Orthodox saints and name days on July 14

Name days on July 14

Akilas, Aquila, Nikodemos, Nikodimos, Nicodemus, Nikodim, Nikodemus

Saints and feasts of July 14

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  Aquila the Apostle

  Apostle, Ακύλας

  St. Aquila, numbered among the Seventy Apostles, was a Jewish tentmaker who with his wife Priscilla received St. Paul into their home at Corinth and shared both his trade and his labors for the Gospel. The couple are mentioned with affection in the Scriptures, and their house served as a gathering place for the Church.

  Name days: Akilas, Aquila

• Nikodemos the Hagiorite

  Venerable, Νικόδημος ο Αγιορείτης

  St. Nikodemos was born on the island of Naxos in 1749 and became a monk on Mount Athos. A man of vast learning and deep prayer, he edited the Philokalia together with St. Makarios of Corinth and wrote many works of spiritual guidance, including the Synaxarion of the saints.

  Name days: Nikodemos, Nikodimos, Nicodemus, Nikodim, Nikodemus

• Joseph of Thessaloniki

  Hierarch, Ιωσήφ Θεσσαλονίκης

  St. Joseph was the brother of St. Theodore the Studite and became Archbishop of Thessaloniki in the early ninth century. He suffered exile and imprisonment for his defense of the holy icons and for opposing the unlawful marriage of the emperor.

• Justus the Martyr

  Martyr, Ιούστος

  St. Justus was a soldier at Rome who, according to tradition, saw a vision of the Cross and came to believe in Christ. He gave his possessions to the poor and openly confessed his faith.

• Onesimos the Wonderworker

  Venerable, Ονήσιμος ο Θαυματουργός

  St. Onesimos was born in Caesarea of Palestine and embraced the monastic life in his youth. Tradition relates that he lived as an ascetic near Ephesus and later founded a monastery at Magnesia, where he was known for his gifts of healing.

• Stephen of Makhrishche

  Venerable, Στέφανος του Μάχριστσκ

  St. Stephen was a monk of the Kiev Caves who moved north and founded a monastery at Makhrishche in the fourteenth century. He was a friend of St. Sergius of Radonezh and shared his labors in reviving monastic life.