July 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# 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)

## Icon gallery

* Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord.
* Icon of the Descent from the Cross, including Righteous Joseph of Arimathea.
* Fresco of St. Calimerius, Bishop of Milan (19th c.).
* St. Germanus of Auxerre.
* A processional banner of St. Germanus of Auxerre.
* Stained glass window at St Neot, Cornwall, illustrating the miracle of the fishes associated with St Neot.
* New Hieromartyr Benjamin (Kazansky), Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk.
* New Hieromartyr Sergius (Shein), Archimandrite.
* New Martyr George Novitsky.
* New Martyr John Kovsharov.
