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Job of Maniava, born Ivan Knyahynytskyi and named as a monk Ezekiel, was a Ukrainian Orthodox saint and an Orthodox clerical activist. He was a founder of Manyava Skete, a famous c…
Christian feast day: Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed María Romero Meneses
Pantaenus the Philosopher was a Sicilian theologian and a significant figure in the Catechetical School of Alexandria from around AD 180. This school was the earliest catechetical …
Christian feast day: Pantaenus
Peter To Rot was a Papua New Guinean Catholic who was canonized for his continued practice of Catholicism in the face of Japanese repression during World War II. He served as a cat…
Christian feast day: Peter To Rot
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blesseds Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with seven children (Catholic Church)
Willibald was an 8th-century bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.
Christian feast day: Willibald (Catholic Church)
July 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 8
Christian feast day: July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state…
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.
Saba Saba Day on 7 July celebrates various historic holidays in East Africa, particularly in Tanzania and Kenya. The name Saba Saba is symbolic and is Swahili for seven seven, whic…
Saba Saba Day (Tanzania)
Tanabata , also known as the Star Festival , is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi. Acco…
Tanabata (Japan)
World Chocolate Day, or just Chocolate Day, is an annual celebration of chocolate, occurring globally on 7 July, which some suggest to be the anniversary of the introduction of cho…
World Chocolate Day
Abda and Sabas were two martyrs mentioned in the Menologium der Orthodox-Katholischen Kirche des Morgenlandes by Probst Maltzew. Their feast day is 8 July.
Christian Feast Day: Abda and Sabas
Kupala Night is one of the major folk holidays in some Slavic countries. It coincides with the Christian feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and the East Slavic feast of …
Ivan Kupala Day (Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine)
Auspicius is said to be the successor of St. Maternus as the Bishop of Trier, Germany. However, some authorities identify him as the 5th-century Bishop of Toul, France.
Christian Feast Day: Auspicius of Trier
Saint Grimbald was a 9th-century Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Bertin near Saint-Omer, France.
Christian Feast Day: Grimbald
Landrada of Austrasia was a German saint and ascetic. She co-founded Munsterbilsen Abbey, which was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Landrada's feast day is 8 July. She is the patrone…
Christian Feast Day: Landrada
Kilian, also spelled Cillian or Killian, was an Irish missionary bishop and the Apostle of Franconia, where he began his labours in the latter half of the 7th century. His feast da…
Christian Feast Day: Kilian and Totnan
The Day of Saint Peter and Saint Fevronia also known as the Day of Family, Love and Faithfulness, the Orthodox patrons of marriage, was officially introduced in Russia in 2008. Sve…
Christian Feast Day: Saints Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox)
Priscilla and Aquila were a first-century Christian missionary married couple described in the New Testament. Aquila is traditionally listed among the Seventy Disciples. They lived…
Christian Feast Day: Priscilla and Aquila
Procopius of Scythopolis was a 4th century martyr who is venerated as a saint. He was a reader and exorcist in the church at Scythopolis; he also was famous as an ascetic and erudi…
Christian Feast Day: Procopius of Scythopolis
Saint Sunniva is the patron saint of the Norwegian Church of Norway Diocese of Bjørgvin, as well as all of Western Norway.
Christian Feast Day: Sunniva and companions
July 7 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 9
Christian Feast Day: July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Arbor Day is a secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the…
Arbor Day (Cambodia)
Saint Amandina of Schakkebroek, born Pauline Jeuris, was a Franciscan sister of Belgian origin who served in China. She was beatified and canonized together with other martyrs of t…
Christian Feast Day: Amandina of Schakkebroek (one of Martyrs of Southern Hunan)