June 9 Apostles Fast. Fish allowed St. Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria (444). Ven. Kirill, Abbot of Belozérsk (1427). Ven. Alexander, Abbot of Kushta (Vologdá—1439). Five Nuns beheaded in Persia: Martyrs Thecla, Mariamne, Martha, Mary, and Enmatha (346). St. Columba, Enlightener of Scotland (597) SAINT CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Alexandria, a distinguished champion of Orthodoxy and a great teacher of the Church, came from an illustrious and pious