Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of July 12
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on July 12 — on the Old Calendar, civil July 25.
Commemorated on July 12
- Martyrs Proclus and Hilary
- St. Paisios the Athonite
St. Paisios the Athonite
Elder of Mount Athos (†1994), canonized 2015. Millions sought his hut at Panagouda for a word. 'Kindness softens and opens the heart, as oil opens a rusty lock.'
When it falls
- New Calendar: July 12 every year
- Old Calendar: civil July 25
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.