Church Orthodox holiday of June. Church Orthodox holiday of June 10 June according to the church calendar

June 10th(May 28 according to the "old style" - church Julian calendar). Week 2 after Pentecost, All the saints in the Russian land shone(that is, the second Sunday after the great twelfth feast of the Holy Trinity, otherwise called Pentecost, in the Russian Orthodox Church dedicated to all its saints). Due to the fact that every Sunday for Christians is a “Little Easter”, and also because the statutory rules of Peter’s Lent regarding food restrictions are “lighter” than during Great and Assumption Lent, today it is allowed to use fish. Today, fifteen Orthodox saints are also commemorated (and separately - the celebration of Cathedral of all the venerable and God-bearing fathers who shone in the Holy Mount Athos) and the day of two shrines - icons Holy Mother of God. Next, we will briefly talk about them.

Saint Nikita the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon. archpastor second half of the 8th century, the time when the heresy of iconoclasm dominated the Roman Empire (Byzantium), rejecting the Orthodox teaching about the need to venerate the images of saints, as well as their honest relics. Saint Nikita became famous for his merciful attitude towards the poor and destitute, towards the elderly, widows and orphans, whom he always helped in every way he could. And at the same time, this ascetic was very firm in matters of faith, boldly denouncing for the heresy of iconoclasm not only high dignitaries, but also the heretic emperor Leo the Armenian himself. For this, the saint was subjected to torment and exile, in which he died in early ninth century. Numerous healings immediately began to occur from the relics of St. Nikita.

Saint Nikita the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon. Photo: pravoslavie.ru

Saint Ignatius of Rostov. Head of the Rostov diocese second half of the thirteenth century, famous miracle worker. In his youth, he was acquainted with the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky, who nominated Archimandrite Ignatius as an assistant to the Rostov Bishop Kirill (after whose repose the future saint headed the episcopal chair of Rostov the Great). Despite his high church position, he became famous for his lack of possessions, deep prayerfulness and lifetime miracles. He reconciled the princes and repeatedly visited the Horde, interceding for the Horde not to oppress the Russian Church.

Saint Ignatius of Rostov. Photo: pravoslavie.ru

Reverend Elena Diveevskaya. One of the spiritual children and students of St. Seraphim of Sarov. A young noblewoman, daughter of the titular adviser Vasily Manturov, 1822 A 17-year-old girl who decided to take monastic vows. At first, the Monk Seraphim did not bless her to leave the world, and only after the future reverend had spent three years in a voluntary home retreat, she was tonsured a nun. AT 1832 The Monk Elena departed to the Lord and was buried near the grave of the founder of the Diveevo Monastery, Saint Alexandra.

Rev. Elena Diveevskaya. Photo: pravoslavie.ru

Hieromartyr Eutyches, Bishop of Melitinsky. A disciple and fellow-prayer of the apostles, one of the first sufferers for Christ, who was martyred in the city of Melitina in 1st century.

Martyr Eliconida. Thessalonian Christian woman who suffered for her faith in 3rd century from Christmas. During the preaching of the Word of God to the inhabitants of Corinth, the pagans seized the ascetic, who, first by persuasion, then by threats, and as a result, by monstrous torments, they tried to force her to renounce Christ. In conclusion, the Savior Himself appeared to the martyr with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, who healed the wounds of the holy sufferer Eliconis. It was also a great miracle that when she was thrown to be eaten by lions, the predators submitted to the saint, after which they rushed at her tormentors. AT 244 from the Nativity of Christ, Saint Eliconida was beheaded.

Saint Herman, Bishop of Paris. Holy Western Church before its separation from Orthodoxy. He headed the episcopal see of the city of Paris until his death in 576 from Christmas. He became famous for fighting for the piety of the clergy, as well as for the remnants of paganism, boldly denouncing the vices and crimes of the nobility, did a lot to overcome the internecine strife of the representatives of the Merovingian dynasty.

Hieromartyr Yellady the East. There is little information about this saint. It is known that he was a bishop in 4th century and suffered for Christ either from pagan persecution or from the attack of the Persians. According to legend, the Savior Himself appeared to this saint in prison and healed his wounds.

