4 June
38 commemorations of 4 June in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 17 June of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Saints Mary and Martha of Bethany, sisters of Saint Lazarus (1st century)Οἱ Ἁγίες Μάρθα καὶ Μαρία ἀδελφὲς τοῦ Ἁγίου Λαζάρουorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Astius, Bishop of Dyrrachium in Macedonia (2nd century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Titus, Bishop of Byzantium (3rd century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Holy Martyrs of Niculitsel, Romania (320)
- Hieromartyr Apotacius and Martyrs Zoticus, Atallus, Camasius, Philip, and 31 others, including:
- Eutychius, Quirinus, Julia, Saturninus, Ninita, Fortunio, Gaddanus, and Amasus, beheaded at Noviodunum (Niculitel), in Scythia Minor
- Saint Metrophanes of Byzantium, first Archbishop of Constantinople (c. 326)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μητροφάνης Α’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Alonius of Scetis in Egypt (5th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἁλώνιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Zosimas of Cilicia, Bishop of Babylon in Egypt (6th century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Martyr John, Abbot of Monagria Monastery, near Cyzicus (761)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Sophia of Ainos, Thrace, Mother of Orphans (10th-11th centuries)Ἡ Ὁσία Σοφία ἐξ Αἴνουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Martirius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1199)drevo-info.ru
- Saint Metrophanes of Radonezh, elder and abbot (14th century)drevo-info.ru · stsl.ru
- Venerable Methodius, founder of Peshnosha Monastery, Moscow, disciple of Saint Sergius of Radonezh (1392)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μεθόδιος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Eleazar and Nazarius, Wonderworkers of Olonets (15th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἐλεάζαρος, Ναζάριος καὶ Εὐμένιος οἱ Θαυματουργοίsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Andronik (Andronicus) Nikolsky, Archbishop of Perm (1918)
- New Hieromartyr Peter Belyaev, Priest (1918)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Đorđe Bogić, Serbian Orthodox Protopresbyter in Našice, killed by the Ustashas (1941)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Κροατίαςsynaxarion.gr · azbyka.ru · calendar.rop.ru
- New Hieromartyr Joanikije (Ioannicius) Lipovac, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral (1945)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Saint Clateus, one of the earliest Bishops of Brescia in Italy, martyred under Nero (c. 64)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κλατέος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Βρεσκίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Martyrs Frontasius, Severinus, Severian, and Silanus, of Gaul (1st century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Concordius of Spoleto (c. 175)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Aretius (Arecius, Aregius) and Dacian, in RomeΟἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀρέτιος καὶ Δακιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Saturnina, a virgin-martyr from Germany murdered near Arras in FranceRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Quirinus, a martyr in Tivoli near RomeRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Quirinus of Sescia, Bishop of Siscia (Sisak or Seseg), now in Croatia (308)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rutilus and Companions, martyrs at Sabaria (Sabar) in Pannonia, now HungaryRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Optatus, Bishop of Milevum in Numidia (376)Roman Martyrology · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Nennocha (Ninnoca, Nennoc, Gwengustle), a holy virgin from Britain who followed Saint Germanus to France, becoming an abbess in Brittany at... (c. 467)Ἡ Ὁσία Νιννοκία ἐκ Βρετανίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Breaca, a disciple of Saint Brigid who crossed from Ireland to Cornwall (c. 460) with several companions (5th-6th centuries)Ἡ Ὁσία Βρεάκη ἐξ Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Petroc (Petrock, Pedrog, Perreux), Abbot in Cornwall (c. 594)Ὁ Ὅσιος Πετρόκιος ἐξ Οὐαλίαςsynaxarion.gr · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Croidan, Medan and Degan, three disciples of Saint Petroc in Cornwall (6th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Κρουϊδανός, Δαγανὸς καὶ Μεδανὸς ἐξ Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Buriana, born in Ireland, she lived as an anchoress in Cornwall (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eadfrith of Lindisfarne (Edfrith), Bishop of Lindisfarne in England after Saint Edbert, he illuminated the Lindisfarne Gospels in honour of Saint Cuthbert (721)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἔντφριθος ἐξ Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Alexander, Bishop of Verona in Italy (8th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aldegrin (Adalgrin), a noble who became a monk near Cluny in France (939)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Elsiar, a monk at Saint-Savin Abbey in Lavedan in France (c. 1050)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Repose of Hieromonk Bartholomew of Neamts and Svir (1864)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of the righteous sisters Vera (June 4) and Lyubov (June 8), foundresses of the Shamordino Convent (1883)pravoslavie.ru
- Uncovering of the relics (1999) of New Hieromartyr Peter (Zverev), Archbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk (1929)calendar.rop.ru
The list is June 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.