♱Daily Synaxarium ♱Wednesday, July 22, 2026translated

On this day, the Holy Church commemorates:

*Saint Mary Magdalene, the myrrh-bearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles. *Martyr Markella of Chios. *The righteous Saint Cornelius Pereyaslav of Russia. *The righteous Saint Wandrell the Frenchman. *The two new martyrs of Russian priests, Mikhail Nakaryakov and Alexei Ilyinsky.

✤ The righteous Saint Wandrell of France (+ 668 AD) ✤

He was born in Verdun in the late sixth century AD, into an elite family. The tenth palace of King Dagobert I, July 2026, gave him the title of count and assigned him an administrative position. He was honest, but he craved a life devoted to God. His family married him off forcefully, so he and his wife agreed to maintain chastity, and he retired to a monastery. The king allowed him to follow the ascetic life after that. He went to Jura to restore a hermitage founded by Saint Orsan. He went through extreme austerity. He spent his nights in prayer and walked barefoot while chanting psalms. When the trials were overwhelming, he would throw himself into a frozen swamp. He joined the Bobbito Monastery in Italy to continue the experience of corporate life. Then he moved to another monastery in Gaul (Monastery of Romanmoutier), where he remained for ten years. He left the Jura to Nostri, and assisted his friend Bishop Dadon in his pastoral work. He became a deacon and then a priest. Asceticism again in Fontonelle. A number of monastic students gathered around him. He built four churches and a palace and was an example of prayer and manual labor. From his teaching: “No…