June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 4

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 16 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For June 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 21.

Saints

• Hieromartyrs Lucian the bishop, Maxianus the presbyter, Julian the deacon, and Martyrs Marcellinus and Saturninus, at Beauvais in Gaul (c. 81-96)[1][2][3][4]
• Martyrs Lucillian and those with him, at Byzantium (c. 270-275):[1][5][6][7][note 2][note 3]

• Four youths — Claudius, Hypatius, Paul, and Dionysius — and the virgin Paula.[note 4]

• Saint Achillas, Bishop of Alexandria (312)[1][2][10]
• Saint Hieria, widow, of Mesopotamia (312)[1][2][6][11]
• Monk-martyr Barsabas, Abbot, of Ishtar, and ten companions, in Persia (342)[1][2]
• Venerable Pappos, Bishop of Chytri (Kythrea), Cyprus (368)[2][6][12][13][note 5]
• Monk-martyr Isaac of Córdoba (851)[1][8][14][note 6]
• Venerable Athanasius the Wonderworker, hieromonk of Traiannou Monastery in Bithynia (c. 933)[1][2][6][15]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Cominus, a companion of St Photinus (Pothinus) and martyr in Lyons, France (2nd century)[16]
• Saints Pergentinus and Laurentinus, two brothers martyred in Arezzo in Italy under Decius (251)[16][17][18][note 7]
• Saint Caecilius (Caecilian), a priest in Carthage in North Africa who converted St Cyprian to Christ (3rd century)[8][16][17][19][note 8]
• Saint Oliva of Anagni, a nun at Anagni near Rome (492)[8][16][note 9]
• Saint Hilary (Hilaire), Bishop of Carcassonne in France (5th century))[16][17][20]
• Saint Clotilde (Chlotilda), Queen of France, who completed the basilica of St. Genevieve at Paris (545)[1][2][16][17][21][22][note 10][note 11]
• Venerable Liphardus (Lifard), a prominent lawyer in Orleans in France, who at the age of fifty founded the monastery of Meung-sur-Loire, Confessor (c. 550)[8][16][17][23]
• Venerable Urbicius, fellow ascetic of St. Liphardus, became abbot of the monastery of Meung-sur-Loire (6th century)[17][24]
• Venerable Cronan, a disciple of St Kevin in Ireland (617)[16][17][25]
• Saint Kevin of Glendalough (Coemgen, Caoimhghin), hermit and abbot, of Glendalough, Ireland (618)[1][2][16][26][27][note 12]
• Saint Genesius of Clermont, Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne in France (662)[16][17][28][note 13]
• Saint Glunshallaich, a repentant man in Ireland, converted by St Kevin and buried with him at Glendalough (7th century)[16]
• Saint Gausmarus, Abbot of St Martin of Savigny in France from 954-984 (984)[16]
• Saint Davinus, pilgrim, confessor (1051)[8][16][note 14]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• New Hieromartyr Joseph III (Antonopoulos), Metropolitan of Thessalonica (1821)[1][2][17][29][note 15]
• New Hieromartyr Gregory of Derkon, Metropolitan of Derkon, near the Istanbul suburb of St Stephen (1821)[17][30][note 16]
• New Hieromartyr Dorotheos of Adrianople, Metropolitan of Adrianople (1821)[17][31]

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Cyprian (Nelidov), Hieromonk, of Moscow (1934)[1][2][4][32]
• New Hieromartyr Michael Markov, Priest (1938)[2][4][32][note 17]

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (1606) of the martyred Crown Prince Demetrius (1591), from Uglich to Moscow.[1][2][4][32][33][34]
• Icon of the Theotokos "Yugskaya" (1615)[2][35]
• Repose of Archimandrite Justin (Pârvu) of Petru Vodă Monastery, Romania (2013)[1][note 18]

