RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF ST.JOHN THE BAPTIST

June

• Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine and Helen,his mother

  21 May/3 June

  The Emperor Constantine the Great was the son of Constantius Chlorus, who ruled the western part of the Roman Empire (Gaul and Britannia), and Helen,...

• Hieromartyr Basiliskus

  22 May /4 June

  The Holy Martyr Basiliskus, a relative of the Holy Martyr Theodore Tyron [the Recruit, commemorated 17 February], suffered martyrdom together with...
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  Holy Hierarch Innokenty of Kherson

  25 May/ 7 June

  Holy Hierarch Innokenty (secular name Ivan Alexeevitch Borisov), Archbishop of Kherson and Tauride was born on December 15, 1800, in Orel Province, in...
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  Venerable Martyr Theodosia, Virgin of the Imperial City

  29 May / 11 June

  Venerable Martyr Theodosia lived in the 8th Century. Her birth was the fruit of her parents’ devoted prayers, and after their death, she was raised...
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  Hiero-confessor Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky)

  January 29/February 11...

• Finding of the relics of St. Juliana, princess of Vyazma and Novotorg

  2/15 June

  Daughter of the boyar Maxim Danilov, Juliana gained renown for her profound chastity of mind, preserving the sanctity of her marriage. Her husband, Prince...

• St. Anubius, confessor and anchorite of Egypt

  5/18 June

  During the persecution of Christians in the 4th century, the Venerable St. Anubius bravely endured torture. He survived, and moved off into the desert,...

• Translation of the relics of the Blessed Igor-George, tonsured Gabriel, Great Prince of Chernigov and Kiev to Chernigov

  5/18 June

  The great prince of Kiev, Igor Olegovitch, in Holy Baptism Georgi (George) (commemorated 19 September/2 October), was defeated and imprisoned by prince...

• St. Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch

  8/21 June

  Holy Hierarch Ephraim was commander of armed forces under emperors Anastasios (491-518) and Justin (518-527). The saint was noted for his kindness, piety,...
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  Righteous St. Alexis of Moscow (Metchev)

  29 January /11 February (Synaxis of the New Martyrs),
  9/22 June, 20 August/2 September (Saints of Moscow)
  16/29 September (Translation of the Relics)

• St. Triphyllius, bishop of Leucosia (Nicosia) Cyprus

  13/26 June

  The future Holy Hierarch was born in Constantinople, and was educated in Verita (Beirut, in what is now Lebanon). He was a man of great erudition and...
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  Hieromartyr Alexander Parusnikov

  14 / 27 June

  Hieromartyr Alexander was born in 1879 in Troitsko-Ramenskoe Village, located in the Bronnitsky District of Moscow Province. He was born into the family...

• Great-martyr Tzar Lazar of Serbia

  15/28 June

  Saint Lazar lived in the fourteenth century, at that time when the Turks, having conquered the neighboring lands, were preparing also to attack Serbia....