June 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) explained

June 10 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 12

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 24 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For June 11th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 29.

Saints

• Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas (1st century)^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
• Martyr Theopemptus and four others, by the sword.^{[3] [7] [8] [9]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saints Felix and Fortunatus, two brothers, born in Vicenza in Italy, who suffered under Diocletian in Aquileia (296)^{[10] [11]}
• Saint Blitharius (Blier), born in Scotland, he went to France and settled in Seganne in Champagne (7th century)^{[10] [12]}
• Saint Herebald (Herband), born in Britain, he lived as a hermit in Brittany where a church is dedicated to him (8th century)^{[10] [13]}
• Saint Tochumra, a holy virgin venerated in Kilmore in Ireland; she was called on by women in labour.^{[10] [14]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Barnabas of Vasa, near Limassol in Cyprus, Wonderworker.^{[1] [3] [8] [9] [15] [16]}
• Venerable Barnabas of Vetluga, ascetic of Vetluga (1445)^{[1] [6] [8] [9] [17] [18] [19]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Zafeirios of Halkidiki (c. 1821)^{[8] [20]}
• 222 Chinese New Martyrs of the Boxer Uprising, at Beijing and other places (1900):^{[1] [6] [8] [21]}

• Hieromartyr Metrophanes, Chi Sung (Chang Tzi-tzung), Priest;

• his wife Presvytera Tatiana;

• his sons John and Isaiah, and Isaiah’s fiancée Maria;

• the church-school teachers Paul Wang and Ia Wen;

• and another 215 martyrs.
• New Hiero-confessor Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea, Surgeon, Unmercenary Wonderworker (1961)^{[8] [22]} (see also May 29 )

Other commemorations

• Appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a monk on Mt. Athos, and the revelation of the hymn "It Is Truly Meet" (Axion Estin) (982)^{[1] [8] [9] [23] [24]}
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "It Is Truly Meet" (Axion Estin) (10th century)^{[1] [6] [9] [25] [26]}
• Translation of the relics (1572) of St. Ephraim of Novotorzhk, founder of the Sts. Boris and Gleb Monastery, Novotorzhok (1053)^{[1] [6] [9] [27] [28] [29]}
• Translation of the relics (c. 1592) of Saint Arcadius of Vyazma and Novotorzhk (1077)^{[1] [9]}
• Repose of the recluse Melania of Eletz and Zadonsk (1836)^[1]
• Repose of Ivan Vasilievich Kireyevsky, philosopher and Patristic translator (1856)^[1]

Sources

• June 11/24. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 24 / June 11. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• June 11. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 43.
• The Eleventh Day of the Month of June. Orthodoxy in China.
• June 11. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 170.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 265.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 11 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
• 11/06/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.

Russian Sources

• 24 июня (11 июня). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 11 июня по старому стилю / 24 июня по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год.
• 11 июня (ст.ст.) 24 июня 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Notes and References

1. http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20170611.html June 11/24
2. Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Βαρθολομαῖος καὶ Βαρνάβας οἱ Ἀπόστολοι. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. Συναξαριστής. 11 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
4. Apostle Bartholomew of the Twelve. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Apostle Barnabas of the Seventy. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
6. 11 июня по старому стилю / 24 июня по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год.
7. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόπεμπτος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. 11/06/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
9. http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2017&today=24&month=6&trp=0&tzo=-4 June 24 / June 11
10. http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdjun.htm June 11
11. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article V. — Festival of St. Fortunatus, Martyr at Aquileia." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. p. 623.
12. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βλιθάριος τῆς Σεζάννης. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐραβάλδιος ὁ Ἐρημίτης ἐκ Βρετανίας. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VIII. — St. Tochumra. Virgin." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. p. 624.
15. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρνάβας ὁ ἐν Βάσῃ Κοιλανίου τῆς Κύπρου. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Ο Άγιος Βαρνάβας ο εν Βάση. ΙΕΡΑΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΠΑΦΟΥ (Holy Metropolis of Paphos). Retrieved: 15 September 2017.
17. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Βαρνάβας τῆς Βετλούγκα. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
19. ВАРНАВА ВЕТЛУЖСКИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
20. Holy New Martyr Zafeirios of Halkidiki (+ c. 1821). Mystagogy Resource Center. June 11, 2013. Retrieved: 15 September 2017.
21. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μητροφάνης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντες. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Λουκᾶς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κριμαίας. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ «Ἄξιόν Ἐστιν» ἐν Ἁγίῳ Ὄρει. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
24. Commemoration of the Appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a Monk on Mt. Athos, and the Revelation of the Hymn, “It Is Truly Meet...” Or Axion Estin. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
25. Icon of the Mother of God “It Is Truly Meet”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
26. «ДОСТОЙНО ЕСТЬ» ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
27. Great Synaxaristes: Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Ἐφραὶμ ἐκ Ρωσίας. 11 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
28. Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Novy Torg. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
29. ЕФРЕМ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).