June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 14 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For June 1st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 19.

Saints

• Martyr Justin the Philosopher (Justin Martyr) at Rome (166)^[1][2]
• Martyrs Chariton, Charita, Euelpistus, Hierax, Peonus, Valerian (Liberianus), and Justus with Justin Martyr (166)^[3][4]
• Martyr Neon, by beheading.^[5]
• Saint Pyrrus, Bishop, reposed in peace.^[6]
• Hieromartyr Phyrrhus the Virgin.^[7]
• Martyr Thespesius of Cappadocia (222)^{[8][note 2]}
• Martyrs Ischyrion, a military officer, and five other soldiers, in Egypt (250)^{[10][note 3]}
• The holy Ten thousand Martyrs, in Antiochia (249-251)^[11]
• Martyr Firmus, under the eparch Magus (299)^{[12][note 4]}
• Martyr Gerasimos.^{[13][note 5]}
• St. Metrius the Farmer of Myra in Lycia (912)^[14]

Pre-Schism Western Saints

• Martyrs Felinus and Gratinianus (250)^{[15][16][note 6][note 7]}
• Hieromartyrs Reverianus (Bishop) and Paul (priest), with ten others, at Autun (272)^{[16][17][note 8][note 9]}
• Martyr Crescentian, in Saldo near Città di Castello in Italy (287)^{[16][18][note 10]}
• Martyr Juventius, in Rome.^[9][16]
• Martyr Proclus, at Bologna (304)^[9][16][19]
• Martyr Secundus, At Amelia in Umbria, when thrown into the Tiber (304)^{[16][20][note 11]}
• Martyr Clarus of Acquitaine, a Bishop believed to have been sent to evangelize Aquitaine, France.^[16]
• Saint Fortunatus of Spoleto the Wonderworker (400)^{[16][21][note 12]}
• Saint Caprasius of Lérins, Abbot (430)^{[9][16][22][note 13]}
• Saint Ronan of Locronan (Ronan of Cornwall), an early bishop of Cornish origin who preached in Cornwall and in Brittany (6th century)^[16][23]
• Saint Wite, a female Dorset saint martyred by the Danes, buried at Whitchurch Canonicorum (c. 831).^{[16][note 14]}
• Saint Wigstan (Wystan, Wistan, Winston), of the royal house of Mercia in England (849)^{[16][25][note 15]}
• Saint Gaudentius of Ossero, Bishop of Ossero in Istria (1044)^[16]
• Saint Atto, a monk at Oña in Spain with St. Enneco, who later became Bishop of Oca-Valpuesta (c. 1044)^[16]

Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

• Saint Agapetus of the Kiev Caves, Unmercenary physician of the Kiev Near Caves (1095)^[27][28]
• Dionysius of Glushetsk in Vologda, Abbot, Wonderworker (1437)^[29][30]
• Martyr Shio the New (Shio of Akhakalakhi) in Georgia (1696)^[31]
• Synaxis of the Holy Martyrs of Georgia: David, Gabriel, and Paul of the St. David Gareji Monastery (1696-1700)^[32][33]
• Saint Justin (Popovic), Archimandrite of Ćelije Monastery in Serbia (1979)^{[34][35][36][note 16]}

New Martyrs and Confessors

• New Hieromartyr Onuphrius (Gagalyuk), Bishop of Kharkov (1938)^{[37][note 17]}
• New Hieromartyr Basil, priest, Virgin-martyr Vera Samsonov (1940).^[36][38]

Other Commemorations

• Commemoration of the deliverance of the island of Lefkada from the plague through the intercession of Saint Bessarion (†1540), Archbishop of Larissa (c. 1743)^{[39][note 18]}
• Repose of Elder Philaret of Kapsala, Mt. Athos (1975).^[34]
• Glorification (1990) of Righteous John of Kronstadt (1908)^[38]

Icon Gallery

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  St. Justin Martyr.

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  Crucifixion and Apotheosis of the Ten Thousand Martyrs. By Vittore Carpaccio, 1515.

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  Fresco of St. Fortunatus of Spoleto.

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  Scenes from the life of St Ronan of Locronan on the polychrome pulpit at the Locronan parish church.

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  St. Agapetus of the Kiev Caves.

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  St. Justin Popović.

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  New Hieromartyr Onuphrius (Gagalyuk), Bishop of Kharkov.

See also

• Pashons 24 (Coptic Orthodox liturgics) (June 1)

