July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
July 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 23
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 4 by Old Calendar.
For July 22nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 9.
Saints
- Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene (1st century) (see also: May 4)
- Saint Cyril I, Patriarch of Antioch (298)
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Pancharius (Pancratius), Bishop of Besançon in France, he suffered much under the Arian Emperor Constantius (c. 356)
- Saint Movean (Biteus), a disciple of St Patrick and Abbot of Inis-Coosery in Co. Down in Ireland, he also lived in Perthshire in Scotland where he reposed as a hermit.
- Saint Dabius (Davius), a priest from Ireland who preached in Scotland, where churches are dedicated to him.
- Saint Wandregisilus of Caux, Gaul (668)
- Venerable Meneleus (Ménélé, Mauvier), a monk at Carméry in Auvergne, later restoring the monastery of Menat near Clermont (c. 720)
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Virgin-martyr Markella of Chios (14th century)
- Blessed Cyprian of Suzdal, Fool-for-Christ (1622)
- Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, monk, father-confessor of Alexandrov Convent (1693)
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Michael Nakaryakov, Priest (1918)
- New Hieromartyr Alexis Ilinsky, Priest (1931)
Other commemorations
- Translation of the relics (403-404) of Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope (117) (see also: July 23, September 22)
Icon gallery
Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene.
St. Wandregisel.
Abbey of Saint Wandrille (Fontenelle Abbey).
Virgin-martyr Markella of Chios.
Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope.
Category: