July 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# July 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 10

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 22 by Old Calendar.

For July 9, Orthodox churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the saints listed on June 26.

## Saints

* Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina in Sicily (1st century)
* Hieromartyr Cyril, Bishop of Gortyna in Crete (c. 303) (see also: September 6, June 14)
* Martyrs Andreas and Probus, by fire.
* Monkmartyrs Patermuthius and Coprius, and Martyr Alexander the Soldier, of Egypt (361-363) (see also: December 17)
* Saints Patermuthius and Coprius, ascetics, of Egypt (4th century)
* Saint Theodore of Edessa (Theodore the Savvaitis), Bishop of Edessa (848)
* Saint Theodosius, Stylite, of Edessa (9th century)
* Venerable Photius, founder of Akapniou Monastery in Thessaloniki (10th century)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints Anatolia and Audax, martyrs in Rome under Decius (c. 250)
* Saint Brictius, Bishop of Martola near Spoleto in Umbria in Italy (c. 312)
* Saint Agrippinus of Autun, Bishop of Autun in France, he ordained St Germanus of Paris to the deaconate and the priesthood (538)
* Hieromartyrs at Wurzburg: Killian, Bishop in East Franconia and Thuringia, and his companions Hieromonk Colman and Hierodeacon Totman (689) (see also: July 8 )
* Saint Golvinus (Golwen), Bishop of St Pol-de-Léon (Quimper) in Brittany (7th century)
* Saint Everilda (Everildis, Averil), Abbess of a monastery at Everingham in Yorkshire, Northumbria (c. 700)
* Saint Agilulfus of Cologne, a monk and Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium, and Archbishop of Cologne in Germany (c. 750)
* Saint Justus of Poland, one of four hermit-brothers in Poland - Sts Benedict, Andrew, Barnabas and Justus (1008)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia (1435)
* Hieromartyr Peter, Priest, of Cherevkov, Vologda (early 17th century)
* Venerables Dionysius the Rhetorician (1606) and Metrophanes (17th century), of Little St. Anne’s Skete, Mount Athos.

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Martyr Michael Paknanas the Gardener, of Athens (1770)
* New Hieromartyr Methodius, Bishop of Lappa on Crete (1793)
* New Hieromartyr Constantine Lebedev, Priest (1918)

## Other commemorations

* Commemoration of the consecration of the church of Church of St. Mary of the Spring (Zoödochos Pege) in Constantinople (559)
* Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus (392), in the village of Stromyn near Moscow. (see also: April 20 )
* Icon of the Mother of God of Koloch (1413)
* Uncovering of the relics of St. Gabriel, Archimandrite of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos (1994)
* Repose of Righteous Patermuphy of Valaam and St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra (c. 1825)
* Repose of Hierodeacon Melchizedek of the Roslavl Forests (1840)
* Repose of Priest Ilie Lacatusu of Romania (1983)

## Icon gallery

* Martyrdom of St. Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina.
* Victoria and Anatolia, portrayed amongst the mosaic Procession of Virgins (Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna).
* St. Theodore, Bp. of Edessa.
* Archimandrite Gabriel of St. Elias Skete, Mt. Athos.
