Feasts and Saints

Apostle Bartholomew of the Twelve; Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy; Holy Hierarch Luke, archbishop of Crimea; “It Is Truly Meet” (Axion Estin) Icon of the Mother of God (Fish allowed)

Orthodox Calendar, June 11 Holy Apostle Bartholomew He was born at Cana of Galilee and was one of the Twelve Apostles of Christ. After the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, it fell by lot to the holy Apostles Bartholomew and Philip (November 14) to preach the Gospel in Syria and…

Jun 11, 2026basilica.ro

Martyrs Alexander and Antonina; Hieromartyr Timothy the Bishop of Prusa

Orthodox Calendar, June 10 Martyr Alexander and Virginmartyr Antonina at Constantinople The Holy Martyrs Antonina the Virgin and Alexander. Saint Antonina was from the city of Krodamos (Asia Minor). She was arrested for being a Christian, and was brought before the governor Festus. He urged her to worship the pagan gods, promising to make her…

Jun 10, 2026basilica.ro

St. Cyril the Archbishop of Alexandria

Orthodox Calendar, June 9 St. Cyril the Archbishop of Alexandria Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, a distinguished champion of Orthodoxy and a great teacher of the Church, came from an illustrious and pious Christian family. He studied the secular sciences, including philosophy, but most of all he strove to acquire knowledge of the Holy Scriptures…

Jun 9, 2026Sorin Ioniţe

Martyrs Nicandros and Marcianus; Translation of the relics of the Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates; Beginning of the Fast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Fish allowed)

Orthodox Calendar, June 8 Martyrs Nicandros and Marcianus They were soldiers in the Roman Army stationed by the Danube River at Durostorum, today’s Silistra (Bulgaria), in the time of Emperor Diocletian (284-305). In 298, Emperor Maximian Galeriu removed all Christians from military ranks, arrestinf and persecuting them to death. When he visited the cities on…

Jun 8, 2026basilica.ro

Hieromartyr Theodotus the Bishop of Ancyra; Martyr Zenaida; All Saints Sunday

Orthodox Calendar, June 7 Hieromartyr Theodotus, Bishop of Ancyra The Holy Martyr Theodotus lived in Ancyra of Galatia in the third century. He was distinguished by his kindliness and concern. At the height of the persecution under Diocletian (284-305) he provided Christians with everything they needed, and gave them shelter in his home. There they…

Jun 7, 2026basilica.ro

Leavetaking of the Penetecost Feast; Venerable Hilarion the New, Abbot of the Dalmatian Monastery; Venerable Bessarion, Wonderworker of Egypt

Orthodox Calendar, June 6 Saint Hilarion the New, Abbot of the Dalmatian Monastery He was born of pious parents, Peter and Theodosia, who raised him in the virtues and instructed him in Holy Scripture. At twelve years of age Saint Hilarion was tonsured as a monk at the Hesychius monastery near Constantinople, and from there…

Jun 6, 2026basilica.ro

Venerable Elizabeth of Pasărea; Hieromartyr Dorotheus the Bishop of Tyre (Fast free)

Orthodox Calendar, June 5 Venerable Elizabeth of Pasărea Venerable Elizabeth of Pasărea was born on July 16, 1970, in the commune of Moldova-Sulița, Suceava County, and received the name Rodica at Holy Baptism. Her parents, Vasile and Maria Lazăr, had eleven children, two of whom reposed in the Lord at a young age. While in…

Jun 5, 2026basilica.ro

Martyrs Attalos, Kamasis, Zotikos and Philippos from Niculiţel; Saint Metrophanes, first Patriarch of Constantinople; Holy Myrrh-bearers Maria and Martha, Righteous Lazarus’ sisters

Orthodox Calendar, June 4 Martyrs Attalos, Kamasis, Zotikos and Philippos of Niculitsel The graves of Saints Zoticus, Atallus, Camisius and Philippos were discovered in 1971. Lesser Scythia (modern Romania), between the Danube and the Black Sea in the northeastern territory of the Roman Empire, was a place of exile or death for Christians who refused…

Jun 4, 2026basilica.ro

Lucillian and Hypatius the Martyrs; Paula the Virgin (Fast Free)

Orthodox Calendar, June 3 Martyr Lucillian and those who suffered with him He was a pagan priest during the reign of the Roman emperor Aurelian (270-275). In his old age he became persuaded of the falseness of the pagan religion, and with all his heart he turned to the faith in Christ the Savior, and…

Jun 3, 2026basilica.ro

Great Martyr John the New of Suceava; Saint Nikephoros the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople

Orthodox Calendar, June 2 Great Martyr John the New of Suceava The Holy Great Martyr John the New of Suceava lived in the fourteenth century in the city of Trebizond. He was a merchant, devout and firm in his Orthodoxy, and generous to the poor. Once, he happened to be sailing on a ship while pursuing…

Jun 2, 2026basilica.ro

(†) Holy Trinity

Orthodox Calendar – The Holy Trinty On the day after every Great Feast, the Orthodox Church honors the one through whom the Feast is made possible. On the day following the Nativity of the Lord, for example, we celebrate the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos (December 26). On the day after Theophany, we commemorate…

Jun 1, 2026basilica.ro