Daily Calendar - June 8
The 159th day of the year, 206 days left until the New Year.
Church Calendar
The 70 Apostles Carpes and Alphes (I); Martyr George the New (1515); Martyr Amberki and Helen (I); Venerable John the Confessor, Psychetis (IX).
The beginning of the Peter-Pauline Lent.
The Holy Apostle Carpes of the 70 was a disciple and fellow-soldier of the Holy Apostle Paul. Saint Carpes was a virtuous and exalted man, a man of holy mind, for which the Apostle Paul appointed him Bishop of the city of Berea in Thrace.
The Holy Apostle Carpes peacefully surrendered to the Lord in the city of Berea.
The Holy Apostle Alphaeus of the 70 was originally from the city of Capernaum in Galilee. He was the father of the Holy Apostle James, who was called Alphaeus for this reason, and of the Holy Apostle Matthew the Evangelist of the 70.
The Holy Martyrs Amberg and Helen, according to church tradition, were the children of the Apostle Alphaeus and the siblings of the Holy Apostles James Alphaeus and Matthew the Evangelist. For confessing the faith in Jesus Christ, Saint Amberg was stripped naked and tied to a tree near a beehive, where he was martyred by bee stings, while his sister, Saint Helen, was stoned to death.
The Holy Martyr Alexander was initially in Davris, in the city of Thessaloniki. But later he abandoned Islam and converted to the teachings of Christ. For confessing the true faith, he was captured by the Turks and beheaded in the city of Smyrna in 1794.
The venerable Father John of Psyche, the Confessor, lived at the end of the 8th century and the beginning of the 9th century. In his youth, he abandoned secular life and took monastic vows in the Psyche Lavra, near Constantinople. At that time, in the 9th century, the iconoclastic heresy was raging throughout the Christian world. The venerable icons were everywhere severely persecuted and oppressed in every way. The venerable John the Confessor was also brought for questioning, where he was forced to testify in writing. The venerable father refused this and himself exposed the interrogators for their wickedness, and the iconoclastic emperor Leo Xaverius called him a persecutor. For this, he was excommunicated.
Born:
1625 — Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian astronomer, discovered Saturn's moons: Iapetus, Rhea, Tethys, and Dione. Died 1691.
1810 — Robert Schumann, German composer. Died 1879.
1837 — Ivan Kramskoy, Russian portrait painter. Died 1887.
1869 — Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect. Died 1936.
1916 — Francis Harry Compton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
1926 — Badri Kobakhidze, Georgian actor and director.
Died:
1695 — Christiaan Huygens, Danish physicist and astronomer.
1845 — Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States.
1876 — George Sand, French writer, author of romance novels.
Events:
1815 — Russia grants the Constitution to the Kingdom of Poland.
1824 — Noah Cushing patents the washing machine.
1869 — Ives McGaffney patents the vacuum cleaner.
1841 — British and French troops occupy Syria.
1994 — The first issue of the historical magazine ``Artanuj'' is published.
Memorable days:
UN - International Oceans Day
Russia - Social Worker's Day
Karelia - Republic Day