July 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained
July 11 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 13
All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on July 25 by Old Calendar.
For July 12th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 29.
Saints
- Saint Veronica, the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by the Savior (1st century)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- Martyr Serapion the New, at Alexandria (194-211)[1] [3] [5] [7] (see also: July 13)
- Martyrs Proclus and Hilary, of Ancyra (2nd century)[1] [3] [8] [9]
- Martyrs Andrew the Commander, Heraclius, Faustus, Menas, and those with them.[3] [5] [10] [11] (see also: August 31)
- Great-martyr Mamas, whose synaxis near Sigma we celebrate.[3] [5] [11] [12]
- Martyr Golinduc, in holy baptism Mary, of Persia (591)[1] [13] [14] [15] (see also: July 13)
- Venerables John (998) and Gabriel (10th century) of Georgia and Iveron, Mt. Athos.[1] [5] [13] [16]
- Venerable Michael Maleinus, spiritual father of Saint Athanasius of Athos (962)[1] [3] [5] [17] [18]
- Martyrs Theodore of Kiev and his son John, the Varangians, at Kiev (983)[1] [5] [13] [19]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Saint Hermagoras of Aquileia, and his deacon Fortunatus, martyrs under Nero (c.66)[20] [21]
- Saint Paulinus of Antioch, and Companions (c. 67)[20] [22]
- Saint Marciana, a virgin-martyr venerated in Toledo in Spain (c. 303)[20]
- Saints Nabor and Felix, martyrs in Milan in Italy under Diocletian (c. 304)[5] [20] [23]
- Saint Paternian, Bishop of Bologna in Italy (c. 470)[20]
- Saint Viventiolus, a monk at St Oyend in France who became Archbishop of Lyons (524)[20]
- Saint Proculus, Bishop of Bologna in Italy (540-542), martyred by the Goths (542)[20]
- Saint Menulphus (Menou), born in Ireland, he became Bishop of Quimper in Brittany (7th century)[20] [24]
- Saint Ansbald of Prüm, in Germany (886)[20]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Other commemorations
Sources
- July 12/July 25. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- July 25 / July 12. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- July 12. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- July 12. 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. 51.
- The Twelfth Day of the Month of July. Orthodoxy in China.
- July 12. 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. 204–205.
- 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. p. 331.
Greek Sources
Russian Sources
Notes and References
- http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20180712.html July 12/July 25
- Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Βερονίκη. 12 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Συναξαριστής. 12 Ιουλίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- St. Veronica (Bernice), a woman healed by Christ. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- July 12. The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. VERONICA. (1ST CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 287-290.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Σεραπίων ὁ νέος. 12 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πρόκλος καὶ Ἱλάριος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 12 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Martyr Proclus of Ancyra. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀνδρέας ὁ Στρατηλάτης, Ἡράκλειος, Φαῦστος, Μηνᾶς καὶ ἡ συνοδεία τους. 12 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- 12/07/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάμας πέραν ἐν τῷ Σίγματι. 12 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2018&today=25&month=7&trp=0&tzo=-4 July 25 / July 12
- Martyr Golinduc, in Holy Baptism Mary, of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ГОЛИНДУХА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- Venerable John the Georgian, of Mt. Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μιχαὴλ ὁ Μαλεῖνος, πνευματικὸς πατέρας τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου τοῦ Ἀθωνίτη. 12 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- Venerable Michael of Maleinus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdjul.htm July 12
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. HERMAGORAS, B. (1ST CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 283-285.
- Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. PAULINUS, B., AND COMP, MM. (1ST CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Seventh: July - Part I. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 285-287.
- Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article X.—St. Felix and his Companions, Martyrs." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. p. 218.
- Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. MENULPHUS OR ST. MENOU, BISHOP OF QUIMPER-CORENTIN, FRANCE. [PROBABLY IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VII. Dublin, 1875. pp. 210-214.
- Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρσένιος τοῦ Νόβγκοροντ (Ρῶσος). 12 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- АРСЕНИЙ НОВГОРОДСКИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- Venerable Simon the Abbot of Volomsk. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- Ecumenical Patriarchate Officially Entered Elder Paisios among the List of Saints. Ecumenical Patriarchate - Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and South East Asia (OMHKSEA). January 13, 2015.
- Ἀνακοινωθέν (13/01/2015). The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. January 13, 2015.
- Icon of the Mother of God “of the Three Hands” on Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.