Venerable
Venerable Bassian and Jonah
June 12 Old CalendarJune 25 New Calendar
Life
Monks of the Solovetsky Monastery. They drowned and were cast upon the shore in the year 1651. Over their grave a certain sign appeared, and because of this a church was built. Later the Petrominsky Monastery was established there. Once Tsar Peter the Great, having been saved from a storm, spent three days there and made a cross and planted it on the shore.
From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, June 12. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also commemorated on June 12
The full reading for June 12 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.
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