May 22 (old calendar) / June 4 (new calendar)

May 22 (old calendar) / June 4 (new calendar) BEGINNING OF THE APOSTLES FAST. Martyr Basiliscus, Bishop of Comana (ca. 308). Commemoration of the Second Ecumenical Council (381). St. John (Vladimir), Ruler of Serbia (1015). Monk Martyr Paul of the Lavra (Mt. Athos—1818). SAINT BASILISCUS The Holy Martyr Basiliscus was a nephew of the Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit (February 17), and he suffered together with his brothers Eutropius and