The Twenty-Fourth Day of the Month of June

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The Twenty-Fourth Day of the Month of June

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Nativity of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
Rom. xiii.11-xiv.4. St. Luke i.1-25, 57-68, 76, 80.
Martyrs: Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus and Longinus and others in Georgia (4th cen.)
St. Anthony, abbot, of Dymsk (Novgorod - 1224)
St. Nicetas, bishop of Remesian (420)
St. John, monk, of Yaransk (Solovki)
Righteous Youths John and James of Meniugi ( Novgorod)
St. Michael, Great Prince of Tver
Martyr Panagiotes of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1765)
Synaxis of the Righteous Zachariah and Elizabeth
St. Gerome, King and Hierarch
Joy of all who Sorrow Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in Reshnev, Volyn
Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos in Molotkiv, Lashka, Hrushka and Studentsi, Lisianka and Krapyvna and Russo-Kriklivtsi

Troparion of the Forerunner Tone 4

O Prophet and Forerunner of the coming of Christ,/ we honour thee lovingly but cannot extol thee worthily;/ for by thy birth/ thy mother's barrenness and thy father's dumbness were unloosed;/ and the Incarnation of the Son of God is proclaimed to the world.

Troparion of St. Gerome Tone 6

O holy Gerome who didst count monastic poverty/ far more glorious than thy previous kingship/ and didst not fear the death of the body/ when thou couldst win souls for Christ:/ as thou didst thank and praise the Saviour in thy church in Cornwall,/ pray that we all may be saved.

Kontakion of St. John the Baptist Tone 3

The formerly barren one today gives birth to the Forerunner of Christ/ Who is the fulfillment of prophecy./ For the Prophet, Herald and Forerunner of the Word/ submitted to Him Whom the prophets foretold/ by laying his hand on Him in the Jordan.

Nativity of John Iconogram

Russian Icons

Prologue From Ochrid by St Nikolai Velimirovich

OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on this day

OCA - Troparia and Kontakia

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