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The Orthodox calendar

June: Orthodox Saints and Feasts

Every feast and saint of June in the Church's calendar, day by day, with each day's date on the New and Old Calendars and the names whose name day it is.

Movable feasts in June

In June on the Old Calendar

  1. 1 June14 June on the Old Calendar

    • St John of Kronstadt (Glorification (Moscow Patriarchate, 1990))
    • St Justin of Ćelije (Venerable Justin of Ćelije (with St Justin the Philosopher))
    • St Justin the Philosopher (Holy Martyr Justin the Philosopher)
    • Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves
    • Venerable Dionysius
    • Postfeast of Pentecost — Day of the Holy Spirit
    • Martyrs Shio, David, Gabriel, and Paul of Akhalkalaki in Georgia
  2. 2 June15 June on the Old Calendar

    • Postfeast of Pentecost — 3rd Day of the Trinity
    • St Nikephoros the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
    • New Martyr John the New of Sochi, who suffered at Belgrade
    • Venerable Juliana, Princess of Vyazma
    • Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk
    • Venerable Erasmus of Ochrid
  3. 3 June16 June on the Old Calendar

    • St Clotilde (Holy Queen Clotilde)
    • St Kevin of Glendalough (Venerable Kevin of Glendalough)
    • Martyr Lucillian and those who suffered with him at Byzantium
    • Slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow
    • Hieromartyr Lucian, Bishop of Beauvais, and those with him in France
  4. 4 June17 June on the Old Calendar

    • Sts Martha and Mary of Bethany (Holy Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus)
    • Hieromartyr Joannicius of Serbia
    • Martyrs Frontasius
    • Venerable Father Zosima
    • Venerable Methodius
    • "Surety of Sinners" Icon of the Mother of God of Korets
    • St Metrophanes, first Patriarch of Constantinople
    • Martyr Concordius of Spoleto
    • Hieromartyr Astius, Bishop of Dyrrachium in Macedonia
    • Venerable Sophia of Ainos
    • Hieromartyr George of Serbia
    • Martyrs of Niculitsel
    • New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm
    • Hieromartyr Joanicus, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Coast
    • Hieromartyr Savva, Bishop of Upper Karlovac
  5. 5 June18 June on the Old Calendar

    • St Igor of Chernigov (Translation of the relics of St Igor of Chernigov)
    • Hieromartyr Dorotheus
    • Venerable Anubius the Confessor and Anchorite of Egypt
    • Venerable Bassian of Pertomsk (Обре)
    • The Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev
    • Constantine, Metropolitan of Kiev
    • St Theodore Yaroslavich, older brother of Saint Alexander Nevsky
    • Venerable Bassian and Jonah, Monks of Pertominsk
    • Martyrs Marcian, Nicander, Hyperechius, Appolonius, Leonidas, Arius, Gorgias, Pambo, Selenia, and Irene of Egypt
    • Venerable Theodore, Wonderworker and Hermit of the Jordan
    • Venerable Abba Dorotheus of Palestine
    • St Peter of Korisha
    • Icon of the Mother of God of Igor
  6. 6 June19 June on the Old Calendar

    • Venerable Paisius
    • Virgin Martyrs Archelais
    • Venerable Bessarion, Wonderworker of Egypt
    • Venerable Hilarion the New, Abbot of the Dalmatian Monastery
    • St Jonah, Bishop of Perm
    • Venerable Jonah, Abbot of Klimetzk
    • Pimenov Icon of the Mother of God
    • Martyr Gelasius
  7. 7 June20 June on the Old Calendar

    • Hieromartyr Sisinius the Deacon of Rome and those with him
    • Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra
    • Martyrs Kyriake
    • Martyrs Kyriake
    • Martyrs Kyriake
    • Synaxis of All Saints
    • Icon of the Mother of God "The Unbreakable Wall"
    • "Seven Arrows" Icon of the Mother of God
    • Hieromartyr Marcellinus, Pope of Rome, and those with him
    • Martyr Zenaida (Zenais) of Caesarea in Palestine
    • Venerable Daniel of Sketis
    • St Potamiani of Alexandria
  8. 8 June21 June on the Old Calendar

