“But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” 2 Peter 3:8

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First Sunday in June – Synaxis of the Holy Martyrs of Chelm and Podlasie: Archpriest Basil Martyrs, Archpriests Paul Szwajko and his wife Joanna the Priests Nicolas Holc, Leo Korobczuk, Peter Ochryzko and Sergius Zakharczuk, the Monk Ignatius and many other un-named Martyrs


1st

  • Holy Martyr Justin the Philosopher and his Companions: Chariton, Charita, Euelpistus, Hierax, Peon and Liberian
  • Holy Martyr Firmus, slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Thespesius
  • Holy Martyr Neon
  • Holy Hieromartyr Pyrrhus
  • Our Venerable Father Agapitus, the Unmercenary Physician of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Our Venerable Father Dionysius of Glushitsa
  • Our Venerable Fathers Shio the New, David, Gabriel and Paul of Garesja
  • Holy New Martyr Onuphrius, Archbishop of Kursk and Oboyan
  • On the First Sunday in June, we celebrate the Synaxis of the Holy Martyrs of Chelm and Podlasie: Archpriest Basil Martyrs, Archpriests Paul Szwajko and his wife Joanna the Priests Nicolas Holc, Leo Korobczuk, Peter Ochryzko and Sergius Zakharczuk, the Monk Ignatius and many other un-named Martyrs

2nd

  • Our Holy Father Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Our Holy Father Nicephorus, Bishop of Milet
  • Holy Hieromartyr Erasmus of Ochrid, who died in peace, and his Twenty Thousand Companions, slain by the sword
  • The Thirty-Eight Holy Martyrs who perished when shut up together in a heated bathhouse
  • A devout Mother and her Three Children, slain by the sword
  • Venerable Marinus of Constantinople
  • Holy New Martyr John the New of Suceava
  • Holy New Martyr Demetrius of Philadelphia
  • Holy New Martyr Constantine, the converted Muslim
  • Holy Hieromartyr Photinus (Pothinus), Bishop of Lyons
  • The Ten Thousand Martyrs of Antioch during Decian’s persecution

3rd

  • Holy Martyrs Lucillian and the Four Children: Claudius, Hypatius, Paul and Dionysius, and the Holy Martyr Paula
  • Our Venerable Father Athanasius of Traiannos, the Wonderworker
  • Saint Achillas, Archbishop of Alexandria
  • Venerable Hieria, who died in peace
  • Venerable Pappus, who died in peace
  • Holy New Hieromartyr Joseph, Metropolitan of Thessalonica
  • Saint Clotilde, Queen of the Franks
  • Venerable Kevin of Ireland
  • Our Venerable Father Othal

4th

  • Our Holy Father Metrophanes, Archbishop of Constantinople
  • Venerable Sophia
  • Saints Martha and Mary, the sisters of Lazarus
  • Holy Monk and Martyr John, Abbot of the Monastery of Monagria
  • Venerable Alonius, an Ascetic in Egypt
  • Holy Martyrs of Niculitsel: Zoticus, Attalus, Kamasis, Philip and their Companions
  • Our Venerable Father Methodius of Peshnosha
  • Our Venerable Fathers Eleazar, Nazarius and Eumenius of Olonets

5th

  • Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyre
  • Holy Martyrs Marcian, Nicander (Nicanor), Appolonius, Leonides, Arrius, Gorgias, Hyperechius, Selinias, Irene and Pammon (Pambo) in Egypt
  • Venerable Dorotheus of Thebes
  • Venerable Dorotheus of Chiliocomos
  • Holy Martyr Christopher of Rome, slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Conon of Rome, drowned in the sea
  • Holy New Martyr Mark of Smyrna
  • The Translation of the Relics of Saint Igor-Gabriel, Prince of Chernigov and Kiev
  • Saint Constantine, Metropolitan of Kiev
  • Saint Theodore, Prince of Novgorod
  • Venerable Peter of Korisha
  • Saint Boniface, Apostle of Germany

6th

  • Our Venerable Father Hilarion, Abbot of the Monastery of Dalmatus
  • Venerable Attalus the Wonderworker
  • Holy Virgins Cyria, Valeria and Marcia
  • Holy Martyr Gelasius, slain by the sword
  • Venerable Anoub the Wonderworker
  • Venerable Photas
  • Our Venerable Father Paisius of Uglich
  • Venerable Jonah of Kliments
  • Saint Claudius, Bishop of Besancon

7th

  • Holy and Glorious Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra
  • Holy Martyr Potamiaena and her Companions: Plutarch, Serenus, Serenus, Heraclides, Heron, Heras, Marcella and Basilides
  • Holy Martyr Lycarion
  • Holy Martyr Zenas the Wonderworker
  • Saints Aesia and Susannah, Disciples of Saint Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina
  • Holy Martyrs Tarasius and John, slain by the sword
  • Venerable Stephen and Anthimus, Priests of the ‘Fervent Ones’ (Spoudaioi), who died in peace
  • Venerable Sebastiana the Wonderworker, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Daniel of Scetis
  • Saint Panagis (Paisius) Bassia
  • Venerable Antony/Abraham of Koya
  • Holy Hieromartyr Andronicus, Archbishop of Perm, and his Companions

8th

  • Translation of the Relics of the Holy and Great Martyr Theodore Stratelates
  • Holy Martyrs Nicander and Marcian
  • Holy Martyr Calliopa
  • Venerable Naucratius
  • Holy Hieromartyr Paul, whose body rested in the Monastery of Kaioumas
  • Venerable Athre, who died in peace
  • Venerable Melania, who died in peace
  • Holy Martyr Nicandrus, slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Mark, slain by the sword
  • Holy New Martyr Theophanes
  • Our Holy Father Theodore, Bishop of Rostov and Suzdal
  • Holy Martyr Theodore of Kvelteli in Georgia
  • Saint Medard, Bishop of Noyon

9th

  • Our Holy Father, the God-Bearer Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria
  • The Five Consecrated Virgins: Thecla, Mariamna, Martha, Maria and Enatha
  • Holy Martyrs Orestes, Diomides and Rhodon
  • Holy Martyr Alexander, Bishop of Prusa, slain by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Ananias, slain by the sword
  • Venerable Cyrus, who died in peace
  • The Three Virgin Martyrs from Chios, slain by the sword
  • Our Venerable Father Cyril of the White Lake (Byelozersk)
  • Venerable Alexander of Kushta
  • Venerable Archpriest Alexis Mechev
  • Venerable Raphael of Agapia
  • Our Venerable Father Columba of Ireland, Founder of the Monastery of Iona

10th

  • Holy Martyrs Alexander and Antonina
  • Holy Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Prusa
  • Holy Martyr Neaniscus the Wise
  • Our Venerable Father Canides
  • Venerable Theophanes and Pansemne
  • Holy Bishop Apollos, who died in peace
  • Saint Alexius, Bishop of Bithynia, who died in peace
  • The Holy Athonite New Martyrs, who suffered in the prisons of Thessalonica between 1821 and 1823
  • Our Venerable Father Silvanus of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves
  • Our Holy Father John, Metropolitan of Tobolsk
  • Our Venerable Father Gerasimus, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Symeon the Wonderworker of the Wonderful Mountain
  • Our Holy Father Barlaam, Metropolitan of Tobolsk
  • Our Venerable Father the Staretz Daniel of Achkinsk
  • Our Venerable Father Cosmas of Verkhoturiye, the Fool for Christ

11th

12th

  • Our Venerable Father Onuphrius the Egyptian
  • Our Venerable Father Peter the Athonite
  • Saint Triphyllius, Bishop of Leucosia
  • Venerable Julian, commemorated in the Church of Daguta in Constantinople
  • Venerable Zeno, who died in peace
  • Saint John the Soldier
  • Our Venerable Father Arsenius of Konevets
  • Our Venerable Fathers Onuphrius and Auxentius of Vologda
  • Venerable Onuphrius of Malks
  • Venerable Stephen of Komel
  • Venerable Bassian and Jonas of Solovki
  • Holy New Martyr Youannis (John), who was Martyred at the hour of Vespers on Sunday 12 June 1684, in the time of Pasha Sari Hussein in Damascus

13th

14th

  • Holy Prophet Elisha
  • Our Holy Father Methodius the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Holy Hieromartyr Cyril, Bishop of Gortyna
  • Our Venerable Father Niphon the Athonite
  • Venerable Julitta, who died in peace
  • Saint Mstislav-George, Prince of Smolensk and Novgorod
  • Venerable Elisha of Sumy

15th

  • Holy Prophet Amos
  • Holy Apostles Fortunatus, Achaicus and Stephen
  • Holy Martyr Guy and his Companions Modestus and Crescentia
  • Holy Martyr Dulas of Cilicia, slain by the sword
  • Venerable Dulas of Egypt
  • Our Holy Father Orsiesius, who died in peace
  • Holy Martyr Graus, who died by the sword
  • Holy Martyr Nerses
  • The Translation of the Relics of Saint Theodore the Sykeote
  • Saint Simeon, Archbishop of Novgorod
  • Venerable Gregory and Cassian, Abbots of Avnezh
  • Saint Lazarus, Prince of Serbia
  • Our Holy Father Ephraim, Patriarch of Serbia
  • Saint Spyridon, Patriarch of Serbia
  • Holy New Martyrs who suffered in Serbia for the Faith of Christ, from the time of the Great Martyr Lazarus until the present day, especially Metropolitans Dositheus of Zagreb, Joannicius of Montenegro and Peter of Sarajevo, Bishops Sava of Gornji Karlovats and Platon of Banjaluka, Hieromonk Raphael of Sisatovats, the Priests Branko Dobrosavljevich, George Bogich and Dane Babich, and the laymen Vukashin
  • Our Venerable Father Jerome
  • Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo

16th

  • Our Holy Father Tikhon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Amathus on Cyprus
  • Holy Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Appolonias, whose arms were loaded down with heavy stones
  • The Five Holy Martyrs of Nicodemia, slain by the sword
  • The Forty Roman Martyrs, who died by fire
  • Our Venerable Father Tikhon of Kaluga
  • Our Venerable Father Tikhon of Lukhov
  • Our Venerable Father Kaishosro the Georgian

17th

  • Holy Martyrs Manuel, Sabel and Ismael
  • Holy Martyr Isaurus and his Companions: Basil, Innocent, Felix, Hermias and Peregrinus
  • Our Venerable Father Hypatius, Abbot of the Monastery of the Rufinianes
  • Holy Hieromartyr Philonides, Bishop of Kyrion on Cyprus
  • Our Venerable Father Pior
  • Venerable Joseph the Anchorite, who died singing
  • Venerable Ananias of Novgorod
  • Holy Martyr Shalva, Duke of Akhaltsikhe in Georgia

18th

  • Holy Martyr Leontius and his Companions Hypatus and Theodulus
  • Holy Martyr Aetherius
  • Venerable Erasmus, who fell asleep in peace
  • The Two Holy Martyrs of Cyprus, who died after having their feet burned
  • Venerable Leontius the Shepherd
  • Our Venerable Father Leontius of Dionysiou, the Outpourer of Myrrh
  • Venerable Leontius, canonarch of the Lavra of the Kiev Caves

19th

20th

  • Holy Hieromartyr Methodius, Bishop of Patara
  • Our Holy Father Nicolas Cabasilas
  • Our Holy Father Callistus I, Patriarch of Constantinople
  • The Translation of the Relics and Garments of the Holy Apostles Luke, Andrew and Thomas, of the Prophet Elisha and of the Holy Martyr Lazarus to the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople during the reign of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
  • The Two Anonymous Ascetics of the desert, who died in peace
  • Saint Gleb, Prince of Vladimir
  • The Translation of the Relics of Saint Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan
  • Saint Menas, Bishop of Polotsk

21st

  • Holy Martyr Julian of Cilicia
  • Holy Martyr Julian of Egypt and his Companions: Basilissa, Celsius, Antony, Anastasius, Marcianilla, the Twenty Soldiers and Seven Brothers
  • Holy Martyr Aphrodisius
  • Holy New Martyr Nicetas of Nisyros
  • Holy New Martyr Luarsab II, King of Georgia
  • Saint Anna (Anastasia), mother of Saint Sava of Serbia

22nd

  • Holy Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata
  • Holy Martyr Zeno and Zenas his servant
  • Holy Martyrs Pompian and Galaction, who were drowned at sea, and the Holy Martyr Juliana and her son Saturninus, who died by fire
  • Our Venerable Father Basil, Abbot of the Monastery of Patellaria
  • Saint Alban, the first British Martyr
  • Our Holy Father Paulinus, Bishop of Nola
  • Saint Athanasius III, Patriarch of Antioch
  • Saint Gregory the Didascalos, Metropolitan of Hongro-Wallachia

23rd

  • Holy Martyr Agrippina and her Companions: Paula, Bassa and Agathonica
  • Holy Martyrs Aristocles the Priest, Demetrianus the Deacon and Athanasius the Reader
  • Saint Athanasius, Bishop of Chytru on Cyprus
  • Holy Hieromartyr Eustochius and his Companions: Gaius, Lollia, Proba and Urban
  • Venerable Nicetas of Thebes and his three Disciples: Theodore, Gregory and Daniel
  • Holy New Martyrs of Crete
  • Saint Artemius of Verkola
  • Venerable Joseph, Antony and Joannicius, Abbots of the Monastery of the Icon of Vladimir in Vologda
  • The Translation of the Relics of Saint Herman, Archbishop of Kazan
  • The Translation of the Relics of Saint Michael of Klops
  • Saint Dionysius, Bishop of Polotsk

24th

25th

  • Holy Virgin and Martyr Febronia
  • Holy Martyrs Orentius, Pharnatius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus and Longinus
  • Venerable Simon, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Father Dionysius the Athonite, Founder of the Monastery of the Holy Forerunner, and his successor Dometius
  • Holy New Martyr Procopius, who accomplished his Martyrdom in Smyrna
  • Holy New Martyr George of Attalia
  • Holy Prince and Princess of Murom, Peter and Febronia, in Monasticism David and Euphrosyne, Wonderworkers

26th

  • Our Venerable Father David of Thessalonica
  • Our Venerable Father John, Bishop of Gothia
  • Venerable Anthion, who died in peace
  • Holy New Martyr David of Saint Anne’s
  • Our Holy Father Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal

27th

  • Our Venerable Father Samson the Hospitable
  • Holy Martyr Anectus
  • Saint Joanna the Myrrh-bearer
  • Venerable Luke the Hermit, who died in peace
  • Holy Martyrs Marcius and Marcia, slain by the sword
  • Holy Hieromartyr Pierius, Priest of Antioch, who died by fire
  • Our Venerable Father Martin of Turov
  • Our Venerable Father Serapion of Lake Kozha
  • Venerable George III the Hagiorite, Abbot of the Monastery of Iviron
  • Holy Martyr Luke of Jerusalem
  • Our Venerable Father Symeon of Kafr Abdin in Syria
  • Holy Martyr Abdul Masich
  • Holy Martyr James of Homs, Martyred at Tripoli in the Lebanon
  • Holy Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos of Georgia

28th

  • The Translation of the Relics of the Holy Unmercenaries Cyrus and John
  • Holy Martyr Pappias
  • Blessed Sergius the ‘Magistros’, Founder of the Monastery of Nikitiates
  • Saint Paul of Corinth, the Physician, who died in peace
  • Venerable Senuphius
  • Saint Macedonius, who accomplished his Martyrdom by having the digits of his hands and feet severed
  • The Two Anonymous Infants who were crucified
  • The Three Holy Martyrs of Galatia
  • Venerable Ulcian, who died in peace
  • Venerable Magnus, who gave his Soul into God’s hands while at Prayer
  • Venerable Moses the Anchorite, who died in peace
  • Our Venerable Fathers Sergius and Germanus, Founders of the Monastery of Valaam
  • Our Venerable Father Xenophon of Robeika

29th

30th