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June 8, 2018

Saints and Feasts of June 8


On the eighth the body of the blessed Theodore was conveyed.

Translation of the Sacred Relic of the
Holy Great Martyr Theodore the General

Synaxarion of the Translation of the Sacred Relic of Saint Theodore the General

The Relics and Blood-Gushing Icon of St. Theodore the Stratelates

The Relics and Blood-Flowing Icon of St. Theodore Stratelates

Holy Theodoroi Resource Page (Theodore the Stratelates and Theodore the Tiro)


Holy Martyrs Nikandros and Markianos

Holy Martyrs Nikandros and Markianos at Dorostolum in Moesia


Holy Martyr Kalliopi 
 
 

Venerable Melania the Elder

Venerable Melania the Elder (+ 410)


Venerable Athre

Holy Abba Athre of Nitria


Holy Martyr Nikandros

Holy Martyr Nikandros


Holy Martyr Mark

Holy Martyr Mark


Venerable Naukratios, Brother of Basil the Great

Saint Naukratios, Brother of Basil the Great


Venerable Naukratios the Confessor and Studite

Saint Naukratios the Studite (+ 847)


Holy New Martyr Theophanes of Constantinople 
 
 
 
Holy Venerable Martyrs Theophanes the Elder 
and Paisios of Messolonghi
 


Translation of the Relics of the Holy Princes 
Basil and Constantine Vsevolodovich of Yaroslavl

Holy Princes Basil and Constantine Vsevolodovich of Yaroslavl


Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos and 
the Archangel Michael at the Sosthenion

Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos and the Archangel Michael at the Sosthenion


Commemoration of the Blood-Flowing Icon of 
Saint Theodore in Karsatas

On the Blood-Flowing Icon of Saint Theodore in Karsatas (St. Anastasios of Sinai)

The Relics and Blood-Gushing Icon of St. Theodore the Stratelates

The Relics and Blood-Flowing Icon of St. Theodore Stratelates

Holy Theodoroi Resource Page (Theodore the Stratelates and Theodore the Tiro)



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