by tradition husband and wifeorthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Triphina, the mother of St Tremorus the infant-martyr, she spent the latter years of her life in a convent in Brittany (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Numerian (Memorian), Bishop of Trier, Confessor (c. 666)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Morwenna, patroness of Morwenstow, England (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Modwenna, successor of St. Hilda as Abbess of Whitby in England (c. 695)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Modwenna (Modwena), an anchoress and later Abbess of Polesworth in Warwickshire, England (9th century)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 "Economissa"oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Uncovering of the relics (1422) of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Abbot and Wonderworker (1392)Ἡ εὕρεσις τῶν τιμίων Λειψάνων τοῦ Ὁσίου καὶ Θεοφόρου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Σεργίου Ἡγουμένου Ραδονεξίας, τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Synaxis of 23 Saints of Lesvosecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

The list is July 5 (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.

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