July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 19 by Old Calendar.{{#tag:ref|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").|group=note}}
For July 6th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 23.
Saints
- Apostles of the Seventy Archippus, Philemon, and Onesimus (1st century)[http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20180706.html July 6/July 19]. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).{{in lang|el}} Συναξαριστής. [http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/synaxaire/synaxari.asp?minas=6&id=308 6 Ιουλίου]. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/52/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φιλήμων, Ἄρχιππος καὶ Ὀνήσιμος οἱ Μάρτυρες]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.[http://www.tyoos.org/Feasts-and-Saints-of-the-Day/July/saints-of-july-6.html July 6]. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2018&today=19&month=7&trp=0&tzo=-4 July 19 / July 6]. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- Hieromartyr Asteius, Bishop of Dyrrachium in Macedonia (c. 100)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/51/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀστεῖος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Δυρραχίου]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Martyrs Marinus and Martha, their children Audifax and Abbacum (Habakkuk), and those with them at Rome (269):[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2018/07/06/101921-martyr-marinus-and-his-wife-and-children-and-those-with-them-at Martyr Marinus and his wife and children and those with them at Rome]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.{{in lang|ru}} [https://calendar.rop.ru/?idd=200 6 июля по старому стилю / 19 июля по новому стилю]. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год. (see also: January 19 - West )
:* Cyrinus, the priest Valentine, and Asterius
- Saint Cointus of Phrygia (Quintus), Confessor and Wonderworker (c. 283)
- Hieromartyr Isaurus the Deacon, and Martyrs Innocent, Felix, Hermias, Basil, Peregrinus, Rufus, and Rufinus, of Apollonia in Macedonia (284)[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2018/07/06/101928-martyr-isaurius-the-deacon-of-apollonia-in-macedonia Martyr Isaurius the Deacon of Apollonia in Macedonia]. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: June 17)
- Virgin-martyr Lucy of Campania, Martyr Rixius the Imperial Vicar,Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/49/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι Λουκία ἡ Παρθενομάρτυς καὶ Ρῆξος Βικάριος οἱ Μάρτυρες ποὺ μαρτύρησαν στὴν Κομπανία]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 24 others beheaded with them,Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/50/sxsaintinfo.aspx Οἱ Ἅγιοι 24 Μάρτυρες]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and many other martyrs in Campania, including (301):[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2018/07/06/101937-martyr-lucy-at-rome Martyr Lucy at Rome]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.{{#tag:ref|"The same day, St. Lucia, martyr, a native of Campania. Being arrested and severely tortured by the lieutenant-governor Rictiovarus, she converted him to Christ. To them were added Antoninus, Severinus, Diodorus, Dion, and seventeen others, who shared their sufferings and their crowns."[https://archive.org/details/romanmartyrology00cathuoft 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. 196-197.|group=note}}
:* Anthony, Lucian, Isidore, Dion, Diodorus, Cutonius, Arnosus, Capicus, Satyrus, and others.
- Martyrs Apollonius,Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/53/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Alexandrion,Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/55/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλεξανδρίων ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and Epimachus.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/56/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπίμαχος ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Martyr Basil and 69 other martyrs of Scythopolis.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/60/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μάρτυρας]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: June 28 )
- Venerable Sisoës the Great of Egypt (429)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/48/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ὅσιος Σισώης ὁ Μέγας]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2018/07/06/101918-venerable-sisoes-the-great Venerable Sisoes the Great]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SISOES, AB. (5TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 140-143.