Saint Elladius the Eastern with his retinue. Photo: pravoslavie.ru

Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. One of the first Primates of the autocephalous Russian Church, High Hierarch of the Third Rome, the Mother See of Moscow, which became the center of the Orthodox world after the fall of Constantinople. Under St. Gerontius, many stone churches were erected in the capital, including the completion of the construction of the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, in which he was buried after his blessed death in 1489.

Martyrs Macarius and Dionysius, Hieromartyr Nicholas the Deacon, Martyrs Ignatius and Peter- holy sufferers who died for their faith in 1931 and glorified among the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church. Also on the same day, the memory of two other saints who suffered for their faith during the years of Soviet atheistic persecution is celebrated: Saint Heraclius the Confessor(departed to the Lord in 1936) and the Monk Martyr Hermogenes (who died in 1942 in the Onega labor camp).

Also on June 10, the day of two miraculous images of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated. Icons Mother of God Nicene who became famous in the city of Nicaea in 304 from the Nativity of Christ, that is, even during the period of anti-Christian persecution. And Icons of the Mother of God of Galich-Chukhloma "Tenderness", revealed to the Monk Abraham of Galich, a disciple of the Monk Sergius of Radonezh, in 1350.

Congratulations to Orthodox Christians on the day of these shrines and the memory of all today's saints! By their prayers, Lord, save us and have mercy on us all! Those who, in the Sacrament of Holy Baptism or in the rank of monastic tonsure, received names in their honor, we are glad to congratulate you on your name day! As they said in Russia in the old days: “The guardian angels are crowned with gold, and you - good health!” To our deceased relatives and friends - eternal memory!

The all-bright lamps of Diveyevo, our reverend mothers Alexandro, Marfo and Elena, in fasting, vigil, prayer and labors labored well naturally and after death you illuminate us with source miracles and heal the ailing souls; pray to Christ the God of sins forsaking to grant love to those who honor your holy memory.

Translation: Diveyevo lamps are very bright, our reverend mothers Alexandra, Martha and Elena, in fasting, prayer and labor well and after death illuminate us with streams of miracles and heal sick souls. Pray to Christ God to grant the forgiveness of sins to all who love your holy memory.

Prayer of the Monk Elena Diveevskaya

О, преподо́бная и богоно́сная ма́ти Еле́но, Диве́евская сла́во и похвало́, от огнеды́шащего зми́я, тя поглоти́ти тща́вшагося, моли́твами ко Го́споду и де́вственнаго жития́ обетова́нием чуде́сно изба́вленная, святы́м преподо́бным Серафи́мом ко и́ночеству предугото́ванная и Самому́ Го́споду уневе́щенная, нача́льницею общи́ны деви́ческия избра́нная, оба́че слуго́ю всем смиренному́дренно я́вльшаяся, послу́шлива да́же до сме́рти ста́рцу твоему́ бы́вшая, по словеси́ его́ за бра́та твоего́ многострада́льнаго младо́ю уме́ршая, еще́ на земли́ Цари́цу Небе́сную и Христа́ Го́спода ви́девшая и во оби́тели Небе́сныя восхище́нная, моли́ся за ны, малоду́шныя и непослу́шливыя, да и мы сподо́бимся благода́тнаго вразумле́ния , speedy correction and eternal salvation. Amen.

Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow

Troparion to Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow, Tone 6

The soul of all the soul is amused/ on the plum of the success of the Holy of Christ, the Heroantia,/ the wisdom of the jealous/ and the treadness of the teacher,/ the humility of the sentence,/ the trendy word of the faithful, the Metropolitan of the Metropolitan,/ Holy Metropolitan. Seeing your good will, / counting on the face of the righteous, / to St. Gerontius, / pray to Christ God and the Most Pure Mother of God / / unceasingly for all of us.

Translation: Today, every soul rejoices on the day of memory of St. Gerontius of Christ, a zealot for wisdom and a teacher, a mentor who delighted believers with the teaching of the word of God. Let us glorify the Russian Metropolitan, who received him as a saint, who adorned the Church of Christ. Therefore, Christ, seeing your good intention, included you in the assembly of the righteous, Saint Gerontius, pray to Christ God and the Most Pure Mother of God without ceasing for all of us.

