On June 16, 2 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs you about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.
Orthodox Church holidays 16 June 2023
Holiday | Description |
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Martyrs Lucillian, Claudius, Hypatius, Paul, Dionysius, and the Virgin St. Paul |
It is dedicated to six martyrs who were sentenced to death in the third century in Byzantium for their Christian faith. |
Transfer of the relics of Prince Dimitri of Uglich and Moscow to Moscow |
The church celebrates the transfer of the holy relics of the son of Tsar John the Terrible from Uglich to Moscow, in the Archangel Cathedral of the Kremlin. This event took place in 1606. |