June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine Empire, Byzantine emperor Philippikos Ba ...

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 5 Events Pre-1600 * 830 – Theodora is crowned Byzantine empress and marries then emperor Theophilos in the Hagia Sophia. She is credited with restoring orthodoxy and the icons. * 1086 – Tutush, brother of Seljuk sultan Malik Sh ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 17 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 4th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. ...

Saints

* Saints

Mary Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a female given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religion * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blesse ...

and

Martha Martha (Aramaic language, Aramaic: מָרְתָא‎) is a Bible, biblical figure described in the Gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of John, John. Together with her siblings Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is descr ...

, sisters of Saint

Lazarus Lazarus may refer to: People *Lazarus (name), a surname and a given name * Lazarus of Bethany, a Biblical figure described as being raised from the dead by Jesus * Lazarus, a Biblical figure from the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus * Lazar ...

(1st century)June 4/17
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
4 Ιουνίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Hieromartyr

Astius Astius (died AD 98 AD; , Greek: Άστιος) is a 2nd-century Christian martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He was the bishop of Dyrrhachium (now Durrës in Albania). According to legend, he was arrested ...

, Bishop of Dyrrachium in

Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...

(2nd century)June 17 / June 4
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. * Saint

Titus Titus Caesar Vespasianus ( ; 30 December 39 – 13 September AD 81) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, becoming the first Roman emperor ever to succeed h ...

, Bishop of Byzantium (3rd century) * Holy Martyrs of Niculitsel, Romania (320): :* Hieromartyr Apotacius and Martyrs Zoticus, Atallus, Camasius, Philip, and 31 others, including: :* Eutychius, Quirinus, Julia, Saturninus, Ninita, Fortunio, Gaddanus, and Amasus, beheaded at

Noviodunum Noviodunum is a name of Celtic origin, meaning "new fort": It comes from '' nowyo'', Celtic for "new", and '' dun'', the Celtic for "hillfort" or "fortified settlement", cognate of English ''town''. Several places were named Noviodunum. Among these ...

( Niculitel), in

Scythia Minor Scythia Minor or Lesser Scythia (Greek: , ) was a Roman province in late Antiquity, occupying the lands between the lower Danube and the Black Sea, the modern-day Dobruja region in Romania and Bulgaria. It was detached from Moesia Inferior by ...

. * Saint

Metrophanes of Byzantium Metrophanes of Byzantium (Greek: Μητροφάνης; died 314) was the 26th bishop of Byzantium according to tradition, holding the office from 306 to 314. He is the first bishop supported by historical sources. In fact, there is no mentio ...

, first

Archbishop of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople () is the archbishop of Constantinople and (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox Church. The ecumenical patriarch is regarded as ...

(c. 326) * Venerable Alonius of

Scetis Wadi El Natrun (Arabic: "Valley of Natron"; , "measure of the hearts") is a depression in northern Egypt that is located below sea level and below the Nile River level. The valley contains several alkaline lakes, natron-rich salt deposits, ...

in Egypt (5th century) * Saint Zosimas of Cilicia, Bishop of

Babylon Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-s ...

in Egypt (6th century) * Monk-martyr John, Abbot, of Monagria Monastery, in Cyprus (761) * Venerable Sophia of Ainos, Thrace, Mother of Orphans (10th-11th centuries)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Clateus, one of the earliest

Bishops of Brescia A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

in Italy, martyred under Nero (c. 64)June 4
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Martyrs Frontasius, Severinus, Severian, and Silanus, of

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 ...

(1st century) * Martyr

Concordius of Spoleto Concordius of Spoleto is a little-known Christian saint and martyr of the 2nd century. There is another martyr Concordiuwho died in the 4th century. Life Concordius was the son of the presbyter Gordian. He was ordained a subdeacon by Pope Pius ...

(c. 175) * Martyrs Aretius (''Arecius, Aregius'') and Dacian, in Rome. * Saint

Saturnina Saint Saturnina () is a venerated Christian virgin martyr, whose legend states that she was killed in the year 907 because she wanted to remain faithful to her vow of virginity. Legend Her legend states that she came from a noble German family ...

