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Today's feasts July 31 2025: Forefeast of the Procession of the Precious and Life-giving Cross of the Lord; Righteous Eudokimos of Cappadocia; Righteous Joseph of Arimathea; Martyr Julitta at Caesarea (see also July 29); Saint Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre; Hieromartyr Benjamin, Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, and Martyrs Sergius the Archimandrite, Yuri and John, laymen, of Petrograd; Saint Arsenius, Bishop of Ninotsminda; Saint Neot, Abbot of Neotstoke; Saint Maughold, Bishop of the Isle of Man; twelve martyrs of Rome. Other events: consecration of the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos of Blachernae; translation of the relics of Apostle Philip to Cyprus; repose of Elder Gerasimos the Younger of Kaluga's St. Sergius Skete ( July 18 2025: Julian Calendar ) Martyr Emilian of Silistria in Bulgaria; Martyr Hyacinth of Amastris; Saint John the Long-suffering of the Kiev Caves; Saint Pambo, hermit of Egypt; Saint Pambo, recluse of the Kiev Caves; Saint Leontius, Abbot of Karikhov, Novgorod; Martyr Marcel; Martyrs Dasius and Maron; Martyrs Paul, Theis, and Valentina; Saint John, Archbishop of Constantinople; Saints Stephen, Archbishop of Constantinople, and John, Metropolitan of Chalcedon; Hieromartyr Frederich, Bishop of Utrecht; Saint Edburga, virgin of Aylesbury; Saint Arnulf, Bishop of Metz; "Tolga" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Featured article The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America, founded in 2010, consists of all the active Orthodox bishops of North and Central America, representing multiple jurisdictions. It is the successor to SCOBA, and it is not, properly speaking, a synod. The Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora." Recently featured: Raphael Morgan, Holy Week, Georges Florovsky, Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria, Paschal Homily, Pachomius the Great. View all featured articles.

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