28 June
31 commemorations of 28 June in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 11 July of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyrs Plutarch, Serenus, Heraclides, Heron, Rhaïs, Potamiœna and her mother Marcella, at Alexandria, under Septimius Severus (203)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πλούταρχος, Σερένος, Ἡρακλείδιος, Ἥρων, Ἡραΐδα, Ποταμιαίνη καὶ Μαρκέλλα οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · apostoliki-diakonia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Hieromartyr Donagus, Bishop of Libya, by fireὉ Ἅγιος Δονάγος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · tyoos.org
- Martyr MacedoniusὉ Ἅγιος Μακεδόνιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- The holy Two Children, who were crucifiedΟἱ Ἅγιοι δύο παῖδες οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr
- The holy Three Martyrs of Galatia, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι τρεῖς Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- The holy 70 Martyrs of Scythopolis, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι 70 Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Magnus, who reposed while praying to the LordὉ Ὅσιος Μάγνος ὁ προσευχόμενοςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Moses the AnchoriteὉ Ὅσιος Μωυσῆς ὁ Ἀναχωρητήςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Saint Vulkian, monkecclesia.gr
- Saint Sennuphius the Standard-bearer, of Egypt (late 4th century)orthochristian.com · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Paul the Physician, of Corinth (7th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παῦλος ὁ ἰατρόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Sergius the Magistrate, of Paphlagonia, founder of the Nikitiatus Monastery in Nicomedia (866)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σέργιος ὁ μάγιστροςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Xenophon of Robeika, founder of Robeika Monastery, Novgorod (1262)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Sergius and Herman, founders and abbots of Valaam Monastery, Wonderworkers (c. 1353)Οἱ Ὅσιοι Σέργιος καὶ Γερμανόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Heliodorus, Schema-Archimandrite of Glinsk Hermitage (1879)pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Basil Sitnikov, Deacon (1918)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Virgin-martyr Sebastiana Ageyev-Zueva (1938)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Gregory Samarin, Deacon (1940)pravenc.ru · 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 Irenaeus of Lyon, a Greek cleric noted for expanding Christian communities in France, combatting heresy and defining Orthodoxy (202)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyr Pappias (Papius), possibly in Sicily, under Diocletian, by beheading (c. 303)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παππίας ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Crummin of Lecua (Crummine), a disciple of St Patrick at Leccuine (Lackan) in Westmeath in Ireland (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Austell of Cornwall (Austol) (6th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Benignus, Bishop of Utrecht in Holland (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Theodichildis (Theodehilda, Telchildis), a nun at Faremoutiers Abbey in France, she became the first Abbess of Jouarre (c. 660)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Argymirus of Córdoba, martyr (856)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Egilo (Egilon, Eigil), a monk and later Abbot of Prüm near Trier in Germany (871)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Heimerad (Heimrad), a priest at Baden in Germany who after many pilgrimages lived as a monk at Hersfeld Abbey and then as a hermit at Hasungen in... (1019)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 (412) of the Holy Wonderworking Unmercenaries and Martyrs Cyrus and John (311)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίων Κύρου καὶ Ἰωάννου τῶν Ἀναργύρων καὶ Θαυματουργῶν καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτοῖςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Three Hands" of Hilandar ("Trojeručica, Tricherousa"), Mount Athos (8th century)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Τριχερούσηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov) of Essex (1993)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archimandrite Methodius (Popovich) of Jerusalem (1997)pravoslavie.ru
The list is June 28 (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.