July 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 15

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 27 by Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For July 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 1.

Saints

• Apostle Aquila of the Seventy (1st century),^[1][2][3] and St. Priscilla (1st century)^[4][5] (see also: February 13, July 8)
• Martyr Justus, a soldier martyred in Rome (1st century)^{[2][3][4][6][7][8][9][note 2]}
• Saint Heraclius, Patriarch of Alexandria, first called by the term "Pope" (246)^{[4][11][note 3]}
• Martyr Heraclius, clubbed to death.^{[2][3][7][12]}
• Saint Onesimus of Magnesia, Monk and Wonderworker of Caesarea in Palestine (c. 284-305)^{[2][3][4][7][13][14]}
• Martyrs Aquila and Hilary,^[2] by stoning.^[3][7][15]
• Martyr Peter the New, Bishop of Crete.^{[2][3][7][16][note 4]}
• Venerable Ellius (Hellius) of Egypt (4th century)^[4][11][17]
• Saint Joseph the Confessor (Joseph I the Studite), Archbishop of Thessalonica (832)^{[2][3][4][7][18]}
• New Martyr John of Merv, Turkmenistan (early 11th century)^{[4][11][note 5]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Felix of Como, the first Bishop of Como in Italy, he was a friend of St Ambrose (c. 390)^[9][10]
• Saint Idus of Leinster, baptised by St Patrick, he became Bishop of Alt-Fadha in Leinster, Ireland (5th century)^[9][20]
• Saint Optatian (Ottaziano), Bishop of Brescia in Italy c. 451-505 (c. 505)^[9][10]
• Saint Deusdedit of Canterbury, the first Englishman to become Archbishop of Canterbury, succeeding St Honorius in 655 (664)^[9][21]
• Saint Marcellinus (Marchelm, Marculf), Priest, of Utrecht (c. 762)^{[4][9][11][21][note 6][note 7]}
• Saint Libert of Saint-Trond, baptized and educated by St. Rumoldus, he became a Benedictine monk (783)^[9][22]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Stephen of Makhrishche, founder of Makhrishche Monastery in Vologda (1406)^{[3][4][7][11][23][note 8]}
• Venerable Nicodemus of Mt. Athos, spiritual writer (1809)^{[2][3][4][7][24][25][note 9]}
• Saint Longinus, Hiero-Schemamonk of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1882)^[4]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Constantine Bogoyavlensky, Priest (1918)^{[11][26][27][note 10]}
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas Poretsky, Priest (1933)^[11][26][27]

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics (1572) of Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod (1522)^{[7][28][note 11]}
• Uncovering of the relics (1993) of St. Theophilus, Fool-for-Christ, of Kiev (1853)^{[4][note 12]}

Icon gallery

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  Martyrdom of Apostle Aquila.
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  Martyr Heraclius.
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  St. Stephen of Makhrishche.
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  Saint Nicodemus of Mt. Athos, spiritual writer.
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  New Hieromartyr Constantine Bogoyavlensky, with his wife Raisa.

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. "At Rome, St. Justus, soldier under the tribune Claudius. A miraculous cross appearing to him, he believed in Christ, was baptized, and bestowed his goods on the poor. Arrested afterwards by the prefect Magnetius, he was scourged, had a heated helmet put on his head, and was thrown into the fire, but without injury even to a hair of his head, Finally, he yielded up his soul in the confession of the Lord."^[10]
3. "At Alexandria, St. Heraclas, bishop, whose fame was so great that the historian Africanus repaired to Alexandria to see him, as he himself testifies."^[10]
4. According to some codices, he was a Bishop of Crete.
5. "Fr. Touma Bitar tells us in his Forgotten Saints that that according to the Muslim scholar Al-Biruni (d. 1048), the calendar used by the Orthodox in Khwarizm (that is, eastern Persia) commemorated on July 14 a martyr named John from Merv in modern-day Turkmenistan. He was killed by the Muslims for his faith in Christ in the first part of the 11th century."^[19]
6. Born in England, he followed St Willibrord to Holland. Together with St Liafwine he preached the Gospel to the people of Over-Yssel. He reposed at Oldenzeel, but his relics were later taken to Deventer.
7. "At Daventry, in Belgium, St. Marcellin, priest and confessor."^[10]
8. See: (in Russian) Стефан Махрищский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
9. Name days celebrated today include:
   • Nicodemus, Nikodemos (Νικόδημος).
10. See: (in Russian) Константин Меркушинский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
11. See: (in Russian) Гликерия Новгородская. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
12. See: (in Russian) Феофил (Горенковский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References

1. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκύλας ὁ Ἀπόστολος. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 14 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
3. July 14. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.
4. July 14/July 27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
5. Apostle Aquila of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰοῦστος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. (in Greek) 14/07/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
8. Martyr Justus at Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
9. July 14. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
10. 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. 206-207.
11. July 27 / July 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡράκλειος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὀνήσιμος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Venerable Onesimus of Magnesia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
15. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀκύλας καὶ Ἰλάριος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ νέος. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Venerable Hellius of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
18. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ὁμολογητής. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. The Holy Martyr John of Merv. Notes on Arab Orthodoxy. JULY 13, 2009.
20. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Id, Bishop of Ath-Fhadhat, now Ahade or Aghade, County of Carlow. [Said to have lived in the Fifth Century.]" In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. p. 234-236.
21. 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. 335-337.
22. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. LIEBERT M. (A.D. 835.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 324-325.
23. Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικόδημος ὁ Ἁγιορείτης ὁ σοφὸς διδάσκαλος τῆς Ἐκκλησίας. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
25. Repose of the Venerable Nicodemus the Hagiorite. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
26. (in Russian) 14 июля по старому стилю / 27 июля по новому стилю. СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". 2018.
27. (in Russian) 14 июля (ст.ст.) 27 июля 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
28. Righteous Virgin Glyceria of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Sources

• July 14/July 27. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• July 27 / July 14. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• July 14. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• July 14. 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. 52.
• The Fourteenth Day of the Month of July. Orthodoxy in China.
• July 14. 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. 206–207.
• 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. 335–337.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 14 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• (in Greek) 14/07/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 27 июля (14 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 14 июля по старому стилю / 27 июля по новому стилю. СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". 2018.
• (in Russian) 14 июля (ст.ст.) 27 июля 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).