July 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 27
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on August 8 by Old Calendar.
For July 26th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 13.Saints
- Nun-martyr Paraskevi of Rome
- Martyr Oraiozela of Byzantium, near the Bosphorus, under Domitian
- Virgin-martyr Jerusalem of Byzantium, friend of St. Oraiozela, near the Bosphorus
- Hieromartyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia
- Martyr Appion, by the sword.
- Venerable Moses the Hungarian, of the Kiev Caves Monastery
- Venerable Ignatius of Mt. Stirion, monk.
- Venerable Symeon the Archimandrite and Stylite.
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Pastor, a priest in Rome and by tradition the brother of Pope Pius I
- Saints Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus and Exuperia, all burnt to death under Valerian
- Saint Valens, Bishop of Verona in Italy from 524 to 531
- Saint Simeon of Padolirone, an Armenian hermit who went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Rome, Compostella and Tours
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Venerable Gerontius, founder of St. Anne’s Skete, Mt. Athos
- Saint Sava III, Archbishop of Serbia
- Saint Ioannicius the New, Schemamonk of Muscel, Romania
- Venerable Iakov Netsvetov of Atka Island and Ikogmute, missionary priest to the Yup’ik on the Yukon River, Enlightener of Alaska
- Saint Isaac, Hieromonk of Svyatogorsk Monastery
- Saint Theodosius of the Caucasus, Schema-Igumen
- New Hieromartyr Sergius Strelnikov, Priest
Other commemorations
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Emvolon", Constantinople.
- Consecration of the Temple the Holy Archangel Michael in Scallae.
- Consecration of the Temple the Holy Archangel Gabriel in Chaldae.
- Repose of Elder Theophanes of Solovki Monastery
- Repose of Archimandrite Nathaniel of Pskov-Caves Monastery
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