June 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# June 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 29

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 11 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For June 28th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 15.

## Saints

* Martyrs Plutarch, Serenus, Heraclides, Heron, Rhaïs, Potamiœna and her mother Marcella, at Alexandria, under Septimius Severus (203)
* Hieromartyr Donagus, Bishop of Libya, by fire.
* Martyr Macedonius.
* The holy Two Children, who were crucified.
* The holy Three Martyrs of Galatia, by the sword.
* The holy 70 Martyrs of Scythopolis, by the sword.
* Venerable Magnus, who reposed while praying to the Lord.
* Venerable Moses the Anchorite.
* Saint Vulkian, monk.
* Saint Sennuphius the Standard-bearer, of Egypt (late 4th century) (see also: March 25 )
* Saint Paul the Physician, of Corinth (7th century)
* Saint Sergius the Magistrate, of Paphlagonia, founder of the Nikitiatus Monastery in Nicomedia (866)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, a Greek cleric noted for expanding Christian communities in France, combatting heresy and defining Orthodoxy (202) (see also August 23 )
* Martyr Pappias (Papius), possibly in Sicily, under Diocletian, by beheading (c. 303)
* Saint Crummin of Lecua (Crummine), a disciple of St Patrick at Leccuine (Lackan) in Westmeath in Ireland (5th century)
* Saint Austell of Cornwall (Austol) (6th century)
* Saint Benignus, Bishop of Utrecht in Holland (6th century)
* Saint Theodichildis (Theodehilda, Telchildis), a nun at Faremoutiers Abbey in France, she became the first Abbess of Jouarre (c. 660)
* Saint Argymirus of Córdoba, martyr (856)
* Saint Egilo (Egilon, Eigil), a monk and later Abbot of Prüm near Trier in Germany (871)
* Saint Heimerad (Heimrad), a priest at Baden in Germany who after many pilgrimages lived as a monk at Hersfeld Abbey and then as a hermit at Hasungen in Westphalia (1019)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Xenophon of Robeika, founder of Robeika Monastery, Novgorod (1262)
* Saints Sergius and Herman, founders and abbots of Valaam Monastery, Wonderworkers (c. 1353)
* Saint Heliodorus, Schema-Archimandrite of Glinsk Hermitage (1879)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Basil Sitnikov, Deacon (1918)
* Virgin-martyr Sebastiana Ageyev-Zueva (1938)
* New Hieromartyr Gregory Samarin, Deacon (1940)

## Other commemorations

* Translation of the relics (412) of the Holy Wonderworking Unmercenaries and Martyrs Cyrus and John (311)
* Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Three Hands" of Hilandar ("Trojeručica, Tricherousa"), Mount Athos (8th century) (see also: December 4 )
* Repose of Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov) of Essex (1993) (see also: July 11)
* Repose of Archimandrite Methodius (Popovich) of Jerusalem (1997)

## Icon gallery

* Martyr Irais of Alexandria.
* St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons.
* St. Xenophon of Robeika.
* Saints Sergius and Herman of Valaam.
* Unmercenaries and Martyrs Cyrus and John.
* Icon of Panagia Tricherousa ("Three-handed Theotokos").
