June 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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June 8 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 June8 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Martyr Calliope (Kalliope), at Rome (c. 250)June 8/21. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Καλλιόπη ἡ Μάρτυς. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 8 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Martyrs Nicander and Marcian, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297 or 303)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νίκανδρος καὶ Μαρκιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Mark, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρκος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.June 21 / June 8. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Naucratius, brother of St. Basil the Great (4th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ναυκράτιος. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Melania the Elder, nun, of Palladius’ Lausiac History (410)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Μελανία ἡ Πρεσβυτέρα. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Atre (Athre) of Nitria in Egypt (5th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθρέ. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Ephraim of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch (545) 8 июня по старому стилю / 21 июня по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.St. Ephraim the Patriarch of Antioch. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Zosimas, monk, of Phoenicia (Syria) (6th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζωσιμᾶς ὁ ἐν Φοινίκῃ ἀσκήσας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Zosimus of Phoenicia, Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Paul the Confessor, of Kaiuma Monastery in Constantinople (c. 771-775)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ ἐν Καϊουμᾶ. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saint Maximinus of Aix, venerated as the first Bishop of Aix in Provence in France (1st century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαξιμίνος Ἐπίσκοπος Αἴξ. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Sallustian of Sardinia, confessor. Saint Bron, a disciple of St Patrick and Bishop of Cassel-lrra near Sligo in Ireland (c. 511)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Βρόνος ἐξ Ἰρλανδίας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. BRON, BISHOP OF CASSEL-IRRA, COUNTY OF SLIGO. [FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. pp. 241-244. Saint Gildard (Godard), Bishop of Rouen in France for some fifteen years (514)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γιλδάρδος ἐκ Γαλλίας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Heraclius of Sens, the fourteenth Bishop of Sens in France (c. 515)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡράκλειος Ἐπίσκοπος Σένς. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saints Severinus of Sanseverino (550) and Victorinus of Camerino (543), brothers who were both bishops and hermits in the 6th century.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ὅσιοι Βικτωρίνος καὶ Σεβερίνος οἱ αὐτάδελφοι. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Medardus the Wonderworker, Bishop of Noyon (c. 558)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μεδάρδος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νογυὸν Γαλλίας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Levan (Selevan), who came to Cornwall and gave his name to St Levan (6th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Λεβανὸς ἐξ Ἰρλανδίας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Eustadiola, born in Bourges in France, as a widow she spent her fortune building Moyenmoutier Abbey, where she became a nun and abbess (690)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐσταδιόλα ἐκ Γαλλίας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Chlodulf of Metz (Clodulphus, Clodulf), son of St Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, he too became Bishop of Metz, for forty years (696)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Κλοδοῦλφος Ἐπίσκοπος Μέτζ. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CHLODULF, B. OF METZ. (ABOUT A.D. 692.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 82. Venerable Muirchú (Maccutinus), a holy man in Ireland who wrote Lives of St Brigid and St Patrick (7th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακουτίνος ἐξ Ἰρλανδίας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article V.—St. Murchon, or Murchu, Mac Ua Maichtene." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. pp. 250-253. Venerable Syra (Syria), by tradition, the sister of St Fiacre (Fiaker), an anchoress in France (7th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ὁσία Σύρα ἐξ Ἰρλανδίας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—Reputed Feast of St. Syra, or Syria, Virgin, at Meaux, or Troyes, France. [Supposed to have lived in the Seventh Century.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. pp. 245-249. (see also: October 23 )

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Theodore, Bishop of Rostov and Suzdal (c. 1023)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος Ἐπίσκοπος Ροστὼβ καὶ Σουζδαλίας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Theophilus of Luga and Omutch (1412), disciple of St. Arsenius of Konevits.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόφιλος τοῦ Λούγκα καὶ Ὀτμούχ. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. New monk-martyr Theophanes, at Constantinople (1559)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Nicephorus (Cantacuzene), Archdeacon, of Constantinople, who suffered under the Uniates in Marienburg, Galicia (1599) Πατριαρχικός Έξαρχος Νικηφόρος - Ένας άγνωστος ομολογητής. Impankratoros.gr (Holy Monastery of Pantokratoros, Melisohori). Retrieved: 21 July 2017. New Hieromartyr Theodore, Priest, of Kvelta, Georgia (1609)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Γεωργίας. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Hieromartyr Theodore (Tevdore) of Kvelta. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Other commemorations Translation of the relics of Great-martyr Theodore Stratelates ("the General"), of Heraclea (319)Great Synaxaristes: Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μεγαλομάρτυρος Θεοδώρου τοῦ Στρατηλάτου. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Translation of the relics of the Greatmartyr Theodore Stratelates. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Translation of the relics (1023) of Hieromartyr Alphege, abbot of Canterbury (1012) Uncovering of the relics (1501) of Saints Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257), Princes of Yaroslavl.Great Synaxaristes: Εὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίων Βασιλείου ἡγεμόνος Ριαζὰν καὶ Κωνσταντίνου ἡγεμόνος Γιαροσλάβλ. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Synaxis of the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos and the Archangel Michael (the "Michaelion"), in the Sosthenion district of Constantinople.Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου καὶ τοῦ Ἀρχαγγέλου Μιχαὴλ ἐν τῷ Σωσθενείῳ. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Σύναξη της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου και του Αρχαγγέλου Μιχαήλ στο Σωσθένειο. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Synaxis of the Church of the Cross at Mtskheta, Georgia. Glorification of St John of Kronstadt by the Russian Orthodox Church (1990)Glorification of St John of Kronstadt. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Repose of lay elder Theodore (Sokolov) of White Lake (1973)

Icons Yaroslavl Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (13th century)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Γιαροσλάβλ ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 21 июня (8 июня). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslavl. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Uryupinsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1821)

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Sources June 8/21. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). June 21 / June 8. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). June 8. 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. 42. The Eighth Day of the Month of June. Orthodoxy in China. June 8. 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. p. 167. 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. 261–263. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 8 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 8 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 08/06/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources 21 июня (8 июня). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 8 июня по старому стилю / 21 июня по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. 8 июня (ст.ст.) 21 июня 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).