June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 13 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 15

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For June 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 1.

Saints

• Prophet Elisha (9th century BC)^{[1][2][3][4][note 2]}
• Hieromartyr Cyril, Bishop of Gortyna on Crete (c. 303)^[1][3][6][7] (see also: September 6, July 9)
• Venerable Julitta (Julia) of Tabennisi in Egypt (4th century)^[1][3][8][9]
• Saint Methodius the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (846)^{[1][3][5][9][10][11][12]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Marcian of Syracuse, Bishop of Syracuse (c. 255)^{[13][note 3][note 4][note 5]}
• Saints Valerius and Rufinus, martyrs in Soissons in France (c. 287)^{[7][13][14][15][note 6]}
• Saint Protus of Aquileia, martyr (290-304)^[16][17][18]
• Saint Mark of Lucera, a bishop venerated locally in the south of Italy (c. 328)^{[13][19][note 7]}
• Saint Fortunatus of Naples, bishop (4th century)
• Saint Dogmael, a monk who lived in Dyfed and Anglesey in Wales and also in Brittany (5th-6th centuries)^{[9][13][note 8]}
• Saint Quintian of Rodez, a bishop in France (c. 525)^[5][13]
• Saint Ætherius (Éthére), Bishop of Vienne in France (c. 6th century)^[5][13]
• Saint Nennus (Nem Moccu Birn, Nenus, Nehemias), successor of St Enda as abbot of the monasteries of the Isles of Arran and Bute in Ireland (7th century)^[13][22]
• Saint Psalmodius, a hermit near Limoges (7th century)^{[13][note 9]}
• Saint Lotharius (Loyer), Bishop of Séez (c. 756)^{[13][note 10]}
• Saint Gerold (Gervold), a monk of Fontenelle and from 787 Bishop of Evreux in France (806)^[13]
• Saints Anastasius, Felix and Digna, Martyrs of Córdoba (853)^{[13][note 11][note 12]}
• Saint Ciarán of Dissert-Kieran (Cearan), Abbot of Bellach-Duin, now Castle Kerrant, in Ireland, he was called the devout (870)^[13][24]
• Saint Hartwig, twenty-first Archbishop of Salzburg in Austria (1023)^[13]
• Saint Richard of St Vannes (Richard of Verdun), called 'Gratia Dei' ('Thanks be to God'), from a phrase he often said; monk at St Vannes in Verdun (1046)^[13]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint John (Mavropos), Metropolitan of Euchaita (1100)^[1][9]
• Saint Mstislav-George, Prince of Novgorod (1180)^{[1][7][9][25][26]}
• Saint Methodius of Peshnosha, founder of Peshnosha Monastery, disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392)^{[1][9][26][27][note 13]}
• Venerable Niphon Kausokalybites of Mount Athos, proponent of hesychastic theology (1411)^{[3][7][9][28][29][note 14]}
• Venerable Elisha of Sumsk, monk of Suma (Solovki) (15th-16th centuries)^{[1][7][9][26][30][31][note 15]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Joseph Sikov, Priest (1918)^[9][26][32]
• New Hieromartyrs Alexander Parusnikov^[33] and Paul Ivanov, Priests, and Nicholas Zapolsky, Deacon (1938)^[9][26][34]
• 11 New Hieromartyrs and Martyrs of Estonia, under the Soviet occupation (1940s):^{[35][36][37][note 16]}

• New Hieromartyrs Vassili Ristkok (1942),^{[39][note 17]} Johannes Kraav (1941),^[40] Joann Sergejev, Arteemi Vapper (1944)^[41] and Nikolai Leisman (1943),^{[note 18]} Priests;
• New Hieromartyrs Vassili Astanin and Peeter Koslov, Deacons;
• New Martyr Presvytera Marta Leisman (1943);
• New Martyrs Joann Lagovski (1941),^[42] Theodor Petai (1942)^{[note 19]} and Anna Petai (1948)

