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June 17, 2018

Saints and Feasts of June 17


On the seventeenth the three brothers 
were beheaded by the sword.

Holy Martyrs Manuel, Sabel and Ishmael

Holy Martyrs Manuel, Sabel and Ishmael


Holy Martyr Isauros and Those With Him:
Basil, Innocent, Felix, Hermias and Peregrinos

Synaxarion of the Holy Martyrs Isauros, Basil, Innocent, Felix, Perigrinos and Hermias

Saint Isauros the Martyr and His Church In Kerkyra


Venerable Hypatios of Rufinianes
 
 
 
 
 
Holy Hieromartyr Philonides, Bishop of Kourion

Holy Hieromartyr Philonides, Bishop of Kourion


Venerable Joseph

Life and Sayings of Holy Abba Joseph the Anchorite of Panephysis


Venerable Pior

Life and Sayings of Holy Abba Pior of Scetis


Venerable Bessarion

Life and Sayings of Holy Abba Bessarion of Egypt


Holy Venerable Martyr Nectan of Hartland

Holy Martyr Nectan of Hartland in Devonshire (+ 510)


Saint Botolph of Ikanhoe

Saint Botolph, Patron Saint of Two Bostons

Saint Botolph, His Life and Times

Basic Timeline of the Life of Saint Botolph of Iken

Prayers to the Patron Saint of Boston


The Venerable Alfanov Brothers of Novgorod: 
Saints Nikita, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac

The Alfanov Brothers of Novgorod: Saints Nikita, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac - Founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery


Saint Shalva of Akhaltsikhe

Saint Shalva of Akhaltsikhe (+ 1227)


Venerable Ananias the Iconographer of Novgorod 
 
 
 
Holy New Hieromartyr Parthenios Pagkostas of Patmos
 

 

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