July 2 Events Pre-1600 * 437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. * 626 – Li Shimin, th ...

Eastern Orthodox Church 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 rule ...

July 4 Events Pre-1600 * 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaim ...

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 16 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 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 20.

Saints

* ''Martyr

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the

Cubicularius ''Cubicularius'', Hellenized as ''koubikoularios'' ( gr, κουβικουλάριος), was a title used for the eunuch chamberlains of the imperial palace in the later Roman Empire and in the Byzantine Empire. The feminine version, used for the l ...

, of

Caesarea in Cappadocia Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large industrialised city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is composed of five districts: the two central districts of Kocasinan ...

'' (108)July 3/July 16
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
3 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). :* Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota, martyred with St. Hyacinth at Caesarea in Cappadocia (108)Great Synaxaristes:
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Θεόδοτος, Θεοδότη, Δολινδοὺχ (ἢ Γολινδούχ), Διομήδης, Εὐλάμπιος (ἢ Εὐλαμπίδης) καὶ Ἀσκληπιάδης
'' 3 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. :* Martyrs Diomedes, Eulampius, Asclepiodotus, and Golinduc, who suffered with Saint Hyacinth (108) * Saint

Anatolius of Laodicea Anatolius of Laodicea (early 3rd century – July 3, 283), also known as Anatolios of Alexandria, became Bishop of Laodicea on the Mediterranean coast of Roman Syria in AD 268. He was not only one of the foremost scholars of his day in the physi ...

, Bishop of Laodicea, and his successor, St. Eusebius (3rd century)July 16 / July 3
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyrs Mark and

Mocius Mocius (Mucius, el, Ο Άγιος Μώκιος , died 288–295), also known as "the Holy Hieromartyr", was a priest of Roman ancestry who lived in Amphipolis, Macedonia and became an Orthodox saint. Life During a persecution against Christia ...

(4th century) * Saint Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones ("the Ever-Vigilant"), Constantinople (c. 430)3 июля по старому стилю / 16 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. (''see also:

January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...

February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...

'') * ''

Saint Anatolius Anatolius (Greek: Ανατόλιος, ? – 3 July 458) was a Patriarch of Constantinople (451 – 3 July 458). He is regarded as a saint, by both the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. Life Anatolius was born at Alexandria. He was ordai ...

Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

'' (458) * Saint Isaiah the Solitary, of

Scetis Wadi El Natrun (Arabic: "Valley of Natron"; Coptic: , "measure of the hearts") is a depression in northern Egypt that is located below sea level and below the Nile River level. The valley contains several alkaline lakes, natron-rich salt dep ...

and Palestine (491) * Saint Symeon the Stylite (the third stylite), of Cilicia (6th century) * Martyr Theodota (712)
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Dathus (''Datus''),

Bishop of Ravenna This page is a list of Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna and, from 1985, of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.July 3
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saints Irenaeus, a deacon, and Mustiola, a noble lady, martyred in Chiusi in Tuscany in Italy under Aurelian for ministering to other martyrs and burying their relics (273) * Saint

Heliodorus of Altino Heliodorus ( it, Sant'Eliodoro; died c. 410 AD) was the first bishop of Altinum in the 4th century. He was born in Dalmatia. Like Chromatius, he was a disciple of Valerianus, the bishop of Aquileia. He accompanied Jerome on his voyage to the Hol ...

, first bishop of

Altinum Altinum (in Altino, a ''frazione'' of Quarto d'Altino) was an ancient town of the Veneti 15 km SE of modern Treviso, close to the mainland shore of the Lagoon of Venice. It was also close to the mouths of the rivers Dese, Zero and Sile. A ...

( Altino) (c. 390) * St. Byblig of Carnarvon (''Biblig, Peblig, Piblig, Publicius''),

Gwynedd Gwynedd (; ) is a county and preserved county (latter with differing boundaries; includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and C ...

, in

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. * Saint Germanus, Bishop of the Isle of Man and Enlightener of Peel, nephew of St.

Patrick of Ireland Saint Patrick ( la, Patricius; ga, Pádraig ; cy, Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints be ...

(474) * St. Bladus (''Baldus''), an early Bishop of the Isle of Man. * Saint Gunthiern, a prince in Wales who went to Brittany and lived as a hermit (c. 500) * Saint Leo II, Pope of Rome (683) * Saint Cilléne Droichtech,

Abbot of Iona The Abbot of Iona was the head of Iona Abbey during the Middle Ages and the leader of the monastic community of Iona, as well as the overlord of scores of monasteries in both Scotland and Ireland, including Durrow, Kells and, until the Synod of ...

(c. 752) * Saint

Guthagon Saint Guthagon (or Guthagonius, Guthagonus) was a possibly Irish hermit who lived in Belgium, most likely in the 8th century, and became venerated as a saint. Monks of Ramsgate account The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their '' ...

, born in Ireland, he crossed to Belgium and became a hermit (8th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint George the Godbearer, of the Black Mountain, teacher of St. George of Mount Athos (1068) * Saint Basil the Bishop of

Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ...

