June 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1158 – The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. * 1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soo ...

Eastern Orthodox Church calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

June 16 Events Pre-1600 * 632 – Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king (''shah'') of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last ruler of the Sasanian dynasty (modern Iran). *1407 – Ming–Hồ War: Retired King Hồ Quý Ly and his son K ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 28 by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. For June 15th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

June 2 Events Pre-1600 * 260 – Sima Zhao's regicide of Cao Mao: The figurehead Wei emperor Cao Mao personally leads an attempt to oust his regent, Sima Zhao; the attempted coup is crushed and the emperor killed. * 455 – Sack of Rome: ...

Saints

* Prophet

Amos Amos or AMOS may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Amos'' (album), an album by Michael Ray * Amos (band), an American Christian rock band * ''Amos'' (film), a 1985 American made-for-television drama film * Amos (guitar), a 1958 Gibson Fl ...

(8th century BC)June 15/28
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
15 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Apostles Fortunatus, Achaicus, and Stephanas, of the

Seventy Apostles The seventy disciples (Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα μαθητές, ''hebdomikonta mathetes''), known in the Eastern Christian traditions as the seventy apostles (Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα απόστολοι, ''hebdomikonta apostoloi''), w ...

(1st century) * Saint Cedronus (''Kedron''),

Patriarch of Alexandria The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation "pope" (etymologically "Father", like "Abbot"). The Alexandrian episcopate was revered as one of the three major epi ...

(107)June 28 / June 15
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyr Hesychius the Soldier, of Dorostolum, and two others, in

Moesia Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; ) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River. As a Roman domain Moesia was administered at first by the governor of Noricum as 'Civitates of Moesia and Triballi ...

(297) * Martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, at

Lucania Lucania was a historical region of Southern Italy, corresponding to the modern-day region of Basilicata. It was the land of the Lucani, an Oscan people. It extended from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto. It bordered with Samnium and ...

(c. 303) * Virgin-martyrs Libya and Leonides, sisters, and Eutropia, a girl of twelve years, at

Palmyra Palmyra ( ; Palmyrene dialect, Palmyrene: (), romanized: ''Tadmor''; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first menti ...

, in Syria (304)
15 Ιουνίου
'' Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece). * Martyr Dulas of Cilicia (c. 305–313) * Martyr Grace, by the sword.
15/06/2017
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. * Martyr Nerses. * Saint Ortisios (''Orsiesius'') of

Tabennisi Tabenna is a Christian community founded in Upper Egypt around 320 by Saint Pachomius. It was the motherhouse of a federation of monasteries known as the ''Koinonia''. At the time of Pachomius's death in 346, there were nine establishments for men ...

, disciple of St.

Pachomius the Great Pachomius (; ''Pakhomios''; ; c. 292 – 9 May 348 AD), also known as Saint Pachomius the Great, is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. Coptic churches celebrate his feast day on 9 May, and Eastern Orthodox ...

(c. 308 or 380) * Blessed

Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known ...

(Hieronymus) of

Stridon Stridon () was a town in the Roman province of Dalmatia, of unknown location, best known as the birthplace of Saint Jerome. In 379, the town was destroyed by the Goths. Jerome wrote about it in his work '' De viris illustribus'': "Jerome was bo ...

ium (419-420) (''see also:

September 30 Events Pre-1600 * 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. * 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture thei ...

- West'') * Saint

Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced the development of Western philosop ...

, Bishop of Hippo (430), and his mother St. Monica of Tagaste (387) ''(see also:

August 28 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. * 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way ...

)'' * Saint Dulas the

Passion bearer In Eastern Christianity, a passion bearer ( rus, страстотéрпец, r=strastoterpets, p=strəstɐˈtʲɛrpʲɪts) is one of the various customary saint titles used in commemoration at divine services when honouring their feast on the ...

