8 June
35 commemorations of 8 June in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 21 June of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyr Calliope (Kalliope), at Rome (c. 250)Ἡ Ἁγία Καλλιόπη ἡ Μάρτυςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Nicander and Marcian, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297 or 303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Νίκανδρος καὶ Μαρκιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Mark, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Μάρκος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Naucratius, brother of St. Basil the Great (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ναυκράτιοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Melania the Elder, nun, of Palladius’ Lausiac History (410)Ἡ Ὁσία Μελανία ἡ Πρεσβυτέραsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Atre (Athre) of Nitria in Egypt (5th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθρέsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ephraim of Antioch, Patriarch of Antioch (545)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Zosimas, monk, of Phoenicia (Syria) (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζωσιμᾶς ὁ ἐν Φοινίκῃ ἀσκήσαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Paul the Confessor, of Kaiuma Monastery in Constantinople (c. 771-775)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ ἐν Καϊουμᾶsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Theodore, Bishop of Rostov and Suzdal (c. 1023)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος Ἐπίσκοπος Ροστὼβ καὶ Σουζδαλίαςsynaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theophilus of Luga and Omutch (1412), disciple of St. Arsenius of KonevitsὉ Ὅσιος Θεόφιλος τοῦ Λούγκα καὶ Ὀτμούχsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New monk-martyr Theophanes, at Constantinople (1559)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεοφάνης ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicephorus (Cantacuzene), Archdeacon, of Constantinople, who suffered under the Uniates in Marienburg, Galicia (1599)impantokratoros.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Theodore, Priest, of Kvelta, Georgia (1609)Ὁ Ἅγιος Θεόδωρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · 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 Maximinus of Aix, venerated as the first Bishop of Aix in Provence in France (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαξιμίνος Ἐπίσκοπος Αἴξsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sallustian of Sardinia, confessorRoman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Bron, a disciple of St Patrick and Bishop of Cassel-lrra near Sligo in Ireland (c. 511)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βρόνος ἐξ Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gildard (Godard), Bishop of Rouen in France for some fifteen years (514)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γιλδάρδος ἐκ Γαλλίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Heraclius of Sens, the fourteenth Bishop of Sens in France (c. 515)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἡράκλειος Ἐπίσκοπος Σένςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Severinus of Sanseverino (550) and Victorinus of Camerino (543), brothers who were both bishops and hermits in the 6th centuryΟἱ Ὅσιοι Βικτωρίνος καὶ Σεβερίνος οἱ αὐτάδελφοιsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Medardus the Wonderworker, Bishop of Noyon (c. 558)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μεδάρδος ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νογυὸν Γαλλίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Levan (Selevan), who came to Cornwall and gave his name to St Levan (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Λεβανὸς ἐξ Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eustadiola, born in Bourges in France, as a widow she spent her fortune building Moyenmoutier Abbey, where she became a nun and abbess (690)Ἡ Ὁσία Εὐσταδιόλα ἐκ Γαλλίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Chlodulf of Metz (Clodulphus, Clodulf), son of St Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, he too became Bishop of Metz, for forty years (696)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κλοδοῦλφος Ἐπίσκοπος Μέτζsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Muirchú (Maccutinus), a holy man in Ireland who wrote Lives of St Brigid and St Patrick (7th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακουτίνος ἐξ Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Syra (Syria), by tradition, the sister of St Fiacre (Fiaker), an anchoress in France (7th century)Ἡ Ὁσία Σύρα ἐξ Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · 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.
- Translation of the relics of Great-martyr Theodore Stratelates ("the General"), of Heraclea (319)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μεγαλομάρτυρος Θεοδώρου τοῦ Στρατηλάτουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1023) of Hieromartyr Alphege, abbot of Canterbury (1012)holytrinityorthodox.com
- Uncovering of the relics (1501) of Saints Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257), Princes of YaroslavlΕὕρεσις Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίων Βασιλείου ἡγεμόνος Ριαζὰν καὶ Κωνσταντίνου ἡγεμόνος Γιαροσλάβλsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos and the Archangel Michael (the "Michaelion"), in the Sosthenion district of ConstantinopleΣύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου καὶ τοῦ Ἀρχαγγέλου Μιχαὴλ ἐν τῷ Σωσθενείῳsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Synaxis of the Church of the Cross at Mtskheta, Georgiaholytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Glorification of St John of Kronstadt by the Russian Orthodox Church (1990)oca.org
- Repose of lay elder Theodore (Sokolov) of White Lake (1973)pravoslavie.ru
- Yaroslavl Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (13th century)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Γιαροσλάβλ ἐν Ρωσίᾳsynaxarion.gr · pravenc.ru · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Uryupinsk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1821)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
The list is June 8 (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.