Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of July 22
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on July 22 — on the Old Calendar, civil August 4.
Commemorated on July 22
- St. Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Myrrh-bearer
St. Mary Magdalene
Myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles, first witness of the Resurrection, sent by the risen Lord Himself: 'Go to My brethren and say to them, I ascend to My Father.'
When it falls
- New Calendar: July 22 every year
- Old Calendar: civil August 4
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.