Translation of the Relics of Lazarus of Galesion

Translation of the relics of Venerable Lazarus the Stylite of Mount Galesion.

This day commemorates the translation of the relics of St. Lazarus of Mount Galesion, the eleventh-century stylite who lived near Ephesus and founded monasteries on the mountain. Educated at the Lavra of St. Savva in Palestine, he was known for asceticism and wonderworking.

His main feast is kept on November 7.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Translation of the Relics of Lazarus of Galesion is commemorated on July 17. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on July 30 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on July 17

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  Marina the Great Martyr

  Martyr, Μαρίνα η Μεγαλομάρτυς

  Great Martyr Marina of Antioch.

  Name days: Marina, Marika, Marinka

• Speratos and Veronica

  Martyr, Σπεράτος και Βηρονίκη

  Holy Martyrs Speratos and Veronica, of the Scillitan martyrs of North Africa.

• Euphrasios of Ionopolis

  Hierarch, Ευφράσιος Ιωνοπόλεως

  St. Euphrasios, Bishop of Ionopolis.