24 Июня 1979 - Orthodox Calendar / Orthodox Menologion Online

Sunday, June 24, 1979 (June 11, 1979 by the Julian calendar)
2-nd Sunday after Pentecost. All Russian Saints, Tone one

Apostles' (Peter & Paul) Fast. All venerable and holy Fathers of the Holy Mount Athos (movable holiday on the 2nd Sunday of Pentecost). + Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas (1st c.). St. Barnabas, abbot of Vetluga (1445). Uncovering of the relics (1572) of St. Ephraim, abbot of New Torzhok (1053). Translation of the relics of St. Arcadius, monk of Vyazma and New Torzhok (1077). Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "It is Truly Meet" ("Axion Estin") (10th c.). St. Niphont patriarch of Constantinople (Romania). Commemoration of the appearance of the Archangel Gabriel (10th c.) to a monk on Mt. Athos, and the revelation of the hymn "It Is Truly Meet" (Axion Estin). St. Barnabus of Basa near Limasol in Cyprus (Greek).