Church holidays and fasts in July 2022: a detailed Orthodox calendar

What is the church holiday today? What days do we celebrate the Nativity of John the Baptist the Baptist? When is the Day of the Apostles Peter and Paul? On what day will the multi-day Petrov fast end? When are the miraculous icons of the Mother of God revered? Read this and other information in the expanded church calendar for July 2022.

Orthodox church holidays in July 2022: calendar

July 1 – Martyrs Leonty, Hypatius and Theodulus, the Monk Leonty, canonarch of the Kiev Caves, in the Far Caves.

July 2 – Apostle Jude, brother of the Lord in the flesh, Martyr Zosima, Rev. Paisius the Great, Rev. John, the hermit, Rev. Paisius of Hilandar, Saint John (Maximovich), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, miracle worker.

3 July – Hieromartyr Methodius, Bishop of Patara, Martyrs Inna, Penna and Rimma, Martyrs Aristocles, Presbyter, Dimitrian, Deacon, and Athanasius, Reader, Saint Leukias, Confessor, Bishop of Vruntisiopol, Saint Mina, Bishop.

4th of July – Blessed Oskold, First Martyr of Kyiv, in holy baptism Nicholas, Martyr Julian of Tarsus, Hieromartyr Terenty, Bishop of Iconium, St. Julius, Presbyter, and Julian, Deacon, Martyrs Archil II, King of Iberian, and Luarsab.

5’th of July – Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata, Martyrs Zinon and Zina, Martyrs Galaktion and Juliana.

July 6 – Martyr Agrippina, Martyrs Eustochius, Gaius, Provius, Lolia, Urvan and others.

July 7 – Nativity of the honest glorious prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John. Venerable Job and Theodosius Manyavsky, martyrs of the seven brothers: Orentius, Pharnacius, Hieros, Firmos, Firminus, Cyriacus and Longinus.

July 8 – Martyr Fevronia, virgin.

July 9 – Rev. David of Thessalonica, St. John, Bishop of Gotha, St. Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal, Lydda (Roman), Tikhvin and German Icons of the Mother of God.

July 10 – the Monk Samson, the hospitable, the righteous Joanna, the myrrh-bearer, the Monk Severus, the presbyter, the Monk George of the Iberian Holy Mountaineer, the Monk Martin of Turov.

July 11 – the transfer of the relics of the martyrs, silver-bearers and miracle workers Cyrus and John, the Monk Xenophon of Robeisky, the Monk Paul, a doctor. Icon of the Mother of God “Three Hands”.

July, 12 – Glorious and all-praise the supreme apostles Peter and Paul. Saint Gregory, Metropolitan of Heraclius, Saint Paisios of the Holy Mountain. Kasperovskaya Icon of the Mother of God.

July 13 – Cathedral of the glorious and all-praise 12 apostles: Peter, Andrew, his brother, James Zebedee, John, his brother, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, Jacob Alfeev, Judas Jacob, or Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot and Matthias. Glorification of Saint Sophronius. Volynsk, Balykinsk and Gorbanivsk Icons of the Mother of God.

the 14 th of July – the helpers of Cosmas and Damian, who suffered in Rome, the martyr Potitos, the Monk Peter, the patrician, the righteous Angelina, the Despotess of Serbia, the Monk Nikodim the Holy Mountaineer.

July 15 – the position of the honest robe of the Most Holy Theotokos in Blachernae. Saint Photius, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Russia, Saint Juvenaly, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Akhtyrskaya and Pozhaisk Icons of the Mother of God.

July 16 – Martyr Jakynthos, Martyrs Diomedes, Eulampios, Asclepiodotus and Martyr Golindukha, Venerable Anatoly, a hermit, in the Near Caves, and another Anatoly, a hermit, in the Far Caves, Martyrs Mokios and Mark, Venerable Alexander, monastery of Anatoly, Patriarch of Constantinople.

July 17th – St. Andrew, Archbishop of Crete, Venerable Martha, mother of Simeon Divnogorets, Martyrs Theodotos and Theodotia, Hieromartyr Theodore, Bishop of Kyrenia. Galata Icon of the Mother of God.

