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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Feast of John the Baptist (St. John the Forerunner) -- Birth -- June 24, 2014

from http://orthodoxwiki.org/ : Multiple Feast Days for the martyred saint -- The Orthodox Church remembers Saint John the Forerunner on six separate feast days, listed here in order of the church year which begins on September 1: September 23 - Conception of St. John the Forerunner; October 12 - The Russian Orthodox Church observes the Transfer of the Right Hand of the Forerunner from Malta to Gatchina (1799); January 7 - The Commemoration of St. John the Forerunner (main feast day, immediately after Epiphany on January 6); February 24 - First and Second Finding of the Head of St. John the Forerunner; May 25 - Third Finding of the Head of St. John the Forerunner; June 24 - Birth of St. John the Forerunner; August 29 - The Beheading of St. John the Forerunner.

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