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Saint Paul the Apostle
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Individual commemorations

The Holy Glorious and All-Praised Leader of the Apostles, Paul

June 29

Paul first persecuted the Church under the name Saul. His encounter with Christ on the road to Damascus, followed by baptism through Ananias, redirected that zeal toward proclaiming the Gospel. He traveled widely, formed communities, worked through conflict, and endured imprisonment and hardship. His letters remain central to Christian Scripture and worship. The Church honors him with Peter among the foremost apostles and remembers his martyrdom in Rome. Paul’s life joins radical personal change to years of patient labor: a new beginning matters, but its meaning unfolds in the way someone continues to serve.

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Sources & calendar notes

The directory indexes the OCA full-year calendar, including leap-day commemorations, alongside additional researched profiles. Calendar entries include individual saints, groups, icons and feasts. An entry count is not a count of unique saints. Categories are provisional; follow the linked source.

Dates show commemorations in the referenced calendar year. Movable feasts change annually, and local calendars may differ. Additional jurisdictions, original biographies and icon research remain in progress. This collection does not yet claim complete Eastern Orthodox coverage.

Calendar metadata was retrieved through Orthocal’s source repository and the Orthodox Church in America. Source-only calendar records link to their original accounts; researched profiles include individually sourced artwork.