July 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 1

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 13 by Old Calendar.

For July 31st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 18.

Feasts

 * Forefeast of the Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord.

Saints

 * Righteous Joseph of Arimathea, who buried the Master Christ (1st century)
 * Righteous Eudocimus of Cappadocia, Military Commander of Cappadocia (9th century)
 * Martyr Julitta (Juliet), at Caesarea in Cappadocia (304-305) (see also: July 30)
 * Saint John the Exarch of Bulgaria (c. 917-927)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Saint Calimerius, a Greek who became Bishop of Milan in Italy, Apostle of the Po Valley (c. 190)
 * Saint Fabius, a soldier beheaded in Caesarea in Mauretania in North Africa under Diocletian, for refusing to carry a standard bearing idolatrous emblems (300)
 * Twelve Soldier-Martyrs of Rome, by the sword.
 * Saint Firmus of Tagaste, in North Africa, he was tortured and endured terrible sufferings rather than betray the hiding-place of one of his flock.
 * Saint Germanus of Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre in Gaul (448)
 * Saint Neot, Hermit, in Cornwall (c. 877)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Saint Arsenius, Bishop of Ninotsminda in Georgia (1082)
 * Holy anonymous new martyr of Crete, at Alexandria in Egypt (1811)
 * New Monk-martyr Dionysius of Vatopedi, Mt. Athos (1822)

New martyrs and confessors

 * New Hieromartyrs, at Petrograd (1922):
 * Benjamin (Kazansky), Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk;
 * Sergius (Shein), Archimandrite;


 * New Martyrs, at Petrograd (1922):
 * George Novitsky and John Kovsharov.


 * Martyr Maximus Rumyantsev (1928)
 * New New Hieromartyr Vladimir Kholodkovsky, Priest (1937)
 * New Hieromartyr John Rumyantsev, Priest; Martyr Constantine Razumov, Priest; Virgin-martyr Anna Serova; and St. Elizabeth Rumyantseva (after 1937)
 * New Hieromartyr Nicholas, Priest (1941)
 * New Hiero-confessor Basil (Preobrazhensky), Bishop of Kineshma (1945)

Other commemorations

 * Consecration of the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos of Blachernae.
 * Translation of the relics of Apostle Philip to Cyprus.
 * Repose of Elder Gerasim the Younger, of the St. Sergius Skete, Kaluga (1918)

Greek Sources

 * Great Synaxaristes: 31 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
 * Συναξαριστής. 31 Ιουλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
 * 31/07/2024. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

 * 13 августа (31 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
 * 31 июля по старому стилю / 13 августа по новому стилю. СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". 2024.