July 8

July 8 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Tone five. The SITKA Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos. Holy Greatmartyr Procopius of Cæsarea in Palestine (303). Righteous Prokópy, Fool-for-Christ, Wonderworker of Ustya (Vologdá—1303). Appearance of the “KAZAN” Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos (1579). The Weeping Novgorod Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos, “OF TENDER FEELING” (14th c.). SAINT PROCOPIUS OF CAESAREA The Holy Great Martyr Procopius, in the world Neanius, a native of Jerusalem, lived