, of Egypt (5th century) * Saint Michael I of Kiev, first

Metropolitan of Kiev Metropolitan of Kyiv is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title that has been created with varying suffixes at multiple times in different Christian churches, though always maintaining the name of the Metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolita ...

(992)15 июня по старому стилю / 28 июня по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. * Venerable Joseph of Bethlehem, monk.

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Abraham of Clermont Abraham of Clermont (died 479) was the founder and abbot of the monastery of St.Cyriacus in Clermont-Ferrand. He was born in Byzantine Syria, along the Euphrates River and was of Persian origins. He later left for Byzantine Egypt, to visit some ...

, Abbot, of

Auvergne Auvergne (; ; or ) is a cultural region in central France. As of 2016 Auvergne is no longer an administrative division of France. It is generally regarded as conterminous with the land area of the historical Province of Auvergne, which was dis ...

Gaul Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . Ac ...

Wonderworker Thaumaturgy () is the practical application of magic to effect change in the physical world. Historically, thaumaturgy has been associated with the manipulation of natural forces, the creation of wonders, and the performance of magical feats t ...

(477) * Saint Melanius II,

Bishop of Viviers The Diocese of Viviers (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in the 4th century, the diocese was restored in the Concordat of 1822, and comprises the department of Ardèche, in the Region of Rhône-Alpes. It ...

in France (c. 549) *

Saint Trillo Saint Trillo is the patron saint and founder of the churches at Llandrillo, Denbighshire and Llandrillo yn Rhos, Rhos-on-Sea in Conwy County Borough, Wales. According to Enwogion Cymru, Trillo was a saint who lived in the early part of the six ...

of Llandrillo (''Drillo, Drel''), patron saint of two places in

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

in Wales (6th century) * Saint Vouga (''Vougar, Veho, Feock, Fiech''), a bishop from Ireland who settled in

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

and lived there as a hermit near

Lesneven Lesneven (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It lies northeast of Brest, about from the English Channel in the middle of the Leon plateau. History Lesneven has its origins in the immigration f ...

(6th century) * Saint Landelinus, former brigand who underwent a Christian conversion and became a monastic founder (c. 686) * Saints Domitian and Hadelin (''Adelinus''), two disciples of St Landelinus at

Lobbes Lobbes (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 Lobbes had a total population of 5,499. The total area is 32.08 km2 which gives a population density of 171 inhabitants per km2. The m ...

in Belgium (c. 686) * Saint Constantine,

Bishop of Beauvais The Diocese of Beauvais, Noyon, and Senlis (; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese encompasses the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France. The diocese is a suffragan o ...

(706) * Saint Benildis, martyr of Córdoba, Spain (853) * Saint Edburgh of Winchester (''Edburga''), daughter of

Edward the Elder Edward the Elder (870s?17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith. When Edward succeeded to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousi ...

and granddaughter of

Alfred the Great Alfred the Great ( ; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfr ...

(960)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. 269-271.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Sabbas the

Fool-for-Christ Foolishness for Christ (; ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a religious purpose—particularly of Christia ...

, of

Vatopedi The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi (, ) is an Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18t ...

monastery,

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; ) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ...

(1350) (''see also:

October 5 Events Pre-1600 * 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor. * 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope. * 869 – The Fourth Co ...

'') * Saint

Spyridon Spyridon (; ) or Spiridon is a Greek male given name. It is often shortened to Σπύρος (''Spyros'') and can sometimes be found as Σπυρέτος(Spyretos), sometimes Anglicised as Spyro or Spiro. Notable people with the name include: Give ...

Serbian Patriarch This is a list of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the establishment of the church as an Autocephaly, autocephalous archbishopric in 1219 to today's patriarchate. The list includes all the archbishops and patriarchs that led the Se ...

(1389) * Great-martyr Tsar

Lazar of Serbia Lazar Hrebeljanović ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар Хребељановић; – 15 June 1389) was a medieval Serbian ruler who created the largest and most powerful state on the territory of the disintegrated Serbian Empire. Lazar's state, referre ...