Kontakion to Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow, Tone 2

The soul of the soul of lignification/ and the perception of the soul of the holy saint,/ and the holy of San, who was stolen,/ contained the Russkia of the Metropolitia,/ and the teacher from Roda Rousse,/ pass the steel of Christ, and to make, , / Always pray for us unceasingly, / / to save our souls.

Translation: Rushed by the Spirit of God to monasticism and assuming, you were honored with the hierarchal dignity, owning the throne of the Russian Metropolis, and you were also a teacher from the Russian family, grazing a flock of Christ's spiritual sheep, and you received grace from the Lord, St. Gerontius, but always pray for us without ceasing for the salvation of our souls.

To all the venerable fathers who shone in the Holy Mount Athos

Troparion to all the venerable fathers who shone in the Holy Mount Athos, tone 1

Desert Athos fathers, / Angels in the flesh, / confessors together and reverends, / we honor the saints and martyrs in singing, / imitating their virtue, / calling according to and saying: / glory to Him who glorified you, / glory to Him who crowned you, / / glory You are the representatives of the One who showed us.

Translation: Let us honor the deserts of the Athos fathers, Angels in the flesh, together with the saints and in prayerful hymns, imitating them, calling out with a single voice and saying: “Glory to Him who glorified you, glory to Him who crowned you, glory to Him who showed you as our intercessors in troubles.”

Kontakion to all the venerable fathers who shone in the Holy Mount Athos, tone 4

Having infuriated this Mountain, / and showing in it the life of an angel, / and a multitude of monks who gathered the fathers, / come, let us all bless you, crying out to them: / deliver us from all troubles and temptations, / many reverends, / / Athos.

Translation: Fathers who made this mountain part of Heaven, and who showed angelic life on it, and gathered many monks, come, let us glorify everything, calling to them: “Deliver us from all troubles and temptations, many reverends, honor for Athos.”

Prayer to all the venerable fathers who shone in the Holy Mount Athos

О, блаже́ннии и святи́и отцы́, преподо́бнии, святи́телие, священному́ченицы и преподобному́ченицы, мироточи́вии и чудотво́рцы, земни́и А́нгели и Небе́снии челове́цы, сея́ Святы́я Горы́ насе́льницы и украси́телие, по Богоро́дице на́ши предста́телие пред Го́сподем, благоде́телие и назира́телие, ца́рское победоно́сное ополче́ние, в телесе́х победи́вшее incorporeal demons, the Queen of Heaven, the Most Pure Mother of God of the world, blossom, the light-fruited tree of this mental paradise of the Ever-Virgin, rivers of ever-flowing spiritual gifts! Accept this laudatory word, I bring it to you, as if the Lord will receive two widow mites, and the common feast, celebrated by us in honor and memory of yours, embrace it, like a stench of fragrance and a favorable sacrifice: not the imams, otherwise, what to bring for a long time benefactor I am received and the imams come from you. Yes, we confess that for our sake we are not worthy to live in this place and be called your sons, but for your goodness do not deny being our fathers. Do not forget us, the humble, but keep your holy monasteries and all the sketes and cells and us living in them, preserve and deliver from every temptation and misfortune in this life, in the future, may we be blessed with your holy prayers, but the sons of the blessedness of the gods with their fathers, the flock with their shepherds, the disciples with their teachers, and may we hear from you that blessed voice to the Lord: behold, we and the children, Thou hast given us, Lord! And, rejoicing, let us give all glory, honor and worship to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.

The Lord called Peter and Andrew, and they immediately, leaving everything behind, followed Him. He called James and John, and they also immediately left everything and followed the Lord. Why did they leave so quickly and willingly? Because they saw the best. Such is the law in our souls that, having known and tasted the best, it turns away from the worst and abandons it. Here the same thing happens that the Lord later depicted in the parable of the treasure hidden in the village, and of the beads of great value. This treasure and beads is faith in the Lord and communion with Him according to the power of faith.

We are called possessors of this even in baptism. Why do we appreciate such a treasure so little and, appreciating little, exchange it for a wasteland? Because during education they do not introduce us to the taste of this treasure, and it becomes alien to our heart. Our heart does not know this better. It only knows what is bad, less is bad, and what is more, and bases its opinion on this.

Rules of piety (church etiquette), they are quite simple.

If, however, some immature Christian (not in physical, but in spiritual age), driven by unhealed passions, rudely reprimands you, take pity on him and do not enter into an argument. Calmly ask him for forgiveness for unwittingly depriving him of peace of mind. Inwardly pray for the admonition of the unfortunate, perhaps he had a difficult childhood and his parents did not teach him the basics of moral behavior. Remember that resentment is a sign of pride, and pity is the forerunner of love.
The Church is a hospital, each of us has his own symptoms of the disease, so it is not good to condemn your neighbor because he does not have the same disease as we do. It is even more unreasonable to deprive oneself of the Church of God on the basis of the unreasonable actions of other people. If we come to the temple to God, then people will definitely not be able to interfere with us.

In any temple one Owner - God. Teaching in the temple is the duty of the bishop and priest, others have the right to do this solely with their blessing and only in relation to those who themselves desire this or interfere with those who pray (or blaspheme) by their actions.

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh went out to preach during one of the liturgies and said:
« A woman with a child came to the service last night. She was wearing trousers and no headscarf. One of you remarked to her. She left. I don’t know who reprimanded her, but I order this person to pray for her and this child until the end of his days, so that the Lord saves them. Because because of you, she may never come to the temple again.". Turned around and left. It was the whole sermon.

2nd week after Pentecost All the saints who shone in the Russian land. Voice 1st.
. St. Ignatius, Ep. Rostov (1288). Rev. Elena Diveevskaya (1832).
St. Gerontius, Mr. Moscow and all Russia (1489) 1 . . . St. Herman, Ep. Parisian (576). . All the venerable and God-bearing fathers who shone in the Holy Mount Athos(movable celebration in the 2nd Week after Pentecost) (the service may be moved to Saturday, May 27).
Prmchch. Makariy Morzhov, Dionisy Petushkov, schmch. Nicholas Aristov deacon, martyr. Ignatius Markov and Pyotr Yudin (1931); Rev. Irakli Motyakh isp. (1936); prmts. Hermogen Kadomtseva (1942).
and icons of the Mother of God.

The service is performed according to the Oktoech and the Menaia-May (Moscow, Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, 2002. Part 3). At Matins, the magnificence is sung to all the saints who shone in the Russian land.

1. Troparion and Kontakion of St. Gerontius, see Appendix 4.

Sunday troparion and kontakion, 1st tone(see annex 1) Troparion of Russian saints, tone 8: Like the red fruit of Your saving sowing, / The Russian land brings Thee, Lord, all the saints, who shone in that one. / With those prayers in the depths of the world / / Keep the Church and our country with the Mother of God, Many-merciful. John troparion of the Russian saints, tone 4: Citizens of Jerusalem, / from our land resplendent / and pleasing God in every rank and every feat, / come, let us sing, faithfulness: / for the all-blessed land of the Russian intercessor, / pray to the Lord, this out of His wrath, / healing her contriteness, / / and comfort his faithful people. Kontakion of Russian saints, tone 3: Today, the face of the saints, who have pleased God in our land, stands in the Church / and invisibly prays to God for us. / The angels with him glorify him, / and all the saints of the Church of Christ celebrate him, / for us all pray a lot / / to the Eternal God. The magnificence of Russian saints: We bless you, / our wonderworkers of glory, / by your virtues illuminating the Russian land / and the image of salvation to us / / brightly showing.

Today we celebrate the day of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land. These are our relatives and fellow citizens, these are our brothers and sisters who showed the image of holiness, the Divine ideal human life. These are heroes of the spirit, many of whom have become heroes of our literature - the very one that originates in hagiographic literature. Ancient Russia and which nourished and nourishes the culture of our people with its powerful spiritual roots. The saints are not far from us - we can’t even imagine how close they are to us, how they stand next to us today. And the one who goes against the heavenly army, against the spiritual army of Russia, will never be able to win, because this army is with God and God is with it.

June 10 marks 5 Orthodox church holidays. The list of events informs about church holidays, fasts, days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.

What church holiday today is June 10: Sunday of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land

Celebration of the Cathedral of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land, established in the 50s years XVI century and forgotten in the synodal era, was restored in 1918, and since 1946 it began to be celebrated solemnly on the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost (Trinity).