Icon gallery

• 
  St. Clotilde (Chlotilda), Queen of France, at prayer.
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  St. Kevin of Glendalough.
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  Martyred Crown Prince Dmitry of Uglich.
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  Icon of the Theotokos "Yugskaya".
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  Archimandrite Justin (Pârvu) of Petru Vodă Monastery.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. "At Constantinople, the holy martyrs Lucillian and four boys, Claudius, Hypatius, Paul, and Denis. Lucillian, formerly a pagan priest, but now a Christian, was cast into a furnace with them, after undergoing many torments; but the flames being extinguished by the rain, all escaped uninjured. Finally, under the governor Silvanus, they terminated their career; Lucillian, by crucifixion, the children, by decapitation."[8]
3. In 1979, Saint Lucillian appeared to St. Paisios of Mount Athos, together with Saint Panteleimon.[9]
4. "In the same city, St. Paula, virgin and martyr, who was arrested whilst gathering the blood of the martyrs just mentioned, beaten with rods, and thrown into the fire, from which she was delivered. Finally, when St. Lucillian had been crucified, she was decapitated."[8]
5. See: (in Greek) Επισκοπή Χύτρων. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia). - Diocese of Chytri.
6. Born in Cordoba in Spain, he became proficient in Arabic and a notary under the Moorish government. He resigned in order to become a monk at Tabanos, a few miles from Cordoba. During a public debate in Cordoba he denounced Mohammed and was martyred.
7. "AT Arezzo, in Tuscany, during the persecution of Decius, under the governor Tiburtius, the holy martyrs Pergentinus and Laurentinus, brothers, who, while yet children, were put to the sword, after they had endured cruel torments and performed many miracles."[8]
8. St Cyprian never ceased to revere his name, adding it to his own, and on Caecilius's repose, he looked after his wife and children.
9. See: (in Italian) Oliva di Anagni. Wikipedia. (Italian Wikipedia).
10. Born in Lyons in France and daughter of the King of Burgundy, she married Clovis, King of the Franks, and led her husband to Orthodox Christianity. She suffered much because of the quarrels of her three sons.
11. "At Paris, St. Clotilde, queen, by whose prayers her husband, king Clovis, was converted to the faith of Christ."[8]
12. Born in Leinster, he was a disciple of St Petroc who then lived in Ireland. He is remembered as the founder of Glendalough, one of the most famous names in Irish history. St Kevin is one of the patron saints of Dublin.
13. He is described as learned, benevolent, surpassingly good, loved by old and young, rich and poor.
14. Born in Annenia, he went on a pilgrimage to Rome and Compostella. On his way he stopped in Lucca, where he reposed and was venerated as a saint.
15. See: (in Greek) Ιωσήφ Αντωνόπουλος. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
16. See: (in Greek) Γρηγόριος ο Δέρκων. Βικιπαίδεια. (Greek Wikipedia).
17. See: (in Russian) Марков, Михаил Михайлович. Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
18. See: (in Romanian) Iustin Pârvu. Wikipedia. (Romanian Wikipedia).

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12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Πάππος. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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15. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Θαυματουργός. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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19. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Καικίλιος διδάσκαλος τοῦ Ἁγίου Κυπριανοῦ. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἱλάριος. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Γλοτίλδη ἐκ Γαλλίας. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CLOTHILDA, Q. (ABOUT A.D. 540.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 23-27.
23. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Λιφάρδος ὁ ἐν Ὀρλεάνῃ. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Οὐρβίκιος. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
25. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Κρονανός. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κέβιν ὁ ἐξ Ἰρλανδίας. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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28. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γενέσιος. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
29. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Θεσσαλονίκης. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
30. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Δέρκων. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
31. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Δωρόθεος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Ἀδριανουπόλεως. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
32. (in Russian) 3 июня по старому стилю / 16 июня по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.
33. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Δημητρίου τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ τοῦ πρίγκιπος. 3 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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• (in Russian) 3 июня (ст.ст.) 16 июня 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).