(1389) * Saint

Ephraim Ephraim (; , in pausa: ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath, as well as the adopted son of his biological grandfather Jacob, making him the progenitor of the Tribe of Ephrai ...

(1400) * Saint Symeon of Novgorod,

Archbishop of Novgorod The Diocese of Novgorod () is one of the oldest offices in the Russian Orthodox Church. The medieval archbishops of Novgorod were among the most important figures in medieval Russian history and culture and their successors (as bishops, archbishop ...

(1421) * Saint

Jonah of Moscow Jonah of Moscow (; died 31 March 1461) was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1448 until his death in 1461. After Isidore was condemned for supporting the Union of Florence, Jonah was appointed ...

, Metropolitan and

of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia (1461) (''see also:

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...

'') * Saints Sergius and Barbara of Oyatsk, monastics, parents of St. Alexander of Svir (1477-1480) * Monk-martyrs Gregory, Abbot, and Cassian, monk, of Avnezhk Monastery in

Vologda Vologda (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population: The city serves as ...

, Wonderworkers (1524)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Amos Ivanov, Priest (1918)15 июня (ст.ст.) 28 июня 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics (c. 9th century) of Saint Theodore the Sykeote, Bishop of Anastasiopolis (613) * Synaxis of All New Martyrs of the Serbian Land ("

Vidovdan Vidovdan (, ) is a Serbian national and religious holiday, a ''slava'' (feast day) celebrated on 28 June (Gregorian calendar), or 15 June according to the Julian calendar. The Serbian Church designates it as the memorial day to ''Saint Prince ...

"). * "Marianica" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. * Repose of Elder Theophan of the Roslavl Forests and Optina (1819)
Saint Theophanes of the Roslavl Forests
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. * Repose of Blessed Jonah,

, of Peshnosha Monastery (1838) * Repose of Metropolitan Innocent of Peking (1931) * Repose of Elder Cosmas of Valaam and Riga (1968) * Repose of Elder Anthimus of St. Anne's Skete,

(1996)

Icon gallery

File:Amos-prophet.jpg, Prophet

. File:Vitusmodestuscrescentia.jpg, Martyrdom of Sts. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia. File:Saint Jerome Writing-Caravaggio (1605-6).jpg, ''" Saint Jerome Writing"'' painting. File:Uppenbarelsekyrkan, kor (Monica, Augustinus).JPG, St.

, Bishop of Hippo and his mother St. Monica of Tagaste. File:Augustine Lateran.jpg, The earliest portrait of St.

, Bishop of Hippo, in a 6th-century fresco, Lateran, Rome. File:Mikhail, metropolitan of Kiev by M. Dikarev (Hermitage).jpg, St. Michael I of Kiev, first

File:Saint Trillo.jpg, St. Trillo of Llandrillo. File:Landelin (Abbaye d'Aulnes).JPG, St. Landelinus. File:Serbian Patriarch Spiridon.jpg, St.

. File:Prince Lazar (Ravanica Monastery).jpg, Great-martyr Tsar

. File:Serbian Patriarch Jefrem.jpg, St.

. File:Jonah Metropolitan.jpg, St.

, Metropolitan and

of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia. File:St Theodore the Sykeote.jpg, St. Theodore the Sykeote, Bishop of Anastasiopolis. File:Vidovdan na Gazimestanu 2009. godine.JPG, Celebration of

(Synaxis of New Martyrs of the Serbia) at Gazimestan monument (2009).

Notes

References

Sources

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
June 28 / June 15
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
June 15
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. 44. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

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'' 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. 173–174. * 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. 269–271. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
15 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
15 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *

'' Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece). *
15/06/2017
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
15 июня по старому стилю / 28 июня по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. *
15 июня (ст.ст.) 28 июня 2014 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:June 15 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) June in the Eastern Orthodox calendar