(1295) * Venerable Anatolius, recluse, of the Near Caves in Kiev (12th century) * Venerable Anatolius, recluse, of the Far Caves in Kiev (13th century) * Saints Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257), holy princes of

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence ...

(13th century) * Saint

Basil Basil (, ; ''Ocimum basilicum'' , also called great basil, is a culinary herb of the family Lamiaceae (mints). It is a tender plant, and is used in cuisines worldwide. In Western cuisine, the generic term "basil" refers to the variety also kno ...

Archbishop of Novgorod The Diocese of Novgorod (russian: Новгородская епархия) is one of the oldest offices in the Russian Orthodox Church. The medieval archbishops of Novgorod were among the most important figures in medieval Russian history and cul ...

(1352) * Saints John and Longinus,

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy is the purported capability of a magician to work magic or other paranormal events or a saint to perform miracles. It is sometimes translated into English as wonderworking. A practitioner of thaumaturgy is a "thaumaturge", "thauma ...

s of

Yarensk Yarensk (russian: Я́ренск) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Lensky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Vychegda River near its confluence with the Yarenga. Population: ...

, Solovki (1544-1545) * Blessed

John of Moscow John of Moscow also known as Blessed John the Fool for Christ was a 16th-century Russian saint. He was born on the outskirts of Vologda in Russia. He was considered a wonderworker in Moscow and spent his youth as a labourer in a local saltworks a ...

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 ...

(1589) * Venerable Nicodemus of Khozyuga (''Kozhe Lake''), monk of Kozhaezersk Monastery (1640) * Blessed Michael, Herodion, Basil, and Thomas, Fools-for-Christ, of

Solvychegodsk Solvychegodsk (russian: Сольвычего́дск, lit. "salt on the Vychegda River") is a town in Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right-hand bank of the Vychegda River northeast of Kotlas, the administra ...

(17th century) * Saint Joachim the New Godbeaerer, of Notenon Monastery in Achaia (17th century)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Monk-martyr Gerasimus the New, of Carpenision, at Constantinople (1812) * New Hieromartyr Anthony (Bystrov), Archbishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk (1931)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the Mother of God the "Milk-Giver" (''

Galaktotrophousa The Nursing Madonna, ''Virgo Lactans'', or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. In Italian it is called the ''Madonna del Latte'' ("Madonna of milk"). It wa ...

''), of the

Hilandar Monastery The Hilandar Monastery ( sr-cyr, Манастир Хиландар, Manastir Hilandar, , el, Μονή Χιλανδαρίου) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian monastery there. It wa ...

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the penins ...

. * Second translation (1652) of the

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

s of Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (1569) * Uncovering of the

s (1959) of Hieromartyr Raphael of Lesbos (1463), in

Mytilene Mytilene (; el, Μυτιλήνη, Mytilíni ; tr, Midilli) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University of ...

.Great Synaxaristes:
Ἡ εὕρεσης τοῦ τάφου καὶ τῶν λειψάνων τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἱερομάρτυρος Ραφαὴλ ἐν Μυτιλήνῃ (1959)
'' 3 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Uncovering of the relics (2005) of Sylvester (Olshevsky), Bishop of Omsk (1920) (''see also:

February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. ...

'') * Repose of Nun Euphrosyne "the Unknown," of Kolyupanovo,

Aleksin Aleksin (russian: Але́ксин) is a town and the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded at the end of th ...

(1855)

Icon gallery

File:Kloster Fürstenfeld Heilige Hyacinthus.JPG,

Relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

s of St.

Hyacinth of Caesarea Hyacinth (, ''Hyakinthos''; died 108) was a young Christian living at the start of the second century, who is honored as a martyr and a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Hyacinth is sometimes called by his ...

. File:Anatolios.jpg, St.

Anatolius Anatolius is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Anatolius of Laodicea (died 283), Bishop of Laodicea in Syria, also known as Anatolius of Alexandria * Anatolius, Vicarius of the Diocese of Asia in 35 ...

. File:LeoII.jpg, St. Leo II, Pope of Rome. File:Vasily of Ryazan.jpg, St. Basil the Bishop of

. File:Saint Anatolius of Kyiv Caves.jpg, Venerable Anatolius, recluse, of the Near Caves in Kiev. File:Ioann Moskovskij.jpg, Blessed

(''right''). File:Священномученик Антоний (Быстров).jpg, New Hieromartyr Anthony (Bystrov), Archbishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk. File:Млекопитательница русская икона.jpg, Icon of the Mother of God the "Milk-Giver" (''

''). File:Philip Metropolitan of Moscow (icon).jpg, Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia. File:Saint Raphael of Lesbos.jpg, St. Raphael of Lesbos. File:Епископ Сильвестр (Ольшевcкий) в 1915 году.jpg, St. Sylvester (Olshevsky), Bishop of Omsk.

Notes

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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 ...

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3 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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3 июля по старому стилю / 16 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. *
3 июля (ст.ст.) 16 июля 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:July 3 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar