July 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Saints

• Righteous Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel
• Prophet Ezekiel
• Martyr Vitalius, at Ravenna
• Hieromartyr Apollinaris, Bishop of Ravenna
• Hieromartyr Apollonius, at Rome
• Martyrs Trophimus, Theophilus, and 13 others in Lycia
• The Holy 7 Martyrs at Carthage.
• Venerable Symeon of Emesa, Fool-for-Christ
• The Holy Martyrs tortured and killed in Bulgaria, during the reign of Nicephorus the Emperor
• Venerable Anna of Leucadia
• Saint Therissos, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus.

  Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saints Apollonius and Eugene, early Roman martyrs, the former was pierced with arrows at the stake, the latter was beheaded.
• Saint Rasyphus, a martyr venerated in Rome from early times.
• Saint Liborius of Le Mans, Bishop of Le Mans in France from 348 to 390, he is the patron saint of Paderborn in Germany where his relics were moved in 836
• Venerable John Cassian the Roman, Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille
• Saint Valerian, a monk at Lérins in the south of France who became Bishop of Cimiez
• Saints Rasyphus and Ravennus, born in Britain, they became hermits in the north of France and were martyred in Macé
• Saints Romula, Redempta and Herundo, three holy virgins who lived as ascetics near the church of St Mary Major in Rome
• Saint Vitalian, Pope of Rome from 657-672

  Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Pelagia of Tinos, nun, of Tinos
• Saint John Jacob the Chozebite, of Neamț

  New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Michael Troitsky, Priest, and Martyr Andrew Argunov
• New Hieromartyr Nectarius, Bishop of Yaransk.

  Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Phocas, Bishop of Sinope
• Synaxis of the Holy Prophet and Baptist John, in the district of Olympus, by Saint Thomas.
• Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev Lavra, which saved the monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Pochaev"
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Joy of All Who Sorrow" of St. Petersburg
• Translation of the Relics of St. Herman, Archbishop of Kazan to Sviyazhsk.
• Glorification of St. Theodore Ushakov, Admiral of the Russian Navy.

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