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June 23 2024:

Martyr Agrippina of Rome; Martyrs Eustochius, Gaius, Probus, Lollius, and Urban of Ancyra; Righteous Youth Artemius of Verkolsk; Saints Joseph, Anthony and Ioannicius, Abbots of Vologda; New-Martyr Maxim, Bishop of Serphukhov; New-Martyr Archbishop Metrophan of Astrakhan, and Bishop Leonty of Enotaevsa, and those with them; Venerable Barbaros Pentapolites; Saint Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely; New-martyrs Archpriest of Crete Gerasimus, Knossos Neophyte, Xepponessos Ioachim, Lampe Hierotheus, Seteia Zacharius, Kisamos Melchisadek, Piopoleos Kallinicus, and those martyred with them; Martyrs Aristocleus presbyter, Demetrian deacon, and Athanasius reader, of Cyprus (see also June 20); synaxis of the saints of Vladimir; meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in memory of saving Moscow from the invasion of Khan Achmed; repose of Schemamonk Zosimas of Solovki; translation of the relics of Saint Herman (Germanus), Archbishop of Kazan (see November 6); translation of the relics of Saint Michael of Klops Monastery, Fool-for-Christ;

( June 10 2024: Julian Calendar )

Hieromartyr Timothy, Bishop of Prussa; Martyr Alexander and Virgin Martyr Antonina at Constantinople; Saint Bassian, Bishop of Lodi in Lombardy; Venerable Theophanes, monk of Antioch; Saint Pansemne, the former harlot of Antioch; Saint John Maximovitch, Metropolitan of Tobolsk and All Siberia, Wonder-worker; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves; Martyr Neaniscus the Wise of Alexandria; Saint Canides, monk of Cappadocia; Saint Apollo, Bishop; Saint Alexius of Bithynia, Bishop; Hieromartyr Metrophanes, the first Chinese priest, and the Chinese New-Martyrs of the Boxer Uprising, at Peking and other places, in 1900; Saint Gregory, Bishop of Assos; Saint Ithamar, Bishop of Rochester; synaxis of the saints of Ryazan; Synaxis of All Saints of Siberia; repose of Elder Nahum of Solovki and Schemamonk Sergius of Valaam; finding of the relics of Saint Basil, Bishop of Ryazan (see also July 3); translation of the relics of Saint Yvo of Slepe

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