29 June
15 commemorations of 29 June in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 12 July of the civil calendar.
In the map: Ss. Peter & Paul, Apostles
Saints
- The Holy, Glorious and All-Praised Leaders of the Apostles, Peter and Paul (67)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἀπόστολοςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Mary of Jerusalem, mother of Apostle Mark (1st century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Gregory (Kallides), Metropolitan of Herakleia and Raidestos (1925)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Venerable Paisios the Athonite (1994)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 Benedicta (Beata), sister of Sts Augustine and Sanctian, all three were born in Spain but went to France and were martyred in Sens under Aurelian (273)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Marcellus and Anastasius, Martyred in Bourges in France (274)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Syrus of Genoa, priest and later Bishop of Genoa in Italy from c. 324 to c. 380, he is the main patron of the cityorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cassius of Narni, Bishop of Narni in Italy (558)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Cocha (Coecha), Abbess of Ross-Benchuir, in County Clare, Ireland (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Salome and Judith, anchoresses at Oberalteich Abbey (dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul), in Germany (9th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Hemma of Gurk (Gemma, Emma), a widow, she founded the monastery of Gurk in Carinthia in Austria and became a nun there (1045)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 Saint Nicander of Pskov, hermit (1686)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ὁσίου Νικάνδρου ἐν Πσκὼφ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov (1853-1855)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Κασπερώφsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Synaxis of the Saints of LesbosΣύναξις πάντων τῶν ἐν νήσῳ Λέσβῳ διαλαμψάντων Ἁγίωνsynaxarion.gr · apostoliki-diakonia.gr
- Repose of Archbishop Andrew (Rymarenko) of Rockland (New Diveyevo Monastery) (1978)pravoslavie.ru
The list is June 29 (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.