, a virgin-martyr from Germany murdered near Arras in France. * Saint Quirinus, a martyr in Tivoli near Rome. * Saint

Quirinus of Sescia Quirinus () (died 309 AD) is venerated as an early bishop of Sescia, now Sisak in Croatia. He is mentioned by Eusebius of Caesarea. A ''Passio'', considered unreliable,

, Bishop of Siscia (Sisak or Seseg), now in Croatia (308) * Saint Rutilus and Companions, martyrs at

Sabaria Sabaria was a semi-autonomous territory in Iberia, between the Kingdom of the Suebi and the Visigothic kingdom, in the 4th-6th centuries that extended from Benavente to Salamanca Salamanca () is a Municipality of Spain, municipality and cit ...

(Sabar) in Pannonia, now Hungary. * Saint

Optatus Optatus, sometimes anglicized as Optate, was Bishop of Milevis, in Numidia, in the fourth century, remembered for his writings against Donatism. Biography and context Augustine of Hippo suggests that Optatus was a convert: "Do we not see with ho ...

, Bishop of

Milevum Milevum (in Latin even "Milev" or "Mireon"; ''Μιραίον'' in Ancient Greek) was a Roman–Berber city in the Roman province of Numidia. It was located in present-day Mila in eastern Algeria. History In Ptolemy's "Geography" (vol. IV, i ...

Numidia Numidia was the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa, initially comprising the territory that now makes up Algeria, but later expanding across what is today known as Tunisia and Libya. The polity was originally divided between ...

(376) * Venerable Nennocha (''Ninnoca, Nennoc, Gwengustle''), a holy virgin from Britain who followed St

Germanus Germanus or Germanos (Greek) may refer to: People * Lucius Trebius Germanus, governor of Roman Britain around 126 * Germanus (died c. 290), possibly apocryphal martyr-saint tortured at the Pula Arena * Germanus (d. 305 AD), Spanish martyr-saint ...

to France, becoming an abbess 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 ...

Ploërmel Church Saint-Armel Ploërmel (; ; Gallo language: ''Pieurmè'') is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Monterrein was merged into Ploërmel. Character of the town T ...

Pleumeur-Gautier Pleumeur-Gautier (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Pleumeur-Gautier are called ''pleumeuriens'' in French. See also *Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department ...

(c. 467) * Venerable Breaca, a disciple of St

Brigid Brigid or Brigit ( , ; meaning 'exalted one'),Campbell, MikBehind the Name.See also Xavier Delamarre, ''brigantion / brigant-'', in ''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise'' (Éditions Errance, 2003) pp. 87–88: "Le nom de la sainte irlandaise ''B ...

who crossed from Ireland to Cornwall (c. 460) with several companions (5th-6th centuries) * Venerable Petroc (''Petrock, Pedrog, Perreux''), Abbot, in Cornwall (c. 594) * Saints Croidan, Medan and Degan, three disciples of St Petroc in Cornwall (6th century) * Saint Buriana, born in Ireland, she lived as an anchoress in Cornwall (6th century) * Saint

Eadfrith of Lindisfarne Eadfrith of Lindisfarne (died 721), also known as Saint Eadfrith, was Bishop of Lindisfarne, probably from 698 onwards. By the twelfth century it was believed that Eadfrith succeeded Eadberht and nothing in the surviving records contradicts this ...

(''Edfrith''),

Bishop of Lindisfarne The bishop of Durham is head of the diocese of Durham in the province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords. Paul Butler was the most recent bishop of Durham until his retirement ...

in England after St Edbert, he illuminated the

Lindisfarne Gospels The Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV) is an illuminated manuscript gospel book probably produced around the years 715–720 in the monastery at Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, which is now in the Bri ...

in honour of St

Cuthbert Cuthbert of Lindisfarne () ( – 20 March 687) was a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Hiberno-Scottish mission, Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monastery, monasteries of Melrose Abbey#Histo ...

(721) * Saint Alexander,

Bishop of Verona 235px, The facade of ''Palazzo del Vescovado'' The Diocese of Verona () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy. The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. The bishop of Verona has his seat in Verona, Vene ...

in Italy (8th century) * Saint Aldegrin (''Adalgrin''), a noble who became a monk near

Cluny Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon. The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in ...

in France (939) * Saint Elsiar, a monk at Saint-Savin Abbey in

Lavedan The Lavedan (; in Gascon eth/lo Lavedan, /et/lu laβedã/), or occasionally vallées des Gaves, denotes a mountainous natural region of France, located at the heart of the Pyrénées, and forms a group of valleys upstream of Lourdes. The Lavedan ...

in France (c. 1050)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Metrophanes of Radonezh, elder and abbot (14th century) * Venerable Methodius, founder of Peshnosha Monastery, Moscow, disciple of St.

