July 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)


July 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 22
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 3 by Old Calendar.
For July 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 8.

Saints

  • Prophet Ezekiel '
  • Hieromartyr Zoticus, Bishop of Comana in Armenia
  • Martyrs Theophilus, Trophimus and another 13 martyrs with them '
  • Martyrs Justus and Matthew, and Eugene, at Rome
  • Martyrs Theodore and George.
  • Holy 3 Martyrs of Melitene, dragged to death.
  • Hieromartyr Bargabdesian, Deacon, at Arbela in Assyria
  • Saints Paul, Bishop, and John, Priest, ascetics, near Edessa Venerable Symeon of Emesa, Fool-for-Christ, and his fellow ascetic St. John ''''

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Onuphrius the Silent, of the Kiev Caves

New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Peter Golubev, Priest
  • New Hieromartyrs Simo Banjac and Milan Stojisavljevic, and the latter’s son Martyr Milan of Glamoc, Serbia

Other commemorations

  • Synaxis of Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of "Armatia", Constantinople.
  • Synaxis of Saint Eleutherius, Bishop of Illyricum, in the Church by "Dry Hill".
  • Synaxis of the holy martyr Acacius of Cappadocia, in Heptascalon.
  • Uncovering of the relics of St. Anna of Kashin, Princess of Kashin
  • Uncovering of the relics of New Hiero-confessor Roman Medved of Moscow, Archpriest
  • Repose of Abbess Arsenia of the Ust-Medveditsk Convent
  • Repose of Abbot Gerasim of the Chudov Monastery
  • Repose of Blessed Anthony Petrovich Shuvalov, wonderworker of Undor-Simbirsk
  • Repose of Abbess Euphemia of the Ravanica and St. Petka monasteries, Serbia