July 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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July 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 21

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 2 by Old Calendar.[note 1]

For July 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 7.

Saints[]

Pre-Schism Western saints[]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints[]

New martyrs and confessors[]

  • New Hieromartyr Constantine Slovtsov, Priests (1918)[9][19]
  • New Martyrs Lydia, with soldiers Alexei and Cyril, near Ufa (1928)[1][5][9]
  • New Hieromartyrs at Voronezh (1930):[1][9][19]
  • Archimandrite Tikhon (Krechkov);
  • Hieromonks George (Pozharov) and Cosmas (Vyaznikov);
  • Priests John Steblin-Kamensky,[note 13] Sergius Gortinsky, Theodore Yakovlev, Alexander Arkhangelsky,[note 14] and George Nikitin;
  • Martyrs Euthymius Grebenshchikov and Peter Vyaznikov.

Other commemorations[]

Icon gallery[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. ^ "In Constantinople, the Prophets Moses, Aaron and Elisha were also commemorated today (cf. Delahaye: Syn. Cp. p. 832)."[6]
  3. ^ MAGNIFICATION:
    "We magnify you, Glorious Prophet Elias. And we venerate your fiery ascent to heaven in the flesh."
    KONDAK, TONE 2:
    "O greatly renowned Prophet Elias, who foresaw the great deeds of our God; you stopped the rains of heaven by your command. Intercede for us with the only Lover-of-Mankind."[7]
  4. ^ "On Mount Carmel, the holy prophet Elias."[8]
  5. ^ Name days celebrated today include:
    • Elias, Ilias, Elijah, Eliana, Liana (Ἠλίας).
  6. ^ Born near Boulogne in the north of France, he became a monk and later founded the monastery of Samer near Boulogne, later called Saint-Vulmaire (fr) after him . He also founded a convent at Wierre-aux-Bois.
  7. ^ See: (in French) Abbaye Saint-Wulmer de Samer. Wikipédia. (French Wikipedia).
  8. ^ "At Treves, St. Severa, virgin."[8]
  9. ^ A deacon in Cordoba in Spain who belonged to the monastery of St Zoilus and who was very zealous in ministering to Christians imprisoned by the Muslims. He was beheaded for the Orthodox Faith and his relics were enshrined in the church of St Zoilus.
  10. ^ "At Cordova, St. Paul, deacon and martyr. For rebuking Mahometan princes for their impiety and cruelty, and preaching Christ courageously, he was put to death, and went to his reward in heaven."[8]
  11. ^ Wife of King Alfred the Great, after his death she became a nun at the convent which she had founded in Winchester.
  12. ^ "ETHELWIDA, or EALSITHA, the widow of the great King Alfred, was the daughter of the Earl Ethelred and Edburga of Mercia. She began the foundation of the convent for women at Winchester, in conjunction with her husband, and after his death she is said to have retired to it herself. The first Abbess appointed was Etheldreda. who became the mistress of St. Edburga. Ethelwida, however, did not live to see her work completed. She survived Alfred but a few years, which she spent in great holiness of life and the practices of devotion."[14]
  13. ^ See: (in Russian) Стеблин-Каменский, Иван Георгиевич. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
  14. ^ See: (in Russian) Архангельский, Александр Николаевич (новомученик). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
  15. ^ "The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which is based in Istanbul (Turkey) resolved, during its session of 16 January [2004] on the Canonization of Fr Alexis Medvedkov (1867 – 1934), also of Fr Dimitri Klepinine (1904-1944) of Mother Maria (Skobtsova) (1891-1945) and of their companions George (Yuri) Skobtsov (1921-1944) and Elie Fondaminskii (1880-1942), outstanding personalities of the spiritual history of the Russian emigration in France... ...Their liturgical commemoration has been fixed by the Patriarchate on 20 July, the feast of the Holy Prophet Elijah."[20]
  16. ^ See: (in Russian) Галичская икона Божией Матери. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m July 20/August 2. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Προφήτης Ἠλίας. 20 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. ^ a b (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 20 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  4. ^ Holy, Glorious Prophet Elijah. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  5. ^ a b c d e f July 20. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.
  6. ^ Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos Petra (Ed.). THE SYNAXARION: The Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church: VOLUME SIX - July, August. Transl. from the French by Mother Maria (Rule) and Mother Joanna (Burton). Holy Convent of the Annunciation of Our Lady, Ormylia (Chalkidike), 2008. p. 202.
  7. ^ Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. The Good Shepherd Prayer Book. 2nd Edition. Ecclesia Publishing Corporation, Winnipeg, 2013 A.D. pp. 653-655.
  8. ^ a b c d The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 214-215.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p August 2 / July 20. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  10. ^ a b Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos Petra (Ed.). THE SYNAXARION: The Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church: VOLUME SIX - July, August. Transl. from the French by Mother Maria (Rule) and Mother Joanna (Burton). Holy Convent of the Annunciation of Our Lady, Ormylia (Chalkidike), 2008. pp. 209-210.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h July 20. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  12. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. VULMAR, AB. (END OF 7TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 489-492.
  13. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ANSEGIS, AB. (A.D. 833.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Eighth: July - Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 492.
  14. ^ Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 348-349.
  15. ^ Martyr Salome the Georgian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  16. ^ Repose of Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhloma Lake, disciple of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  17. ^ (in Russian) АВРААМИЙ ГАЛИЧСКИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  18. ^ Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h (in Russian) 2 августа (20 июля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  20. ^ The Official Act of Canonization of Mother Maria (Skobtsova), Yuri Skobtsov, Fr Dimitri Klepinine, Elie Fondaminskii and Fr Alexis Medvedkov. IN COMMUNION (Website of Orthodox Peace Fellowship). October 18th, 2004. Retrieved: 30 April 2014.
  21. ^ Righteous Martyr Maria (Skobtsova). OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  22. ^ “Chukhloma” Icon of the Mother of God from Galich. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  23. ^ Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Athanasius, Abbot of Brest-Litovsk. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Sources[]

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