16 July
30 commemorations of 16 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 29 July of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saint Kyriakos the Executioner (Cyriacus), who had beheaded the martyr Antiochus of Sulcis, then converted to Christ and was beheaded (c. 110)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κυριάκος ὁ δήμιοςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Martyr Faustus, by crucifixion, under Decius (c. 249-251)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φαῦστος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr · tyoos.org
- Martyrs Paul and his two sisters Chionia (Thea) and Alevtina (Valentina) at Caesarea Palaestina (308)orthochristian.com · pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis, and his ten disciples (c. 311)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθηνογένης ἐπίσκοπος Πηδαχθόης καὶ οἱ Δέκα Μαθητές τουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Martyr Antiochus of Sebaste, Physician (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντίοχος ἀδελφός του Ἁγίου Πλάτωναsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- 15,000 Martyrs of Pisidia, who believed in Christ through Saint Marina, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι 15.000 Μάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Πισιδίᾳsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Many Holy Women Martyred by the swordΟἱ Ἁγίες πολλὲς Μάρτυρες Γυναῖκεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Saint Anastasius I, Bishop of Thessaloniki, a father of the Fourth Ecumenical Council (via his representative) (451)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Θεσσαλονίκηςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Saint Auxitheus (or Eudoxius), Bishop of Thessaloniki, one of the great Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical Council (458)Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐξίθιος (ἢ Εὐδόξιος) Ἐπίσκοπος Θεσσαλονίκηςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint John of Vishnya and Mt. Athos, activist against Uniatism (c. 1630)pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr John of Turnovo (1822)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theodotus, monk of Glinsk Hermitage (1859)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyrs Nicholas of Tarsus (1917) and his son Habib of Damascus (1948)antiochian.org
- New Hieromartyrs Seraphim, Theognostus, and others of Alma-Ata (1921)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Schema-Abbess Magdalena (Dosmanova) of New Tikhvin Convent in Siberia (1934)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · sestry.ru
- New Confessor Matrona Belyakova, Fool-for-Christ, of Anemnyasevo (1936)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs Jacob (Maskaev), Archbishop of Barnaul, and Priests Peter Gavrilov and John Mozhirin, and with them Monk-martyr Theodore (Nikitin) and... (1937)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravenc.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Ardalion (Ponamarev), Archimandrite, of Kasli (Chelyabinsk) (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
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 Domnio, a martyr in Bergamo in Italy under Diocletian (c. 295)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Valentine of Trier, Bishop of Trier in Germany (or more probably Tongres in Belgium), under Diocletian (c. 305)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Virgin-martyr Julia of Carthage, by crucifixion, at Corsica (c. 440)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Helier of Jersey (6th century)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Reineldis (Raineldis, Reinaldes) and Companions, martyred by the Huns (c. 680)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Generosus, Abbot of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes in Poitou in France (c. 682)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ténénan, Bishop of Léon (7th century)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vitalian of Capua, Bishop of Capua in Italy (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vitalian of Osimo, Bishop of Osimo in Italy (776)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Sisenandus Córdoba, a Deacon in the church of St Acisclus in Córdoba in Spain, beheaded under Abderrahman II (851)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Irmengard (Irmgard of Chiemsee), Abbess of Buchau and then of Chiemsee in Germany (866)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 Chirsk-Pskov (1420)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
The list is July 16 (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.