Orthodox saints and name days on June 19

Name days on June 19

Jude, Thaddeus, Thaddaios, Paisios, Paisius, Paisi

Saints and feasts of June 19

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  Apostle Jude, Brother of the Lord

  Apostle, Ιούδας Θαδδαίος

  The Holy Apostle Jude, called Thaddeus, is numbered among the Twelve and is known as the Brother of the Lord, being of the household of the righteous Joseph. He wrote the short catholic epistle that bears his name, urging the faithful to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. After Pentecost he preached the Gospel in the lands of the East, and tradition holds that he ended his labors as a martyr.

  Name days: Jude, Thaddeus, Thaddaios

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  John Maximovitch of Shanghai

  Hierarch, Ιωάννης Μαξίμοβιτς

  St. John Maximovitch, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, was one of the great saints of the twentieth century. Born in Russia in 1896, he served as bishop in Shanghai, where he sheltered orphans and the poor, and later shepherded his scattered flock in Western Europe and America. A strict ascetic who served the Divine Liturgy daily, he was known even in his lifetime as a wonderworker whose prayers brought healing.

• Paisius the Great

  Venerable, Παΐσιος ο Μέγας

  Saint Paisius was born in Egypt in the fourth century and became a disciple of Saint Pambo in Nitria together with Saint John the Short. He lived in extreme asceticism in a cave in the desert and, tradition relates, was granted visions of Christ and the gift of foreseeing the future.

  Name days: Paisios, Paisius, Paisi

• Zosimas the Soldier

  Martyr, Ζώσιμος ο Στρατιώτης

  Saint Zosimas was a soldier from Apollonia who confessed Christ during the persecution under Trajan. Brought before the governor at Antioch in Pisidia, he endured torture and was beheaded, receiving the crown of martyrdom.

• Job, Patriarch of Moscow

  Hierarch, Ιώβ Πατριάρχης Μόσχας

  Saint Job became the first patriarch of Moscow in 1589, when the Russian Church received patriarchal status. He was a man of prayer and learning who laboured for the spread of the faith in Siberia. Deposed by the False Dmitry in 1605 for refusing to recognise him, he retired to the Staritsa monastery and reposed in 1607.

• Barlaam of Shenkursk

  Venerable, Βαρλαάμ ο Βάζσκυ

  Saint Barlaam was a boyar and governor of Novgorod named Basil who founded a monastery on the river Vaga and in old age became a monk there. He reposed in 1462 and was known for his charity and the miracles at his tomb.