Juvenaly of Jerusalem

Patriarch of Jerusalem.

St. Juvenaly was Patriarch of Jerusalem in the fifth century, shepherding the Holy City for several decades during the great christological controversies. He took part in the Third Ecumenical Council at Ephesus and the Fourth at Chalcedon, standing with the Orthodox faith in Christ, and during his episcopate the see of Jerusalem was honored as a patriarchate.

Tradition also associates him with the events surrounding the veneration of the Dormition of the Theotokos. He reposed in peace after a long ministry, and is commemorated on July 2.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Juvenaly of Jerusalem is commemorated on July 2. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 15 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on July 2

• Deposition of the Robe of the Theotokos

  Saint, Κατάθεσις Τιμίας Εσθήτος Θεοτόκου

  Deposition of the precious Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos in the church of Blachernae, Constantinople.

• John Maximovitch of San Francisco

  Hierarch, Ιωάννης Μαξίμοβιτς

  St. John Maximovitch, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, wonderworker of the twentieth century.

• Lambros the New Martyr of Samothrace

  Martyr, Λάμπρος ο Νεομάρτυς

  New Martyr Lambros of Samothrace, who suffered under the Ottomans.

• Kointos the Confessor

  Saint, Κόιντος ο Ομολογητής

  Holy Confessor and Wonderworker Kointos of Phrygia.

• Photios of Moscow

  Hierarch, Φώτιος Μόσχας

  St. Photios, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow, a Greek from Monemvasia.

• Stephen the Great of Moldavia

  Saint, Στέφανος ο Μέγας

  Right-believing Stephen the Great, Prince of Moldavia, defender of the faith and builder of monasteries.

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