♱Daily Synaxarium ♱Saturday, July 18, 2026translated
On this day, the Holy Church commemorates:
*Martyr Amilianos Dorostorum. *Martyr Iacinthus Amastris. *The righteous Saint Bamboo Nitri. *Martyr Athanasius Al-Qalzmi. *Martyr Marcellus. *The martyrs Dasius and Maron. *Our venerable father among the saints, Stephen II of Constantinople. *Our venerable father among the saints, John the Confessor of Chalcedon. *The righteous Saint Onesiphorus of Cyprus. *The righteous Saint John the Patient of Cave. *The righteous Saint Bamboo, the obedient Cave of Kiev. *The righteous Saint Leontius of Novgorod. *The righteous saints Paisios and Isaiah.
✤ Commemoration of our venerable father among the saints, John the Confessor of Chalcedon (9th century AD) ✤
He defended the veneration of holy icons.
