Name days on 8 July
On 8 July, the name day is celebrated by people named Prokopis and Theofilos. Feasts and commemorations of the day: Saint Procopius the Great Martyr · Saint Theophilos the Myrrh-streaming.
Celebrating
2 namesSaints and feasts of the day
2 feastsSaint Procopius the Great Martyr
The first martyr of Diocletian's persecution in Palestine (303).
Saint Theophilos the Myrrh-streaming
Athonite monk from Zichna (c. 1460–1548) and copyist of manuscripts at Iviron who declined to become Metropolitan of Thessaloniki; he is called the Myrrh-streaming because his relics exuded myrrh.
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About this day
In 2026, 8 July is a Wednesday.
Communities that follow the old (Julian) calendar commemorate this day's saints on 21 July of the civil calendar.