July 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 1

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 13 by Old Calendar.

For July 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 18.

Feasts Forefeast of the Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord.July 31/August 13. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).Great Synaxaristes: Ἐγκαίνια Ναοῦ τῆς Θεοτόκου ἐν Βλαχερναὶς καὶ Προεόρτια Προόδου Τιμίου Σταυροῦ. 31 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 31 Ιουλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).July 31. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. 13 августа (31 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Saints Righteous Joseph of Arimathea, who buried the Master Christ (1st century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας. 31 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Righteous Joseph of Arimathea. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia, Military Commander of Cappadocia (9th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐδόκιμος. 31 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ЕВДОКИМ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Martyr Julitta (Juliet), at Caesarea in Cappadocia (304-305)Martyr Julitta at Caesarea. OCA - Lives of the Saints.August 13 / July 31. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). ИУЛИТТА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (see also: July 30) Saint John the Exarch of Bulgaria (c. 917-927)

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Calimerius, a Greek who became Bishop of Milan in Italy, Apostle of the Po Valley (c. 190)July 31. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Calimerus, B.M., at Milan. (END OF 2ND CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 681. Saint Fabius, a soldier beheaded in Caesarea in Mauretania in North Africa under Diocletian, for refusing to carry a standard bearing idolatrous emblems (300) Twelve Soldier-Martyrs of Rome, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 12 Μάρτυρες οἱ Ρωμαῖοι. 31 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Firmus of Tagaste, in North Africa, he was tortured and endured terrible sufferings rather than betray the hiding-place of one of his flock. Saint Germanus of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre in Gaul (448)St. Germanus the Bishop of Auxerre. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ГЕРМАН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).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. 371-374.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Germanus, B. of Auxerre. (A.D. 448.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 681-697. Saint Neot, Hermit, in Cornwall (c. 877)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. NEOT, C. (A.D. 877.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 697-698.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Arsenius, Bishop of Ninotsminda in Georgia (1082)St. Arsenius the Bishop of Ninotsminda. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Holy anonymous new martyr of Crete, at Alexandria in Egypt (1811)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνώνυμος Κρητικὸς Νεομάρτυρας. 31 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 31/07/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. New Monk-martyr Dionysius of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos (1822)

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyrs, at Petrograd (1922): Benjamin (Kazansky), Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk;Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ВЕНИАМИН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Sergius (Shein), Archimandrite;Martyr Sergius the Archimandrite of Petrograd. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Martyrs, at Petrograd (1922): George NovitskyMartyr Yuri the layman of Petrograd. OCA - Lives of the Saints. and John Kovsharov.Martyr John the Layman of Petrograd. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Martyr Maximus Rumyantsev (1928) New New Hieromartyr Vladimir Kholodkovsky, Priest (1937) New Hieromartyr John Rumyantsev, Priest; ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Martyr Constantine Razumov, Priest; Virgin-martyr Anna Serova; АННА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and St. Elizabeth Rumyantseva ЕЛИСАВЕТА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (after 1937) New Hieromartyr Nicholas, Priest (1941) New Hiero-confessor Basil (Preobrazhensky), Bishop of Kineshma (1945)

Other commemorations Consecration of the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos of Blachernae. Translation of the relics of Apostle Philip to Cyprus.Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Φιλίππου τοῦ Ἀποστόλου. 31 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Repose of Elder Gerasim the Younger, of the St. Sergius Skete, Kaluga (1918)

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Sources July 31/August 13. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). August 13 / July 31. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (a parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). July 31. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. July 31. 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. 56. The Thirty-First Day of the Month of July. Orthodoxy in China. July 31. 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. p. 227. 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. 371–374.

Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 31 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 31 Ιουλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 31/07/. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources 13 августа (31 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 31 июля по старому стилю / 13 августа по новому стилю. СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". .