July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 8 by Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For July 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 13.

Saints

• Nun-martyr Paraskevi of Rome (138-161)^{[1][2][3][4][5][note 2]}
• Martyr Oraiozela of Byzantium, near the Bosphorus, under Domitian (c. 81-96)^[1][3][5][6]
• Virgin-martyr Jerusalem of Byzantium, friend of St. Oraiozela, near the Bosphorus (c. 81-96)^[1][3][5][7]
• Hieromartyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia (c. 305)^{[1][3][5][8][9]}
• Martyr Appion, by the sword.^[3][5][10]
• Venerable Moses the Hungarian, of the Kiev Caves Monastery (c. 1043)^{[1][5][11][12][13]}
• Venerable Ignatius of Mt. Stirion, monk.^{[1][3][5][11][14]}
• Venerable Symeon the Archimandrite and Stylite.^{[3][15][16][note 3]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Pastor, a priest in Rome and by tradition the brother of Pope Pius I (c. 160)^{[17][18][note 4]}
• Saints Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus and Exuperia, all burnt to death under Valerian (257)^{[17][note 5][note 6]}
• Saint Valens (Valente), Bishop of Verona in Italy from 524 to 531 (531)^{[17][note 7]}
• Saint Simeon of Padolirone (Simeon of Mantua), an Armenian hermit who went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Rome, Compostella and Tours (1016)^{[17][20][note 8][note 9][note 10]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Gerontius, founder of St. Anne’s Skete, Mount Athos (13th century)^{[1][3][5][21][22]}
• Saint Sava III, Archbishop of Serbia (1316)^[1][11][23]
• Saint Ioannicius the New, Schemamonk of Muscel, Romania (1638)^[1][24]
• Venerable Iakov Netsvetov of Atka Island and Ikogmute, missionary priest to the Yup’ik on the Yukon River, Enlightener of Alaska (1864)^{[1][11][16][25][26]}
• Saint Isaac, Hieromonk of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1903)^[1]
• Saint Theodosius of the Caucasus, Schema-Igumen (Hieroconfessor Theodosius Of Minvody) (1948)^{[1][27][note 11]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Sergius Strelnikov, Priest (1937)^[11][13]

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Emvolon" (in Pegadion by the New Colonnade), Constantinople.^[1][5][28]
• Consecration of the Temple the Holy Archangel Michael in Scallae.^[5][29]
• Consecration of the Temple the Holy Archangel Gabriel in Chaldae.^[5][30]
• Repose of Elder Theophanes of Solovki Monastery (1819)^[1]
• Repose of Archimandrite Nathaniel (Pospelov) of Pskov-Caves Monastery (2002)^[1]

Icon gallery

• 
  Nun-martyr Paraskevi of Rome.
• 
  Venerable Moses the Hungarian, of the Kiev Caves Monastery.
• 
  Venerable Iakov Netsvetov, Enlightener of Alaska.
• 
  St Theodosius of the Caucasus.

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. Name days celebrated today include:
   • Paraskevi (Παρασκευή);
   • Paraskevas (Παρασκευᾶς).
3. "Venerable Symeon the Archimandrite and Stylite." He is absent from the Synaxarion of Nicodemus. However his memory is recorded in the "Patmiako" Codex, as well as in "Βιέννης Theol. gr. 300", and in the Synaxarion of Delahaye, without any biographical details.^[15]
4. "Also, at Rome, St. Pastor, priest. His name is used to designate a cardinal's title in the church of St. Pudentiana, on the Viminal hill."^[19]
5. Symphronius was a Roman slave who brought about the conversion of the tribune Olympius, the latter's wife Exuperia and their son Theodulus.
6. "At Rome, on the Latin road, the holy martyrs Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus, and Exuperia, who (as we read in the Acts of pope St. Stephen) were burnt alive, and thus obtained the palm of martyrdom."^[19]
7. "At Verona, St. Valens, bishop and confessor."^[19]
8. He was renowned for the miracles he worked on these journeys. Finally he settled at the monastery of Padolirone near Padua in Italy.
9. "In the monastery of St. Benedict, near Mantua, St. Simeon, monk and hermit, who was renowned for many miracles, and at an advanced age rested in the Lord."^[19]
10. "Modern Roman Martyrology, Benedictine Martyrologies. Authority: – A life written not long after his death by a monk of Padolira. The early part of his life was learned from letters of Arsenius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. He was canonized by Benedict VIII; and at the elevation of his body, Leo IX sent a brief to the Bishop of Mantua, approving veneration to the saint."^[20]
11. See: (in Russian) Феодосий Кавказский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

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26. Repose of Saint Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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30. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἐγκαίνια τοῦ Ναοῦ Ἀρχαγγέλου Γαβριὴλ πέραν ἐν Χάλδαις. 26 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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