June 26 Events Pre-1600 * 4 – Augustus adopts Tiberius. * 221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar. * 363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat fr ...

Eastern Orthodox Church calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 10 by Orthodox Churches on the

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

. For June 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the saints listed on

June 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1158 – The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. *1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soo ...

Saints

* Saint

Joanna Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan (given name), Joan, Joann, Joanne (given name), Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in ...

the Myrrhbearer (1st century)June 27/July 10
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
27 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyr Anectus of

Caesarea Palaestina Caesarea Maritima (; Greek: ''Parálios Kaisáreia''), formerly Strato's Tower, also known as Caesarea Palestinae, was an ancient city in the Sharon plain on the coast of the Mediterranean, now in ruins and included in an Israeli national park ...

(298 or 304) * Martyrs Therapon, Macarius, Marcius and Marcia.
27 Ιουνίου
'' Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece).
27/06/2018
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. * Hieromartyrs Crescens, Maximus, and Theonest, Bishops of Mainz, Germany (early 5th century)July 10 / June 27
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Venerable

Sampson Sampson may refer to: Military * , several Royal Navy ships * , several US Navy ships * Sampson-class destroyer, a World War I US Navy class * Sampson Air Force Base, near Seneca Lake, New York, closed in 1956 * SAMPSON, a multi-function radar ...

the Hospitable of

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

(530) * Saint Severus of Interocrea in Italy (''Severus d’Antrodoco''), presbyter (6th century)27 июня по старому стилю / 10 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. * Hieromartyr

Pierius Pierius was a Christian priest and probably head of the Catechetical School of Alexandria, conjointly with Achillas. He flourished while Theonas was bishop of Alexandria, and died at Rome after 309. The ''Roman Martyrology'' commemorates him on 4 ...

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

, presbyter, by fire. * Venerable Luke the Hermit.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Clement, a martyr in Córdoba in Spain under Diocletian (He belongs to the group led by St Zoilus) (c. 298)June 27
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. *

Saint Zoilus Saint Zoilus (died 304 AD) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Christian tradition states that he was a young man martyred with nineteen others at Córdoba, Spain under Diocletian. Veneration His name is mentioned by Prudentius and ...

and Companions, a youth martyred in Córdoba in Spain under Diocletian (c. 301) * Saint Deodatus of Nola, Deacon of St Paulinus of Nola in Italy and later his successor (473) * Saint John of Chinon, born in

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

, he became a hermit in

Chinon Chinon () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The traditional province around Chinon, Touraine, became a favorite resort of French kings and their nobles beginning in the late 15th and early 16th centuri ...

in the west of France, where he became the spiritual father of Queen

Radegund Radegund ( la, Radegundis; also spelled ''Rhadegund, Radegonde, or Radigund''; 520 – 13 August 587) was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded the Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers. She is the patron saint of several churches ...

(6th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint George of the Holy Mountain and Georgia (1065) * Blessed Martin of Turov (after 1146) * Martyrdom of Monk Luke (Mukhaidze) of Holy Cross Monastery in Jerusalem (1277) * New Martyr Iakovos, of

Emesa Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...

in Syria and of Tripoli in Lebanon, ascetic (15th or 16th century) * Venerable Serapion of Kozhaezersk Monastery (1611) * Hieromartyr Cyril Loukaris,

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

(1638)
Άγιος Κύριλλος Λούκαρις Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. 27/06/2013.

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Gregory Nikolsky, priest, of Kuban (1918)Great Synaxaristes:
Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γρηγόριος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Βλαδίμηρος καὶ Πέτρος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες
'' 27 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * New Hieromartyr Alexander Sidorov, priest (1918) * New Hieromartyr Vladimir Sergeev, priest (1918) * New Hieromartyr Kirion II,

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia ''Catholicos-Patriarch'' has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I (1010–1033). In the 15th century the Georgian Orthodox Church was divided into th ...

(1918) * New Hieromartyr Peter Ostroumov, priest (1939)10 июля (27 июня)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Other commemorations

* The narrative of Synesius of Cyrene, Philosopher and Bishop of Cyrene, about Evagrius the Philosopher and the 300 pieces of gold (c. 411)Great Synaxaristes:
Μνήμη διηγήσεως Συνεσίου
'' 27 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Uncovering of the relics of Optina Elders (1998): :* Leonid, Macarius, Hilarion,

Ambrose Ambrose of Milan ( la, Aurelius Ambrosius; ), venerated as Saint Ambrose, ; lmo, Sant Ambroeus . was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promo ...

, Anatole I, Barsanuphius, and Anatole II.

Icon gallery

File:Saint Joanna and the Head of Saint John the Baptist.jpg, St

the Myrrhbearer, and the Head of St. John the Baptist. File:SPB Sampsonievsky Cathedral.jpg, Cathedral of St.

Sampson the Hospitable Sampson the Hospitable ( el, Σαμψὼν ὁ φιλόξενος, ; died 530 AD) was a citizen of Constantinople who devoted his time to serving the poor of the city. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Churches as well in the Catholic C ...

, in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. File:Sabinin. St George the Hagiorite colourised.jpg, Venerable George of the Holy Mountain. File:Cyril-Lucaris.jpg, Hieromartyr Cyril Loukaris,

. File:Patriarch Kyrion II of Georgia.jpg, St. Kirion II,

. File:Ambrosius of Optina.jpg, Venerable

Ambrose of Optina Saint Ambrose of Optina (russian: link=no, Амвросий Оптинский; birth name: Aleksander Mikhaylovich Grenkov, russian: link=no, Александр Михайлович Гренков, December 5, 1812, Bolshaya Lipovitsa settlement, ...

. File:Варсонофий Оптинский.jpg, Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina. File:Anatolius of Optina.jpg, Venerable Anatole II of Optina.

Notes

References

Sources

June 27/July 10
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
July 10 / June 27
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
June 27
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. 47. *

'' 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 James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was a senior-ranking American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth ...

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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. 291–292. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
27 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
27 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *

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

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
27 июня по старому стилю / 10 июля по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. *
27 июня (ст.ст.) 10 июля 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:June 27 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) June in the Eastern Orthodox calendar