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4 July 2026, Saturday
Feasts, fasts and events
Разрешается рыба, растительное масло и вино.
Lives and liturgical texts
The memory of the holy martyr Julian Tarsian
The memory of 21 June St. Julian, the son of a pagan senator and a Christian mother, was born in the Cilician city of Anazarve. After the death of his husband, St. Julian's mother moved from Anazarve to the Cilician city of Tarsus [Tars is a large and populated city in the southern part of Cilicia, near the river Kydne, which flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
Kondack, voice two.
Condac, vow 2: The piety of the invincible warrior, and the truth of the harmonizer and weaponsman, we all praise Julian today, and call to him: pray to Christ God for all of us. ______________________________________________________ 1 Cilicia - a southeastern Roman province in Asia Minor. 2 Tarsus is a large and populated city in the southern part of Cilicia, by the river Kydn, near it, which flows into the Mediterranean Sea.
8 St. John of Zlatoust - the famous Father of the Church of the 4th and early 5th centuries; his memory is on November 13.
The life of the Reverend Julius Presbyter and the Reverend Julian Deacon
Julius and Iulius were descended from the island of Myrmidonia. They were brought up in the faith from infancy. When they became adults, they worshiped God in a pure way, day and night, meditating on the law of the Lord with fasting and prayer.