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July 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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July 24 - Eastern Orthodox calendar - July 26

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 7 by Old Calendar.[note 1]

For July 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 12.

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Nicholas Udintsev, Priest (1918)[24][25]
  • New Hieromartyr Alexander Sakharov, Priest (1927)[24][25]
  • New Hieromartyr Theodore Tonkovid, Priest of Lovets, Pskov (1942)[1][24]
  • New Hieromartyrs Vukosav Milanovic and Rodoljub Samardzic, of Kulen Vakuf, Serbia (1941-1945)[1][24][26]
  • Saint Iraida Tikhova, Confessor (1967)[24][25][27]

Other commemorations

Notes

  1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. There were 48 victims at Lugdunum, half of them were of Greek origin, half Gallo-Roman.[7] The elderly Bishop Pothinus, first Bishop of Lugdunum, was beaten and scourged, and died shortly after in prison.
  3. Name days celebrated today include:
    • Eupraxia (Εὐπραξία).
  4. The son of Zebedee and brother of St John the Evangelist, he was one of the Twelve and the first to be martyred (Acts 12,2) under King Herod Agrippa. By tradition he travelled as far as Spain and certainly relics of the Apostle were later enshrined in Compostella. Owing to this apostolic link, it became the most important places of pilgrimage in the West after Rome. St James is the patron-saint of Spain.
  5. "ST. JAMES the Apostle, brother of the blessed evangelist John, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa about the feast of Easter. His sacred bones were on this day carried from Jerusalem to Spain, and placed in the remote province of Galicia, where they are devoutly honored by the far-famed piety of the inhabitants, and the frequent concourse of Christians, who visit them through piety and in fulfilment of their vows."[17]
  6. They belong to a group of eighty-three soldiers commemorated on July 24.
  7. "At Forcono, in Abruzzo, the holy martyrs Florentius and Felix, natives of Sipontum."[17]
  8. Born in North Africa, he went to Spain and was martyred near Barcelona where the monastery of St Cugat del Valles was later founded. He is one of the most famous Spanish martyrs.
  9. "At Barcelona, in Spain, during the persecution of Diocletian and under the governor Dacian, the birthday of the holy martyr Cucuphas. After overcoming many torments, he was struck with the sword, and thus went triumphantly to heaven."[17]
  10. He was a close friend of St Gregory of Tours and one of the most illustrious bishops of his time.
  11. "At Treves, St. Magnericus, bishop and confessor."[17]
  12. She was betrothed to a courtier who was arrested on their wedding day and afterwards executed. She became a nun in Metz in France, where she later became abbess.
  13. "At Cordova, St. Theodemirus, monk and martyr."[17]

References

  1. July 25/August 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Κοίμηση τῆς Ἁγίας Ἄννας Μητέρας τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου. 25 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 25 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  4. July 25. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.
  5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ὁσία Ὀλυμπιάδα ἡ Διακόνισσα. 25 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐπραξία. 25 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  7. Virginmartyr Eupraxia of Tabenna. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἠλίας Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Θεσσαλονίκης. 25 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  9. (in Greek) 25/07/2024. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
  10. July 25. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  11. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. JAMES THE GREAT, AP. M.(A.D. 44.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 546-553.
  12. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article V.—Festival of St. James the Greater, Apostle." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 390-391.
  13. 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. 219-220.
  14. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CUCUPHAS, M. (ABOUT A.D. 303.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 559-561.
  15. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Nessan, of Mungret, County of Limerick, [Fifth and Sixth Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 382-386.
  16. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GLODESIND, V. (ABOUT A.D. 608.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 562-563.
  17. "Святые Германии". www.rus-kirche-baden.de. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  18. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος Ζελτοβόδας ὁ Θαυματουργός (Ρῶσος). 25 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  19. August 7 / July 25. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  20. (in Russian) 7 августа (25 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  21. (in Russian) ТИХОВА ИРАИДА ОСИПОВНА. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree").
  22. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Μνήμη Ε’ Οἰκουμενικῆς Συνόδου. 25 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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