June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...

- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 22 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 4 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 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 8.

Saints

* Hieromartyr

Tertius of Iconium According to the New Testament book of Romans, Tertius of Iconium (also Tertios) acted as an amanuensis for Paul the Apostle, writing down his Epistle to the Romans. He is numbered among the Seventy Disciples in a list pseudonymously attribute ...

(''Terence''), Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of

Iconium Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

(1st century)June 21/July 4
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
21 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyr Julian and his wife Basilissa, and with them Martyrs

Celsius The degree Celsius is the unit of temperature on the Celsius scale (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in the International System of Units (SI), the other being the Kelvin scale. The ...

, his mother Marcianilla, Anastasius, the priest Anthony, seven brothers, and twenty prison guards, of

Antinoe In Greek mythology, the name Antinoe (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντινόη) may refer to: * Antinoe, mother of Ancaeus and Epochus by King Lycurgus of Arcadia.Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, ''Argonautica'' 1.164 The latter's wife was otherwise kn ...

in Egypt (283-305) (''see also:

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...

'') * Martyr Julian of Tarsus in

Cilicia Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coas ...

(c. 284-305) * Martyr Aphrodisius in Cilicia. * Martyrs Kyriakos and Apollinarios, of Africa. * Saints

Julius of Novara Julius of Novara ( it, Giulio di Orta), also Julius of Aegina (died 401 AD) was a missionary priest to northern Italy. His cult is centred at Lake Orta in the Novarese highlands, and in particular on the island which has been named for him sin ...

, presbyter, and his brother Julian the Deacon (5th century)July 4 / June 21
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyr Archil II, King of Georgia (718 or 744)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints Rufinus and Martia, martyrs in one of the early persecutions in

Syracuse Syracuse may refer to: Places Italy *Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa'' *Province of Syracuse United States *Syracuse, New York **East Syracuse, New York **North Syracuse, New York *Syracuse, Indiana * Syracuse, Kansas *Syracuse, Miss ...

in Sicily.June 21
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint

Urciscenus Urciscenus was Bishop of Pavia, from around 183 until his death in 216. He is believed to have led the see of Pavia The Diocese of Pavia ( la, Dioecesis Papiensis) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy. It has been a suffragan of the Archdi ...

, Seventh Bishop of Pavia in Italy c 183-216 (c. 216) * Saint

Martin of Tongres Saint Martin of Tongres (died ca. 350) is venerated as the seventh bishop of Tongeren. He apostolized the Hesbaye district of Brabant Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the Low Countries of Europe. It may refer to: Pla ...

, seventh Bishop of Tongres in Belgium, venerated as the Apostle of the Hesbaye region in

Brabant Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the Low Countries of Europe. It may refer to: Place names in Europe * London-Brabant Massif, a geological structure stretching from England to northern Germany Belgium * Province of Bra ...

(c. 350) * Saint Demetria, a virgin-martyr in Rome, sister of St Bibiana and daughter of Sts Flavian and Dafrosa (363) * Saint

Alban of Mainz Alban of Mainz (Latin: ''Albanus'' or ''Albinus''; supposedly died in or near Mainz) was a Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr in the Late Roman Empire. He is venerated as Saint Alban of Mainz in the Catholic Church, not to be confused with S ...

, a Greek priest from Naxos, sent into exile by the Arians, he preached the Gospel in Germany around Mainz, then martyred by the Arians (c. 400) * Saint

Cormac Ua Liatháin Cormac Ua Liatháin was a 6th-century Irish saint who is only known from Adomnan of Iona's ''Vita Columbae''. In Adomnan's narrative, Cormac gets mentioned three times. Cormac appeared to be a kind of anchorite monk who searched for islands on ...

(''Cormac of the Sea; Corbmac''), a disciple of St

Columba Columba or Colmcille; gd, Calum Cille; gv, Colum Keeilley; non, Kolban or at least partly reinterpreted as (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is toda ...

and Abbot of Durrow Monastery, Ireland (c. 590) * Saint

Méen Mewan ( la, Mevennus, br, Meven, french: Méen)Mavenus, Mevenus, Mevennus, Meven, Mewan, Maine. (born ca. 540, died 617) was a Celtic saint active in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. Most documentation of his life can be found in the Breton 'Vita ...

