RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.JOHN THE BAPTIST

July

• Holy Apostle Jude, the Brother of the Lord

  19 June/2 July

  The holy Apostle Jude, one of the twelve Apostles of Christ, descended from the stock of David and Solomon and was the son of the righteous Joseph the...
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  St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco

  June 19/July 2

  Troparion, Tone 5. Thy care for thy flock in its sojourn has prefigured the supplications which thou didst ever offer up for the whole world. Thus do...
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  St. Maximus the Greek

  21 June / 4 July

  Venerable St. Maximus the Greek (15th - 16th C.), the son of a wealthy Greek official in the town of Arta, Albania, had an outstanding education. As...
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  Venerable St. Peter, Prince of the Golden Horde

  30 June / 13 July

  During the time that Russia was under the yoke of the Golden Horde, Bishop Kirill of Rostov traveled to the Horde, to Khan Berkay, to speak on...

• Blessed John of Moscow, fool-for-Christ

  3/16 July

  He was born near Vologda. In his youth, he labored as a water-bearer in the salt- works The saint combined strict fasting and prayer with his hard labor....
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  St. Andrew, Archbishop of Crete

  4/17 July

  Hierarch Andrew was born in the city of Damascus, into a family of pious Christians. Until the age of seven years, the boy was dumb. Then, once, after...

• St. Andrei Rublev, iconographer

  4/17 July

  St. Andrei was born ca. 1360. Descended from educated stock, he was distinguished by exceptional wisdom, demonstrated in his creative work. He studied the...

• St. Sisoes the Great of Egypt

  6/19 July

  Venerable Sisoes the Great (+429) was a monastic hermit who struggled in the Egyptian desert, in a cave blessed by the struggles of his predecessor, the...
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  St. Procopius, fool-for-Christ, wonderworker of Ustiug

  8/21 July

  Saint Procopius was a German of the Roman Catholic confession, a foreign merchant who traded in Novgorod. Captivated by the beauty of the Orthodox Divine...

• Martyrs Cyricus (Quiricus) and his mother Julitta of Tarsus

  15/28 July

  Through God's grace, we have relics of the Holy Martyrs Cyricus and his mother Julitta in our church, and very recently we purchased an antique Russian...