Notes

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. "In Cappadocia, in the time of the emperor Alexander and the prefect Simplicius, the holy martyr Thespesius, who, after undergoing many torments, was beheaded."^[9]
3. "In Egypt, under the emperor Diocletian, the holy martyrs Ischyrion, military officer, and five other soldiers, who were put to death in different manners for the faith of Christ."^[9]
4. "Also, St. Firmus, martyr, who was scourged most severely, struck with stones, and finally decapitated during the persecution of Maximian."^[9]
5. Martyr Gerasimos is unknown in the Synaxarium. His memory is recorded in a Codex of the Moni Vlatadon (which was founded c. 1351 in Thessaloniki).
6. Soldiers in the imperial army martyred in Perugia in Italy under Decius. Their relics were translated to Arona near Milan in 979.
7. "At Perugia, the holy martyrs Felinus and Gratinian, soldiers under Decius, who were variously tortured, and thus by a glorious death won the palm of martyrdom."^[9]
8. Born in Italy, Reverianus, a bishop, and Paul, a priest, went to France. They enlightened Autun and the surrounding area and were martyred with several companions under Aurelian.
9. "At Autun, the Saints Reverian, bishop, and Paul, priest, with ten others, who were crowned with martyrdom under the emperor Aurelian."^[9]
10. "At Citta-di-Castello, in Umbria, St. Crescentian, a Eoman soldier, crowned with martyrdom under the same emperor."^[9]
11. "At Amelia, in the reign of Diocletian, St. Secundus, martyr, who consummated his martyrdom by being thrown into the Tiber."^[9]
12. At Montefalco in Umbria, St. Fortunatus, a priest renowned for his virtues and his miracles.
13. Born in France, he went to live as a hermit to the island of Lérins. He was followed by Sts Honoratus and Venantius. Together they went to the East to learn from the monasteries there. Venantius reposed in Greece; the other two returned to Lérins, where St Honoratus founded the monastery of Lérins. Later he became Bishop of Arles and was succeeded by Caprasius as abbot.
14. An Anglo-Saxon holy woman, martyred by the Danes in Dorset in England. Her relics still exist in their shrine at Whitchurch Canonicorum: the only ones to have survive in a parish church in England. Pilgrims still honour her at the shrine and there is a holy well^[24] at Morcombe Lake nearby. (See also: Saint Wite's Cross).
15. "ST. WISTAN, King and Martyr, was the son of Alfleda, descended from the ancient royal race of Mercia, and Wimund, son of Wiglaf, actually reigning under the suzerainty of the kings of Wessex. For withstanding the marriage, in contempt of the laws of the Church, of Bertferth his godfather (son of Bertwulf, the successor of Wiglaf on the throne of Mercia) with his widowed mother Alfleda, the innocent youth was cruelly slain, and secretly buried by Bertferth, at a place in Leicestershire, since called, from the Martyr, Wistanstow, now Wistow. Over this spot a pillar of heavenly light was seen for the space of thirty days. St. Wistan's body, thus revealed, was taken up and carried to the Abbey of Repton in Derbyshire, the place of sepulture of his grandfather Wiglaf, where his relics were held in veneration until the eleventh century, when they were translated to the Abbey of Evesham."^[26]
16. "The liturgical commemoration of Venerable Justin will be celebrated on June 1 according to the old calendar (June 14 according to the new calendar)."^[35]
17. He was canonized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on June 22, 1993. And in August 2000, he was numbered among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.
18. In August of 1743 the Hieromonk Matthew came to the island of Lefkada from the monastery of Doukisou near Trikala, bringing with him the holy relic (skull) of Saint Bessarion (†1540), Archbishop of Larissa (September 15). With the Saints' intercession they were delivered from the terrible disease, and erected a church in his honour. Today the area is called "St Kara" (Greek: «Ἁγία Κάρα»).

References

1. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουστίνος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Φιλόσοφος. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. Martyr Justin the Philosopher and those with him at Rome. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
3. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Εὐέλπιστος, Ἱέρακας, Ἰουστίνος, Ἰούστος, Λιβεριανός, Παίωνας, Χαρίτων καὶ Χαρίτη οἱ Μάρτυρες. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. Martyr Chariton with his wife and those with him at Rome. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέων ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πύρρος. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
8. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεσπέσιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. 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. 159-160.
10. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰσχυρίων ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι δέκα χιλιάδες Μάρτυρες. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίρμος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὠφέλιμος Διήγησις γεωργοῦ τινος Μετρίου ὀνομαζομένου.1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φελινὸς καὶ Γρατινιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. June 1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ρεβεριανὸς καὶ Παῦλος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτοῖς. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κρεσκεντιανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Πρόκλος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Σεκοῦνδος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Φουρτουνάτος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Καρπάσιος τῶν Λερίνων. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ρουαδανὸς τῆς Κορνουάλης. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. Andy Anderson. St Wite's Well. Retrieved: 2012-04-24.
25. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Οὐϊστάνος ἐξ Ἀγγλίας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. 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. 249-250.
27. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀγαπητὸς ὁ Ἀνάργυρος καὶ Ἰαματικός. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
28. Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
29. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Διονύσιος ὁ Θαυματουργός τοῦ Γλουσέτσκ. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
30. Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
31. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Σίος ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
32. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Σύναξις τῶν Ἁγίων Δαβίδ, Γαβριὴλ καὶ Παύλου Ὁσιομαρτύρων ἐκ Γεωργίας. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
33. Fathers martyred by the Dagestanians. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
34. June 1/14. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
35. The Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America. SPECIAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE HOLY ASSEMBLY OF BISHOPS OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. Thursday, April 29, 2010.
36. (Russian) 1 июня (ст.ст.) 14 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
37. 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.40.
38. June 14 / June 1. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
39. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Μνήμη θαύματος ἀπαλλαγῆς τῆς νήσου Λευκάδος ἐκ τῆς πανώλης. 1 Ιουνίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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