Orthodox saints and name days on July 3

Name days on July 3

Hyakinthos, Giacinto, Jacinto, Anatolios, Anatolis, Anatoli, Anatoly, Anatole, Anatolia

Saints and feasts of July 3

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  Hyakinthos

  Martyr, Υάκινθος

  St. Hyakinthos was a young Christian of Caesarea in Cappadocia who served at the imperial court in the time of the Emperor Trajan. When his faith became known, he refused to eat food offered to idols, and for his confession of Christ he was imprisoned and died in his bonds, still in his youth, receiving the crown of martyrdom.

  Name days: Hyakinthos, Giacinto, Jacinto

• Anatolios of Constantinople

  Hierarch, Ανατόλιος

  St. Anatolios was born in Alexandria and served as Patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century. He took part in the Fourth Ecumenical Council at Chalcedon, which confirmed the Orthodox teaching on the two natures of Christ.

  Name days: Anatolios, Anatolis, Anatoli, Anatoly, Anatole, Anatolia

• Gerasimos the New of Karpenisi

  Martyr, Γεράσιμος ο Νέος

  St. Gerasimos the New was a young man from Karpenisi in central Greece who worked in Constantinople. Tradition relates that he was pressured to convert to Islam and, having briefly wavered, repented and boldly confessed Christ before the authorities.

• Theodotos, Theodote and those with them

  Martyr, Θεόδοτος και Θεοδότη

  Sts. Theodotos and Theodote, together with Golinduch, Diomedes, Eulampios and Asklepiades, are commemorated as a company of martyrs who confessed Christ during the persecutions of the early Church. Tradition relates that they suffered in Caesarea of Cappadocia.

• Mark and Mokianos

  Martyr, Μάρκος και Μωκιανός

  Sts. Mark and Mokianos were Christians who refused to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods when commanded by the governor. Tradition relates that they were beheaded for their confession of Christ.

• Basil of Ryazan

  Hierarch, Βασίλειος Ριαζάν

  St. Basil served as Bishop of Murom and later Ryazan in the thirteenth century. Tradition relates that, slandered by his flock in Murom, he set out on the river on his cloak and was miraculously carried to Ryazan, where he was received with honor.