June 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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June 5 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 June5 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used. Saints The Holy 10 Martyrs of Egypt (c. 305-311):June 5/18. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀπόλλων, Ἄρειος, Γοργίας, Εἰρήνη, Λεωνίδης, Μαρκιανός, Νίκανδρος, Παμβών, Σεληνιὰς καὶ Ὑπερέχιος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 5 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Martyr Marcian of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Marcian, Nicander, Hyperechius, Apollonius, Leonides (father of Origen), Arius, Gorgias, Selenia, Irene, and Pambo. Martyr Conon of Rome, drowned at sea.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κόνων ὁ Μάρτυρας. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 05/06/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Martyr Christopher of Rome, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Nonnus.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νόννος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Hieromartyr Dorotheus of Tyre, Bishop of Tyre (362)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δωρόθεος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Τύρου. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.June 18 / June 5. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Hieromartyr Dorotheus the Bishop of Tyre. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DOROTHEUS, M., B. OF TYRE. (A.D. 362.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 40. Hieromartyr Theodore of Tyre, Bishop of Tyre (c. 361-363)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος Ἐπίσκοπος Τύρου. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Dorotheus of Thebes (c. 395) Venerable Anubius, confessor and anchorite, of Scetis (4th century)Venerable Anubius the Confessor and Anchorite of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 5 июня по старому стилю / 18 июня по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. Venerable Theodore the Wonderworker, hermit of the Jordan (6th century)Venerable Theodore the Wonderworker and Hermit of the Jordan. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Abba Dorotheus of Gaza (c. 620)Venerable Abba Dorotheus of Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Plutarch, Archbishop of Cyprus (620)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πλούταρχος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Martyrs Florentius, Julian, Cyriacus, Marcellinus and Faustinus, beheaded in Perugia in central Italy under Decius (250)June 5. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φλωρέντιος, Ἰουλιανός, Κυριακός, Μαρκελλίνος καὶ Φαυστίνος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Illidius (Allyre), Bishop of Clermont in Gaul (385) Saint Tudno, patron saint of Llandudno (6th century) Hieromartyr Boniface (Wynfrith), Archbishop of Mainz and Enlightener of Germany, and those martyred with him (754):Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βονιφάτιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἀπόστολος τῆς Γερμανίας. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.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. 255–258.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BONIFACE, M.B. OF MAINZ. (A.D. 755.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 41-54.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I. — ST. BONIFACE, APOSTLE OF GERMANY, AND HIS COMPANIONS, MARTYRS. [SEVENTH AND EIGHTH CENTURIES.]" In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. pp. 138-195. St. Adalar (Adalher, de), Bishop of Erfurt (755); Hieromartyr Eoban, Chorbishop, who preached with Sts Willibrord and Boniface and shared in the latter's martyrdom in Dokkum (754)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐοβανὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Hieromartyrs Wintrung, Walter and Adelhere, priests; and, Hamund, Scirebald and Bosa, deacons, martyred with St Boniface (754)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βιντροῦγκος, Βαλτέριος, Ἀδελάριος, Ἀμοῦνδος, Σιρεβάλδος καὶ Βοσέας οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρε. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Monk-martyrs Waccar, Gundekar, Elleher and Hathawulf, martyred with St Boniface in Germany (754)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βακκάριος, Γουνδίκαρος, Ἰλλέχερος καὶ Βοτεοῦλφος οἱ Ὁσιομάρτυρες. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Monk-martyr Felix of Fritzlar, a monk at Fritzlar in Germany, probably at the hands of heathen (790)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Φῆλιξ ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Sanctius (Sancho, Sancius), soldier, at Córdoba (851) Saint Meinwerk, Bishop of Paderborn (1036)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Dorotheus the Younger, abbot, at Chiliokama on the Black Sea (11th century) Saint Constantine, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (1159)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κωνσταντίνος Μητροπολίτης Κιέβου καὶ πάσης Ρωσίας. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Theodore Yaroslavich of Novgorod, brother of St. Alexander Nevsky (1233)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος πρίγκιπας τοῦ Νόβγκοροντ. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Peter of Koriša, Serbia, monk (1275)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἀναχωρητὴς ἐκ Σερβίας. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St. Peter of Korisha. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: June 18 ) Saints Agapius and Nicodemus, stewards of Vatopedi (14th century)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀγάπιος καὶ Νικόδημος. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New Martyr Mark of Smyrna, on Chios (1801)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρκος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Χίῳ. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Schema-Igumen Ioann (Alexeev) of New Valamo Monastery (1958)Communiqué (29/11/2018). The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. 29/11/2018. ИОАНН (АЛЕКСЕЕВ), СХИИГУМЕН. Открытая православная энциклопедия "Древо" (Open Orthodox Encyclopedia "The Tree") Retrieved: 30 November 2018. Saint Elisabeta Lazăr, Schemanun of Pasărea Monastery (2014)Romanian Church proclaims canonization of 16 holy women (+VIDEO). Orthodox Christianity. February 7, 2026. Retrieved: February 12, 2026.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr Michael Votyakov, Priest (1931) 18 июня (5 июня). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyr Nicholas Ryurikov, Priest (1943)

Other commemorations Icon of the Mother of God of Igor (1147)Icon of the Mother of God of Igor. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Ἰγκὸρ ἐν Κιέβῳ. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. ИГОРЕВСКАЯ ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Translation to Chernigov of the relics of the Blessed Igor-George, tonsured Gabriel, great prince of Chernigov and Kiev (1150)Great Synaxaristes: Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ἰγκὸρ ἡγεμόνος τοῦ Κιέβου. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Uncovering of the relics (1599) of Venerables Jonah (1561) and Bassian, monks, of Pertoma (ru) and Solovki (1599)Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertominsk, Solovki. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βασιανὸς καὶ Ἰωνᾶς τῆς Περτόμα. 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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Sources June 5/18. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). June 18 / June 5. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). June 5. 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. 41. The Fifth Day of the Month of June. Orthodoxy in China. June 5. 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. 164–165. 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. 255–258. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 5 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 5 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 05/06/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources 18 июня (5 июня). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 5 июня по старому стилю / 18 июня по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. 5 июня (ст.ст.) 18 июня 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).