June 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar -

June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 17 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 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. * 11 ...

Saints

* Saints Mary and Martha, sisters of Saint Lazarus (1st century)June 4/17
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
4 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Hieromartyr

Astius Astius (died AD 98AD; ) is a 2nd-century Christian martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He was the bishop of Dyrrhachium (now Durrës in Albania). According to legend, he was arrested by Agricola, the Roman go ...

, Bishop of Dyrrachium in

Macedonia Macedonia most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...

(2nd century)June 17 / June 4
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. * Saint Titus, Bishop of Byzantium (3rd century) * Holy Martyrs of Niculitsel, Romania (320): :* Hieromartyr Apotacius and Martyrs Zoticus, Atallus, Camasius, Philip, and 31 others, including: :* Eutychius, Quirinus, Julia, Saturninus, Ninita, Fortunio, Gaddanus, and Amasus, beheaded at Noviodunum ( Niculitel), in Scythia Minor. * Saint

Metrophanes of Byzantium Saint Metrophanes (? – 326) was the bishop of Byzantium from 306 to 314. He may have retired from his episcopacy and died as late as 326. There is a tradition that, before his death, the Emperor Constantine I bestowed upon him the honorary ...

, first Archbishop of Constantinople (c. 326) * Venerable Alonius of

Scetis Wadi El Natrun (Arabic: "Valley of Natron"; Coptic: , "measure of the hearts") is a depression in northern Egypt that is located below sea level and below the Nile River level. The valley contains several alkaline lakes, natron-rich salt dep ...

in Egypt (5th century) * Saint Zosimas of Cilicia, Bishop of

Babylon ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...

in Egypt (6th century) * Monk-martyr John, Abbot, of

Monagri Monagri ( gr, Μονάγρι) is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 20 km north of Limassol Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the dis ...

a Monastery, in Cyprus (761) * Venerable Sophia of Ainos, Thrace, Mother of Orphans (10th-11th centuries)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Clateus, one of the earliest

Bishops of Brescia A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ...

in Italy, martyred under Nero (c. 64)June 4
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Martyrs Frontasius, Severinus, Severian, and Silanus, of Gaul (1st century) * Martyr

Concordius of Spoleto Concordius of Spoleto is a little-known Christian saint and martyr of the 2nd century. There is another martyr Concordiuwho died in the 4th century. Life Concordius was ordained a subdeacon by Pope Pius I in Rome, and was reclusive; spending m ...

(c. 175) * Martyrs Aretius (''Arecius, Aregius'') and Dacian, in Rome. * Saint Saturnina, a virgin-martyr from Germany murdered near Arras in France. * Saint Quirinus, a martyr in Tivoli near Rome. * Saint

Quirinus of Sescia Quirinus ( hr, Kvirin) (died 309 AD) is venerated as an early bishop of Sescia, now Sisak in Croatia. He is mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea. A ''Passio'', considered unreliable,

, Bishop of Siscia (Sisak or Seseg), now in Croatia (308) * Saint Rutilus and Companions, martyrs at

Sabaria Sabaria was a semi-autonomous territory in Iberia, between the Kingdom of the Suebi and the Visigothic kingdom, in the 4th-6th centuries that extended from Benavente to Salamanca and from Sayago to Simancas Simancas is a town and municipali ...

(Sabar) in Pannonia, now Hungary. * Saint Optatus, Bishop of

Milevum Milevum (in Latin even "Milev" or "Mireon"; ''Μιραίον'' in Ancient Greek) was a Roman–Berber city in the Roman province of Numidia. It was located in present-day Mila in eastern Algeria. History In Ptolemy's "Geography" (vol. IV, i ...

Numidia Numidia ( Berber: ''Inumiden''; 202–40 BC) was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians located in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up modern-day Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunis ...

(376) * Venerable Nennocha (''Ninnoca, Nennoc, Gwengustle''), a holy virgin from Britain who followed St

Germanus Germanus or Germanos ( Greek) may refer to: People *Lucius Trebius Germanus, governor of Roman Britain around 126 *Germanus (died c. 290), possibly apocryphal martyr-saint tortured at the Pula Arena *Germanus (4th century), Spanish martyr-saint ...

to France, becoming an abbess in Brittany at Ploërmel or

Pleumeur-Gautier Pleumeur-Gautier (; br, Pleuveur-Gaoter) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Pleumeur-Gautier are called ''pleumeuriens'' in French. See also *Communes of the Côtes- ...

(c. 467) * Venerable Breaca, a disciple of St Brigid who crossed from Ireland to Cornwall (c. 460) with several companions (5th-6th centuries) * Venerable Petroc (''Petrock, Pedrog, Perreux''), Abbot, in Cornwall (c. 594) * Saints Croidan, Medan and Degan, three disciples of St Petroc in Cornwall (6th century) * Saint

Buriana Saint Buriana (or Berriona, Beriana or Beryan) was a 6th-century Irish saint, a hermit in St Buryan, near Penzance, Cornwall. Baring-Gould identifies her with the Irish Saint Bruinsech. She is said to have been the daughter of an Irish king an ...

, born in Ireland, she lived as an anchoress in Cornwall (6th century) * Saint Eadfrith of Lindisfarne (''Edfrith''), Bishop of Lindisfarne in England after St Edbert, he illuminated the Lindisfarne Gospels in honour of St

Cuthbert Cuthbert of Lindisfarne ( – 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of Nor ...

(721) * Saint Alexander,

Bishop of Verona 235px, The facade of ''Palazzo del Vescovado'' The Diocese of Verona ( la, Dioecesis Veronensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Italy. The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. The bishop of Verona ...

in Italy (8th century) * Saint Aldegrin (''Adalgrin''), a noble who became a monk near Cluny in France (939) * Saint Elsiar, a monk at Saint-Savin Abbey in

Lavedan The Lavedan (; in Gascon eth/lo Lavedan, /et/lu laβedã/), or occasionally vallées des Gaves, denotes a mountainous natural region of France, located at the heart of the Pyrénées, and forms a group of valleys upstream of Lourdes. The Lavedan ...

in France (c. 1050)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Methodius, founder of Peshnosha Monastery, Moscow, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392) * Saints Eleazar and Nazarius, Wonderworkers, of Olonets (15th century)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Peter Belyaev, Priest (1918)17 июня (4 июня)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * New Hieromartyr Đorđe Bogić, protopresbyter in the

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

Našice Našice () is a town in eastern Croatia, located on the northern slopes of the Krndija mountain in eastern Slavonia, 51 km southwest of regional hub Osijek. Administratively it belongs to Osijek-Baranja County. Geography Našice is located ...

, killed by the Ustashas (1941) * New Hieromartyr Ioannicius (Lipovac), Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral (1945)
ИОАННИКИЙ
'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (''see also: June 18 '')

Other commemorations

* Repose of Hieromonk Bartholomew of Neamts and Svir (1864) * Repose of the righteous sisters Vera (June 4) and Lyubov (June 8), foundresses of the Shamordino Convent (1883) * 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 (1999) of New Hieromartyr Peter (Zverev), Archbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk (1929)

Icon gallery

File:Икона в часовне над камнем "Встречи" в Вифании.jpg, Saints Mary and Martha, sisters of St. Lazarus File:Жены Мироносицы икона.JPG, Myrrh-Bearing women, including saints Mary and Martha. File:Optat de Mileve.jpg, St. Optatus, Bishop of

. File:Ninnoc.jpg, Venerable Nennocha (''Nennoc, Ninnoc''). File:Breage Parish Church (Taken by Flickr user 13th August 2013).jpg,

St Breage's Church, Breage Breage Parish Church is the Anglican parish church of the parish of Breage, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is dedicated to Saint Breage or Breaca, said to have been an Irish nun who came to Cornwall in the 5th-century. Description The chur ...

. File:Petroc-vit.jpg, Venerable Petroc, Abbot, in Cornwall. File:LindisfarneFol27rIncipitMatt.jpg,

Incipit The incipit () of a text is the first few words of the text, employed as an identifying label. In a musical composition, an incipit is an initial sequence of notes, having the same purpose. The word ''incipit'' comes from Latin and means "it beg ...

of the Gospel of Matthew from the Lindisfarne Gospels, an

illuminated manuscript An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is often supplemented with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers, liturgical services and psalms, the ...

said to have been created by Eadfrith. File:Djordje Bogic.jpg, New Hieromartyr Đorđe Bogić, protopresbyter, killed by Ustashas. File:Иоанникий (Липовац).jpg, New Hieromartyr Ioannicius (Lipovac), Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral. File:Peter (Zverev).jpg, New Hieromartyr Peter (Zverev), Archbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk.

Notes

References

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June 4/17
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June 17 / June 4
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
June 4
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'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 253–255. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
4 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
4 Ιουνίου
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *

Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. *
4 июня (ст.ст.) 17 июня 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:June 4 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) June in the Eastern Orthodox calendar