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Romulus of Fiesole and Companions, ordained by the Apostle Peter as first pastor of Fiesole, he was martyred with several companions under Domitian (c. 90)[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdjul.htm July 6]. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. ROMULUS, B., AND COMP., MM. (1ST CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 131-136.{{#tag:ref|"At Fiesoli, in Tuscany, St. Romulus, bishop and martyr, disciple of the blessed apostle Peter, who commissioned him to preach the Gospel. After announcing Christ in many parts of Italy, he returned to Fiesoli, and was crowned with martyrdom with other Christians in the reign of Domitian."|group=note}}
- Saint Tranquillinus, a martyr in Rome connected with St Sebastian (c. 288)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. TRANQUILLINUS, M. (A.D. 286.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 136.{{#tag:ref|"At Rome, the birthday of St. Tranquillinus, martyr, father of the Saints Mark and Marcellian, who were converted to Christ by the preaching of the martyr St. Sebastian. Baptized by the blessed priest Polycarp, he was ordained priest by pope St. Caius. He was arrested while praying at the tomb of blessed Paul on the Octave of the Apostles, and stoned to death by the Pagans, and thus consummated his martyrdom."|group=note}}
- Saint Dominica, a martyr venerated in Campania who suffered under Diocletian.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DOMINICA, V.M. (DATE UNKNOWN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 137-140.{{#tag:ref|"In Campania, St. Dominica, virgin and martyr, in the time of the emperor Diocletian. For having destroyed idols, she was condemned to the beasts, but being uninjured by them, she was beheaded and departed for heaven. Her body is kept with great veneration at Tropea, in Calabria."|group=note}}
- Saint Monenna (or Darerca), an ascetic and Abbess of Sliabh Cuillin in Ireland, foundress of Killeevy Monastery (c. 518)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE II.—ST. DARERCA, OR ST. MONINNE, VIRGIN, OF CILLTSLEIBHE, NOW KILLEAVY, OF SLIABH CUILLIN, COUNTY OF ARMAGH. [FIFTH OR SIXTH CENTURY.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 79-93.{{#tag:ref|"S. Monynna, or Darerca, is said to have received the veil from the hands of S. Patrick, near the pool of Bruigis. She proceeded to associate others with herself, eight virgins, and a widow with her little boy, named Luger, who afterwards became a bishop. They built a church at Roskerry, near Carlingford. Then she removed with her nuns to S. Ibar (d. 500), in the western isles of Ireland, and remained for some time under his direction, first there, and afterwards in an island in the south, called Little Ireland (Beg-Erin), in Wexford harbour. She made the acquaintance of, and often visited, S. Bridget, and is said to have established herself at a distance of four days' journey from that holy woman. She next retired into a cell where she could not see the face of a man, only going out at night. Her church is now called Killevy, near Newry."Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MONYNNA, V. ABSS. (A.D. 518.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 149.|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|Foundress of a number of monasteries in Scotland and England.|group=note}}
- Saint Goar of Aquitaine, Hieromonk, hermit, and missionary along the Rhine, Germany (649)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. GOAR, P.C. (A.D. 573.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 154-158.{{#tag:ref|A priest from Aquitaine in France, who lived as a hermit near Oberwesel on the Rhine in Germany, now called St Goar.|group=note}}{{#tag:ref|"In the vicinity of Treves, St. Goar, priest and confessor."|group=note}}
- Saint Seaxburh of Ely (Saxburgh, Sexburga), foundress of the abbey at Minster-in-Sheppey and later Abbess of Ely (699)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SEXBURGA, Q. ABSS. (A.D. 699.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 158-160.Rev. Richard Stanton. [https://archive.org/details/menologyofenglan00stanrich 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. 313-314.{{#tag:ref|Daughter of Anna, King of East Anglia in England, sister of Sts Etheldred, Ethelburgh and Withburgh and half-sister of St Sethrid. She married Erconbert, King of Kent, and so became mother of Sts Ermenhild and Ercongota. As Queen she founded the convent of Minster in Sheppey. Widowed in 664, she became a nun there, later moving to Ely in 679, where she became abbess.|group=note}}
