17 June
29 commemorations of 17 June in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 30 June of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyr Djan Darada (Aetius the Eunuch), the Ethiopian eunuch of Queen Candace, baptized by the Apostle Philip (1st century)orthochristian.com · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Isaurus, deacon, and with him Martyrs Basil, Innocent, Felix, Hermias and Peregrinus, of Athens and Appolonia in Macedonia (284)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἴσαυρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ μαρτυρήσαντεςapostoliki-diakonia.gr · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Philoneides, Bishop of Kourion in Cyprus (c. 306)Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλονίδης ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Κουρίουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ismael of Persia, at Constantinople (363)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μανουήλ, Σαβὲλ καὶ Ἰσμαὴλ οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerables Joseph and Pior (395), of Scetis, disciples of Saint Anthony the Great (4th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ἀναχωρητήςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Bessarion the Great, Wonderworker of Egypt (4th-5th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βησσαρίων ὁ Ἀναχωρητήςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Hypatius, Abbot, of the monastery of the Rufinianes, Confessor (446)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὑπάτιος ὁ ἐν Ρουφιαναῖςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Martyr Shalva of Akhaltsikhe, Georgia (1227)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάλβα ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Ananias the Iconographer, of Novgorod (1581)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνανίας ὁ εἰκονογράφοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Averky Severovostokov, Priest (1918)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Nicander (Prusak), Hieromonk, of Yaroslavl (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hiero-confessor Maximus (Popov), Hieromonk, of Ryabash (Bashkiria) (1934)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Virgin-Martyr Pelagia Balakireva (1943)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
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 Antidius (Antel, Antible, Tude), disciple and successor of St Froninus as Bishop of Besançon in France; put to death by the Vandals at the hamlet... (c. 265)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντίδιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςorthodoxengland.org.uk · synaxarion.gr
- Saint Montanus, a soldier who was taken to the island of Ponza in Italy and martyred (c. 300)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μοντανὸς ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐξ Ἰταλίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- 262 Martyrs of Rome, under Diocletian, buried on the old Via Salaria in Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Avitus (Avy), Abbot of Micy near Orleans, Confessor (c. 530)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἄβιτοςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Himerius of Cremona, Bishop of Ameila in Umbria (c. 560)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰμέριος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμελίαςsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Herveus of Plouvien (Hervé), blind from childhood, he became Abbot of Plouvien, from where he moved with some of his monks to Lanhouarneau (c. 575)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἐρβέος ὁ ἐν Γαλλίαsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Briavel, a hermit at St Briavels, now in Gloucestershire in England (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gundulphus (Gondulph), a bishop in France who is said to have reposed in Bourges (6th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γουνδούλφιος Ἐπίσκοπος Γαλλίαςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Nectan of Hartland, in Devon, hermit (6th century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέκταν ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Agrippinus, Bishop of Como in the north of Italy (615)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Botolph, Abbot and Confessor, of Ikanhoe, England (680), and his brother, Saint Adolph the Confessor, Bishop of Maastricht (7th century)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Ἀδούλφιος καὶ Βοτούλφιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής, οἱ αὐτάδελφοιsynaxarion.gr · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Molling (Mo Ling, Myllin, Molignus, Dairchilla), a monk at Glendalough, later Abbot of Aghacainid (Teghmolin, St Mullins), then Bishop of Ferns (697)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Fulk the Venerable, archbishop of Reims (900)forum-orthodoxe.com
- Saint Rambold (Ramwod, Ramnold), a monk at St Maximinus in Trier in Germany, then Abbot of St Emmeram in Regensburg, centenarian (1001)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 of the Alfanov Brothers of Novgorod (1562)
- Sts. Nicetas, Cyril, Nicephorus, Clement, and Isaac, founders of the Sokolnitzki Monastery in 1389
- Repose of Elder Gervasius (Paraskevopoulos) of Patras (1964)pravoslavie.ru
The list is June 17 (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.