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- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζήνων. 19 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ June 19/July 2. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ July 2 / June 19. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).