July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 9

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 21 by Old Calendar.

For July 8th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 25.

Saints Hieromartyr Epictetus, Priest, and Monk-martyr Astion, at Halmyris in Scythia Minor (Romania) (290)July 8/July 21. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Martyr Epictetus the Presbyter at Halmyris. OCA - Lives of the Saints.July 21 / July 8. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Great-martyr Procopius of Caesarea in Palestine, and with him (303):Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Προκόπιος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας. 8 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 8 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Greatmartyr Procopius of Caesarea, in Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.July 8. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PROCOPIUS, M. (4TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 184-187. Martyrs Theodosia (his mother),Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Θεοδοσία ἡ Μάρτυς μητέρα τοῦ Ἁγίου Προκοπίου. 8 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. tribunes Antiochus and Nicostratus,Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀντίοχος καὶ Νικόστρατος οἱ Τριβούνιοι. 8 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. martyrs Abdias and Sabbas,Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἄβδας (ἢ Αὐδᾶς) καὶ Σάββας οἱ Μάρτυρες. 8 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and twelve women of senatorial rank,Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες 12 Γυναῖκες Συγκλητικὲς. 8 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. all by the sword. Martyr Mirdat, King of Kartli, Georgia (410)Royal Martyr Mirdat, King of Kartli. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saints Aquila and Priscilla, a Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament (Acts 18:3, Rom. 16:3-4) (1st century)July 8. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. AQUILA AND PRISCILLA. (1ST CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 182-183. (see also: February 13, July 14) Saint Auspicius of Trier, the fourth Bishop of Trier in Germany and successor of St Maternus (c. 130) Saint Apollonius, Bishop of Benevento in Italy (c. 326) Saints Sostratus, Spirus, Eraclius, Eperentius and Cecilia, martyrs of Syrmium in Pannonia (4th century) Saint Morwenna, patroness of Morwenstow, England (5th or 6th century) (see also July 5 ) Saint Urith of Chittlehampton (Hieritha), a nun martyred by pagan English invaders at Chittlehampton in Devon (6th century?) Saints Kilian (Chilianus), Colman and Totnan, monks from Ireland, Enlighteners of Franconia and East Thuringia, where they were martyred (c. 689)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. KILIAN, B.M. (A.D. 689.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 188-191.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—THE ACTS OF ST. KILIAN, APOSTLE OF FRANCONIA, MARTYR AND BISHOP, AS ALSO OF HIS COMPANIONS, ST. COLMAN, PRIEST, AND ST. TOTNAN, DEACON, MARTYRS. [SEVENTH CENTURY.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 122-143. Saint Landrada of Austrasia, foundress and first Abbess of Munsterbilsen in Belgium (c. 690)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. LANDRADA, V. ABSS. (ABOUT A.D. 690.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 191-193. Saint Withburgh of East Anglia (Withburga), an anchoress at East Dereham, Norfolk, England (c. 743)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. p. 325. Saint Arnold of Arnoldsweiler, a charitable Greek musician at the court of Charlemagne (c. 800) Blessed Edgar the Peaceful, King of Mercia and Northumbria, and upon the death of his brother Eadwig (A.D. 959), King of all England (975)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. EDGAR, K.C. (A.D. 975.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 198-202.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. 326-328. Saint Grimbald, monk at St. Bertin Abbey in Saint-Omer in Flanders, invited by King Alfred the Great to help restore scholarship in England, Abbot of Winchester(901)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GRIMBALD, AB. (A.D. 903.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 197-198.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. 325-326. Virgin-martyr Sunniva (Sunnifa) and companions, on Selje Island, Norway (10th century)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SUNNIFA, V.M. (END OF 10TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 195-197.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article IV.—St. Summiva, Sunnifa, Sumniva, or Sunneva, an Irish Virgin, Patroness of Bergen, in Norway, and her Companions, Martyrs." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 166-168.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Procopius of Ustyug, Fool-for-Christ, Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda (1303)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Προκόπιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός ὁ ἐν Οὐστούζῃ, ὁ θαυματουργὸς. 8 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustya, Vologda. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 21 июля (8 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Venerable Theophilus the Myrrh-gusher of Pantocrator Monastery on Mount Athos (1548)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἀθωνίτης. 8 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Theophilus the Myrrhgusher of Macedonia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Righteous Procopius, Fool-for-Christ, of Ustya, Vologda (c. 1600)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Προκόπιος ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλός ἐν Οὔσια Βόλογκντα (Ρῶσος). 8 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Hieromartyr Anastasius of Saint Blaise in Hegumenitsa, Priest, of Constantinople (1743)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ νέος Ἱερομάρτυρας. 8 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Leonidas J. Papadopulos, Georgia Lizardos, et al (Transl.). "New Hieromartyr Anastasios of Ioannina." In: New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke. Seattle: St. Nectarios Press, 1985. pp. 238-240.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyrs Alexander Popov, Theodore Raspopov, and Nikolai Bryantsev, Priests (1918) 8 июля (ст.ст.) 21 июля 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). New Hieromartyr Procopius (Titov), Archbishop of Kherson (1937) (see also: November 10 )

Icons Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug (1290)Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug. OCA - Lives of the Saints. «БЛАГОВЕЩЕНИЕ УСТЮЖСКОЕ» ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1579)Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints. КАЗАНСКАЯ ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Reverence list of a "Kazan" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, at: Kazan (1579) "Yaroslavl" (1588) Moscow (1612) "Viazniky" (1624) Nizhnelomovskaya (1643) Vitebsk (1655) "Tobolsk" (1661) "Kaplunovka" (1689) "Tambov" (1695)Icon of the Mother of God of Tambov. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Shlisselburg (1702) "Penza" (1717) (see also: August 4) Petersburg (1721) "Peschanka" / "Peschanskaya" (1754) "Chimeev" (1770) "Vysochinovsky" (18th century) "Vyshensky" (1812) "Jacobshtad" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (17th century) Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Weeping "Umileniye" ("Of Tender Feeling") of Novgorod.Icon of the Mother of God "Tenderness" in Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Icon of the Mother of God "Our Lady of Sitka", Alaska (1850)Icon of the Mother of God "Our Lady of Sitka". OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Other commemorations Translation of the relics (1779) of St. Demetrius of Basarabov, Bulgaria, to Bucharest (1685) Slaying of Anastasia Strogilos on the Mount of Olives (1995) Synaxis of All Military Saints of the Orthodox Church (2019) Σύναξη πάντων των Στρατιωτικών Αγίων. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. 08/07/2020. (see also: October 26 - Romanian Orthodox Church.)

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