Ven. Anthony of the Kiev Caves
Polyeleos. Kept with the Polyeleos at Matins.
Commemorated today
- St Anthony of the Kiev Caves (1073)d. 1073
What is known
The title places them at Kiev Caves. The year given is 1073.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
- Holy 45 Martyrs of Nikopolis in Armenia (319)Martyr · d. 319
What is known
A martyr died rather than deny Christ. The word is Greek for witness, and the Church uses it in that sense: the death is testimony, not merely a fate. Most of these deaths fall in the Roman persecutions before 313, though the title is not restricted to them.
The title places them at Nikopolis. The year given is 319.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
- The Placing of the Precious Robe of the Lord in Moscow (1625)d. 1625
What is known
The year given is 1625.
This is a feast of the Church rather than the commemoration of a person, so there is no life behind it to tell.
- Hieromartyr Joseph of Damascus & His CompanionsHieromartyr — a bishop or priest killed for the faith
What is known
A hieromartyr was a bishop, priest or deacon killed for the faith. The clergy were often taken first in a persecution, because removing them scattered the community that depended on them.
The title places them at Damascus.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
Appointed readings
- Wisdom of Solomon 3:1–9
- Wisdom of Solomon 5:15–6:3 continues in 6
- Wisdom of Solomon 4:7–15
- Matthew 11:27–30
- Galatians 5:22–6:2 continues in 6
- Matthew 4:25–5:12 continues in 5
About this page. This is the Menaion date — the fixed calendar. Parishes on the New Calendar keep it on July 10 by the civil calendar. On the Julian calendar this same commemoration is kept on July 23 by the civil calendar. The movable cycle, which turns on the date of Pascha and changes every year, is on the calendar page. Where a life has been written on this site the name links to it; where it has not, only what the commemoration itself attests is shown, and nothing is added to it.