(''Mevenus, Mewan, Maine''), a disciple of St Samson, whom he accompanied to Brittany, and founded the monastery of Saint-Méon (617)Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 278-281. * Saint

Agofredus Agofredus, also known as Aifroy, (died 738) was a French monk and saint. His memorial is June 21. Life A Benedictine known throughout Normandy for his holiness, he was the brother of St. Leutfridus (Leufroy), whom he succeeded as abbot Abbot ...

, brother of St Leutfrid (''Leffroi''), and monk at Holy Cross ( La-Croix-Saint-Leuffroi), a monastery near Evreux in the north of France (738) * Saint Leutfrid (''Leufroi''), founder of the monastery La Croix-Saint-Ouen (later called Saint-Leufroy) near Evreux in France, where he was abbot for nearly fifty years (738) * Saint

Engelmund of Velsen Saint Engelmund (Engelmond, Ingelmund) of Velsen (died 14 May c. 739) was an English-born missionary to Frisia. He was educated in his native country and entered the Benedictine Order. He was ordained a priest and later became an abbot. Life A ...

, an English-born Benedictine missionary to

Frisia Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Ger ...

(c. 739) * Saint Dominic of Comacchio, a monk at Comacchio near Venice in Italy (c. 820) * Saint Rodulf (''Rudolph, Raoul, Ralph''), Abbot, and Archbishop of Bourges, Gaul (866) * Saint Wolfrid, founder of the monastery of Hohentwiel in Germany (c. 990)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable

Anastasia of Serbia Ana ( sr-Cyrl, Ана); 1196–d. June 22, 1200) was the princess consort of the Serbian Principality as the wife of Stefan Nemanja (r. 1166–1196). She was of noble descent. Ana took monastic vows in 1196 and was baptized ''Anastasia'', after ...

(Anna), mother of St. Sava (1200)
21/06/2018
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. * Martyr Theodore, right-believing prince of Starodub (1330) * Martyr Luarsab II, King of Georgia (1622) * New Martyr Nicetas of Nisyros, near Rhodes, at Chios (1732)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr John Budrin (1918)21 июня по старому стилю / 4 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. * Venerable New Hieroconfessor George (Lavrov), Archimandrite, of Kaluga (1932) * New Hieromartyr Jonah (Sankov), Hieromonk, of Alpatievo, Moscow (1938) * New Hieromartyrs Alexis Skvortsov, Paul Uspensky and Nicholas Rozanov, Priests (1938) * New Martyr Nikita Sukharev (1942)

Other commemorations

* Uncovering of the

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

s (1996) of St. Maximus the Greek, of Russia (1556)21 июня (ст.ст.) 4 июля 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * Repose of Schemamonk John "the Muscovite," of Valaam (1933) * Discovery of the Icon of

Panagia Eleousa The Eleusa (or ''Eleousa''; el, Ἐλεούσα – ''tenderness'' or ''showing mercy'') is a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the Christ Child is nestled against her cheek. In the Western Church the type is often known as t ...

Xyniada Xyniada ( el, Ξυνιάδα) or Xynias (Ξυνιάς) is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Domokos, of which it is a municipal unit. In the 2011 census, ...

of Domokou (1962)
The Discovery of the Icon of Panagia Eleousa in Xyniada of Domokou in 1962
'' Mystagogy Resource Center. July 8, 2011.

Icon gallery

File:Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Quartus and Tertius. File:Julian of Tarsus.jpg, Martyr Julian of Tarsus in

. File:JuliusofNovara.jpg, St.

, presbyter. File:King Archil.jpg, Martyr Archil II, King of Georgia. File:StAlbanMainz.jpg, St.

. File:King Luarsab II of Kartli.jpg, Martyr Luarsab II, King of Georgia. File:Рака с мощами Максима Грека.JPG, Shrine with the relics of St. Maximus the Greek.

Notes

References

Sources

June 21/July 4
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
July 4 / June 21
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
June 21
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 46. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. *
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'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 180–181. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 278–281. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
21 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *

'' Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece). *
21/06/2018
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
21 июня по старому стилю / 4 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. *
21 июня (ст.ст.) 4 июля 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:June 21 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) June in the Eastern Orthodox calendar