June 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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June 26 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 June26 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Venerable David of Thessalonica (David the Dendrite) (540)June 26/July 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Δαβὶδ ἐν Θεσσαλονίκη. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 26 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).St. David of Thessaloniki. OCA - Lives of the Saints.July 9 / June 26. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Venerable John, Bishop of Gothia in the Crimea (c. 787)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης Ἐπίσκοπος Γοτθίας. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St. John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea. OCA - Livrs of the Saints. ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. JOHN, B. OF THE GOTHS. (ABOUT A.D. 800.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 374. Venerable Anthion, ascetic.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνθίων. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 26 Ιουνίου. Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece).

Pre-Schism Western saints Saints John and Paul, and Galicanus, martyrs who suffered in Rome. (c. 361-363)June 26. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰωάννης καὶ Παῦλος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. JOHN AND PAUL, MM. (A.D. 362.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 366-370.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VII.—Festivals of St. John and St. Paul, Martyrs and Brothers, Rome." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. pp. 809-810. Saint Vigilius of Trent, a Roman noble who studied in Athens, he became Bishop of Trent in Italy and more or less succeeded in uprooting paganism (405)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. VIGILIUS, B.M. (A.D. 405.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 370-371. Saint Maxentius (Maixent), born in Agde in France, he became a monk at a monastery in Poitou, now called Saint-Maixent, where he later became abbot (c. 515)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MAXENTIUS, AB. (ABOUT A.D. 515.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 371-372. Saint Barbolenus, a monk at Luxeuil Abbey and afterwards first Abbot of St Peter's, later St Maur-des-Fossés, in the north of France (c. 677)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. BABOLEN, AB. (7TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 373.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Babolin, First Abbot of St. Maur, Fossey, Belgium. (Seventh Century)." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. pp. 806-808. Saint Perseveranda (Pecinna, Pezaine), a holy virgin from Spain (c. 726) Saints Salvius and Superius (c. 768)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SALVIUS, B.M. (8TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 375-376. Saint Corbican, born in Ireland, he lived as a hermit in Holland and helped simple people (8th century)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CORBICAN, C. (8TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 373. Martyr Pelagius of Córdoba (Pelayo), a young boy from Asturias in Spain left as a hostage with the Moors in Cordoba (925)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PELAGIUS, M. (A.D. 925.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 377-378. Saint Hermogius, founder of Labrugia Monastery in Spanish Galicia (c. 942)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Saint Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal, then Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (1385)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Διονύσιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Σουζδαλίας. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St. Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ДИОНИСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (see also: October 15) New Martyr David of St. Anne’s Skete on Mount Athos, martyred in Thessaloniki (1813)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Δαβὶδ ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας ἐκ Κυδωνιῶν. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

New martyrs and confessors New Hieromartyr George Stepanyuk, Priest (1918) 26 июня по старому стилю / 9 июля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. ГЕОРГИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Icons Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Lydda" or "The Roman" (1st century)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ρωμαίας ἐν Ρωσίᾳ. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Icon of the Mother of God of Lydda or "the Roman". OCA - Lives of the Saints.Saint Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Wonderworking Icon of Lydda. Mystagogy Resource Center. May 12, 2015. ЛИДДСКАЯ (РИМСКАЯ) ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Icon of the Mother of God "Neamts" (1399)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Νεάμτς Ρουμανίας. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Icon of the Mother of God "Neamts". OCA - Lives of the Saints. Icon of the Mother of God "Of the Seven Lakes", Kazan (17th century)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῶν ἑπτὰ Λιμνῶν ἐν Καζὰν Ρωσίας. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1383)Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Ὁδηγήτριας ἐν Τιχβὶν Ρωσίας. 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Other commemorations Translation of the relics of Saint Brannock of Braunton (Brynach), Abbot of Braunton, Devonshire (6th century)The Holy Hierarch Saint Brannoc, Abbot of Braunton, Devonshire († 6th century). Oodegr.com. Retrieved: 24 May 2018. (see also: January 7) Uncovering of the relics (1569) of Saint Tikhon of Lukhov (1503)Translation of the relics of St Tikhon of Luchov, Kostroma. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Translation of the relics (1995) of St. Nilus of Stolobny (1554) (see also: May 27)

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Sources June 26/July 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). July 9 / June 26. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). June 26. 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. 47. The Twenty-Sixth Day of the Month of June. Orthodoxy in China. June 26. 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. 186. 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. p. 291.

Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 26 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 26 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 26 Ιουνίου. Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece). 26/06/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources 9 июля (26 июня). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 26 июня по старому стилю / 9 июля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. 26 июня (ст.ст.) 9 июля 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).