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Friday July 17, 2026 / July 4, 2026

7th Week after Pentecost. Tone five.

Fast. Food with Oil

Calculated: Food with Oil (f4)

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Saints

  1. St. Andrew, archbishop of Crete (712-726). primary
  2. Venerable Martha, mother of St. Symeon Stylites the Younger (551). primary
  3. Venerable Andrew (Rublev), iconographer (1430). primary
  4. Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia: Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarit-sa Alexandra, Crown Prince Alexis, and Grand-duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and those martyred with them (1918).
  5. Burial of St. Andrew, prince of Bogoliubsk (1174).
  6. Uncovering of the relics (1507) of Venerable Euthymius the Wonderworker, archimandrite of Suzdal (1404).
  7. Martyrs Theodotus and Theodota at Caesarea in Cappadocia (108).
  8. Hieromartyr Theodore, bishop of Cyrene in Libya, and with him Martyrs Cyprilla, Aroa, and Lucia (310).
  9. Icon of the Mother of Godof "Galatea".
  10. New Hieromartyr Hieromonk Nilus of Poltava (1918).
  11. New Hieromartyr Demetrius priest (1942).
  12. New Hieromartyrs Sava (Trlajic), Bishop of Gornji Karlovac and George of Serbia (1941).
  13. Venerables Tikhon, Basil and Nikon Monks of Solovki.
  14. St. Andrew the Russian of Cairo (1174).
  15. St. Donatus of Libya, bishop (Greek).
  16. St. Asclepias the Wonderworker (Greek).
  17. Hieromartyr Theophilus (Greek).
  18. St. Menignus, monk (Greek).
  19. Hieromartyr Theodotus (Greek).
  20. Hieromartyrs Innocent and Sabbatius and 30 others with them in Sirmium of Pannonia (304).
  21. Translation of the relics of St. Martin the Merciful, bishop of Tours (397).
  22. St. Urlich of Augsburg and Bavaria (973).

Scripture

  • Matthew 10:16-22 - Matins Gospel (St. Andrew, archbishop of Crete) or Matthew 11:27-30 (if St. Andrew Rublev service perform)
  • 1 Corinthians 7:35-8:7
  • Matthew 15:29-31
  • Romans 8:28-39 - Royal Martyrs
  • John 15:17-16:2 - Royal Martyrs
  • Hebrews 13:7-16 - St. Andrew Rublev
  • Luke 6:17-23 - St. Andrew Rublev
  • Hebrews 8:3-6 - St. Andrew, archbishop of Crete
  • Matthew 7:12-21 - St. Andrew, archbishop of Crete