Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of July 4
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on July 4 — on the Old Calendar, civil July 17.
Commemorated on July 4
- St. Andrew of Crete, author of the Great Canon
St. Andrew of Crete
Archbishop of Gortyna (†740), author of the Great Canon of Repentance — 'Whence shall I begin to weep over the deeds of my wretched life?' — sung in the first and fifth weeks of Lent.
When it falls
- New Calendar: July 4 every year
- Old Calendar: civil July 17
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.