Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information CenterFeast Days and Saints Days - July
Remember the saints on their feast days, and ask them to intercede with God for our church and our families and loved ones. Through the prayers of your holy saints, O Lord, heal our souls and bodies. Amen. 1, Cosmas and Damian, Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian, Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers1 July and 1 November - Saints Cosmas and Damian are also called the Holy Wonderworking Physicians Laboring Without Pay. They were born in Asia (probably from Syria or what is now Turkey) in the 4th Century. Cosmas and Damian devoted their lives to healing the sick. They had received from the Lord great skill in healing diseases and they refused to accept money for taking care of people. Tradition tells us that they were brothers and doctors who healed both people and animals with great skill and refused payment for doing so. They are called "unmercenary" or "moneyless" because they refused to accept payment for their healing services. They were constant companions, even in martyrdom by Emperor Maximianus early in the 4th Century. The Roman authorities executed them because they refused to renounce Christ and worship the Emperor. After they died, many miracles of healing were performed through their intercession, and many churches were built in their honor. They have two feast days: July 1 and November 1. Transfer of the Mantle of the Theotokos at Blachermae2 July - Transfer of the Mantle of the Theotokos at Blachermae Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel13 July - Archangel Gabriel Commemoration of the Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical CouncilsSunday between 13 and 19 July - Commemoration of the Fathers of the First Six Ecumenical Councils Holy Prophet Elias the Thesbite20 July - Holy Prophet Elias the Thesbite The Myrrh-bearing Woman Mary Magdalen, the Equal of the Apostles22 July - The Myrrh-bearing Woman Mary Magdalen, the Equal of the Apostles Transfer of the Remains of the Holy Hieromartyr Phocas, Commemoration of the Holy Prophet Ezechiel23, The Remains of the Holy Hieromartyr Phocas were transferred to Constantinople during the Patriarchate of John Chrysostom (398-404) The Holy Prophet Ezechiel was one of the four great prophets. He was exiled to Babylon under King Joconias in 598 BC. He prophesied for twenty-two years. The Holy Prophet Ezechiel prophesied about the destruction of Jerusalem to the Jews in exile in Babylon. The Book of Ezekiel (1:10) in the Old Testament in the Holy Bible provides each of the four Evangelist his own figure. Holy Great-Martyr Christina24 July - Holy Great-Martyr Christina was named after Christ (Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ) and was the daughter of a Roman army officer. Holy Great-Martyr Christina was martyred in Tyre of Phoenicia in the year 220. The Dormition of Holy Ann, the Mother of The Theotokos25 July - Holy Ann The Holy Hieromartyr Hermolaus and the Holy Woman Martyr Paraskeva26 July - Holy Hieromartyr Hermolaus was martyred in Nicomedia in 312. The Holy Woman Martyr Paraskeva was martyred in Rome in 140. The Holy Hieromartyr Hermolaus and the Holy Woman Martyr Paraskeva are venerated as powerful intercessors for healing through the power of Holy God. Holy Great-Martyr Panteleimon the Unmercenary Physician27 July - Panteleimon, the student of St Hermolaus, was beheaded in the year 305 for practising the Christian faith while healing the sick. He refused payment for his medical services so he was a holy unmercenary healer. The reason was because his skill was a gift from Holy God to be used for the good of others. Holy Apostles the Deacons Prochor, Nicanor, Timon & Parmenas28 July - Holy Apostles the Deacons Prochor, Nicanor, Timon & Parmenas. These were among the first seven deacons chosen by the Apostles to help them serve the first Christians in Jerusalem. Saints by monthSaints Web Site Home - Theology Home - Hierarchy Home - Locations Home - Education Home - Stewardship Home - Links Home - Vendors Home - Alphabetical Index Home - Thesaurus Home - Sitemap Home - Arabic fonts Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center Martha Liles Web URL address: Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center or https://www.mliles.com/melkite/ E-mail: mliles@mliles.com or mliles@mliles.com Melkite Greek Catholic Church Information Center is
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