23 July
30 commemorations of 23 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 5 August of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Righteous Hannah (Anna), mother of the Prophet Samuel (1100 BC)orthochristian.com · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Prophet Ezekiel (6th century BC)Ὁ Προφήτης Ἰεζεκιήλsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr · tyoos.org
- Martyr Vitalius, at Ravenna (62)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βιτάλιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Hieromartyr Apollinaris, Bishop of Ravenna (c. 75)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀπολλινάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ραβένναςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Hieromartyr Apollonius, at Rome (183)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ρώμηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Martyrs Trophimus, Theophilus, and 13 others in Lycia (284-305)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- The Holy 7 Martyrs at Carthage (or at Chaldia)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑπτὰ Μάρτυρες ποὺ μαρτύρησαν στὴν Καρθαγένη (κατ’ ἄλλους στὴ Χαλδία (Χαλκηδόνα))synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · saint.gr
- Venerable Symeon of Emesa, Fool-for-Christ (590)Ὁ Ἅγιος Συμεὼν ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός τῆς Ἐμμέσας (Ρῶσος)synaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- The (250) Holy Martyrs tortured and killed in Bulgaria, during the reign of Nicephorus the Emperor (802-811)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάρτυρες ποὺ θανατώθηκαν ἀπὸ τοὺς Βουλγάρουςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Venerable Anna of Leucadia (or Susanna) (c. 829-842 or 919)Ἡ Ὁσία Ἄννα ἡ ἐν τῷ Λευκαδίῳ (ἢ Λευκάτη)synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Therissos (Thyrsos), Bishop of Karpasia in CyprusὉ Ἅγιος Θύρσοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Pelagia of Tinos, nun, of Tinos (1834)Ἡ Ἁγία Πελαγία ἡ Τηνίαsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint John Jacob the Chozebite, of Neamț (1960)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Michael Troitsky, Priest, and Martyr Andrew Argunov (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Nectarius (Trezvinsky), Bishop of Yaranskholytrinityorthodox.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.
- Saints Apollonius and Eugene, early Roman martyrs, the former was pierced with arrows at the stake, the latter was beheadedRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rasyphus, a martyr venerated in Rome from early timesRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Liborius of Le Mans, Bishop of Le Mans in France from 348 to 390, he is the patron saint of Paderborn in Germany where his relics were moved in 836orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable John Cassian the Roman, Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille (435)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Valerian, a monk at Lérins in the south of France who became Bishop of Cimiez (c. 460)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Rasyphus and Ravennus, born in Britain, they became hermits in the north of France and were martyred in Macé (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Romula, Redempta and Herundo, three holy virgins who lived as ascetics near the church of St Mary Major in Rome (c. 580)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Vitalian, Pope of Rome from 657 to 672orthodoxengland.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)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φωκᾶς ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Synaxis of the Holy Prophet and Baptist John, in the district of Olympus, by Saint ThomasΣύναξις Ἁγίου Ἰωάννη τοῦ Βαπτιστὴ ἐν τοὶς Ὀλύμπου πλησίον τοῦ Ἁγίου Θωμᾶsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev Lavra, which saved the monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks (1675)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Pochaev" (1675)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Joy of All Who Sorrow" (with coins) of St. Petersburg (1888)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the Relics (2000) of St. Herman (Germanus), Archbishop of Kazan (1567) to Sviyazhskholytrinityorthodox.com
- Glorification (2001) of St. Theodore Ushakov, Admiral of the Russian Navyholytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is July 23 (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.