    • St Theodore Stratelates (Translation of the relics of St Theodore Stratelates)
    • Sts Basil and Constantine
    • Sts Basil and Constantine
    • St Ephraim, Patriarch of Antioch
    • Venerable Zosimus of Phoenicia, Syria
    • Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslavl
    • Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake
    • Hieromartyr Theodore (Tevdore) of Kvelta
  9. 9 June22 June on the Old Calendar

    • St Columba of Iona (Venerable Columba of Iona)
    • St Cyril of Alexandria (St Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria)
    • St Cyril of White Lake (Venerable Cyril of White Lake)
    • Venerable Alexander
    • Five Nuns beheaded in Persia: Martyrs Thecla, Mariamne, Martha, Mary, and Ennatha
    • St John of Shavta-Gelati
    • St David Gareji, and Venerable Lucian, spiritual son of Saint David
  10. 10 June23 June on the Old Calendar

    • Hieromartyr Timothy
    • Martyr Alexander and Virgin Martyr Antonina at Constantinople
    • St Basil
    • St Kanides the Monk of Cappadocia
    • St Neaniskos the Martyr
    • Venerable Theophanes and Saint Pansemne of Antioch
    • Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves
    • St John Maximovitch, Metropolitan of Tobolsk
    • St Bassianus, Bishop of Lodi in Liguria
    • Synaxis of the Saints of Ryzan
    • Synaxis of the Saints of Siberia
  11. 11 June24 June on the Old Calendar

    • St Barnabas the Apostle (Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas)
    • St Bartholomew the Apostle (Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas)
    • Apostle Bartholomew of the Twelve
    • Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy
    • Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Novy Torg
    • Synaxis of the "Axion Estin" Icon of the Mother of God
    • Hieromartyr Metrophanes (Chang Tzi-tzung), first Chinese priest and the martyrs of the Boxer Rising in China
    • St Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol
    • Abul Icon of the Mother of God
  12. 12 June25 June on the Old Calendar

    • St Onuphrius the Great (Venerable Onuphrius the Great)
    • Venerable Arsenius
    • Venerable Bassian of Pertomsk
    • Venerable Peter of Mount Athos
    • Recovery of the Relics (1650) and the Second Glorification (1909) of the Holy Venerable Right-believing Great Princess Anna of Kashin, Wonderworker
    • Venerable Onouphrios and Auxentios of Vologda
    • Venerable Stephen of Komel, Abbot of Ozersk Monastery, Vologda
    • Venerable John, Andrew, Heraclemon, and Theophilus, Hermits, of Egypt
    • St (John) Tornike of Mount Athos
    • Venerable Jonah of Pertomsk, Solovki
    • The Right-Believing Anna of Kashin
  13. 13 June26 June on the Old Calendar

    • St Antonina (Holy Martyr Antonina of Nicaea)
    • St Antipater
    • St Triphyllius
    • Venerable Andronikos
    • Martyr Aquilina of Byblos in Syria
    • Venerable Savva, Abbot of Moscow
    • St Anna and her son, Saint John, of Constantinople
    • Venerable James, who was deceived and worshiped the Antichrist
    • St Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia
    • 10,000 Martyrs
    • The Finding of the Holy Relics of Saint Nicholas the Deacon of Lesbos
    • St Paraskeve the New
  14. 14 June27 June on the Old Calendar

    • The Prophet Elisha (Holy Prophet Elisha)
    • Prophet Elisha
    • St Mstislav
    • St Vladimir (Обре)
    • Venerable Methodius
    • Venerable Niphon of Mount Athos
    • Synaxis of the Saints of North America
    • St John of Kronstadt
    • Synaxis of the Saints of Belarus
    • Synaxis of the Saints of Diveyevo
  15. 15 June28 June on the Old Calendar

    • St Augustine of Hippo (St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo)
    • St Jerome (Venerable Jerome of Stridon)
    • St Lazar of Serbia (Holy Great Martyr Prince Lazar, Vidovdan)
    • The Prophet Amos (Holy Prophet Amos)
    • Prophet Amos
    • St Michael
    • St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow
    • Venerable Cassian and Gregory, Abbots of Avnezh, Vologda
    • Martyrs Modestus, Crescentia, and Vitus, at Lucania
    • Martyr Doulas of Cilicia
    • St Doulas, Passion-Bearer of Egypt
    • St Theodore the Sykeote
    • Right-believing Prince Lazarus the Great Martyr of Serbia
    • St Ephraim the Bulgarian, Patriarch of Serbia
    • "Marianica" Icon of the Mother of God
    • St Theophanes of the Roslavl Forests
    • Apostles Fortunatus, Akhaikos, and Stephanas of the 70
    • Voronin Icon of the Mother of God
  16. 16 June29 June on the Old Calendar

    • Martyrs Tigrius the Presbyter and Eutropius the Reader
    • St Kaikhosro the Georgian
    • St Tikhon
    • Venerable Moses of Optina
  17. 17 June30 June on the Old Calendar

    • Martyrs Manuel
    • St Shalva of Akhaltsikhe
    • Martyr Nectan of Hartland
    • Venerable Botolph of Iken
    • St Hervius of Plouvien
    • Venerable Ananias the Iconographer
  18. 18 June1 July on the Old Calendar

    • St Alena of Brussels (Martyrdom (Orthodox Western-saint calendars))
    • Martyrs Leontius, Hypatius, and Theodulus at Tripoli in Syria
    • Venerable Leontius of the Kiev Far Caves
    • Venerable Leontius the Hagiorite
    • "Bogolyubov" Icon of the Mother of God
  19. 19 June2 July on the Old Calendar

    • St Jude the Apostle (Apostle Jude)
    • St John of Shanghai and San Francisco (Repose of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco)
    • Martyr Zosimus the Soldier at Antioch
    • Venerable Barlaam of Shenkursk
    • Venerable Paisius the Great
    • Apostle Jude the Brother of the Lord
    • St John the Solitary of Jerusalem
    • Venerable Paisius of Hilandar, Bulgaria
    • St Job, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia
  20. 20 June3 July on the Old Calendar

    • Sts Inna, Pinna and Rimma (Holy Martyrs Inna, Pinna and Rimma)
    • Hieromartyr Methodius
    • Martyrs Aristocles the Presbyter
    • Prince Gleb Andreevich
    • St Menas
    • St Gurias, Archbishop of Kazan
    • St Leucius, Bishop of Brindisi
    • St Callistus, Patriarch of Constantinople
    • Venerable Nicholas Cabasilas
    • St Nahum of Ochrid, disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equals of the Apostles
    • Hodegetria Icon of the Mother of God (Παναγια Οδηγητρια)
  21. 21 June4 July on the Old Calendar

    • St Julian of Tarsus (Holy Martyr Julian of Tarsus)
    • Martyr Archil II
    • Martyr Luarsab II
    • Venerable Anastasia of Serbia
    • Venerable Ananias the Iconographer
    • Hieromartyr Terence, Bishop of Iconium
    • St Julius, Presbyter of Novara, and his brother, Saint Julian the Deacon
    • New Martyr Niketas of Nisyros near Rhodes
  22. 22 June5 July on the Old Calendar

    • St Alban (Holy Protomartyr of Britain Alban)
    • Martyrs Galacteon
    • Hieromartyr Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata
    • Martyrs Zeno and his servant, Zenas, of Philadelphia
    • Hieromartyr Niketas of Remesiana
    • Martyr Niketas the Dacian
    • St Gregory, Metropolitan of Wallachia
  23. 23 June6 July on the Old Calendar

