Saints of the 6th Century
Orthros carries 34 lives of saints whose titles in the Church's calendar date them to the 6th century, by the year or the century the calendar gives. Among them are St Ephraim of Antioch, St Genevieve of Paris and St Leander of Seville. They are listed below by the day of their feast on the New Calendar.
3JanuarySt Genevieve of Paris
15JanuarySt Ita of Kileedy
20JanuarySt Peter the Tax Collector
1FebruarySt Brigid of Kildare
6FebruaryBarsanuphius and John of Palestine
10FebruarySt Scholastica of Italy
21FebruarySt John the Scholastic of Constantinople
27FebruarySt Leander of Seville
2MarchFour Hundred and Forty Martyrs of Lombardy
4MarchSt James the Faster of Phoenicia
10MarchSt Anastasia the Venerable
4AprilSt Zosimas of Palestine
6AprilSt Eutychius of Constantinople
12AprilSt Isaac the Syrian of Spoleto
7MayThe Holy Fathers of Georgia
16MaySt Brendan the Voyager of Clonfert
27MaySt David of Garesjei
5JuneTheodore the Hermit and Wonderworker
8JuneSt Ephraim of Antioch
8JuneSt Zosimas of Phoenicia
9JuneSt Columba of Iona
27JuneSt Severus the Priest
4JulySt Martha, mother of St Symeon
13JulySt Golinduc of Persia
21JulyJohn and Symeon the Fool for Christ
2SeptemberSt John the Faster
9SeptemberSt Ciaran of Clonmacnoise
29SeptemberSt Mary of Palestine
1OctoberSt Remigius of Rheims
1OctoberSt Romanos the Melodist of Constantinople
3OctoberSt John the Chozebite of Caesarea
14NovemberEmperor Justinian and Empress Theodora
3DecemberSt John the Silent of Colonia
12DecemberSt Finian of Clonard
