July again

Here is a link to my post from last July about some of the important saints commemorated in July - July There is also one about St. Vladimir, also celebrated in July - Vladimir

I've been thinking lately about the interesting set up for calendar dates for the newer Russian saints. In the OCA, St. John of Shanghai is commemorated on July 2nd; The Royal Passionbearers on July 17th; and St. Elizabeth the New Martyr on July 18th. Those are the actual Gregorian calendar days of the deaths of those saints. But, since they were canonized after the New Calendar was put in place, the OCA commemorates them on these dates. The Russian Church though, who canonized them, celebrates them on the Old Calendar dates from when they died, so June 19th, July 4th, and July 5th, respectively. I have always personally used the Old Calendar dates as well, since that is what is in the Menaion, at least with the Royal saints. St. John is a different story. Since he is a North American saint, he is celebrated on the New Calendar date. With the others, since they were killed before the New Calendar came into place, I think it is ok to commemorated them according to their date on the "church (old)" calendar. Confused?