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14 July

23 commemorations of 14 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 27 July of the civil calendar.

In the map: St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain (1749-1809)

Saints

  • Apostle Aquila of the Seventy (1st century), and St. PriscillaὉ Ἅγιος Ἀκύλας ὁ Ἀπόστολοςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · tyoos.org
  • Martyr Justus, a soldier martyred in Rome (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰοῦστος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Heraclius, Patriarch of Alexandria, first called by the term "Pope" (246)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Martyr Heraclius, clubbed to deathὉ Ἅγιος Ἡράκλειος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
  • Saint Onesimus of Magnesia, Monk and Wonderworker of Caesarea in Palestine (c. 284-305)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὀνήσιμος ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Martyrs Aquila and Hilary, by stoningΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀκύλας καὶ Ἰλάριος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
  • Martyr Peter the New, Bishop of CreteὉ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ νέοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
  • Venerable Ellius (Hellius) of Egypt (4th century)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Joseph the Confessor (Joseph I the Studite), Archbishop of Thessalonica (832)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ὁμολογητήςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • New Martyr John of Merv, Turkmenistan (early 11th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saint Stephen of Makhrishche, founder of Makhrishche Monastery in Vologda (1406)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Venerable Nicodemus of Mt. Athos, spiritual writer (1809)Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόδημος ὁ Ἁγιορείτης ὁ σοφὸς διδάσκαλος τῆς Ἐκκλησίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
  • Saint Longinus, Hiero-Schemamonk of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1882)pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Constantine Bogoyavlensky, Priest (1918)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · spzh.news
  • New Hieromartyr Nicholas Poretsky, Priest (1933)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 Felix of Como, the first Bishop of Como in Italy, he was a friend of St Ambrose (c. 390)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Idus of Leinster, baptised by St Patrick, he became Bishop of Alt-Fadha in Leinster, Ireland (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Optatian (Ottaziano), Bishop of Brescia in Italy c. 451-505 (c. 505)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Deusdedit of Canterbury, the first Englishman to become Archbishop of Canterbury, succeeding St Honorius in 655 (664)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Marcellinus (Marchelm, Marculf), Priest, of Utrecht (c. 762)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Libert of Saint-Trond, baptized and educated by St. Rumoldus, he became a Benedictine monk (783)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.

  • Uncovering of the relics (1572) of Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod (1522)oca.org · saint.gr
  • Uncovering of the relics (1993) of St. Theophilus, Fool-for-Christ, of Kiev (1853)pravoslavie.ru

The list is July 14 (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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