Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of July 5
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on July 5 — on the Old Calendar, civil July 18.
Commemorated on July 5
- St. Athanasius of Mount Athos
- Finding of the Relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh
St. Sergius of Radonezh
Abbot of the Russian land (†1392). From his forest hermitage grew Holy Trinity Lavra and a renewal of the whole Russian north. He blessed Prince Dimitri before Kulikovo field.
When it falls
- New Calendar: July 5 every year
- Old Calendar: civil July 18
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.