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11 July

32 commemorations of 11 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 24 July of the civil calendar.

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Saints

  • Hieromartyr Cindeus the Presbyter, of Pamphylia (283-305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κινδέος ὁ Πρεσβύτεροςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Marcian, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Μαρκιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr · tyoos.org
  • Martyr Martyrocles, shot with arrowsὉ Ἅγιος Μαρτυροκλής ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
  • Martyrs Januarius and Pelagia, of Nicopolis in Armenia (c. 310)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Commemoration of the Miracle (451) of Great-martyr Euphemia the All-praised, of Chalcedon (304)Θαῦμα Ἁγίας Εὐφημίας τῆς Μεγαλομάρτυροςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Blessed Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga, Princess of Russia, named Helen in holy baptism (969)Ἡ Ἁγία Ὄλγα ἡ Ἰσαπόστολος ἡ βασίλισσαsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Leo, monk, of Mandra (of the Sheepfold)Ὁ Ὅσιος Λέων ὁ ἐν τὴ Μάνδρᾳsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Saint Arsenius of Alexandria, martyred Patriarch of Alexandria (1010)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος Πατριάρχης Ἀλεξανδρείαςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Venerable Nicodemus of Hilandar and Vatopedi, Mount Athos, instructor of St. Gregory Palamas (1320)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόδημοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • New Martyr Nicodemus of Elbasan and Mount Athos (1722)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόδημος ὁ νέος Ὁσιομάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὸ Ἐλβασᾶνsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • New Monk-martyr Nectarius of St. Anne's Skete, Mount Athos, at Vryoulla, Ephesus (1820)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νεκτάριος ὁ Νέος Ὁσιομάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὰ Βρύουλλα ἢ Βουρλάsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Venerbale Cyril the New, monk, of Paros (1833)pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr

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.

  • Saint Pius I, Pope of Rome from c.142 to c.155 (c. 155)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Sidronius, a martyr in Rome under Aurelian (c. 270)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Sabinus (Savinus) and Cyprian, two martyrs and brothers venerated in Brescia in ItalyRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Sabinus, a saint venerated near Poitiers in France, said to have been a disciple of St Germanus of Auxerre, confessor (5th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Leontius II (the Younger), a soldier who served against the Visigoths, he became Bishop of Bordeaux and participated in the Council of Paris of 553 (c. 565)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Drostan, founder and first Abbot of Old Deer in Aberdeenshire (c. 610)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Amabilis (Mable), daughter of an English noble, she became a nun at Saint-Amand in Rouen in France (c. 634)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Sigisbert and Placid, founders of Disentis Abbey (c. 650 or c. 750)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint John of Bergamo, Bishop of Bergamo, renowned for his learning and great success in fighting Arianism (c. 690)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Hidulf (Hidulphus), founder of Moyenmoutier Abbey, and reputed Bishop of Trier (707)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Abundius of Cordoba, Hieromartyr of Córdoba, Spain (854)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Thurketyl (Turketil), the brother of King Edred of England, he became Abbot of Crowland and also of Bedford Abbey (975)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 of the relics of Venerable Benedict of Nursia, writer of the Rule of Saint Benedict (c. 547){orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Transfer of the Relics of Great-martyr Barbara to Kiev, by Barbara of Byzantium (d. 1125), third wife of Sviatopolk II of Kievoca.org
  • Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk (1539)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
  • Uncovering of the relics (1677) of Venerable Arkadius of Vyazemsk and Novotorzhsk (1077){oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Uncovering of the relics (1998) of Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey (1929)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Repose of cave-dweller Anastasia of St. Cornelius of Padan Hermitage, in Olonets (1901)pravoslavie.ru

The list is July 11 (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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