July 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# July 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 2

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 14 by Old Calendar.

For July 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 18.

## Saints

* Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Rome, brothers (284)
* Saint Potitus od Gargara, martyr (2nd century)
* Holy 2000 Martyrs, by the sword.
* Holy 25 Martyrs in Nicomedia, by fire.
* Saint Maurice.
* Venerable Peter the Patrician (Peter of Constantinople), monk (854)
* Venerable Basil, founder of the Monastery of the Deep Stream, Cappadocia (10th century)
* Saint Leo the Hermit, Ascetic.

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Martin of Vienne, third Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 132)
* Martyr Potitus at Naples (161) (see also: January 13)
* Martyrs Julius and Aaron, Protomartyrs of Wales, suffered in Caerleon-on-Usk under Diocletian (304)
* Saints Castus and Secundinus, much venerated in the south of Italy; they were born in Sinuessa (Mondragone) near Caserta (305)
* Saint Domitian (c. 337-440)
* Saint Theodoric (Thierry, Theodericus), Abbot of Mont d'Or near Rheims in the north of France; priest and disciple of the blessed Bishop Remigius (c. 533)
* Saint Carilefus (Calais), a companion of St Avitus, founded the monastery of Anisole in Maine in France (c. 536)
* Saint Gal I (Gallus of Clermont), Bishop of Clermont, uncle and teacher of St Gregory of Tours (c. 553)
* Saint Leonorius (Léonor, Lunaire) (c. 570)
* Saint Eparchius (Cybar), born in a noble family in Périgord in France, he renounced his title to become a monk at Sessac in Gaul (581)
* Saint Serf (Servanus), the Apostle of West Fife in East Scotland, who reposed and was buried in Culross (c. 583)
* Saint Veep ((Veepus, Veepy, Wimp, Wennapa), patron saint of St Veep in Cornwall (6th century)
* Saint Cewydd, a saint of Anglesey in Wales and at Lancaut in Gloucestershire in England (6th century)
* Saint Juthwara, sister of St. Sidwell; she was of British descent and lived in Devon in England (7th century)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Martyr Constantine of Cyprus (Constantine of Allemagne), Wonderworker, and those with him (late 12th century)
* Venerable Leontius of Rădăuți, Bishop of Rădăuți in Moldavia (1432)
* Saint Angelina (Branković), Despotina of Serbia (16th century)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Arcadius Garyaev, priest (1918)
* New Hieromartyr Alexis Drozdov, deacon (1942)

## Other commemorations

* Valaam Icon of the Mother of God
* Second translation of the relics of Venerable John of Rila (946), from Veliko Tarnovo to Rila (1470)
* Repose of Fool-for-Christ Asenetha (Menshutkina) of Goritsy (1877)
* Synaxis of the Saints of Crete. ( On the first Sunday between July 1–7 )

## Icon gallery

* Holy Wonderworking Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian at Rome (Russian icon, 15th century).
* "The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice" by El Greco, 1580-82.
* St. Angelina of Serbia, Despotina of Serbia.
* The tomb of John of Rila, near Rila Monastery.
