June 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 3
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 15 by Old Calendarists
June 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 31 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 2All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 14 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Justin the Philosopher at Rome...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 3
June 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
June 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 4All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 16 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyrs Lucillian, Claudius, Hypatiusat, Paul, Diorlysius, and Paula at Byzantium...
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 15 by Old Calendarists
Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- Saint Nicephorus the ConfessorConfessor-Confessor of the Faith:Its oldest use is to indicate a saint who has suffered persecution and torture for the faith, but not to the point of death. The term is still used in this way in the East. In Latin Christianity it has come to signify any saint, as well as those who have been declared...
, PatriarchPatriarchOriginally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...
of ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
(829829Year 829 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Egbert of Wessex conquers Mercia and is recognized as Bretwalda.* The Saracens ravage the coast of Dalmatia....
) - Great martyrMartyrA martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
John the New of SuceavaSuceavaSuceava is the Suceava County seat in Bukovina, Moldavia region, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565.-History:...
, who suffered at BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
(1340) - Martyr Demetrius of Philadelphia (1657)
- HieromartyrHieromartyrIn the Eastern Orthodox tradition, a hieromartyr is a martyr who was also one of the clergy . In like manner a priest-monk is often called a hieromonk....
PhotinusSaint PothinusSaint Pothinus is a figure of uncertain historicity, who is first mentioned in a letter attributed to Irenaeus of Lyon. The letter was sent from the Christian communities of Lyon and Vienne to the Roman province of Asia....
, Bishop of Lyon - Martyr Constantine of the Hagarenes from Mount AthosMount AthosMount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...
- Hieromartyr Erasmus of Ochrid and 8,000 martyrs with him
- Martyr John of Trebizond