# July 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 19
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 31 by Old Calendar.
For July 18th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 5.

## Saints

* Martyr Emilian of Silistra in Bulgaria (363)
* Martyr Markellos (Marcellus, Marcel), roasted alive.
* Martyrs Dasius and Maron, by the sword.
* Martyrs Paul, Valentina and Theia (Theis, Thoe), siblings, at Diocaesarea (363) (see also: July 16)
* Martyr Hyacinth of Amastris (4th century)
* Venerable Pambo, hermit of Egypt (4th century)
* Great-martyr Athanasius of Klysma, Egypt (4th century)
* Saint Barlaam, ascetic, of Bald Mountain, near Antioch in Syria (6th century)
* Saint John the Confessor, Metropolitan of Chalcedon (9th century)
* Saint Stephen II of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (928)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* 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)
* Virgin martyr Gundenis, martyred in Carthage in North Africa under Septimius Severus (203)
* Saint Maternus, Bishop of Milan in Italy (328)
* Saint Rufillus (Ruffilius), first Bishop of Forlimpopoli in Emilia in Italy (382)
* Saint Philastrius, born in Spain, he became Bishop of Brescia in Italy at the time of the Arian troubles (c. 397)
* Saint Goneri of Brittany, an exile from Britain to Brittany, where he lived as a hermit near Tréguier (6th century)
* Saint Arnulf of Metz, a monk at Lérins, later Bishop of Metz (640)
* Saint Eadburh of Bicester, a daughter of the pagan King Penda, she became a nun (c. 650)
* Saint Theneva (Thenew, Thenova, Dwynwen), the mother of St Kentigern and patron-saint of Glasgow in Scotland together with him (7th century)
* Saint Frederick of Utrecht, Bishop of Utrecht in the Netherlands, martyr bishop (838)
* Saint Minnborinus of Cologne, born in Ireland, he became Abbot of St Martin's in Cologne in Germany (986)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerbale John the Much-suffering, of the Kiev Caves (1160)
* Venerable saints Onesiphoros, Pammegistos, Pamphoditis, Paphnutios, Pegon, Polemios, Sozomenos, Soterichos and Photios, of the "300 Allemagne Saints" of Cyprus (12th century)
* Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves (1241)
* Saint Leontius, founder of Karikhov Monastery, in Novgorod (1492)
* Hieromartyr Cosmas (Kozman), Hieromonk, of Gareji, Georgia (1630)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Apollinarius (Mosalitinov), Hieromonk of the St. Nicholas Monastery, Verkhoturye (1918)
* New Martyrs Abbess Elizabeth (Romanova), Grand Duchess of Russia, and Nun Barbara, and those with them, at Alapaevsk (1918) (see also: July 5)

## Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics of Venerable Lazarus the Wonderworker, of Mt. Galesion. (see also: November 7, July 17)
* Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Tolga" (1314) and "Kaluga" (1748, 1892)
* Repose of Abbess Mavrikia (1867) and Abbess Zosima (1933), both of Goritsy Convent.

## Icon gallery

* St. Pambo of Nitria.
* Lead seal of "Stephen, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome" (either of Stephen I or Stephen II).
* St. Maternus, Bishop of Milan.
* Relief of St. Philastrius (right side).
* St. Arnulf of Metz.
* Reliquary of St. Frederick of Utrecht, martyr bishop.
* Venerbale John the Much-suffering, of the Kiev Caves.
* New Martyr Abbess Elizabeth (Romanova), Grand Duchess of Russia.
* Nun Barbara (Yakovleva).
* Icon of the Mother of God "Kaluga".