Wednesday June 17, 2026 / June 4, 2026 3rd Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. St. Metrophanes, first patriarch of Constantinople (325).New Hieromartyr Peter priest (1918).New Martyrs: Archbishop Andronicus of Perm (1918) and Archbishop Basil of Chernigov (1918).New Hieromartyr George priest (1941).Joanikije Lipovac, Metropolitan of Montenegro (1945) (Serbia)Uncovering

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Monday June 15, 2026 / June 2, 2026 3rd Week after Pentecost. Tone one.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) St. Nicephorus the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople (829).Great-martyr John the New of Suceava, at Belgorod (Cetatea Alba) (1332).Finding of the relics (1815) of St. Juliana, princess of Vyasma (1406).Hieromartyr

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Saturday June 13, 2026 / May 31, 2026 2nd Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Fish Allowed Apostle Hermes of the Seventy (1st c.).Martyr Hermias at Comana (160).New Hieromartyr Archpriest Philosoph Ornatsky with his sons Boris and Nicholas, in St. Petersburg (1918).New Hieromartyrs Hierotheus, bishop of Nikolsk (1928), and his friend Hieroschemamonk

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Friday June 12, 2026 / May 30, 2026 2nd Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. By Monastic Charter: Strict Fast (Bread, Vegetables, Fruits) Venerable Barlaam of Khutyn (1192) (movable holiday on the 1st Friday of Apostles’ Fast).“Tabynsk” and “Kursk-Root” Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos (movable holiday on the 9th Friday of

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