June 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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June 21 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective June21 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Hieromartyr Tertius of Iconium (Terence), Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of Iconium (1st century)June 21/July 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τερέντιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἰκονίου. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 21 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Hieromartyr Terence the Bishop of Iconium. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr JulianGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Αἰγύπτιος. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. and his wife Basilissa, and with them Martyrs Celsius, his mother Marcianilla, Anastasius, the priest Anthony, seven brothers, and twenty prison guards, of Antinoe in Egypt (283-305)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀντώνιος, Ἀναστάσιος, Κέλσιος, Βασίλισσα, εἴκοσι δεσμοφύλακες καὶ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί οἱ Μάρτυρες μετὰ τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἰουλιανοῦ μαρτυρήσαντες. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: January 8 ) Martyr Julian of Tarsus in Cilicia (c. 284-305)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουλιανὸς ἐξ Ἀναζαρβοῦ Κιλικίας. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Julian of Tarsus, in Cilicia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Martyr Aphrodisius in Cilicia.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀφροδίσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐκ Κιλικίας. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Kyriakos and Apollinarios, of Africa.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Κυριακὸς καὶ Ἀπολλινάριος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saints Julius of Novara, presbyter, and his brother Julian the Deacon (5th century)July 4 / June 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).St. Julius the Presbyter of Novara. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ИУЛИЙ И ИУЛИАН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Martyr Archil II, King of Georgia (718 or 744)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρχίλιος Β’ ὁ Μάρτυρας βασιλέας τῆς Γεωργίας. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Archil II the King of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saints Rufinus and Martia, martyrs in one of the early persecutions in Syracuse in Sicily.June 21. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Urciscenus, Seventh Bishop of Pavia in Italy c 183-216 (c. 216) Saint Martin of Tongres, seventh Bishop of Tongres in Belgium, venerated as the Apostle of the Hesbaye region in Brabant (c. 350) Saint Demetria, a virgin-martyr in Rome, sister of St Bibiana and daughter of Sts Flavian and Dafrosa (363)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Δημητρία καὶ Βιβιανὴ οἱ Παρθενομάρτυρες. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Alban of Mainz, a Greek priest from Naxos, sent into exile by the Arians, he preached the Gospel in Germany around Mainz, then martyred by the Arians (c. 400)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ALBAN, M. (5TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 288. Saint Cormac Ua Liatháin (Cormac of the Sea; Corbmac), a disciple of St Columba and Abbot of Durrow Monastery, Ireland (c. 590)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. CORBMAC UA LIATHAIN, ABBOT OF DEARMAGH, NOW DURROW, KING'S COUNTY. [SIXTH CENTURY.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. pp. 754-761. Saint Méen (Mevenus, Mewan, Maine), a disciple of St Samson, whom he accompanied to Brittany, and founded the monastery of Saint-Méon (617)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. 278-281.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MAEN, OR MEVEN, AB. (6TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 288-289. Saint Agofredus, brother of St Leutfrid (Leffroi), and monk at Holy Cross (La-Croix-Saint-Leuffroi), a monastery near Evreux in the north of France (738) Saint Leutfrid (Leufroi), founder of the monastery La Croix-Saint-Ouen (later called Saint-Leufroy) near Evreux in France, where he was abbot for nearly fifty years (738)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. LEUTFRIED, AB. (A.D. 738.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 290-291. Saint Engelmund of Velsen, an English-born Benedictine missionary to Frisia (c. 739)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ENGELMUND, P. (8TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 291. Saint Dominic of Comacchio, a monk at Comacchio near Venice in Italy (c. 820) Saint Rodulf (Rudolph, Raoul, Ralph), Abbot, and Archbishop of Bourges, Gaul (866) Saint Wolfrid, founder of the monastery of Hohentwiel in Germany (c. 990)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Anastasia of Serbia (Anna), mother of St. Sava (1200)Venerable Anastasia of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 21/06/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Martyr Theodore, right-believing prince of Starodub (1330) Martyr Luarsab II, King of Georgia (1622)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λουαρσάβος ὁ Μάρτυρας βασιλέας τῆς Γεωργίας. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Luarsab II the King of Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. New Martyr Nicetas of Nisyros, near Rhodes, at Chios (1732)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικήτας ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ἐκ Νισύρου. 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr John Budrin (1918) 21 июня по старому стилю / 4 июля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Venerable New Hieroconfessor George (Lavrov), Archimandrite, of Kaluga (1932) ГЕОРГИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyr Jonah (Sankov), Hieromonk, of Alpatievo, Moscow (1938) ИОНА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyrs Alexis Skvortsov, АЛЕКСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Paul Uspensky and Nicholas Rozanov, Priests (1938) New Martyr Nikita Sukharev (1942)

Other commemorations Uncovering of the relics (1996) of St. Maximus the Greek, of Russia (1556) 21 июня (ст.ст.) 4 июля 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Repose of Schemamonk John "the Muscovite," of Valaam (1933) Discovery of the Icon of Panagia Eleousa in Xyniada of Domokou (1962) Εύρεση της Ιεράς Εικόνας της Παναγίας της Ελεούσας στην Ξυνιάδα Δομοκού. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.The Discovery of the Icon of Panagia Eleousa in Xyniada of Domokou in 1962. Mystagogy Resource Center. July 8, 2011.

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Sources June 21/July 4. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). July 4 / June 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). June 21. 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. 46. The Twenty-First Day of the Month of June. Orthodoxy in China. June 21. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. 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. 180–181. 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. 278–281. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 21 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 21 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 21 Ιουνίου. Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece). 21/06/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources 4 июля (21 июня). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 21 июня по старому стилю / 4 июля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. 21 июня (ст.ст.) 4 июля 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).