July 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. * 1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. * 1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Sti ...

- Eastern Orthodox calendar -

July 26 Events Pre-1600 * 657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I. * 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seri ...

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on ''August 7'' 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 25th'', Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II of ...

''.

Saints

* ''The Dormition of the Righteous

Anna Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 12 ...

, Mother of the Most Holy

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or ''Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are " ...

''.July 25/August 7
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
25 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * The Holy Martyrs of Lyons: (c. 177)
July 25
'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. ''(see also:

June 2 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks. * 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601� ...

)'' :*

Pothinus Pothinus or Potheinos ( grc-gre, Ποθεινὸς; early 1st century BC – 48 or 47 BC), a eunuch, was regent for Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. He is most remembered for turning Ptolemy against his sister and co ...

Bishop of Lyons The Archdiocese of Lyon (Latin: ''Archidiœcesis Lugdunensis''; French language, French: ''Archidiocèse de Lyon''), formerly the Archdiocese of Lyon–Vienne–Embrun, is a Latin Church metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan archdioce ...

, Sanctus the Deacon, Maturus, Attalus,

Blandina Saint Blandina (french: Blandine, c. 162–177 AD) was a Christian martyr who died in Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France) during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Context In the first two centuries of the Christian era, it was the local Roman of ...

, Vettius, Epagathus, Biblis, Ponticus, Alexander, and those with them, at

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

. * ''Righteous

Olympias the Deaconess Olympias, also known as Saint Olympias and sometimes known as Olympias the Younger to distinguish her from her aunt of the same name ( el, Ὀλυμπιάς, sometime between 361 and 368-July 25, 408) was a Christian Roman noblewoman of Greek d ...

, of Constantinople'' (410) * ''Virgin-martyr Eupraxia of

Tabennisi Tabenna (also Tabennae, Tabennisi; ) is considered the first cenobitic monastery. It was a community founded during the 4th century by Saint Pachomius the Great in the modern hamlet of Al Rahmaniya Qebli (formerly Al Dabbah)Jalal Ahmed Abu Bakr: ...

'' (413) (''see also:

March 13 Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. *1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...

'') * Saint Elias of Thessaloniki,

Metropolitan of Thessaloniki The Metropolis of Thessaloniki ( el, Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονίκης) is a Greek Orthodox metropolitan see based in the city of Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the so-called "New Lands", belonging to ...

, who played a leading role in the

Fifth Ecumenical Council The Second Council of Constantinople is the fifth of the first seven ecumenical councils recognized by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. It is also recognized by the Old Catholics and others. Protestant opinions and rec ...

(c. 553)
25/07/
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

James the Greater James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ, Arabic يعقوب, Hebrew בן זבדי , '' Yaʿăqōḇ'', Latin '' ...

, the son of Zebedee and brother of St John the Evangelist (44)July 25
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. (''see also:

April 30 Events Pre-1600 * 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. * 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...

- East'') * Saints Florentius and Felix, two soldiers martyred under Maximinius the Thracian at Furcona near Aquila in the south of Italy (235) * Martyr Cucuphas of Barcelona (''Cucufate, Cugat, Guinefort, Qoqofas''), a martyr of Spain (304) * Saint Nessan (''Neasán''), a convert of St Patrick of Ireland, he became Abbot of Montgarth (''Mountgarret, Mungret'') in Wexford (5th century) * Saint Magnericus of Trier, Bishop of Trier in Germany (596) * Saint Ebrulfus (''Evroult''), born in Beauvais in France, he became a hermit and later founded a monastery at Saint-Fuscien-aux-Bois ('' fr'') (c. 600) * Saint

Glodesind Glodesind (572−608) was a saint, nun, abbess, and founder of a convent in Metz, France, during the time of King Childebert II (575−596) of Austrasia. She was a member of the Carolingian nobility. When she was 11 or 12 years old, she marrie ...

a of Metz, a nun in Metz in France, where she later became abbess (c. 608) * Saint Banthus of Trier, Bishop of Trier in Germany (7th century) (''see also:

July 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. * 1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, T ...

'') * Saint

Theodemir Theodemir, Theodemar, Theudemer or Theudimer was a Germanic name common among the various Germanic peoples of early medieval Europe. According to Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel (9th century), the form ''Theudemar'' is Frankish and ''Theudemir'' is Gothi ...

of Córdoba, a monk martyred in Córdoba in Spain under Abderrahman II (851)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Macarius of Zheltovod and Unzha, Abbot and Wonderworker (1444)August 7 / July 25
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Venerable Christopher of Solvychegodsk in

Vologda Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. ...

, Abbot (1572) * Saint Gregory (Kallidis), Metropolitan of

Thessalonica Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

and of Heraclea (1925) (''see also:

June 29 Events Pre-1600 * 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei. *1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. * 1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...

'')

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Nicholas Udintsev, Priest (1918)7 августа (25 июля)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * New Hieromartyr Alexander Sakharov, Priest (1927) * New Hieromartyr Theodore Tonkovid, Priest of Lovets, Pskov (1942) * New Hieromartyrs Vukosav Milanovic and Rodoljub Samardzic, of Kulen Vakuf, Serbia (1941-1945) * Saint Iraida Tikhova, Confessor (1967)

Other commemorations

* Commemoration of the Holy 165 Fathers of the

, who refuted the doctrines of Origen (553)
Commemoration of the Holy 165 Fathers of the Fifth Ecumenical Council
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Icon gallery

File:Angelos Akotanos - Saint Anne with the Virgin - 15th century.jpg, Righteous

, Mother of the Most Holy

. File:Interior of the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon - DSC05532.JPG, 19th century mosaic icon in the

Basilica of Fourvière In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's Forum (Roman), forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building ...

: The Holy Martyrs of Lyons (''in top register''). File:Olimpiada diakonissa.jpg, St.

. File:Saint Euphrasia (cropped).JPG, St. Eupraxia carrying heavy rocks as a penitential labor. File:Burial-place of Saint James the Greater.JPG, Reliquary of St.

(''Santiago de Compostela Cathedral''). File:Ayne Bru - Martyrdom of Saint Cucuphas - Google Art Project.jpg, The Martyrdom of St. Cucuphas. File:Abbey Church, Mungret, Limerick.png, St Nessan's Abbey Church,

Mungret Mungret () is a village and civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland. It is located close to Limerick City on the N69 national secondary road. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 277 people. The local church, which is dedica ...

, Limerick. File:Прп Макарий Желтоводский, Унженский.jpg, Venerable

Macarius of Unzha Macarius is a Latinized form of the old Greek given name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; confer the Latin '' beatus'' and ''felix''. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet ''Makarios'' to the gods. In other languag ...

. File:Grigorios.jpg, St. Gregory (Kallidis), Metropolitan of

and of Heraclea.

Notes

References

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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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25 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
25 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
25/07/
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
25 июля по старому стилю / 7 августа по новому стилю
СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". . *
25 июля (ст.ст.) 7 августа (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:July 25 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar