June 19 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar -

June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 3 by

Orthodox Churches Orthodox Church may refer to: * Eastern Orthodox Church * Oriental Orthodox Churches * Orthodox Presbyterian Church * Orthodox Presbyterian Church of New Zealand * State church of the Roman Empire * True Orthodox church See also * Orthodox (di ...

on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Eastern Orthodox Chri ...

. For June 20th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 7.

Saints

* Martyrs Paul, Cyriacus, Paula, Felicilana, Thomas, Felix, Martyrius, Vitaly, Crispinus, and Emilius, in Tomis,

Moesia Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; el, Μοισία, Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River, which included most of the territory of modern eastern Serbia, Kosovo, north-eastern Alban ...

(290)June 20/July 3
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).July 3 / June 20
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Hieromartyrs Aristocleus, priest, the deacon Demetrian, and the reader Athanasius, at Salamis on Cyprus (c. 306)20 июня по старому стилю / 3 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. ''(see also:

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

)'' * Hieromartyr

Methodius Methodius or Methodios may refer to: * Methodius of Olympus (d. 311), Christian bishop, church father, and martyr *Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius, a seventh-century text purporting to be written by Methodius of Olympus * Methodios I of Constantinop ...

of Olympus in Lycia, Bishop of Patara (312) Συναξαριστής.
20 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Blessed Studius, founder of the

Studion Monastery The Monastery of Stoudios, more fully Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner "at Stoudios" ( grc-gre, Μονή του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Προδρόμου εν τοις Στουδίου, Monē tou Hagiou Iōannē tou Prodromou en to ...

(5th century) * Venerable Nahum of Ochrid, Enlightener of the Bulgarians (910) * The Venerable Two Ascetic Hermits, reposed in peace in the desert.
20/06/2018
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

'' Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece).

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Novatus Saint Novatus (died c. 151) is an early Christian saint. His feast day is 20 June. Novatus and his brother, the martyr Timotheus, were the sons of Saint Pudens, and the brothers of Saints Pudentiana and Praxedes. His paternal grandfather was ...

, son of Pudens, senator of Rome, and brother of Sts

Praxedes Saint Praxedes is a traditional Christian saint of the 2nd century. Her name is sometimes rendered as Praxedis (Πραξηδίς) or Praxed. Biography Little is known about Praxedes, and not all accounts agree. According to Jacobus de Voragi ...

and

Pudentiana Pudentiana is a traditional Christian saint and martyress of the 2nd century who refused to worship the Roman Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius as deities. She is sometimes locally known as Potentiana and is often coupled with her sis ...

(c. 151)June 20
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Alban, Protomartyr of Britain (c. 303) (''see also: June 22 '') * Saint Leucius the Confessor,

Bishop of Brindisi The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium ( la, Archidioecesis Brundusina-Ostunensis) in Apulia, has carried its present name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lecce.Silverius Pope Silverius (died 2 December 537) was bishop of Rome from 8 June 536 to his deposition in 537, a few months before his death. His rapid rise to prominence from a deacon to the papacy coincided with the efforts of Ostrogothic king Theodahad (nep ...

, Pope of Rome (537) *

Saint Govan Saint Govan ( cy, Gofan) (died 586) was a hermit who lived in a fissure on the side of coastal cliff near Bosherston, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales. St. Govan's Chapel was built in the fissure in the 13th century on what is n ...

(''Goven, Cofen''), hermit who lived in a fissure on the side of coastal cliff near

Bosherston Bosherston (Welsh: ''Llanfihangel-clogwyn-gofan'', translates to "St Michaels above the cliffs of St Gofan") is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Bosherston has a population of approxi ...

, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales (586) * Saint Florentina (''Florence''), Abbess, of Spain (c. 636) * Saint Goban (''Gobain''), an Irish Benedictine monk and spiritual student of

Saint Fursey Saint Fursey (also known as Fursa, Fursy, Forseus, and Furseus: died 650) was an Irish monk who did much to establish Christianity throughout the British Isles and particularly in East Anglia. He reportedly experienced angelic visions of the aft ...

at Burgh Castle, Norfolk, England (670) * Saint Bain (''Bainus, Bagnus''), a monk at Fontenelle in France, he became Bishop of Thérouanne (c. 710) * Saint Helen (''Heliada''), Abbess of the convent of Oehren in Trier in Germany (c. 750) * Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg, Abbot of Weissenburg, and in 968 the first

Archbishop of Magdeburg The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a Roman Catholic archdiocese (969–1552) and Prince-Archbishopric (1180–1680) of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Magdeburg on the Elbe River. Planned since 955 and established in 968, the Roman ...

, with jurisdiction over the western Slavs or Sorbs (981)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Minas, Bishop of Polotsk (1116) * Right-believing Prince Gleb Andreyevich of Vladimir (1175) * Venerable

Callistus I Pope Callixtus I, also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from c. 218 to his death c. 222 or 223.Chapman, John (1908). "Pope Callistus I" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Ap ...

, Patriarch of Constantinople (1363) * Venerable

Nicholas Kabasilas Nicholas Kabasilas or Cabasilas ( el, Νικόλαος Καβάσιλας; born 1319/1323 in Thessalonica; died 1392) was a Byzantine mystic and theological writer. Kabasilas is a saint within the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is Jun ...

, Byzantine mystic and theological writer, spiritual child of St. Gregory Sinaitis (1392 or 1397) * Venerable new monk-martyr Zacharias of

Arta, Greece Arta ( el, Άρτα) is a city in northwestern Greece, capital of the regional unit of Arta, which is part of Epirus region. The city was known in ancient times as Ambracia ( grc, Ἀμβρακία). Arta is known for the medieval bridge over th ...

(1782)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Stanislav Nasadil, victim of the Nazi Croatia concentration camp at Gospić (1941)
20th-century hieromartyr canonized by Czech-Slovak Church
'' Orthodox Christianity. Košice, Slovakia, April 10, 2019.

Other commemorations

Translation of the relics Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

(1st-2nd century) of Martyrs Inna, Pinna, and Rimma, Scythian disciples of Apostle Andrew, to Alushta in Crimea (1st-2nd century)(''see also:

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...

'') * Translation of the relics and garments (c. 960) of Apostles

Luke People *Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as ...

, Andrew, and Thomas, Prophet

Elisha Elisha ( ; or "God is my salvation", Greek: , ''Elis îos'' or , ''Elisaié,'' Latin: ''Eliseus'') was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a prophet and a wonder-worker. His name is commonly transliterated into English as Elisha via Hebrew, Eli ...

, and Martyr Lazarus to the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. * Uncovering of the relics (1001) of Edward the Martyr,

King of England The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiw ...

(978)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "TRANSLATION OF S. EDWARD, K.M. (A.D. 982.)." In: '' The Lives of the Saints.'' Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 281. (''see also: March 18 - feast, and

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

- translation) * Translation of the relics of St. Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan (1630) * Finding of the relics (1959) of New Hieromartyr Raphael, Hieromonk, of Mytilene (1463) (''see also: April 9 '') * Icon of the Most Holy

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or ''Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are " ...

"Odigitria" ("Directress"), at the Xenophontos monastery on Mt Athos. * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Modensk-Kosninsk".Great Synaxaristes:
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς «Μοντένᾳ» ἐν Ρωσία
'' 20 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Icon gallery

File:Methodius of Olympus.jpg, Hieromartyr

of Olympus in Lycia, Bishop of Patara. File:SaintNaum.jpg, Venerable Nahum of Ochrid, Enlightener of the Bulgarians. File:StAlban.jpg, St. Alban, Protomartyr of Britain. File:Adalbert of Magdeburg.jpg, St. Adalbert of Magdeburg. File:Nikolaj Kavasila.jpg,

. File:Icon of Saint Stanislav Nasadil.jpg, New Hieromartyr Stanislav Nasadil. File:St Edward the Martyr Shrine Brookwood.jpg, The Shrine of St Edward in the Church of St. Edward the Martyr, Brookwood (2018). File:Gurii (icon whis relic).jpg, St. Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan.

Notes

References

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20 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ
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