    • The Vladimir Mother of God
    • St Audrey of Ely (Venerable Etheldreda (Audrey), Abbess of Ely)
    • Martyr Agrippina of Rome
    • Righteous Artemius of Verkola
    • Second Translation of the relics of Saint Herman, Archbishop of Kazan
    • Martyrs Eustochius, Gaius, Probus, Lollius, and Urban, of Ancyra
    • Synaxis of the Saints of Vladimir
    • Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in memory of the Saving of Moscow from the Invasion of Khan Achmed
    • "Tenderness" Icon of the Mother of God of the Pskov Caves
    • Niketas of Thebes and those with him
    • St Etheldreda of Ely
    • Uglich Portaitissa (Gatekeeper) Icon of the Mother of God
  24. 24 June7 July on the Old Calendar

    • St John the Baptist (Nativity of St John the Baptist)
    • Nativity of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John
    • Venerable Anthony, Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod
    • Righteous Youths John and Jacob (James) of Meniugi
    • Seven Martyred Brothers: Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus, and Longinus, in Georgia
    • St Athanasius Parios
    • Venerable Barlaam of Khutin
  25. 25 June8 July on the Old Calendar

    • Sts Peter and Fevronia of Murom (Repose (1228))
    • Venerable Nikon of Optina
    • Virgin Martyr Febronia of Nisibis
    • St Dionysios, the builder of Prodromou Monastery, Mount Athos
    • Venerable Dometius of Dionysiou
    • Monastic Martyr Procopius of the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos
    • New Martyr Procopius of Varna
    • New Martyr George of Attalia
    • St Moloug of Lismore
    • St Theoleptos, Metropolitan of Philadelphia
  26. 26 June9 July on the Old Calendar

    • St David of Thessaloniki
    • St Dionysius
    • St Tikhon of Luchov, Kostroma
    • St John, Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea
    • Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God
    • "Seven Lakes" Icon of the Mother of God
    • "Neamts" Icon of the Mother of God
    • Icon of the Mother of God of Lydda or "the Roman"
    • Feast of All Saints of Georgia
    • New Martyr David of Saint Anne's Skete
    Name days
  27. 27 June10 July on the Old Calendar

    • St Ambrose of Optina (Uncovering of the relics of St Ambrose)
    • St Joanna the Myrrh-bearer (Holy Myrrh-bearer Joanna)
    • St Sampson the Hospitable (Venerable Sampson the Hospitable)
    • Venerable Anatole I of Optina
    • Venerable Martin of Turov
    • Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake
    • St Joanna the Myrrhbearer
    • St Severus the Presbyter of Interocrea, Italy
    • Venerable George of Mount Athos
    • Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
  28. 28 June11 July on the Old Calendar

    • Venerable Sergius and Herman
    • The holy and wonderworking Unmercenaries Cyrus and John
    • Venerable Xenophon, Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod
    • St Paul, Physician of Corinth
    • Icon of the Mother of God "Of the Three Hands"
    • Hieromartyr Basil
    • Holy Martyr Pappias
    • Venerable Confessor Sergius of Paphlagonia
  29. 29 June12 July on the Old Calendar

    • St Paul the Apostle (Holy Apostles Peter and Paul)
    • St Peter the Apostle (Holy Apostles Peter and Paul)
    • The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul
    • The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leader of the Apostles, Peter
    • The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leader of the Apostles, Paul
    • Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov
  30. 30 June13 July on the Old Calendar

    • St Jude the Apostle (Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles)
    • St Matthew the Apostle (Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles)
    • Holy Queen Dinar
    • St Sophronius
    • Synaxis of the Holy, Glorious and All-Praised Twelve Apostles
    • St Peter, Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov
    • Icon of the Mother of God of Balikin
    • St Gelasius of Rimet

The day's other commemorations follow the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church in America.