26 July
24 commemorations of 26 July in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 8 August of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Paraskevi of Rome
Saints
- Nun-martyr Paraskevi of Rome (138–161)Ἡ Ἁγία Παρασκευὴ ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · tyoos.org
- Martyr Oraiozela of Byzantium, near the Bosphorus, under Domitian (c. 81–96)Ἡ Ἁγία Ὡραιοζήλη ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-martyr Jerusalem of Byzantium, friend of St. Oraiozela, near the Bosphorus (c. 81–96)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἱερουσαλήμ ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia (c. 305)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἑρμόλαος, Ἕρμιππος καὶ Ἑρμοκράτης οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Appion, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Ἀππίων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Moses the Hungarian, of the Kiev Caves Monastery (c. 1043)pravenc.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Ignatius of Mt. Stirion, monkὉ Ὅσιος Ἰγνάτιος ὁ Στειρωνίτηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Symeon the Archimandrite and StyliteὉ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ ἀρχιμανδρίτης καὶ στυλίτης «ὁ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ Ἀνάπλου»synaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Gerontius, founder of St. Anne's Skete, Mount Athos (13th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γερόντιος ὁ Ἁγιορείτηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sava III, Archbishop of Serbia (1316)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ioannicius the New, Schemamonk of Muscel, Romania (1638)doxologia.ro · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Iakov Netsvetov of Atka Island and Ikogmute, missionary priest to the Yup’ik on the Yukon River, Enlightener of Alaska (1864)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰάκωβος ὁ ἐν Ἀλάσκαsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Isaac, Hieromonk of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1903)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Theodosius of the Caucasus, Schema-Igumen (Hieroconfessor Theodosius Of Minvody) (1948)orthodox.net · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Strelnikov, Priest (1937)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 Pastor, a priest in Rome and by tradition the brother of Pope Pius I (c. 160)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus and Exuperia, all burnt to death under Valerian (257)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Valens (Valente), Bishop of Verona in Italy from 524 to 531orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Simeon of Padolirone (Simeon of Mantua), an Armenian hermit who went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Rome, Compostella and Tours (1016)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 Most Holy Theotokos "Of Emvolon" (in Pegadion by the New Colonnade), ConstantinopleΣύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου πέραν ἐν τῷ Πηγαδίῳ πλησίον τοῦ νέου Ἐμβόλουsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Consecration of the Temple the Holy Archangel Michael in ScallaeἘγκαίνια Ναοῦ Ἀρχαγγέλου Μιχαὴλ πέραν ἐν Σκάλλαιςsynaxarion.gr
- Consecration of the Temple the Holy Archangel Gabriel in ChaldaeἘγκαίνια τοῦ Ναοῦ Ἀρχαγγέλου Γαβριὴλ πέραν ἐν Χάλδαιςsynaxarion.gr
- Repose of Elder Theophanes of Solovki Monastery (1819)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Nathaniel (Pospelov) of Pskov-Caves Monastery (2002)pravoslavie.ru
The list is July 26 (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.