Russian Orthodox

Wednesday June 17, 2026 / June 4, 2026

3rd Week after Pentecost. Tone one.
Apostles' (Peter & Paul) Fast. Food with Oil

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 of the relics of Hieromartyr Peter, archbishop of Voronezh (1999).
Venerable Methodius, abbot of Peshnosha (1392), disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
Martyrs Frontasius, Severinus, Severian, and Silanus of Gaul (1st c.).
Martyr Concordius of Spoleto (175).
Hieromartyr Astius, bishop of Dyrrachium in Macedonia (110).
Venerable Zosimas of Cilicia, bishop of New Babylon (Egypt) (6th c.).
Hieromartyr Ioannicus, metropolitan of Montenegro and Littoral (1945).
Sts. Mary and Martha, sisters of St. Lazarus (1st c.).
Venerables Eleazar and Nazarius, wonderworkers of Olonets (15th c.).
Venerable Sophia of Thrace (10th-11th c.).
Venerable John, abbot of Monagria near Cyzicus (761).
Venerable Alonius of Scete in Egypt (5th c.).
St. Titus, bishop of Byzantium (3rd c.).
Hieromartyr Apotacius and Martyrs Camarus, Zoticus, Gaddanus, Ninnitus, Julius, Attalus, Eutyches, Amasus, Carinus, Saturninus and 30 others, beheaded at Noviodunum in Scythia Minor (320).
St. Optatus, bishop of Milevum in Numidia (376).
St. Petroc of Cornwall (594) (Celtic & British).

The Scripture Readings

Romans 8:2-13
Matthew 10:16-22

Troparion

St. Metrophanes, Patriarch of Constantinople, Troparion, Tone IV —
The truth of things revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith,/ a model of meekness and a teacher of abstinence/ wherefore thou hast attained the heights through humility/ and riches through poverty.// O hierarch Metrophanes our father, entreat Christ God that our souls be saved.

Kontakion, in Tone II, "Seeking the highest..." —
Thou didst manifestly preach the Faith of Christ,/ and preserving it, thou didst truly cause thy faithful flock to grow into a multitude./ Wherefore, thou dost rejoice with the angels, O Metrophanes,// entreating Christ unceasingly for us all.

Kontakion, Tone IV, "Thou hast appeared today..." —
From childhood thou wast shown to be a precious vessel, becoming a chosen hierarch of God;/ and to Him thou hast cried out with gladness:// O Christ, Thou art equal to the Father and the Spirit!

Design Jason Powell.