On July 2, 5 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs you about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.
Orthodox Church holidays 2 July 2024
Holiday | Description |
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St. Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia |
Honoring the memory of the first Moscow Patriarch Job (lay name-John). Veneration of the saint was established in 1989. |
The Apostle Judas the Son of James, the Lord's brother |
The day of honoring one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ-Judas (also Thaddeus, Barsabbas). Distributor of the Christian faith. He was martyred in Arat (Armenia) around the year 80. |
St. John the Wonderworker (Maximovich), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco |
St. John the Wonderworker's Day. He was Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia and Archbishop of Western America and San Francisco. The holiday in his honor was established in 1994. |
St. Paisius the Great |
The church honors Saint Paisius (lived in the IV-V centuries), originally from Egypt. |
Peter's Post (Apostolic)
2nd day of the holiday
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Multi-day fast. Installed in honor of the memory of the Apostles Peter and Paul. |