July 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 3

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 15 by Old Calendar.

For July 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 19.

Saints

 * Martyrs Anthimus the Elder, Paul, Bilonus, Theonas, Heron, and another 36 Egyptians, at Thessalonica (c. 305-310)
 * Martyr Quintus of Phrygia (c. 285) (see also: March 2 )
 * Saint Juvenal of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (458)
 * Saint Basil of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (836 or 838)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Three Martyrs of Rome, three soldiers who were converted at the martyrdom of the Apostle Paul in Rome, and then were themselves martyred (c. 68)
 * Saint Acestes, one of the three soldiers who led St Paul to execution in Rome, he was converted by him, and they were beheaded (1st century)
 * Saints Processus and Martinian, martyrs who were greatly venerated in Rome.
 * Saints Ariston, Crescentian, Eutychian, Urban, Vitalis, Justus, Felicissimus, Felix, Marcia and Symphorosa, a group of martyrs in the Campagna, under Diocletian (c. 285)
 * Saint Monegundis of Chartres (Monegunde, Monegunda), in Gaul (570)
 * Saint Oudaceus (Eddogwy), third Bishop of Llandaff in Wales (c. 615)
 * Saint Swithun, Bishop and Wonderworker of Winchester (862)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Saint Photius of Kiev, Metropolitan of Kiev (1431)
 * Right-believing King Stephen the Great, of Moldavia (1504)
 * Saint Juvenaly of Alaska, Proto-martyr of America and Alaska (1796)
 * Saint John (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (1966)

New martyrs and confessors

 * New Martyr Lampros of Makri, Alexandroupoli, in Thrace (1835)

Icons

 * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Turkovitska" (13th century)
 * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Akhtyra" (1739)
 * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Theodotiev" (1487)
 * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Root of Jesse".
 * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Pozai" (17th century)

Other commemorations

 * The placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae (5th century)
 * Feast of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos, Georgia.
 * Translation (1483) of the relics of Saint Arsenius of Tver.
 * Uncovering of the relics (2003) of New Hieromartyr Sergius Florinsky, Priest of Rakvere, Estonia (1918)  (see also: December 17 )
 * Repose of Archimandrite Lawrence of the Iveron-Valdai Monastery (1876)
 * Repose of Elder Zachariah, Schema-Archimandrite of St. Sergius Lavra (1936)