July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...

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 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 ...

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 15 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 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

June 19 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. *1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle chang ...

Saints

* Martyrs Anthimus the Elder, Paul, Bilonus, Theonas, Heron, and another 36 Egyptians, at Thessalonica (c. 305-310)July 2/July 15
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
02/07/2018
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. * Martyr Quintus of Phrygia (c. 285) Συναξαριστής.
2 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). (''see also:

March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his ''bucellarii'' are almost cut o ...

'') * Saint

Juvenal of Jerusalem Saint Juvenal () was a bishop of Jerusalem from about 422. In 451, on the See of Jerusalem being recognised as a Patriarchate by the Council of Chalcedon, he became the first Patriarch of Jerusalem, an office he occupied until his death in 458. ...

, Patriarch of Jerusalem (458)July 15 / July 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).2 июля по старому стилю / 15 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. * Saint

Basil of Jerusalem Basil of Jerusalem was the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Church of Jerusalem from 821 to 842. During his episcopate, Basil actively opposed the iconoclasm that was supported by the Byzantine emperor Theophilus. Life Basil, who was a follower of hi ...

, Patriarch of Jerusalem (836 or 838)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Three Martyrs of Rome, three soldiers who were converted at the martyrdom of the

Apostle Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

in Rome, and then were themselves martyred (c. 68)July 2
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Acestes, one of the three soldiers who led St Paul to execution in Rome, he was converted by him, and they were beheaded (1st century) * Saints Processus and Martinian, martyrs who were greatly venerated in Rome. * Saints Ariston, Crescentian, Eutychian, Urban, Vitalis, Justus, Felicissimus, Felix, Marcia and Symphorosa, a group of martyrs in the Campagna, under Diocletian (c. 285) * Saint

Monegundis Monegundis (also ''Monegund, Monegundes,'' died 570 AD) was a Frankish hermit and saint. A native of Chartres, she married and bore her husband daughters. When her daughters died in childhood, she decided to become an anchorite after a long bout w ...

of Chartres (''Monegunde, Monegunda''), in Gaul (570) * Saint Oudaceus (''Eddogwy''), third

Bishop of Llandaff The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. Area of authority The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's seat is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of a ...

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 ...

(c. 615)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. 297-302. * Saint

Swithun Swithun (or Swithin; ang, Swīþhūn; la, Swithunus; died 863 AD) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is overshadowed by his reputation for post ...

, Bishop and Wonderworker of

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

(862)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint

Photius of Kiev Metropolitan Photius of Kiev () (died July 2 or February 7, 1431), was the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' in the Patriachate of Constantinople of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was of Greek descent. Early life Photius was born in the tow ...

, Metropolitan of Kiev (1431) * Right-believing King Stephen the Great, of Moldavia (1504) * Saint

Juvenaly of Alaska Juvenaly of Alaska (russian: Иеромонах Ювена́лий; 1761, Yekaterinburg, Russia – 1796, Kuinerrak, Alaska), Protomartyr of America, was a Russian hieromartyr and member of the first group of Orthodox missionaries who came from ...

, Proto-martyr of America and Alaska (1796)
July 2
'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. * Saint John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (1966)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Martyr Lampros of Makri,

Alexandroupoli Alexandroupolis ( el, Αλεξανδρούπολη, ), Alexandroupoli, or Alexandrople is a city in Greece and the capital of the Evros regional unit. It is the largest city in Western Thrace and the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. It h ...

, in Thrace (1835)

Icons

* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Akhtyra" (1739) * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Theodotiev" (1487) * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Root of Jesse". * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Pozai" (17th century)

Other commemorations

* The placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae (5th century) * Feast of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos,

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

.Zakaria Machitadze (Archpriest). ''Lives of the Georgian Saints.'' First English Edition. St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2006. pp. 253-254. * Uncovering 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 (2003) of New Hieromartyr Sergius Florinsky, Priest of Rakvere, Estonia (1918) (''see also:

December 17 Events Pre-1600 * 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. * 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. * 920 – Romanos I Lekap ...

'') * Repose of Archimandrite Lawrence of the Iveron-Valdai Monastery (1876) * Repose of Elder Zachariah, Schema-Archimandrite of St. Sergius Lavra (1936)

Icon gallery

File:St-Swithin.jpg, St.

, Bishop and Wonderworker of

. File:Large sakkos of photius.jpg, The Large Sakkos of St.

, Metropolitan of Kiev. File:Juvenaly of Alaska.JPG, St.

, Proto-martyr of America and Alaska. File:Святитель Иоанн Шанхайский (10581324635).jpg, St. John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco. File:Axtirskay icona.jpg, Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Akhtyra". File:Our Lady Feodotevskaya.jpeg, Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Theodotiev". File:12th-century painters - Tree of Jesse - WGA15829.jpg, Miniature of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Root of Jesse". File:Deposition of the Robe of Virgin Mary (XV c).jpg, Deposition of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae

Notes

References

Sources

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July 15 / July 2
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
July 2
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'' 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. 49. *

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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. pp. 191–192. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
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2 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
2 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *

'' Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece). *
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
2 июля по старому стилю / 15 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. *
2 июля (ст.ст.) 15 июля 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:July 2 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar