18 July
32 commemorations of 18 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 31 July of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyr Emilian of Silistra in Bulgaria (363)Ὁ Ἅγιος Αἰμιλιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυραςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravenc.ru · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Markellos (Marcellus, Marcel), roasted aliveecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · tyoos.org
- Martyrs Dasius and Maron, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Δάσιος καὶ Μάρων οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyrs Paul, Valentina and Theia (Theis, Thoe), siblings, at Diocaesarea (363)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος, Οὐαλεντίνη καὶ Θέη (ἢ Θόη) οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Hyacinth of Amastris (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ὑάκινθος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Ἀμάστριδαsynaxarion.gr · pravenc.ru · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Pambo, hermit of Egypt (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παμβῶsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Great-martyr Athanasius of Klysma, Egypt (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Ρωμαῖος Συγκλητικός, ὁ ἐν Κλύσματιsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Barlaam, ascetic, of Bald Mountain, near Antioch in Syria (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρλαὰμ ὁ ἀναχωρητὴς κοντὰ στὴν Ἀντιόχειαsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John the Confessor, Metropolitan of Chalcedon (9th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης Μητροπολίτης Χαλκηδόνοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Stephen II of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (928)Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable John the Much-suffering, of the Kiev Caves (1160)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης τοῦ Πολύτλα ὁ ἔγκλειστος ὁ ἐν Κιέβῳ σπηλαίου (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · pravenc.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable saints Onesiphoros, Pammegistos, Pamphoditis, Paphnutios, Pegon, Polemios, Sozomenos, Soterichos and Photios, of the "300 Allemagne Saints" of Cyprus (12th century)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ὀνησιφόρος, Παμμέγιστος, Παμφοδίτης, Παφνούτιος, Πηγῶν, Πολέμιος, Σωζόμενος, Σωτήριχος καὶ Φώτιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves (1241)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Leontius, founder of Karikhov Monastery, in Novgorod (1492)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Cosmas (Kozman), Hieromonk, of Gareji, Georgia (1630)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Apollinarius (Mosalitinov), Hieromonk of the St. Nicholas Monastery, Verkhoturye (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyrs Abbess Elizabeth (Romanova), Grand Duchess of Russia, and Nun Barbara, and those with them, at Alapaevsk (1918)ocafs.oca.org
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.
- Martyr Symphorosa of Tivoli near Rome, and her seven martyred sons (c. 138)
- Crescens, Julian, Nemesius, Primitivus, Justin, Stacteus, and Eugene, under the Emperor Hadrian
- Saint Marina of Orense (Marina of Águas Santas), a martyr in Orense in Spain (139)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Virgin martyr Gundenis, martyred in Carthage in North Africa under Septimius Severus (203)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maternus, Bishop of Milan in Italy (328)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rufillus (Ruffilius), first Bishop of Forlimpopoli in Emilia in Italy (382)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Philastrius, born in Spain, he became Bishop of Brescia in Italy at the time of the Arian troubles (c. 397)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Goneri of Brittany, an exile from Britain to Brittany, where he lived as a hermit near Tréguier (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Arnulf of Metz, a monk at Lérins, later Bishop of Metz (640)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eadburh of Bicester, a daughter of the pagan King Penda, she became a nun (c. 650)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Theneva (Thenew, Thenova, Dwynwen), the mother of St Kentigern and patron-saint of Glasgow in Scotland together with him (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Frederick of Utrecht, Bishop of Utrecht in the Netherlands, martyr bishop (838)Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Minnborinus of Cologne, born in Ireland, he became Abbot of St Martin's in Cologne in Germany (986)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 Lazarus the Wonderworker, of Mt. GalesionἈνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Λαζάρου τοῦ Γαλησιώτουsynaxarion.gr
- Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Tolga" (1314) and "Kaluga" (1748, 1892)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Abbess Mavrikia (1867) and Abbess Zosima (1933), both of Goritsy Conventpravoslavie.ru
The list is July 18 (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.