# July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 5
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 17 by Old Calendar.
For July 4, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 21.

## Saints

* Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota, martyred with St. Hyacinth at Caesarea in Cappadocia (108)
* Hieromartyr Theophilos, by the sword.
* Saint Korilla (Cyrilla).
* Hieromartyrs Innocent and Sabbatius, and 30 others with them, in Sirmium of Pannonia (304)
* Hieromartyr Theodore of Cyrene, Bishop of Cyrene in Libya, and with him Martyrs Cyprilla, Aroa, and Lucia (310)
* Hieromartyr Donatus, Bishop of Libya, and Monk-martyr Hilarion (c. 361-363)
* Venerable Martha, mother of Symeon Stylites the Younger, of the Wonderful Mountain (551)
* Saint Andrew of Crete, Archbishop of Crete, the Jerusalemite (712)
* Saint Asclepias the Wonderworker.
* Venerable Menignos.

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Prophets Hosea and Haggai (6th-4th century BCE) (see also: October 17, December 4, December 16)
* Saint Namphamon and Companions, of Carthaginian descent, he was martyred with several compatriots at Madaura in Numidia in North Africa and called 'the Archmartyr' (c. 180)
* Saint Jucundian, a martyr in North Africa.
* Saint Laurianus, Archbishop of Seville in Spain, he was martyred in Bourges in France (c. 544)
* Saint Finbar, an Abbot of Innis-Doimhle, in Wexford, Ireland (6th century)
* Saint Bertha of Artois (Bertha of Blangy), a Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Abbess of noble blood (c. 725)
* Saint Aurelian, a monk and Abbot of Ainay in France, he later became Archbishop of Lyons (895)
* Saint Ulrich of Augsburg and Bavaria (973)
* Saint Hatto, born of a noble Swabian family, he left all his property to the monastery of Ottobeuren in Germany, and became a monk there (985)
* Saint Procopius of Sázava, Abbot of Sázava in Bohemia (1053) (see also: April 1 - East )

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Burial of St. Andrew, Prince of Bogolubovo (1174)
* Saint Michael Choniates, Metropolitan of Athens (1220)
* Saint Andrew (Rublev), iconographer, of the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, Moscow (1428)

### New martyrs and confessors

* Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia (1918):
   * Tsar Nicholas II,
   * Tsaritsa Alexandra,
   * Crown Prince Alexius
   * Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and with them:
   * New Martyr Passion bearer Eugene Botkin, physician.
* New Hieromartyr Nilus, Hieromonk, of Poltava (1918)
* New Hieromartyr Jonah (Sankov) the Athonite (1938) (see also: June 21 )
* New Hieromartyrs Sava (Trlajic), Bishop of Gornji Karlovac (1941) and Đorđe Bogić, Priest, of Nasice (1941)
* New Hieromartyr Demetrius Kazansky, Priest (1942)

## Other commemorations

* Icon of the Mother of God of Galatea.
* Translation of the relics (460-490) of St. Martin the Merciful, Bishop of Tours (397) (see also: October 12, November 11, November 12)
* Uncovering of the relics of St. Euthymius the Wonderworker, Archimandrite, of Suzdal (1507)
* Repose of Hieroschemamonk John, founder of Sarov Monastery (1737)
* Repose of Righteous Confessor Andrew the Russian, at Cairo (c. 1850)
* Slaying of General Dragoljub (Drazha) Mihailovic of Serbia (1946)
* Repose of Archpriest Tikhon Pelikh of Sergiyev Posad (1983)

## Icon gallery

* Fresco of St. Andrew of Crete, Archbishop of Crete, the Jerusalemite.
* St. Laurianus, Archbishop of Seville in Spain, martyr.
* St. Ulrich of Augsburg
* St. Procopius of Sázava, Abbot of Sázava in Bohemia.
* St. Andrew, Prince of Bogoliubovo.
* Andrew (Rublev)'s famous icon of the Trinity.
* Lead seal of Michael Choniates as Metropolitan of Athens.
* St. Nicholas II of Russia, Emperor of All Russia.
* St. Alexandra, Empress of Russia.
* Tsesarevich Alexei in 1916.
* Grand Duchess Olga.
* Grand Duchess Tatiana.
* Grand Duchess Maria.
* Grand Duchess Anastasia.
* Passion bearer Eugene Botkin, physician.
* New Hieromartyr Sava (Trlajic), Bishop of Gornji Karlovac.
* New Hieromartyr Sava (Trlajic), Bishop of Gornji Karlovac.
* New Hieromartyr Đorđe Bogić, Priest, of Nasice.
* St. Martin the Merciful.
* St. Euthymius the Wonderworker, Archimandrite, of Suzdal.
* General Draža Mihailović of Serbia.