July 18 – Rev. Athanasius of Athos. Martyrs Anna and Cyril, Venerable Lampad of Irinopol. Icon of the Mother of God, called “Economissa”.

July 19 – Venerable Sysoj the Great, Venerable Sysoy, hermit of the Kiev-Pechersk, in the Far Caves. Uncovering the relics of the righteous virgin Juliana, Princess Olshanskaya. Martyrs Marina, Martha, Avdifaks, Habakkuk, Cyrinus, Valentinus, presbyter, Asterius and many others in Rome, martyrs Isaurus, deacon, Innocent, Felix, Hermias, Basil, Peregrinus, Rufus and Rufinus, martyr Koint Phrygia, martyrs and martyrs with her Rix, Antony, Lucian, Isidore, Dion, Diodorus, Cutonius, Aronos, Kapika and Satur.

July 20 – the Monk Thomas, in Malea, the Monk Akakios, who is told about in Listvits, the martyrs Peregrine, Lucian, Pompey, Hesychius, Papias, Satornin and Herman, the Monk Martyrs Epictetus, a presbyter, and Astion, a monk, a martyr of the Gospel. Blachernae Icon of the Mother of God.

21 July – Great Martyr Procopius. Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

July 22 – Hieromartyr Pankratius, Bishop of Tauromenia, Hieromartyr Cyril, Bishop of Gortynsky, Martyrs Patermufiy, Kopriy and Martyr Alexander, St. Theodore, Bishop of Edessa, St. Gabriel of Athos.

July 23 – Martyrs of the 45th in Nikopol Armenian: Leonty, Mauritius, Daniel, Anthony, Alexander, Ianikit, Sisinius, Meneus, Virilad and others, St. Anthony of the Kiev Caves, Kyiv, the head of all Russian monks, St. caves, the martyr Apollonius, the martyrs Vianor and Siluan, the venerable hermits of Egypt, starved by fire and smoke.

July 24 – a mention of the miracle of the Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Praised, that through him Orthodoxy was established. Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga, Grand Duchess of Kyiv, in holy baptism Elena, martyr Kindei, presbyter.

July 25 – the martyrs Proclus and Illarius, the Monk Michael Malein, the martyrs Theodore, the Varangian, and his son John, in Kyiv, the martyr Golindukha, in holy baptism Mary, the Monks John and Gabriel Svyatogortsev. Icon of the Mother of God “Three Hands”.

26 July – Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel. Saint Stephen of Savai, Saint Julian, Bishop of Cenomania, Martyr Serapion, Martyr Markian.

July 27 – the apostle from the 70s Akili, the martyr Justus, the Monk Elius, the monk, the Monk Onesimus, the miracle worker, the Monk Stephen of Makhrishchsky, the Monk Nikodim the Holy Mountaineer.

July 28th – The Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, in holy baptism Vasily, the martyrs Kirik and Ulita, the martyr Avudim, the Monk Job of Ugolsky.

July 29 – Hieromartyr Athenogenes, Bishop, and ten of his disciples, Martyr Paul and Martyrs Alevtina (Valentina) and Chionia, Martyr Antiochus the Physician, Martyr Julia, Virgin, St. John of Vishensky, the Holy Mountaineer.

July 30 – Great Martyr Marina (Margaret). Transfer of the relics of St. Lazarus of Galicia.

July 31 – Martyr Aemilian, Martyr Yakynth of Amastrid, Archbishop John the Long-suffering, Kiev-Pechersk, in the Near Caves, Reverend Pamva, a recluse of the Kiev-Pechersk, in the Far Caves, Reverend Pamva, a hermit.

Posts in July 2022

In July there will be a multi-day and one-day fast.

The multi-day Petrov fast in 2022 will last 21 days – from June 20 to July 11.

July 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29 – one-day posts. These days, you should refrain from eating eggs, meat and dairy products.

We used to tell you when Ivan Kupala’s holiday will be in 2022. Also find out what days Spas-2022 will be.