Venerable Leon the Hermit, an ascetic who reposed in peace.
St. Leon the Hermit is remembered in the Synaxarion as an ascetic who withdrew from the world to live in solitude, prayer and fasting. Little is recorded of his life beyond his ascetic labors.
He reposed in peace and is commemorated together with the other saints of this day.
Feast day
On the New Calendar, Leon the Hermit is commemorated on July 1. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 14 of the civil calendar.
Also commemorated on July 1
Kosmas and Damian of Rome
Martyr, Κοσμάς και Δαμιανός
Holy Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian of Rome.
Peter the Patrician of Constantinople
Venerable, Πέτρος ο Πατρίκιος
Venerable Peter the Patrician, a court official of Constantinople who became a monk.
Konstantinos the Wonderworker and those with him
Saint, Κωνσταντίνος ο Θαυματουργός
Holy Martyr Konstantinos the Wonderworker of Cyprus and his companions.
Twenty-Five Martyrs of Nicomedia
Martyr, Εικοσιπέντε Μάρτυρες Νικομηδείας
The Holy Twenty-Five Martyrs who suffered by fire in Nicomedia.
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