July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 4 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 6

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 18 by users of the Old Calendar

Saints

• Venerable Athanasius of Mt. Athos (1000)
• Saint Lampadus of Hirenopolis, monk (10th century)
• Saints Elizabeth the New Martyr, Grand Duchess of Russia, the Nun Varvara, and those martyred with them (1918)
• Martyr Cyrilla of Cyrene in Libya, widow (4th century)
• Saints Athanasius and Theodosius of Cherepovets, disciples of St. Sergius of Radonezh
• New-Martyr Cyprian of Koutloumousiou monastery on Mt. Athos (1679)

Pre-Schism Western Saints

• St. Edana, an Irish monastic and patron of several parishes in the West of Ireland.^[1]
• St. Erfyl, the titular saint of a church at Llanerfyl, Powys, Wales.^[1]
• St Gwen Teirbron of Brittany, mother of St. Winwaloe of Landevennec.
• St. Modwenna, successor of St. Hilda as Abbess of Whitby.^[1]
• St. Modwenna, an anchoress, and possibly Abbess of Polesworth in Warwickshire, England.^[1]
• Sts. Probus and Grace, Cornish saints traditionally thought to have been husband and wife.^[1]

Other commemorations

• Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, abbot and wonderworker (1422)

References

1. Hutchison-Hall, John (Ellsworth) (2014). Orthodox Saints of the British Isles - Volume III (1 ed.). New York: St. Eadfrith Press. ISBN 9780692257661.

• Protection of the Mother of God Church, List of Saints
• 5th July. Pre-Schism Orthodox Western Saints.
• Orthodox Saints and Feassts