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June 14, 2026
The Sunday of All Saints of Antioch & North America & Second Sunday of Matthew
Prophet Elisha; Methodios the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople
SYNAXARION
On June 14 in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate the Prophet Elisha; and Methodios the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople.
On the Second Sunday after Pentecost, we celebrate the memory of the holy, glorious and all-laudable apostles, the Christ-loving shepherds and hierarchs, the holy and God-bearing Fathers, the glorious and victorious Martyrs and New Martyrs, and all the Saints who have shone as stewards of the Most Holy Patriarchate of Antioch, the Great City of God, from time immemorial to the present.
Verses
Thou hast, O Antioch, as an impregnable wall
Prayers and shelter of the multitude of thy Saints.
Most precious in the eyes of the Church is her choir of heavenly intercessors which stand before the throne of the Lord of hosts. The See of Antioch, whose apostolic establishment is recorded in the book of Acts (11:26), is especially blessed with an abundance of Saints in this glorified assembly. Being drastically reduced in both geographic area and numbers, having endured the ravages of time and wars, and bearing the loss of her finest church buildings and earthly goods, Antioch knows full well the worth of having laid up its treasures in heaven. The harvest of Antioch includes the Chief Apostles Peter and Paul; the Martyrs Ignatius, Artemios and Julian; and Barbara, Christina and Marina; the Melodists Romanos and Cosmas; John Chrysostom and John of Damascus; Ephraim and Isaac the Syrians; Joseph of Damascus and Raphael of Brooklyn; the Hieromartyrs Nicholas and Habib Khasha; and countless other saints known and unknown. For two millennia, the light of Christ has shown brilliantly upon the See of Antioch through these glorified children and heirs of their Heavenly Father.
On the Second Sunday after Pentecost, we also celebrate the memory of the Saints of North America.
Verses
All the friends of my Lord in all lands do I praise;
If any would, let them make mention of those in North America.
Holy Orthodoxy in North America has produced saints in nearly all of the major categories of saints: Apostles (and Equals of the Apostles); Martyrs (and Confessors); Hierarchs; Monastic Saints; and the Righteous. We honor the holy ones whom Almighty God has revealed to us: the first revealed is the blessed elder Herman of Alaska. We also have the holy martyrs Juvenaly of Iliamna and Peter the Aleut; the holy hierarchs and enlighteners: Metropolitan Innocent Veniaminov, Patriarch Tikhon Belavin, Archbishop John Maximovitch, Bishop Nicholai Velimerovich of Zhicha; the righteous priests Yakov Netsvetov of Alaska and Alexis Toth; the archpriests John Kochurov and Alexander Hotovitsky who labored in America; and most recently, our Righteous Mother Olga of Alaska. We also honor those saints who are known only to God and we pray that He will reveal them to us one day. As we contemplate the lives of these saints, let us remember that we are also called by God to a life of holiness.
By the intercessions of Thy Saints, O Christ our God, have mercy upon us. Amen.
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