16 June
30 commemorations of 16 June in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 29 June of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Apollonias, nephew of the Apostle Barnabas (1st century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρκος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀπολλωνιάδοςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr ElappasὉ Ἅγιος Ἐλάππας ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Five Martyrs of Nicomedia, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Πέντε Μάρτυρες ἐν Νικομηδείᾳsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · saint.gr
- Forty Martyrs of Rome, by fireΟἱ Ἅγιοι Τεσσαράκοντα Μάρτυρες οἱ Ρωμαῖοιsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · saint.gr
- Hieromartyr Tigrius, Priest, and Martyr Eutropius, Reader, of Constantinople (404)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Mnemonios, Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus (4th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μνημόνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμαθοῦντος Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Tikhon of Amathus in Cyprus, Bishop and Wonderworker (425)Ὁ Ἅγιος Τύχων ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμαθοῦντος Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Sabbas of Moscow, Monk of Andronikov Monastery, Moscow (1378)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας τῆς Μόσχαςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga, or Medyn, founder of the St. Tikhon of Kaluga Monastery (1492)Ὁ Ὅσιος Τύχων ὁ ἐν Μεντὺν τῆς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Tikhon of Lukhov, Kostroma (1503)Ὁ Ὅσιος Τύχων ὁ Θαυματουργός ὁ ἐν τῷ Λούκωφ τῆς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Kaikhosro of Georgia, monk, of Jerusalem, under Abbas I of Persia (1612)Ὁ Ἅγιος Καουαϊκχόρσος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ Ἰβηρίτης μοναχὸς ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Tikhon of Krestogorsk, founder of Krestogorsk Monastery, Vologda (17th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Moses of Optina, founder and archimandrite of the Skete of St. John the Baptist (1862)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μωυσῆς τῆς Ὄπτιναsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Hermogenes (Dolganyov), Bishop of Tobolsk, and those with him (1918)
- Priests Ephrem Dolganev, Michael Makarov and Peter Korelin
- Martyr Constantine Miniatov
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.
- Saints Ferreolus, Priest, and Ferrutio, Deacon, brothers from Asia Minor (c. 212)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Φερραίολος καὶ Φερρούκιος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες οἱ ἐν Γαλατίᾳorthodoxengland.org.uk · synaxarion.gr
- Saint Similien of Nantes (Sambin), third Bishop of Nantes in France, confessor; St Gregory of Tours testified to his holiness (310)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σιμιλιανὸς ὁ Ὁμολογητής Ἐπίσκοπος Νάντηςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Actinea and Graecina, both martyrs, the former was beheaded in Volterra in Italy under Diocletian (4th century)Οἱ Ἁγίες Ἀκτινέα καὶ Γρεσινιάνα οἱ Παρθενομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Aureus of Mainz, Justina and Companions, during an invasion of the Huns (c. 436 or 451)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Simplicius of Bourges, Bishop of Bourges in France, he defended the Church against the Arian Visigoths (477)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cettin (Cethagh), a disciple of St Patrick of Ireland and consecrated bishop by him (5th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κεττίνοςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Berthaldus (Bertaud), a hermit in the Ardennes in France, who was ordained priest by St Remigius of Reims (c. 540)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aurelianus of Arles, Bishop of Arles in France (c. 550)Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐρηλιανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀρελάτηςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Colman McRoi, a deacon who was a disciple of St Columba, he founded a monastery at Reachrain, now Lambay Island, near Dublin in Ireland (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Κολμανὸς ἐξ Ἰρλανδίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Curig, Bishop of Llanbadarn in Wales, where several churches are dedicated to him (6th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κουρίγγος ἐξ Οὐαλίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Felix and Maurus, father and son who lived as hermits at what is now called San Felice near Narni in central Italy (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Ismael (Isfael), a disciple of St Teilo in Wales, he was consecrated Bishop of Menevia by him (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰσμαὴλ ἐξ Οὐαλίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · 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.
- Uncovering of the relics (1200) of Venerable Theodore the Sykeote, Bishop of Anastasiopolis in Galatia (613)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Θεοδώρου τοῦ Συκεώτουsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Repose of Elder Gerasimus of St. Tikhon of Kaluga Monastery (1898)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Righteous Maria (1943), disciple of St. Paul of Taganrogpravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (2002) of St. Theophan the Recluse, Bishop of Tambov (1894)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is June 16 (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.