FT Drum, NY Area Orthodox Mission

06/24/2026

[Herkimer, NY] - On June 20–21, 2026, His Eminence Archbishop Michael made an archpastoral visit to Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Herk...

06/23/2026

This is the weekend for the big Middle Eastern Festival at St St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church- Syracuse, New York definitely something to experience while you are stationed here.

The Middle Eastern Festival at St. Elias Church in Syracuse, NY is this Thursday- Sunday. Try our delicious food, enjoy our music and dancing, experience our culture.

06/21/2026

06/21/2026

The Holy Martyr Julian of Tarsus was born at Diocesarea in the province of Cilicia. He was the son of a pagan senator, but his mother was a Christian. After the death of her husband, she and Julian moved to Tarsus, where her son was baptized and raised in Christian piety. When Julian reached the age of eighteen, Emperor Diocletian (284-305) began to persecute Christians, issuing a decree that everyone had to offer sacrifice to the idols. If they refused, they would be tortured. Among those arrested was Saint Julian. They brought him before the eparch Marcian to be tried, and for a long time they urged him to renounce Christ. Neither tortures nor threats, nor promises of gifts or honors could convince the devout young man to sacrifice to the idols and deny Christ, and so the holy confessor remained steadfast in his faith.

For a whole year they led the martyr through the cities of Cilicia, everywhere subjecting him to interrogation and torture, after which they threw him in prison. Saint Julian’s mother followed her son and prayed that the Lord would strengthen him. In the city of Aegea, she besought the eparch to let her to visit the prison, ostensibly to persuade her son to offer sacrifice to the idols. When she saw him, she did just the opposite. She spent three days in prison with Saint Julian, exhorting him to remain strong until the end.

Once again, Saint Julian was brought before the eparch. Thinking that his mother had persuaded her son to obey the imperial decree, Marcian tried to convince her to offer sacrifice, but she continued to confess Jesus Christ, and boldly denounced polytheism. Marcian then ordered that her feet be cut off, since she had followed her son from Tarsus.

Then Saint Julian was placed into a sack filled with sand and poisonous snakes, and it was thrown into the sea. The Martyr's body was carried by the waves to the shores of Alexandria. There his body was buried by a certain pious Christian. Saint Julian's death occurred around the year 305. Afterward, his relics were transferred to Antioch.

Saint John Chrysostom honored the holy Martyr Julian with an encomium, and fragments of the Saint's relics are found in the Monasteries of Pantokrator and Saint Panteleimon on Mount Athos.

We pray to Saint Julian to protect gardens and fields from creeping things, snakes, and harmful insects.

Troparion — Tone 5
(Podoben: “Come, let us worship the Word...”)

O inspired Julian, your mother guided you to become a glorious soldier of Christ. / You were clad in the armor of the Spirit, / and entering the contest, you cast down the Enemy. / Now pray to Christ our God for us all.

Kontakion — Tone 2

Let us praise Julian, / the unconquerable holy warrior, / the champion and vessel of truth to whom we cry: / “Intercede with Christ our God for us all.”

More saints commemorated today: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/21

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06/20/2026

06/20/2026

Nearby'ish parish in Kingston, ON

St. Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church, Kingston, Ontario
https://saintgregoryofnyssa.com
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ANNOUNCEMENTS, SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2026

Martyr Julian of Tarsus, in Cilicia

Church services this weekend in Kingston:

SATURDAY VESPERS (evening prayer service) - LIVE in Kingston and Online
June 20, 5:00pm

PANIKHIDA newly-departed Vladimir, the father of Natalia Fouks
June 20, 7:00pm

SUNDAY MATINS - LIVE in Kingston and Online
June 21, 9:00am

SUNDAY DIVINE LITURGY - LIVE in Kingston and Online
June 21, 10:00am

TUESDAY June 23 7pm WEEKLY SAINTS "STORY HOUR". We will learn about St Seraphim of Sarov, an 18th Century Church staretz and wonderworker. Amazing story! Amazing man!!

TUESDAY June 23 8pm ZOOM CATECHISM CLASS "Group D" - "BASICS OF ORTHODOXY 101". Homework: Chp 16, on "the Mystery of Love"--the Sacrament of Marriage. Video Topic 9 "Holy Matrimony"
http://saintgregoryofnyssa.com/orthodoxy101/

WEDNESDAY June 24 8pm - ZOOM CATECHISM CLASS "Group C" - "BASICS OF ORTHODOXY 102". Homework: Chp 9, "A Love Stronger than Death". Video Topic 12: "Death and Resurrection of Christ"
http://saintgregoryofnyssa.com/orthodoxy102/

🚨SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS🚨

1) Our sympathy and condolences to the Fouks family. Natalia's father Vladimir passed away on Thursday. Please come comfort Natalia tonight at the Panikhida, as we sing "Memory Eternal" for her dear dad.

2) Keep our former Reader Thomas Nadavallil in your prayers, as he is still in the ICU at Kingston General Hospital.

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06/20/2026

06/20/2026

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/20/101768-saint-leucius-bishop-of-brindisi

Saint Leucius the Confessor was born in the city of Alexandria of pious parents named Eudykius and Euphrosynē. They gave their son the name Eutropius. The mother died when the lad was 11 years old, and his father took monastic tonsure at the monastery of Saint Hermias, taking along his son with…

06/20/2026

ELMIRA HEIGHTS, NY — Over the weekend of May 30–31, the faithful of Holy Trinity Church joyfully welcomed His Eminence, Archbi...

06/18/2026

By: Zachary Parisi From June 2 through June 13, 2026, Archbishop Michael led a pilgrimage of 32 people sponsored by Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Theo...