June 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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June 19 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 June 19 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.[a]
| June 18 | June 19 | June 20 |
| June 19 O.S. ≍ July 2 N.S. June 19 N.S ≍ June 6 O.S. | ||
Saints
- Holy Myrrh-bearer Mary, mother of the Apostle James (1st century)[1][2]
- Holy Apostle Jude, the Brother of the Lord (c. 80)[1][3][4][5][6]
- Martyr Zosimas the Soldier, of Apollonia, at Antioch in Pisidia (c. 89-117)[1][4][6][7][8][b]
- Saint Macarius of Petra (4th century)[1][2]
- Venerable Zeno, hermit, of Egypt, wonderworker (4th century)[1][2][4][10]
- Venerable Paisios the Great of Egypt, the God-bearer (5th century)[1][4][6][11][12][c]
- Saint John the Solitary of Jerusalem (586)[1][2][6][13][14]
- Hieromartyr Asyncretus, by the sword.[1][2][4][15]
Pre-Schism Western saints
- Martyrs Gervasius and Protasius, the twin sons of martyrs, under Nero (62 or 2nd century)[16][17][18][19][d][e] (see also: October 14 - in the East )
- Saint Ursicinus of Ravenna, a physician of Ravenna, martyred for being a Christian (c. 67)[16][f][g]
- Saint Zosimus, a martyr in Spoleto in Umbria in Italy under Trajan (110)[16]
- Saint Gaudentius, Culmatius and Companions, martyred under Valentinian I (364)[16][h][i]
- Saint Innocent, Bishop of Le Mans in France for over forty years (559)[16][20]
- Saint Deodatus of Nevers (Deodatus of Jointures, Dié, Didier, Dieu-Donné, Adéodat), a bishop who founded the monastery of Val-de-Galilée - Jointures in France (c. 680)[16][21][22][j]
- Saint Hildegrim of Châlons, Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne in France and then Abbot of Werden in Germany (827)[16][k]
- Saint Bruno of Querfurt (Bruno-Boniface), a missionary bishop, the second "Apostle of the Prussians" (1009)[16][l][m]
- Saint Romuald, Abbot of Camaldoli, Ravenna, and a major figure in the eleventh-century "Renaissance of eremitical asceticism" (1027)[1][2][16][23][n][o]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
Other commemorations
Icon gallery
Crypt of Bp. Ambrose and two martyrs, Saints Gervasius and Protasius.
Reliquary of Deodatus of Nevers.
Venerable Barlaam of Shenkursk.
St. Job, Patriarch of Moscow.
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Notes
- Despite the dates being the same, the days to which they refer typically differ by 13 days. The notation Old Style or O.S. is sometimes used to indicate a date in the traditional Julian Calendar (the "Old Calendar"). The notation New Style or N.S. indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (the "New Calendar").
- "At Milan, the holy martyrs Gervasius and Protasius, brothers. The former, by order of the judge Astasius, was so long scourged with leaded whips, that he expired. The latter, after being scourged with rods, was beheaded. Through divine revelation their bodies were found by St. Ambrose. They were partly covered with blood, and as free from corruption as if they had been put to death that very day. When the translation took place, a blind man recovered his sight by touching their relics, and many persons possessed by demons were delivered."[9]
- Gaudentius, a bishop, and Culmatius, his deacon, were martyred in Tuscany in Italy under Valentinian I. With them suffered Andrew, a layman, with his wife and children and a group of fifty-three companions.
- Bishop of Nevers in France in 655, he later lived as a hermit in the Vosges. Later he founded a monastery at Ebersheimmünster near Strasbourg.
- Born in Querfurt in Germany, he accompanied the half-Greek Emperor Otto III to Italy in 996 and became a monk there. He became Archbishop of Mersburg and was sent to enlighten the heathen Prussians. He was martyred with eighteen companions.
- "The same day, St. Boniface, martyr, a disciple of blessed Romuald, who was sent by the Roman Pontiff to preach the Gospel in Russia. Having passed through fire uninjured, and baptized the king and his people, he was killed by the enraged brother of the king, and thus gained the palm of martyrdom which he ardently desired."[9]
- Born in Ravenna in Italy, in his youth he saw his father commit a murder and resolved to repent for it by becoming a monk at Classe near Ravenna. In 996 he became abbot of that monastery. However, he left it in 999 and led a wandering life, establishing hermitages and monasteries, among them Camaldoli near Arezzo in 1009.
- See: (in Russian) Василий Степанович Своеземцев. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
- He was an advocate of restoring ancient Western Rites to modern usage within the Orthodox Church. In ROCOR St. John's feast is celebrated on the nearest Saturday to June 19 OS (July 2 NS) if it does not already fall on a Saturday or Sunday.