It is connected with the name of the Novgorod Archbishop Macarius, whose main merit was his many years of painstaking work on collecting and systematizing the entire hagiographic and hymnographic heritage of Orthodox Russia, known by that time.
For more than 12 years (1529-1541) St. Macarius and his assistants worked on compiling a 12-volume collection, which went down in history under the name of the Great Makarievsky Cheti Menei. This collection includes the lives of many Russian saints.

In 1547-1549, having become primate of the Russian Church, Saint Macarius held several councils in Moscow, which resulted in the solemn glorification of 30 new church-wide and 9 locally venerated saints and the establishment of a day of common memory of the "new Russian miracle workers."

However, after a great spiritual upsurge caused by the Moscow Councils of 1547 and 1549, late XVI century, the feast of All Russian Saints began to be forgotten and during the synodal period was preserved only among the Old Believers.

It was restored by the Local Cathedral of the Russian Church in 1917-1918. But because of the ensuing persecution of the church, the widespread celebration of the memory of All Russian Saints really began only after the Great Patriotic War.

Saint John of Shanghai (Maximovich) wrote about him:

"The Day of Remembrance of the saints who shone in the Russian land points us to that spiritual sky under which the Russian land was created and lived ... Orthodox Church united disparate tribes into one people, and the most essential property of the Russian people was faith in the Kingdom of God, the search for it, the search for truth ... Holy Prince Vladimir gave the Russian people a new meaning of life and new vitality. Calamities, failures, defeats are powerless before the main force of life, powerless before spiritual life. The Kingdom of God, the spiritual joy in participation in it, remain unaffected. A terrible storm passes, and a man lives again ...

People are always sinful, but it is important, but saving, when there is a consciousness of good and evil, when there is a striving for truth, because then there can be an uprising from the depths of the fall. Sinful Moscow, the capital of sinful Russia, in its historical life fell to the bottom, but rose, because the consciousness of truth did not die ...

The grievous suffering of the Russian people is the result of Russia's betrayal of itself, its path, its vocation... Russia will rise up just as it did before. Will rise when faith flares up. When people spiritually rise up, when again a clear, firm faith in the truth of the Savior’s words will be dear to them: Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all this will be added to you (Mt 6:33). Russia will rise when it loves the faith and confession of Orthodoxy, when it sees and loves the Orthodox righteous and confessors...

Russia will rise when she lifts her eyes and sees that all the saints who shone in the Russian land are alive in the Kingdom of God, that the spirit is in them eternal life and that we need to be with them and spiritually touch and partake of their eternal life. This is the salvation of Russia and the whole world.
In Russia there is no spirit of life, no joy of life. Everyone is afraid of her, as they are afraid of demons. Russia used to be just as terrible to other powers, but because it attracted peoples to itself. Russian sky, Russian saints call us to be with them, as they are with us. The call is to partake of the spirit of eternal life, and the whole world yearns for that spirit. A restored Russia is needed by the whole world, from which the spirit of life has departed, and it is all wavering in fear, as before an earthquake.

Church Orthodox holidays June 10: Petrov fast (Apostolic) - 7 day

Multi-day post. Established in honor of the memory of the apostles Peter and Paul.

Peter's fast is one of the shortest and least strict fasts in the Orthodox religion. This time is associated with the memory of the two apostles, Peter and Paul, and has its own signs and traditions.

Peter's fast begins a week after the celebration of the Trinity, and at this time the church calls on Orthodox Christians to keep all church covenants. During fasting, the apostles are remembered, who spread Christianity everywhere and helped people to establish themselves in the faith. Remembering the great martyrs, all believers thank them for their righteous deeds and tirelessly pray to the Higher Powers for mercy and forgiveness. The summer fast is intended not only to pacify the body, but also the spirit. Observing abstinence, everyone helps his soul to be cleansed of sins committed voluntarily and involuntarily.

Orthodox holiday June 10: St. Nikita the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon

Memorial Day Bishop Nikita of Chalcedon. Years of life: 2nd half of the VIII - beginning of the IX century. Persecuted by the iconoclast Leo the Armenian, he was sent into exile.

