July 5 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus ( Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius. * 1316 – The Burgundian a ...

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 7 Events Pre-1600 * 1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks. * 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution. * 1520 – Spanish ''conquistado ...

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 19 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 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

Saints

* Apostles of the Seventy Archippus, Philemon, and

Onesimus Onesimus ( grc-gre, Ὀνήσιμος, Onēsimos, meaning "useful"; died , according to Catholic tradition), also called Onesimus of Byzantium and The Holy Apostle Onesimus in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was probably a slave to Philemon of Colo ...

(1st century)July 6/July 19
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
6 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.July 19 / July 6
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Hieromartyr Asteius, Bishop of Dyrrachium in Macedonia (c. 100) * Martyrs Marinus and Martha, their children Audifax and Abbacum (Habakkuk), and those with them at Rome (269):6 июля по старому стилю / 19 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год. (''see also:

January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...

- West '') :* Cyrinus, the priest Valentine, and Asterius * Saint Cointus of Phrygia (''Quintus''), Confessor and Wonderworker (c. 283) * Hieromartyr Isaurus the Deacon, and Martyrs Innocent, Felix, Hermias, Basil, Peregrinus, Rufus, and Rufinus, of Apollonia in Macedonia (284) ''(see also:

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. * 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...

)'' * Virgin-martyr Lucy of Campania, Martyr Rixius the Imperial Vicar, 24 others beheaded with them, and many other martyrs in Campania, including (301): :* Anthony, Lucian, Isidore, Dion, Diodorus, Cutonius, Arnosus, Capicus, Satyrus, and others. * Martyrs Apollonius, Alexandrion, and Epimachus. * Martyr Basil and 69 other martyrs of Scythopolis. (''see also:

June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...

'') * Venerable Sisoës the Great of Egypt (429)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Romulus of Fiesole Saint Romulus of Fiesole ( it, San Romolo) is venerated as the patron saint of Fiesole, Italy. Romulus was probably a local deacon, priest, or bishop of the 1st century. According to tradition, he was a disciple of Saint Peter and had been conver ...

and Companions, ordained by the

Apostle Peter An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...

as first pastor of Fiesole, he was martyred with several companions under Domitian (c. 90)July 6
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Tranquillinus, a martyr in Rome connected with St Sebastian (c. 288) * Saint Dominica, a martyr venerated in Campania who suffered under Diocletian. * Saint Monenna (or ''Darerca''), an ascetic and Abbess of Sliabh Cuillin in Ireland, foundress of Killeevy Monastery (c. 518) * Saint

Goar of Aquitaine Saint Goar of Aquitaine ( la, Goaris; 585 – 6 July 649 AD) was a priest and hermit of the seventh century. He was offered the position of Bishop of Trier, but prayed to be excused from the position. Goar is noted for his piety and is revered ...

, Hieromonk, hermit, and missionary along the Rhine, Germany (649) * Saint

Seaxburh of Ely Seaxburh, also Saint Sexburga of Ely (died about 699) was a Queen as well as an abbess, and is a saint of the Christian Church. She was married to King Eorcenberht of Kent. After her husband's death in 664, Seaxburh remained in Kent to bring u ...

(''Saxburgh, Sexburga''), foundress of the abbey at

Minster-in-Sheppey Minster is a town on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey in the Minster-on-Sea civil parish and the Swale district of Kent, south-east England. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 21,319. Toponymy The name of the town derives from th ...

and later

Abbess of Ely The Bishop of Ely is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough), together with a section of north- ...

(699)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. 313-314. * Saint Noyala, a holy virgin from Britain beheaded at Beignan in

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Sisoes of the Kiev Caves, Schemamonk of the

Kiev Caves Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...

(13th century) * New Monk-martyr Cyril of

Hilandar 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 ...

, Mt. Athos, burned alive at Thessalonica (1566) * Saint Barnabas, Elder, of the Gethsemane Skete of St. Sergius Lavra (1906)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Euthymius (Lyubovichev), Hieromonk of

Optina Monastery The Optina Pustyn (russian: Óптина пýстынь, literally ''Opta's hermitage'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia. In the 19th century, the Optina was the most important spiritual centre of the Russian Ortho ...

(1931) * New Hieromartyr Theodore (Bogoyavlensky), Hieromonk, of Vostryakovo, Moscow (1943)

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics of Saint Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th century) * 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 of St. Juliana, Princess of Olshansk (16th century) * Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh.
Собор Радонежских святых (6 июля)
'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * "Bogorodsko-Ufimsky" Icon of the Mother of God (1621)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * Repose of Archimandrite Arsenius (Papacioc) of Romania (2011)

Icon gallery

File:Varlaam5.png, Venerable Sisoës the Great, before the tomb of

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

, signifying the remembrance of death. File:Killevy Old Church - geograph.org.uk - 564089.jpg, Killevy Old Church, reputed site of St. Monenna's convent. File:Saint Goar.png, St.

(''from the

Nuremberg Chronicle The ''Nuremberg Chronicle'' is an illustrated encyclopedia consisting of world historical accounts, as well as accounts told through biblical paraphrase. Subjects include human history in relation to the Bible, illustrated mythological creatures, ...

''). File:Refektorium Ostfenster 4 St.Sexburg.jpg, St.

. File:Synaxis of the Radonej saints.jpg, 'Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh. File:Ufimskaya.jpg, Icon of the Mother of God 'Ufimskaya'. File:Arsenie Papacioc by Paul Mecet.jpg, Archimandrite Arsenius (Papacioc) of Romania.

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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6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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6 июля по старому стилю / 19 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год. *
6 июля (ст.ст.) 19 июля 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:July 6 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar