June 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 21 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 23

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 5 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For June 22nd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 9.

Saints

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Pre-Schism Western saints

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Post-Schism Orthodox saints

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New martyrs and confessors

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  • New Hieromartyr Gennadius, Priest (1918)[13]
  • New Hieromartyrs Theodore Smirnov and Gabriel Archangelsky,[29] Deacons (1938)[5][13]
  • New Hieromartyr Michael Stephanovsky.[13]

Other commemorations

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  • Repose of Righteous Mary the Cave-digger, of White Mountain Monastery near Voronezh (1822)[1]
  • Repose of Hieromonk Andrew, slain at Comana, Georgia (1993)[1]
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Notes

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  1. ^ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. ^ Name days celebrated today include:
    • Eusebius, Eusevios (Εὐσέβιος)
    • Eusebia, Eusevia (Εὐσεβία).
  3. ^ "At Samaria, fourteen hundred and eighty holy martyrs, under Chosroes, king of Persia."[14]
  4. ^ Brother of the Emperor Vespasian and uncle of Titus and Domitian, whose niece, Flavia Domitilla, he married. In the year 95 he held consular office together with Domitian. The following year Domitian had him beheaded for the Orthodox Faith.
  5. ^ "At Rome, the translation of St. Flavius Clemens, ex-consul and martyr, who was put to death for the faith of Christ by the emperor Domitian. His body was found in the basilica of pope St. Clement, and buried there with great pomp."[14]
  6. ^ "At Verulam, in England, in the time of Diocletian, St. Alban, martyr, who gave himself up to save a cleric whom he had harbored. After being scourged and subjected to bitter torments, he was sentenced to capital punishment. With him suffered also one of the soldiers that led him to execution, who was converted to Christ on the way, and merited to be baptized, in his own blood."[14]
  7. ^ Pontius Meropius Amcius Paulinus was born in Bordeaux in France, the son of a Roman patrician. Appointed prefect of Rome, after the death of his only child in 390 he left the world and went to Spain, where the people of Barcelona forced him to accept the priesthood. Finally he settled as a hermit near Nola in Campania in Italy and there the people chose him as their bishop (400). He proved to be one of the finest bishops of his age. He suffer greatly during the invasion of Campania by the Goths under Alaric. Most of his writings survive.
  8. ^ "AT Nola, in Campania, the birthday of blessed Paulinus, bishop and confessor, who, although a most noble and wealthy man, made himself poor and humble for Christ; and what is still more admirable, became a slave to liberate a widow's son, who had been carried to Africa by the Vandals, when they devastated Campania. He was celebrated, not only for his learning and exceptional holiness of life, but also for his power over the demons. His great merit has been extolled by Saints Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine and Gregory, in their writings. His body, at first transferred to Benevento, and thence to Rome, was restored to Nola by order of Pius X."[14]
  9. ^ "At Naples, in Campania, St. John, bishop, who was called to the kingdom of heaven by blessed Paulinus, bishop of Nola."[14]
  10. ^ Probably born in Wales, he went to Brittany and lived as a hermit at what is now St Malo. Later he was joined by disciples, among them St Malo, and he became their abbot.
  11. ^ "In the monastery of Cluny, St. Consortia, virgin."[14]
  12. ^ "There is no surviving record of this Ebbe older than Matthew Paris, and no ancient cult, but there was a shrine in the 13th century and a curious feast of a dedication of the altar of St. Ebbe on 22 June in a Coldingham manuscript may refer to this Ebbe or to her namesake."[25]
  13. ^ See: (in Romanian) Listă de mitropoliți ai Ungrovlahiei. Wikipedia (Romanian Wikipedia).

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l June 22/July 5. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ζήνων καὶ Ζηνᾶς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 22 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. ^ a b c d e (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 22 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  4. ^ Martyr Zeno of Philadelphia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  5. ^ a b c d e (in Russian) 22 июня по старому стилю / 5 июля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год.
  6. ^ Martyr Galacteon of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  7. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γαλακτίων καὶ Πομπιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 22 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  8. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰουλιανὴ καὶ Σατορνίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 22 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  9. ^ Martyr Juliana of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  10. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐσέβιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σαμοσάτων. 22 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  11. ^ Hieromartyr Eusebius the Bishop of Samosata. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  12. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι ἐν Σεβαστείᾳ Μάρτυρες. 22 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  13. ^ a b c d e f July 5 / June 22. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  14. ^ a b c d e f The Roman Martyrology. 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. 181-182.
  15. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασίλειος Ἐπίσκοπος Πατελαρίας. 22 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g June 22. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  17. ^ St. Alban the Protomartyr of Britain. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  18. ^ ST. PATRICK OF IRELAND AND OTHER WESTERN SAINTS OFFICIALLY ADDED TO RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CALENDAR. Pravoslavie.ru. Moscow, March 10, 2017. Retrieved: 11 May 2018.
  19. ^ (in Russian) ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 9 марта 2017 года. Русская Православная Церковь - Официальный сайт Московского Патриархата (Patriarchia.ru). 9 марта 2017 г. 20:08. Retrieved: 11 May 2018.
  20. ^ 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. 281-284.
  21. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ALBAN, M. (ABOUT A.D. 304.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 294-299.
  22. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PAULINUS, B. OF NOLA. (A.D. 431.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 304-306.
  23. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Εὔα ἡ Ὁσιοπαρθενομάρτυρας ἡ Νέα καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῇ μαρτυρήσαντες. 22 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  24. ^ (in Greek) 22 Ιουνίου. Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece).
  25. ^ David Farmer. "Ebbe the Younger." In: The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised. OUP Oxford, 2011. p. 133.
  26. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Διδάσκαλος Μητροπολίτης Οὐγγροβλαχίας. 22 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  27. ^ St. Gregory, Metropolitan of Wallachia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  28. ^ (in Russian) ГРИГОРИЙ IV. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
  29. ^ (in Russian) ГАВРИИЛ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Sources

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Greek Sources

  • Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 22 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  • (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 22 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  • (in Greek) 22 Ιουνίου. Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece).
  • (in Greek) 22/06/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources