July 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 20

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 1 by Old Calendar.

For July 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 6.

Saints Venerable Abba Diocles of the Thebaid (4th century)July 19/August 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀββᾶς Διοκλής. 19 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 19 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Venerable Macrina the Younger, sister of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa (380)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Μακρίνα Ἀδελφὴ τοῦ Μ. Βασιλείου. 19 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Macrina, sister of Saint Basil the Great. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MACRINA, V. (A.D. 380.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 446. Venerable Dius of Antioch, Abbot, Wonderworker (c. 430)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Δίος. 19 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Dius, Abbot of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints.July 19. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. ДИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). The Venerable 4 (or 40) fellow ascetics.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Τέσσερις συνασκητές (κατ’ ἄλλους 40). 19 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 19/07/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Saint Gregory of Panedus, Bishop of Panedus, New Confessor for the holy icons’ sake.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ νέος Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Πανήδου. 19 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Theodore the Sabbaite, Archbishop of Edessa in Mesopotamia (848)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Σαββαΐτης. 19 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: July 9) Venerable Michael, ascetic at the Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas and the nephew of Venerable Theodore the Sabbaite the Bishop of Edessa.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μιχαήλ. 19 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Martin of Trier, tenth Bishop of Trier in Germany and possibly a martyr (c. 210)July 19. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saints Justa and Rufina of Seville, two sisters, potters by trade, martyred under Diocletian and venerated as the main patron-saints of Seville (287) Saint Arsenius the Great of Scetis, an anchorite in Egypt and one of the most highly regarded Desert Fathers (c. 449)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ARSENIUS, H. (ABOUT A.D. 440.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 446-448. (see also: May 8) Saint Felix of Verona (Felicinus, Felice), Bishop of Verona in Italy, venerated from ancient times as a saint. Saint Symmachus, Pope of Rome (514)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SYMMACHUS, POPE. (A.D. 514.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 448-454. Saint Ambrose Autpertus, a Frankish Benedictine abbot (c. 778) Saint Jerome of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia in Italy (787) Saint Aurea of Córdoba (Aura), a nun at Santa María de Cuteclara de Córdoba, martyred by beheading (856)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Blessed Romanus of Ryazan, Prince of Ryazan (1270)Right-believing Prince Roman of Ryazan. OCA - Lives of the Saints.August 1 / July 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Venerable Paisius of Kiev Far Caves (14th century)Venerable Paisius of the Kiev Far Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Blessed King Stefan Lazarević of Serbia (1427), and his mother St. Milica of Serbia (Eugenia in schema) (1405)Blessed Stephen, King of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Holy Right-believing Princess Militsa of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Sophronius (Smirnov), Archimandrite, of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1921)

Other commemorations Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Umileniye" ("of Tender Feeling") of Diveyevo Convent (1885) Серафимо-Дивеевская Икона Божией Матери. Древо. (see also: July 28) Uncovering of the relics (1903) of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Wonderworker (1833)Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Seraphim of Sarov. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Commemoration of the miracle (1944) of Hieromartyr Charalampus (202), who saved the residents of Erana-Filiatra in Messinia from certain death. Ανάμνηση θαύματος Αγίου Χαράλαμπου στα Φιλιατρά Μεσσηνίας. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Synaxis of the Saints of Kursk. Собор Курских святых (19 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Repose of Hiero-Schemamonk Anthony of Valaam (1862) Repose of Blessed Abbot Nilus, of St. Nilus of Sora Monastery (1870) Repose of Elder John, of St. Nilus of Sora Monastery (1903) Repose of Archimandrite Nektary (Chernobyl) of Jerusalem (2000)

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Sources July 19/August 1. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). August 1 / July 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). July 19. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. July 19. 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. 53. The Nineteenth Day of the Month of July. Orthodoxy in China. July 19. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 213–214. 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. 347–348.

Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 19 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 19 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 19/07/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources 1 августа (19 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 19 июля по старому стилю / 1 августа по новому стилю. СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". . 19 июля (ст.ст.) 1 августа (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).