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June 18, 2018

Saints and Feasts of June 18


On the eighteenth Leontios wounded gave up his spirit.

Holy Martyr Leontios and his companions 
Hypatios, and Theodoulos
 
 
 
Holy Martyr Aitherios

Synaxarion of the Holy Martyr Aitherios


Venerable Erasmus

Venerable Erasmus


Holy Two Martyrs of Cyprus

Holy Two Martyrs of Cyprus


Venerable Leontios the Shepherd 
 
 
 
Saint Leontios, Bishop of Neapolis
 

Saint Amand, Bishop of Bordeaux
 
 
 
Saint Alena of Belgium
 
Holy Hieromartyrs Gregory and Demetrios 
with the Venerable Kalogeros the Anchorite

Saint Kalogeros the Anchorite


Venerable Leontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Caves

Saint Leontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Caves Lavra


Venerable Leontios the Athonite and Myrrhgusher

Saint Leontios the Athonite and Myrrhgusher (+ 1605)


Synaxis of the Bogolyuboy Icon of the Mother of God
 
 
Synaxis of the Commander-in-Chief Michael 
next to Saint Julian in the Forum


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