22 July
14 commemorations of 22 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 4 August of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Mary Magdalene
Saints
- Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene (1st century)Ἡ Ἁγία Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή ἡ μυροφόρος καὶ Ἰσαπόστολοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · pravenc.ru · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · tyoos.org
- Saint Cyril I, Patriarch of Antioch (298)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Virgin-martyr Markella of Chios (14th century)Ἡ Ἁγία Μαρκέλλα ἡ Παρθενομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Blessed Cyprian of Suzdal, Fool-for-Christ (1622)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, monk, father-confessor of Alexandrov Convent (1693)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Michael Nakaryakov, Priest (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Alexis Ilinsky, Priest (1931)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Confessor Ilie Lăcătușu, Priest (1983)basilica.ro · orthochristian.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 Pancharius (Pancratius), Bishop of Besançon in France, he suffered much under the Arian Emperor Constantius (c. 356)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Movean (Biteus), a disciple of St Patrick and Abbot of Inis-Coosery in Co. Down in Ireland, he also lived in Perthshire in Scotland where he reposed...orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dabius (Davius), a priest from Ireland who preached in Scotland, where churches are dedicated to himorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Wandregisilus of Caux, Gaul (668)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Meneleus (Ménélé, Mauvier), a monk at Carméry in Auvergne, later restoring the monastery of Menat near Clermont (c. 720)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μενέλαοςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · 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 (403-404) of Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (117)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
The list is July 22 (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.