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

• 
  Martyrdom of Apostle Aquila.
• 
  Martyr Heraclius.
• 
  St. Stephen of Makhrishche.
• 
  Saint Nicodemus of Mt. Athos, spiritual writer.
• 
  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).