Other commemorations

• Synaxis of the Saints of Diveyevo.^{[1][9][26][43][note 20]}
• Finding of the relics (1992) of New Hieromartyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev (1918)^[9][26][34]

Icon gallery

• 
  Prophet Elisha.
• 
  The "Triumph of Orthodoxy" in 843. St. Methodius is depicted in the upper register, to the right of the icon.
• 
  St. Quintian of Rodez.
• 
  St. Mstislav-George, Prince of Novgorod.
• 
  Relics of St. Elisha of Sumsk.
• 
  The Katholikon of Diveyevo Convent.
• 
  St. Vladimir Bogoyavlensky.

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 Samaria, in Palestine, the holy prophet Eliseus, whose grave, says St. Jerome, makes the demons tremble. With him rests also the prophet Abdias."^[5]
3. According to Sicilian tradition he was the first 'Bishop of the West' , sent to Syracuse in Sicily by the Apostle Peter. It is more likely that Marcian was sent to Sicily in the third century. He was martyred by Jews who threw him from a tower. If he was indeed made bishop by Saint Peter, he probably is the same St Marcellus of Sicily commemorated with Sts Philagrius and Pancratius under February 9.
4. "At Syracuse, St. Marcian, bishop, who was made bishop by blessed Peter, and killed by the Jews after he had preached the Gospel."^[5]
5. See: (in Italian) Marciano di Siracusa. Wikipedia. (Italian Wikipedia).
6. "At Soissons, the holy martyrs Valerius and Rufinus, who, after enduring many torments, were condemned to be beheaded by the governor Rictiovarus, in the persecution of Diocletian."^[5]
7. See: (in Italian) Marco di Eca. Wikipedia. (Italian Wikipedia).
8. St Dogmaels Abbey is an abbey in St Dogmaels in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the banks of the River Teifi and close to Cardigan and Poppit Sands. It is named after Dogmael, a 6th-century saint said to have been the son of Ithel ap Ceredig ap Cunedda Wledig, and also reputedly the cousin of Saint David.^[20][21]
9. "At the 14th June, in the Rev. Alban Butler's work, and in the Circle of the Seasons, we find a St. Psalmodius, Hermit of Ireland. At this date, likewise, the Bollandists have an entry of Psalmodius, whom they make a Hermit, in the country of the Lemovices, or Limosin. However, they refer his festival to the 13th of June."^[23]
10. Founder of a monastery in the forest of Argentan in France which was later called Saint-Loyer-des-Champs after him. He then became Bishop of Séez for thirty-two years.
11. Anastasius was a deacon of the church of St Acisclus in Cordoba in Spain, who became a monk at Tábanos near the same town. Felix was born in Alcalá of a Berber family, became a monk in Asturias but joined the monastery at Tábanos, hoping for martyrdom. Digna belonged to the convent there. The three were among the first to confess Christ in Cordoba and were beheaded by order of the Caliph.
12. "At Cordova, the holy martyrs Anastasius, priest, Felix, monk, and Digna, virgin."^[5]
13. See: (in Russian) Мефодий Пешношский. Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
14. Name days celebrated today include:

    • Niphon (Νήφων).
15. See: (in Russian) Елисей Сумский. Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
16. "On February 22, 2012, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople canonized 11 clergy and laity of the Estonian Church who suffered for their faith during the first Soviet occupation in 1940-1941. They are celebrated on June 14."^[38] See also August 20 for another group of Estonian Martys, glorified in 2019 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
17. See: (in Estonian) Vassili Ristkok. Vikipeedia. (Estonian Wikipedia).
18. See: (in Estonian) Nikolai Leisman (1902–1943). Vikipeedia. (Estonian Wikipedia).
19. See: (in Estonian) Theodor Petai. Vikipeedia. (Estonian Wikipedia).
20. See: (in Russian) Собор Дивеевских святых. Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).