- Saint Noyala, a holy virgin from Britain beheaded at Beignan in Brittany.{{#tag:ref|"According to the popular belief in Brittany, unsupported by any evidence, S. Noaluen or S. Noyala the White, was a British maiden, who floated over to Brittany with her nurse on the leaf of a tree. She was decapitated at Beignan, and walked to Pontivy holding her head in her hands. The chapel dedicated to her at Pontivy was remarkable in the 18th cent. for several interesting paintings on gold grounds representing this fanciful story."Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. NOYALA, V.M. (DATE UNCERTAIN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 137-140.|group=note}}
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Venerable Sisoes of the Kiev Caves, Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves (13th century)[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2018/07/06/101919-venerable-sisoes-the-schemamonk-of-the-kiev-far-caves Venerable Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- New Monk-martyr Cyril of Hilandar, Mt. Athos, burned alive at Thessalonica (1566)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/58/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Κύριλλος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὴν Θεσσαλονίκη]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Saint Barnabas, Elder, of the Gethsemane Skete of St. Sergius Lavra (1906)
=New martyrs and confessors=
- New Hieromartyr Euthymius (Lyubovichev), Hieromonk of Optina Monastery (1931){{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/text/187677.html ЕВФИМИЙ]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).{{#tag:ref|See also: {{in lang|ru}} Евфимий (Любовичев). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).|group=note}}
- New Hieromartyr Theodore (Bogoyavlensky), Hieromonk, of Vostryakovo, Moscow (1943)
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics of Saint Eudocimus of Cappadocia (9th century)Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/54/sxsaintinfo.aspx Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων τοῦ Ὁσίου Εὐδοκίμου]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.{{#tag:ref|His feast day is on July 31.|group=note}}
- Uncovering of the relics of St. Juliana, Princess of Olshansk (16th century)[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2018/07/06/101920-uncovering-of-the-relics-of-holy-princess-juliana-olshanskaya Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: {{in lang|el}} [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/59/sxsaintinfo.aspx Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων τῆς Ἁγίας Ἰουλιανῆς τῆς Παρθένου ἀναπαυομένης ἐν τὴ Λαύρα τοῦ ἐν Κιέβῳ Σπηλαίου (Ρωσίδα)]. 6 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.{{#tag:ref|See also: {{in lang|ru}} Иулиания Ольшанская. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).|group=note}}
- Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh.[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2018/07/06/101949-synaxis-of-the-saints-of-radonezh Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh]. OCA - Lives of the Saints.{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/rubrics/128893.html Собор Радонежских святых (6 июля)]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).{{#tag:ref|See also: {{in lang|ru}} Собор Радонежских святых. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).|group=note}}
- "Bogorodsko-Ufimsky" Icon of the Mother of God (1621){{in lang|ru}} [http://www.pravenc.ru/calendar/2018/07/19.html 19 июля (6 июля)]. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).{{#tag:ref|See also: {{in lang|ru}} Богородско-Уфимская икона Божией Матери. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).|group=note}}
- Repose of Archimandrite Arsenius (Papacioc) of Romania (2011){{#tag:ref|See also: {{in lang|ro}} Arsenie Papacioc. Wikipedia (Romanian Wikipedia).|group=note}}
Icon gallery
File:Varlaam5.png|Venerable Sisoës the Great, before the tomb of Alexander the Great, signifying the remembrance of death.
File:Killevy Old Church - geograph.org.uk - 564089.jpg|Killevy Old Church, reputed site of St. Monenna's convent.
File:Saint Goar.png|St. Goar of Aquitaine (from the Nuremberg Chronicle).
File:Refektorium Ostfenster 4 St.Sexburg.jpg|St. Seaxburh of Ely.
File:Synaxis of the Radonej saints.jpg|'Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh.
File:Ufimskaya.jpg|Icon of the Mother of God 'Ufimskaya'.
File:Arsenie Papacioc by Paul Mecet.jpg|Archimandrite Arsenius (Papacioc) of Romania.
Notes
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- {{in lang|ru}} [https://mospat.ru/calendar/2014/07/19 6 июля (ст.ст.) 19 июля 2014 (нов. ст.)]. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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