Orthodox saints and name days on July 5

Name days on July 5

Athanasios, Thanassis, Thanos, Nasis, Athanasius

Saints and feasts of July 5

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  Athanasios of Athos

  Venerable, Αθανάσιος Αθωνίτης

  St. Athanasios the Athonite was born in Trebizond in the tenth century. Drawn from a promising career in Constantinople to the monastic life, he came to Mount Athos and there founded the Great Lavra, the first of the great communal monasteries of the Holy Mountain, with the support of the Emperor Nikephoros Phokas.

  Name days: Athanasios, Thanassis, Thanos, Nasis, Athanasius

• Lampados of Irenopolis

  Venerable, Λαμπαδός

  St. Lampados was an ascetic of Irenopolis in Isauria, distinguished for wisdom, gentleness and humility. Tradition relates that he lived in a cave in strict asceticism and was granted the gift of working miracles.

• Kyprianos the New Martyr

  Martyr, Κυπριανός ο Νέος

  St. Kyprianos was a monk of Koutloumousiou Monastery on Mount Athos who, burning with zeal, went to Thessaloniki and then Constantinople to preach Christ to the Muslims. Refusing to renounce his faith, he was beheaded in 1679.

• Stephen of Rhegium

  Hierarch, Στέφανος Ρηγίου

  St. Stephen is honored as an early bishop of Rhegium (Reggio) in Calabria, southern Italy. Tradition relates that he was ordained by the Apostle Paul and suffered martyrdom for the faith.

• Finding of the Relics of Sergius of Radonezh

  Saint, Σέργιος του Ραντονέζ

  This day commemorates the uncovering of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Holy Trinity Monastery in 1422, some thirty years after his repose. His relics were found incorrupt and became a source of healings.

• Synaxis of All Saints of Crete

  Saint, Σύναξις Κρητών Αγίων

  On this day the Church of Crete honors together all the saints of the island: apostles, hierarchs, martyrs, ascetics and New Martyrs, from the Apostle Titus to those who suffered under the Ottomans.