Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of July 2
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on July 2 — on the Old Calendar, civil July 15.
Commemorated on July 2
- Deposition of the Robe of the Theotokos at Blachernae
- St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco
St. John Maximovitch
Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (†1966). He rescued orphans from war, served Liturgy daily, went barefoot, and slept sitting in a chair. A saint of our own lifetime.
When it falls
- New Calendar: July 2 every year
- Old Calendar: civil July 15
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.