Commemorated today
- Martyr Justin the PhilosopherMartyr life on this site
The life we have written
The Holy Martyr Justin the Philosopher
A restless seeker tested the philosophies of his age, encountered Christianity as truth fulfilled in Christ, and used both reason and martyrdom to defend the faith.
- Era
- Second century, c. 100–c. 165
- Region
- Samaria, Ephesus, and Rome
- Category
- Philosopher, apologist, teacher, and martyr
- Feast
- June 1
- Our Holy Father Agapitus of the Kiev Caves (1095)d. 1095
What is known
The title places them at Kiev Caves. The year given is 1095.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
- Pyrros the HieromartyrHieromartyr — a bishop or priest killed for the faith
What is known
A hieromartyr was a bishop, priest or deacon killed for the faith. The clergy were often taken first in a persecution, because removing them scattered the community that depended on them.
Kept in the Greek tradition.
Beyond this, no life of them survives that could be checked — which is true of most of the saints kept on any given day. The commemoration is the record.
About this page. This is the Menaion date — the fixed calendar. Parishes on the New Calendar keep it on June 1 by the civil calendar. On the Julian calendar this same commemoration is kept on June 14 by the civil calendar. The movable cycle, which turns on the date of Pascha and changes every year, is on the calendar page. Where a life has been written on this site the name links to it; where it has not, only what the commemoration itself attests is shown, and nothing is added to it.