July 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
July 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 3
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 15 by Old Calendar.
For July 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 19.
Saints
- Martyrs Anthimus the Elder, Paul, Bilonus, Theonas, Heron, and another 36 Egyptians, at Thessalonica
- Martyr Quintus of Phrygia
- Saint Juvenal of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Saint Basil of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Three Martyrs of Rome, three soldiers who were converted at the martyrdom of the Apostle Paul in Rome, and then were themselves martyred
- Saint Acestes, one of the three soldiers who led St Paul to execution in Rome, he was converted by him, and they were beheaded
- Saints Processus and Martinian, martyrs who were greatly venerated in Rome.
- Saints Ariston, Crescentian, Eutychian, Urban, Vitalis, Justus, Felicissimus, Felix, Marcia and Symphorosa, a group of martyrs in the Campagna, under Diocletian
- Saint Monegundis of Chartres, in Gaul
- Saint Oudaceus, third Bishop of Llandaff in Wales
- Saint Swithun, Bishop and Wonderworker of Winchester
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Photius of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kiev
- Right-believing King Stephen the Great, of Moldavia
- Saint Juvenaly of Alaska, Proto-martyr of America and Alaska
- Saint John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Lampros of Makri, Alexandroupoli, in Thrace
Icons
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Turkovitska"
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Akhtyra"
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Theodotiev"
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Root of Jesse".
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Pozai"
Other commemorations
The placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae- Feast of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos, Georgia.
- Translation of the relics of Saint Arsenius of Tver.
- Uncovering of the relics of New Hieromartyr Sergius Florinsky, Priest of Rakvere, Estonia
- Repose of Archimandrite Lawrence of the Iveron-Valdai Monastery
- Repose of Elder Zachariah, Schema-Archimandrite of St. Sergius Lavra