Sergius of Radonezh Sergius of Radonezh (; 14 May 1314 – 25 September 1392) was a Russian spiritual leader and monastic reformer. He was the founder of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius near Moscow, what is now the most venerated monastic house in Russia. He exer ...

(1392) * Saint Martirius, archbishop of Novgorod (1199) * Saints Eleazar and Nazarius,

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 ...

s, of

Olonets Olonets (; , ; ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Olonka River to the east of Lake Ladoga. Geography Olonets is located ...

(15th century)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Peter Belyaev, Priest (1918)17 июня (4 июня)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). * New Hieromartyr

Đorđe Bogić Georgije Bogić (, Đorđe Bogić, and anglicized as George Bogic; 6 February 1911 – 17 June 1941) was a Serbian Orthodox protopresbyter and the parish priest of the Orthodox church in Našice; who was martyred by the Ustaše during the Se ...

protopresbyter A ''protoiereus'' (from , "first priest", Modern Greek: πρωθιερέας), or protopriest in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is a priest usually coordinating the activity of other subordinate priests in a larger church. The title is roughly equiv ...

in the

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church#Constit ...

Našice Našice (; , sr-Cyrl, Нашице, , ) is a town in eastern Croatia, located on the northern slopes of the Krndija mountain in eastern Slavonia, 51 km southwest of regional hub Osijek. Administratively it belongs to Osijek-Baranja County. ...

, killed by the Ustashas (1941) * New Hieromartyr Ioannicius (Lipovac), Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral (1945)
ИОАННИКИЙ
'' Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (''see also:

June 18 Events Pre-1600 * 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. * 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * 860 – Siege of Constantinople (860), Byzantine� ...

'')

Other commemorations

* Repose of Hieromonk Bartholomew of Neamts and Svir (1864) * Repose of the righteous sisters Vera (June 4) and Lyubov (June 8), foundresses of the Shamordino Convent (1883) * Uncovering of the

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains or personal effects of a saint or other person preserved for the purpose of veneration as a tangible memorial. Reli ...

s (1999) of New Hieromartyr Peter (Zverev), Archbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk (1929)

Icon gallery

File:Икона в часовне над камнем "Встречи" в Вифании.jpg, Saints

and

, sisters of St.

File:Жены Мироносицы икона.JPG, Myrrh-Bearing women, including saints

and

. File:Optat de Mileve.jpg, St.

, Bishop of

. File:Ninnoc.jpg, Venerable Nennocha (''Nennoc, Ninnoc''). File:Breage Parish Church (Taken by Flickr user 13th August 2013).jpg,

St Breage's Church, Breage Breage Parish Church is the Anglican parish church of the parish of Breage, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is dedicated to Saint Breage or Breaca, said to have been an Irish nun who came to Cornwall in the 5th-century. Description The ch ...

. File:Petroc-vit.jpg, Venerable Petroc, Abbot, in Cornwall. File:LindisfarneFol27rIncipitMatt.jpg,

Incipit The incipit ( ) of a text is the first few words of the text, employed as an identifying label. In a musical composition, an incipit is an initial sequence of Musical note, notes, having the same purpose. The word ''incipit'' comes from Latin an ...

of the

Gospel of Matthew The Gospel of Matthew is the first book of the New Testament of the Bible and one of the three synoptic Gospels. It tells the story of who the author believes is Israel's messiah (Christ (title), Christ), Jesus, resurrection of Jesus, his res ...

from the

, an

illuminated manuscript An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared manuscript, document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as marginalia, borders and Miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Churc ...

said to have been created by Eadfrith. File:Djordje Bogic.jpg, New Hieromartyr

, killed by Ustashas. File:Иоанникий (Липовац).jpg, New Hieromartyr Ioannicius (Lipovac), Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral. File:Peter (Zverev).jpg, New Hieromartyr Peter (Zverev), Archbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk.

Notes

References

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Cardinal Gibbons James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until ...

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Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. *
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Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:June 4 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) June in the Eastern Orthodox calendar