July 26

Saints

Nun-martyr Paraskevi of Rome (138–161)

Martyr Oraiozela of Byzantium, near the Bosphorus, under Domitian (c. 81–96)

Virgin-martyr Jerusalem of Byzantium, friend of St. Oraiozela, near the Bosphorus (c. 81–96)

Hieromartyrs Hermolaus, Hermippus and Hermocrates at Nicomedia (c. 305)

Martyr Appion, by the sword.

Venerable Moses the Hungarian, of the Kiev Caves Monastery (c. 1043)

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 (c. 160)

Saints Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus and Exuperia, all burnt to death under Valerian (257)

Saint Valens (Valente), Bishop of Verona in Italy from 524 to 531 (531)

Saint Simeon of Padolirone (Simeon of Mantua), an Armenian hermit who went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Rome, Compostella and Tours (1016)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Gerontius, founder of St. Anne's Skete, Mount Athos (13th century)

Saint Sava III, Archbishop of Serbia (1316)

Saint Ioannicius the New, Schemamonk of Muscel, Romania (1638)

Venerable Iakov Netsvetov of Atka Island and Ikogmute, missionary priest to the Yup’ik on the Yukon River, Enlightener of Alaska (1864)

Saint Isaac, Hieromonk of Svyatogorsk Monastery (1903)

Saint Theodosius of the Caucasus, Schema-Igumen (Hieroconfessor Theodosius Of Minvody) (1948)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Sergius Strelnikov, Priest (1937)

Other commemorations

Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Emvolon" (in Pegadion by the New Colonnade), 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 (1819)

Repose of Archimandrite Nathaniel (Pospelov) of Pskov-Caves Monastery (2002)