Orthodox saints and name days on July 21

Name days on July 21

Simeon

Saints and feasts of July 21

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  Symeon the Fool for Christ

  Venerable, Συμεών ο Σαλός

  St. Symeon the Fool for Christ was a sixth-century ascetic of Syria. After long years of prayer and struggle in the desert by the Dead Sea with his companion St. John, he was called to a stranger path: entering the city of Emesa, he feigned madness, enduring mockery and blows while secretly feeding the poor, converting sinners, and working hidden wonders.

  Name days: Simeon

• Parthenios of Radovisdion

  Hierarch, Παρθένιος Ραδοβυσδίου

  St. Parthenios was Bishop of Radovisdion in the region of Arta in Epirus in the seventeenth century. He was known for his holiness and care for his flock during the Ottoman period.

• Theophilos, Trophimos and Thirteen Martyrs

  Martyr, Θεόφιλος και Τρόφιμος

  Sts. Theophilos, Trophimos and thirteen companions were Christians of Lycia who refused to sacrifice to idols during the persecution of Diocletian. Tradition relates that they were tortured and beheaded together.

• Justus and Matthew

  Martyr, Ιούστος και Ματθαίος

  Sts. Justus and Matthew are commemorated together as martyrs who confessed Christ during the persecutions of the early Church. Tradition relates that they died by the sword.

• Eugenios the Martyr

  Martyr, Ευγένιος

  St. Eugenios is commemorated as a martyr who confessed Christ during the persecutions. Tradition relates that he died by the sword.

• Onouphrios the Silent

  Venerable, Ονούφριος ο Σιωπηλός

  St. Onouphrios the Silent was a monk of the Kiev Caves who took upon himself the ascetic labor of silence, speaking with no one and giving himself wholly to prayer.