July 15 Events Pre-1600 *484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 – ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rul ...

July 17 Events Pre-1600 * 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world. * 1048 – Damas ...

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on ''July 29'' by

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For July 16th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

July 3 Events Pre-1600 * 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. * 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revol ...

''.

Saints

* Saint Kyriakos the Executioner (''Cyriacus''), who had beheaded the martyr

Antiochus of Sulcis Saint Antiochus of Sulcis (died c. 127 AD) was an early Christian martyr of Sardinia. The island and town of Sant'Antioco are named after him. History and legend Antiochus is a figure associated with the Sardinian mines from which the Romans ...

, then converted to Christ and was beheaded (c. 110)
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December 13 Events Pre-1600 *1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. *1545 – The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. *1577 &nd ...

)'' * Martyr Faustus, by

crucifixion Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagin ...

, under Decius (c. 249-251) Συναξαριστής.
16 Ιουλίου
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'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. * Martyrs Paul and his two sisters Chionia (Thea) and Alevtina (Valentina) at

Caesarea Palaestina Caesarea Maritima (; Greek: ''Parálios Kaisáreia''), formerly Strato's Tower, also known as Caesarea Palestinae, was an ancient city in the Sharon plain on the coast of the Mediterranean, now in ruins and included in an Israeli national park ...

(308)July 16/July 29
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).July 29 / July 16
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). ''(see also:

July 18 Events Pre-1600 * 477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army. * 387 BC – Roman- Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, l ...

)'' * ''Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis, and his ten

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s'' (c. 311) :* Martyr Athenogenes, by fire. * Martyr Antiochus of Sebaste, Physician (4th century) * 15,000 Martyrs of

Pisidia Pisidia (; grc-gre, Πισιδία, ; tr, Pisidya) was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Pamphylia, northeast of Lycia, west of Isauria and Cilicia, and south of Phrygia, corresponding roughly to the modern-day province of An ...

, who believed in Christ through Saint Marina, by the sword. * Many Holy Women Martyred by the sword. * Saint Anastasius I, Bishop of Thessaloniki, a father of the

Fourth Ecumenical Council The Council of Chalcedon (; la, Concilium Chalcedonense), ''Synodos tēs Chalkēdonos'' was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bithy ...

(via his representative) (451) * Saint Auxitheus (or Eudoxius), Bishop of Thessaloniki, one of the great Fathers of the

(458)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Domnio, a martyr in Bergamo in Italy under Diocletian (c. 295)July 16
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Valentine of Trier, Bishop of Trier in Germany (or more probably Tongres in Belgium), under Diocletian (c. 305) * ''Virgin-martyr

Julia of Carthage Saint Julia of Corsica ( it, Santa Giulia da Corsica; french: Sainte Julie; co, Santa Ghjulia; la, Sancta Iulia), also known as Saint Julia of Carthage, and more rarely Saint Julia of Nonza, was a virgin martyr who is venerated as a Christian ...

, by

, at Corsica'' (c. 440) * Martyr Helier of Jersey (6th century)Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 341-344. * Saint

Reineldis Reineldis (also Reinhild, Reinaldes, Rainelde among others; ''c.'' 630 – ''c.'' 700) was a saint of the 7th century, martyred by the Huns. Life Reineldis was born in a place called ''Condacum'' (which is identified with either Condé-sur-l'Esca ...

(''Raineldis, Reinaldes'') and Companions, martyred by the Huns (c. 680) * Saint Generosus, Abbot of

Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes (, literally ''Saint-Jouin of Marnes'') is a former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Plaine-et-Vallées.Saint Ténénan Saint Ténénan (or Saint Thénénan) is one of the mythical Breton saints of Armorica. He is known as Tudogilus (or Saint Tudon or Saint Thudon), as the father of Saint Gouesnou, Saint Majan and a girl named Tudona. Records suggest Saint Tén� ...

, Bishop of Léon (7th century) * Saint

Vitalian of Capua Saint Vitalian(us) of Capua ( it, San Vitaliano di Capua) was a 7th-century bishop of that city. Both the ''Roman Martyrology'' (under 3 September) and the ''Martyrologium Hieronymianum'' state that Vitalian was a native of the ancient city of C ...

Bishop of Capua The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capua ( la, Archidioecesis Capuana) is an archdiocese (originally a suffragan bishopric) of the Roman Catholic Church in Capua, in Campania, Italy, but its archbishop no longer holds metropolitan rank and has no ...

in Italy (7th century) * Saint Vitalian of Osimo,

Bishop of Osimo The Diocese of Osimo was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy. It was founded in the seventh century and in 1725 merged with the Diocese of Cingoli to form the Diocese of Osimo e Cingoli.Córdoba, a Deacon in the church of St Acisclus in Córdoba in Spain, beheaded under Abderrahman II (851) * Saint

Irmengard Irmgard of Chiemsee (german: Selige Irmgard, also ''Irmengard''; – 16 July 866), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was the second daughter of King Louis the German and his wife Hemma. She was the first abbess of Frauenwörth abbey from ...

(''Irmgard of Chiemsee''), Abbess of

Buchau Bochov (german: Buchau) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Číhaná, Dlouhá Lomnice, Herstošice, Hlineč, Javorná, Jesínky, Koz ...

and then of

Chiemsee Chiemsee () is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, near Rosenheim. It is often called "the Bavarian Sea". The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake from the south, and the river Alz flows out towards the north. The Alz flows in ...

in Germany (866)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint John of Vishnya and Mt. Athos, activist against Uniatism (c. 1630) * New Martyr John of Turnovo (1822) * Saint Theodotus, monk of

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(1859)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Seraphim, Theognostus, and others of Alma-Ata (1921) * Venerable Schema-Abbess Magdalena (Dosmanova) of New Tikhvin Convent in Siberia (1934) * New Confessor Matrona Belyakova,

Fool-for-Christ Foolishness for Christ ( el, διά Χριστόν σαλότητα, cu, оуродъ, юродъ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting socie ...

, of Anemnyasevo (1936) * New Hieromartyrs Jacob (Maskaev), Archbishop of Barnaul, and Priests Peter Gavrilov and John Mozhirin, and with them Monk-martyr Theodore (Nikitin) and Martyr John (1937) * New Hieromartyr Ardalion (Ponamarev), Archimandrite, of Kasli (Chelyabinsk) (1938)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the Mother of God of Chirsk-Pskov (1420)
Icon of the Mother of God of Chirsk-Pskov
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Saint Julia. Woodcut (?). Wellcome V0032367.jpg, Virgin-martyr

. File:Meaux Vitrail 1867 30808 2.jpg, Virgin-martyr

. File:Saint Helier Liebfrauenbasilika in Tongeren.jpg, St. Helier of Jersey. File:Frauenchiemsee Mariä Opferung Hochgrab 402.jpg, Reliquary of St. Irmengard of Chiemsee. File:Matrona Anemnjasevskaja 1933.jpg, New Confessor Matrona Belyakova,

, of Anemnyasevo. File:Епископ Иаков (Маскаев).jpg, New Hieromartyr Jacob (Maskaev), Archbishop of Barnaul.

Notes

References

Sources

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
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HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
July 16
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. *

'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. * The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 52. *

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Cardinal Gibbons James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was a senior-ranking American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth ...

. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 209. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
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'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 341–344. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
16 июля по старому стилю / 29 июля по новому стилю
СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". . *
16 июля (ст.ст.) 29 июля (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:July 16 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar