7 July
28 commemorations of 7 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 20 July of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Peregrinus, Lucian, Pompeius, Hesychius, Pappias, Saturninus, and Germanus, of Dyrrachium in Macedonia (2nd century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Περεγρίνος, Λουκιανός, Πομπηΐος, Ἠσύχιος, Παππίας, Σατορνῖνος καὶ Γερμανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · tyoos.org
- Saint Pantaenus the Confessor, head of the Orthodox School in Alexandria (c. 190 or 203)orthodoxengland.org.uk · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Evangelus, Bishop of Tomi (Constanţa) in Moesia (c. 284-305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐάγγελος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Kyriaki the Great Martyr (Cyriaca, Dominica, Nedelja), of Nicomedia (289)Ἡ Ἁγία Κυριακὴ ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravenc.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Eustathios (Eustace), by fireὉ Ἅγιος Εὐστάθιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Hieromartyrs Epictetus, presbyter, and Astion, monk, in Scythia (290)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Acacius of Sinai, who is mentioned in The Ladder of Divine Ascent (6th century)oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Thomas of Mt. Maleon (Malevon), in Laconia (10th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θωμὰς ὁ ἐν Μαλεῷsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Eudoxia of Moscow, in monasticism Euphrosyne, Grand Duchess of Moscow (1407)oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Polycarp the NewὉ Ἅγιος Πολύκαρπος ὁ Νέοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Newly-Revealed (1923) Hieromartyr Vlasios of Akarnania (Blaise), and those with him (1006)saint.gr · johnsanidopoulos.com
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Paul Chernyshev, Priest (1918)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.
- Saint Apollonius, an early Bishop of Brescia and ConfessorὉ Ἅγιος Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπός της Βρεσκίας στὴν Ἰταλίαsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Illidius (Iflidius, Allyre), fourth Bishop of Clermont in Gaul, greatly revered by St Gregory of Tours (385)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Prosper of Aquitaine, a married layman who devoted himself to theology (c.455)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Palladius, first Bishop of the Scots (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bonitus, fourth Abbot of Monte Cassino (c. 582)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Felix of Nantes, a great Bishop of Nantes in France for some thirty-three years (584)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Medran and Odran, brothers and disciples of St. Kieran of Ossory (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Æthelburh of Faremoutiers (Ethelburgh, Ethelburga, Aubierge), an Anglo-Saxon princess and Abbess of Faremoutiers Abbey (c. 664)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ampelius, Bishop of Milan in Italy under the Lombards (c. 672)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Hædde (Hedda), Bishop of the West Saxons (705)Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Willibald, Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Germans, Bishop of Eichstätt and Enlightener of Bavaria (c. 787)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Máel Ruain of Tallaght (Maolruain), founder of monastery of Tallaght in County Dublin, Ireland (787)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Angelelmus, Abbot of Sts Gervase and Protase in Auxerre in France, and then Bishop of Auxerre (828)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.
- Translation (1654) of the icon of the Theotokos Blachernitissa ("Vlaherensk") from Mount Athos to Moscowoca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Uncovering of the relics (2001) of Venerable Gerasimus, Abbot of Boldin (1554)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Repose of Archimandrite Paisius (Tanasijevic), of the St. Prochorus of Pchinja Monastery, Serbia (2003)afon-ru.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is July 7 (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.