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All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 16 by Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For July 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 20.

Saints

• Martyr Hyacinth the Cubicularius, of Caesarea in Cappadocia (108)^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][note 2][note 3]}

• Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota, martyred with St. Hyacinth at Caesarea in Cappadocia (108)^[1][3][9]
• Martyrs Diomedes, Eulampius, Asclepiodotus, and Golinduc, who suffered with Saint Hyacinth (108)^{[1][3][9][10]}

• Saint Celadion, patriarch of Alexandria (167)^[11]
• Saint Anatolius of Laodicea, Bishop of Laodicea, and his successor, St. Eusebius (3rd century)^{[1][12][13][note 4]}
• Martyrs Mark and Mocius (4th century)^{[1][3][14][15][note 5]}
• Saint Alexander, founder of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones ("the Ever-Vigilant"), Constantinople (c. 430)^{[1][12][16][17][18]} (see also: January 15, February 23)
• Saint Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople (458)^{[1][3][12][17][19][20][21][22][23]}
• Saint Isaias the Solitary, of Scetis and Palestine (491)^[1][12]
• Saint Symeon the Stylite (the third stylite), of Cilicia (6th century)^[1][12]
• Martyr Theodota (712)^[3][24][25]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Dathus (Datus), Bishop of Ravenna in Italy (190)^{[26][27][note 6][note 7]}
• Saints Irenaeus, a deacon, and Mustiola, a noble lady, martyred in Chiusi in Tuscany in Italy under Aurelian for ministering to other martyrs and burying their relics (273)^{[26][28][note 8]}
• Saint Heliodorus of Altino, first bishop of Altinum (Altino) (c. 390)^{[25][26][29][note 9][note 10]}
• St. Byblig of Carnarvon (Biblig, Peblig, Piblig, Publicius), Gwynedd, in Wales.^[26]
• Saint Germanus, Bishop of the Isle of Man and Enlightener of Peel, nephew of St. Patrick of Ireland (474)^{[1][12][26][30][31][note 11]}
• St. Bladus (Baldus), an early Bishop of the Isle of Man.^[26]
• Saint Gunthiern, a prince in Wales who went to Brittany and lived as a hermit (c. 500)^{[26][note 12]}
• Saint Leo II, Pope of Rome (683)^{[26][note 13]}
• Saint Cilléne Droichtech, Abbot of Iona (c. 752)^[26][33]
• Saint Guthagon, born in Ireland, he crossed to Belgium and became a hermit (8th century)^[26][34][35]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint George the Godbearer, of the Black Mountain, teacher of St. George of Mount Athos (1068)^[1][12][36]
• Saint Basil the Bishop of Ryazan (1295)^{[1][12][17][25][37][38][note 14]}
• Venerable Anatolius, recluse, of the Near Caves in Kiev (12th century)^{[1][3][12][17][39][40][note 15]}
• Venerable Anatolius, recluse, of the Far Caves in Kiev (13th century)^{[1][12][17][41]}
• Saints Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257), holy princes of Yaroslavl (13th century)^{[1][12][17][25][42]}
• Saint Basil (Kalika or Koleka), Archbishop of Novgorod (1352)^[1][12]
• Saint Patricius of Vladimir, priest and martyr (1411)^[43]
• Saints John and Longinus,^[44] Wonderworkers of Yarensk, Solovki (1544-1545)^{[1][12][17][45]}
• Blessed John of Moscow, Fool-for-Christ (1589)^{[1][12][17][46][47]}
• Venerable Nicodemus of Khozyuga (Kozhe Lake), monk of Kozhaezersk Monastery (1640)^{[1][12][17][25][48]}
• Blessed Michael, Herodion, Basil, and Thomas, Fools-for-Christ, of Solvychegodsk (17th century)^[1][12][49]
• Saint Joachim the New Godbeaerer, of Notenon Monastery in Achaia (17th century)^{[1][3][25][50]}
• Saint Euphrosine (Viaziemska) of Kolupanovo, Aleksin, Fool-for-Christ (1855)^[51]

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Mother of God the "Milk-Giver" (Galaktotrophousa), of the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos.^{[1][54][55][56]}
• Second translation (1652) of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (1569)^{[1][3][12][17][57][58][59]}
• Uncovering of the relics (1959) of Hieromartyr Raphael of Lesbos (1463), in Mytilene.^[25][60]
• Uncovering of the relics (2005) of Sylvester (Olshevsky), Bishop of Omsk (1920)^{[12][17][note 17]} (see also: February 25)
• Repose of Nun Euphrosyne "the Unknown," of Kolyupanovo, Aleksin (1855)^[1]

Icon gallery

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  Relics of St. Hyacinth of Caesarea.
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  St. Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
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  St. Leo II, Pope of Rome.
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  St. Basil the Bishop of Ryazan.
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  Venerable Anatolius, recluse, of the Near Caves in Kiev.
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  Blessed John of Moscow, Fool-for-Christ (right).
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  New Hieromartyr Anthony (Bystrov), Archbishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk.
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  Icon of the Mother of God the "Milk-Giver" (Galaktotrophousa).
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  Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia.
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  St. Raphael of Lesbos.
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  St. Sylvester (Olshevsky), Bishop of Omsk.

Notes

References

Sources

• July 3/July 16. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• July 16 / July 3. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• July 3. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• July 3. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 49.
• The Third Day of the Month of July. Orthodoxy in China.
• July 3. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 193–194.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 305–306.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 3 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 3 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
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