August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 6 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

For August 24, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 11

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

New martyrs and confessors

Other commemorations

Icon gallery

Notes

  1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
    The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
  2. "The same day, St. Eutychius, disciple of the blessed Evangelist John. He preached the Gospel in many countries, was subjected to imprisonment, to stripes and fire, and finally he rested in peace."[5]
  3. "In Isauria, St. Tatio, martyr, who received the crown of martyrdom by being beheaded in the persecution of Domitian, under the governor Urbanus."[5]
  4. Saint George Limniotes lived during the seventh and eighth centuries and was a monk of the Olympian monastery near Constantinople. He suffered for venerating icons under the Iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian (716-741). They burned his head and cut off his nose. St George died in the year 718.[10]
  5. "Also, St. George Limniota, monk. Because he reprehended the impious emperor Leo for breaking holy images and burning the relics of the saints, he had his hands cut off and his head burned by order of the tyrant, and went to our Lord to receive the recompense of a martyr."[5]
  6. "At Nepi, St. Ptolemy, bishop, disciple of the blessed apostle Peter. Being sent by him to preach the Gospel in Tuscany, he died a glorious martyr of Christ in the city of Nepi."[5]
  7. "In the same place, St. Romanus, bishop of that city, who was the disciple of St. Ptolemy, and his companion in martyrdom."[5]
  8. "At Ostia, St. Aurea, virgin and martyr, who was plunged into the sea with a stone tied to her neck. Her body, being cast on the shore, was buried by blessed Nounus."[5]
  9. In 457 "the elder Patrick" (Irish: Patraic Sen) is said to have died: this may refer to the death of Palladius, who is said in the Book of Armagh to have also been called Patrick.
  10. "At Nevers, St. Patrick, abbot."[5]
  11. He founded the monastery of Rebais in France, was consecrated Bishop of Rouen in 641, attending the Council of Châlons in 644 and reposing at what is now a suburb of Paris, named St Ouen after him.
  12. His letters to St Lull of Mainz still exist.
  13. A monk of the monastery of St Maximinus at Trier in Germany. In 972 he was sent by the Emperor Otto I to restore the monastery of St Gall. Shortly afterwards he became Abbot of Gladbach and in 981 Abbot of Weissenburg also.
  14. He was executed on Sunday, August 6th, 1914.[22] He is commemorated on:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 August 24 / September 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτυχὴς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας μαθητὴς τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἰωάννη Θεολόγου. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 24 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  4. Hieromartyr Eutyches the Disciple of St John the Theologian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 255-256.
  6. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Τατίων ὁ Μάρτυρας. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  7. Martyr Tation (Tatio) of Claudiopolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  8. Virginmartyr Syra of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  9. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Λιμνιώτης. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  10. St George Limniotes the Confessor of Mt. Olympus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 August 24. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  12. The Twenty-Fourth Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 September 6 / August 24. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  14. St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  15. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Θαυματουργός (Ρῶσος † 1550). 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  16. Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  17. Venerable Serapion, Abbot and Wonderworker of the St. John the Baptist Monastery. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  18. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοσμᾶς ὁ Αἰτωλὸς. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  19. Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 (Russian) 24 августа (ст.ст.) 6 сентября 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  21. 1 2 3 Dr. Alexander Roman. August. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
  22. Small Synaxarion of The Saints Who Shone Forth In The Lands of Carpatho-Rus. American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. Retrieved 21 October, 2014.
  23. Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  24. Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  25. Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  26. Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Διονυσίου τοῦ ἐκ Ζακύνθου. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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