Nikita the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon, lived in the 2nd half of the 8th century. The Monk Nikita, Bishop of Chalcedon, consecrated himself to God from a young age, renouncing the world. For his holy life he was ordained a bishop. Having become an archpastor, he cared only about being a good example for his flock. Saint Nikita was distinguished by his mercy, helped the poor, cared for orphans and widows, and interceded for the offended. During the reign of the iconoclast Leo the Armenian (813-820), Saint Nikita courageously denounced the iconoclastic heresy and urged his flock to reverently honor the images of Christ, the Mother of God, and the saints of God. For this perseverance, he endured much suffering from the civil authorities, was tortured and sent into exile. The Holy Confessor Nikita died at the beginning of the 9th century. Miracles of healing were performed at his relics. In the canon of the service to him, written by Presbyter Joseph of Constantinople, the brother of Saint Nikita, Saint Ignatius, is also glorified.

Feast 06/10/2018 according to the church calendar: St. Ignatius of Rostov, Bishop

It is considered the day of memory of the saint Rostov miracle worker Ignatius. Lived until 1288.

Saint Ignatius was a bishop in Rostov. At a young age, he went to a monastery, where, for his holy life, he was appointed archimandrite. Then in 1262 he was also made a bishop. St. Ignatius founded the first monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Belozersk region, from where the monks came out to spread the Christian faith under his leadership between the Chud and the Korels. Twice he undertook a difficult journey to the Tatar Horde on church business. He hierarchized for 25 years and became famous for miracles during his lifetime, which is why after his death his relics were not buried in the ground, but laid openly in the temple, where they still rest. Saint Ignatius died in 1288.

Church holiday today June 7: St. Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia

Celebration of the memory of the Moscow Metropolitan Gerontius. Lived until 1489.

Saint Gerontius was elevated to the primatial cathedra on June 29, 1471. Previously, he was rector of the Simonov Monastery in Moscow and Bishop of Kolomna.

The reign of St. Gerontius was marked by the expansion of church construction, the Therussiantimes website writes. With the participation of the saint, the Metropolitan House was restored after the fire and the Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin was built, the consecration of which took place on August 12, 1479. On August 24, the solemn transfer of the relics of St. Peter to the new cathedral took place.

Saint Gerontius had a strong character and defended the independence of the Church from the interference even of Grand Duke John III. Being adamant in church affairs, the saint was always a good adviser and ally of the Grand Duke in state affairs.

Until his blessed death, the saint successfully managed church affairs. He reposed on May 28, 1489, on the eve of the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Hierarch Gerontius was buried in the Dormition Cathedral of the Kremlin. Soon his veneration began; in the 17th century, the icon of the saint was already known in the cathedral.

On January 27, 2001, the name of St. Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, was included in the Cathedral of Moscow Saints.

Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitino

Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitine, a co-worker of the holy apostles, suffered for Christ in the city of Melitine in the 1st century.

Church Orthodox holidays June 10

Petrov fast (Apostolic) - 7 day

Multi-day post. Established in honor of the memory of the apostles Peter and Paul.

Peter's fast is one of the shortest and least strict fasts in the Orthodox religion. This time is associated with the memory of the two apostles, Peter and Paul, and has its own signs and traditions.

Venerable Nikita the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon

Memorial Day Bishop Nikita of Chalcedon. Years of life: 2nd half of the 8th - beginning of the 9th century. Persecuted by the iconoclast Leo the Armenian, he was sent into exile.

Saint Ignatius of Rostov, Bishop

It is considered the day of memory of the holy Rostov miracle worker Ignatius. Lived until 1288.

Saint Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia

Celebration of the memory of the Moscow Metropolitan Gerontius. Lived until 1489.

Saint Gerontius was elevated to the primatial cathedra on June 29, 1471. Previously, he was rector of the Simonov Monastery in Moscow and Bishop of Kolomna.

The reign of Saint Gerontius was marked by the expansion of church construction. With the participation of the saint, the Metropolitan House was restored after the fire and the Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin was built, the consecration of which took place on August 12, 1479. On August 24, the solemn transfer of the relics of St. Peter to the new cathedral took place.

On January 27, 2001, the name of St. Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, was included in the Cathedral of Moscow Saints.

Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitino

Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitine, a co-worker of the holy apostles, suffered for Christ in the city of Melitine in the 1st century.