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July 1 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 3

All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 15 by Old Calendar.

For July 2nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 19.

Saints

  • Martyrs Anthimus the Elder, Paul, Bilonus, Theonas, Heron, and another 36 Egyptians, at Thessalonica (c. 305-310)
  • Martyr Quintus of Phrygia (c. 285) <small>(see also: March 2 )</small>
  • Saint Juvenal of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (458)
  • Saint Basil of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (836 or 838)
  • Saint Acestes, one of the three soldiers who led St Paul to execution in Rome, he was converted by him, and they were beheaded (1st century)