July 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Martyr Emilian of Silistra in Bulgaria
• Martyr Markellos, roasted alive.
• Martyrs Dasius and Maron, by the sword.
• Martyrs Paul, Valentina and Theia, siblings, at Diocaesarea
• Martyr Hyacinth of Amastris
• Venerable Pambo, hermit of Egypt
• Great-martyr Athanasius of Klysma, Egypt
• Saint Barlaam, ascetic, of Bald Mountain, near Antioch in Syria
• Saint John the Confessor, Metropolitan of Chalcedon
• Saint Stephen II of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Symphorosa of Tivoli near Rome, and her seven martyred sons:
• Saint Marina of Orense, a martyr in Orense in Spain
• Virgin martyr Gundenis, martyred in Carthage in North Africa under Septimius Severus
• Saint Maternus, Bishop of Milan in Italy
• Saint Rufillus, first Bishop of Forlimpopoli in Emilia in Italy
• Saint Philastrius, born in Spain, he became Bishop of Brescia in Italy at the time of the Arian troubles
• Saint Goneri of Brittany, an exile from Britain to Brittany, where he lived as a hermit near Tréguier
• Saint Arnulf of Metz, a monk at Lérins, later Bishop of Metz
• Saint Eadburh of Bicester, a daughter of the pagan King Penda, she became a nun
• Saint Theneva, the mother of St Kentigern and patron-saint of Glasgow in Scotland together with him
• Saint Frederick of Utrecht, Bishop of Utrecht in the Netherlands, martyr bishop
• Saint Minnborinus of Cologne, born in Ireland, he became Abbot of St Martin's in Cologne in Germany

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerbale John the Much-suffering, of the Kiev Caves
• Venerable saints Onesiphoros, Pammegistos, Pamphoditis, Paphnutios, Pegon, Polemios, Sozomenos, Soterichos and Photios, of the "300 Allemagne Saints" of Cyprus
• Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves
• Saint Leontius, founder of Karikhov Monastery, in Novgorod
• Hieromartyr Cosmas, Hieromonk, of Gareji, Georgia

  New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Apollinarius, Hieromonk of the St. Nicholas Monastery, Verkhoturye
• New Martyrs Abbess Elizabeth, Grand Duchess of Russia, and Nun Barbara, and those with them, at Alapaevsk

  Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics of Venerable Lazarus the Wonderworker, of Mt. Galesion.
• Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Tolga" and "Kaluga"
• Repose of Abbess Mavrikia and Abbess Zosima, both of Goritsy Convent.

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