April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Apr. 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Apr. 25

An Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 7 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For April 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on April 11.

Saints

• Martyr Sabbas Stratelates ("the General") of Rome,^[1] and 70 soldiers^[2] with him (272)^{[3][4][note 2]}
• Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentine, and Julius, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297)^{[3][6][7][note 3][note 4]}
• Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and four others, at Nicomedia (c. 303)^{[3][8][9][note 5]}
• Martyr Eutexios.^[10]
• Saint Innocent, priest, on the Mount of Olives (4th century)^[3][11]
• Venerable Thomas, Fool-for-Christ, of Syria (c. 550)^[3][12][13]
• Venerable Elizabeth the Wonderworker, of Constantinople (6th-8th centuries)^{[3][14][15][note 6]}
• Venerable Thaumastos (the Wonderworker) (6th century)^[16]
• Saint Xenophon, founder of Xenophontos monastery, Mt. Athos (c. 1018)^{[3][17][note 7]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyr Alexander of Lyons, and companions (c. 177)^{[3][18][19][20][note 8][note 9]}
• Martyrs Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus, at Valence in France (212)^{[21][22][note 10]} (see also: April 23)
• Saint Gregory of Elvira, Bishop of Elvira in the south of Spain (c. 394)^{[5][18][note 11]}
• Saint Dyfnan, born in Wales, he founded a church in Anglesey (5th century)^[18]
• Saint Deodatus of Blois (Dié), a hermit near Blois in France, later the town of Saint-Dié grew up around his cell (c. 525)^[18]
• Saint Honorius of Brescia, a hermit near Brescia in Italy who was chosen bishop of that city (c. 586)^{[5][18][note 12]}
• Saint Mellitus, the first Bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third Archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England (624)^{[5][18][23][24][25][note 13]}
• Saint Authaire (Oye) (7th century)^{[18][note 14]}
• Saints Bova and Doda (7th century)^{[5][18][note 15]}
• Saint Wilfrid, Bishop of York (709)^[3]
• Saint Egbert, Bishop, of Iona (729)^{[3][5][18][25][26][27][note 16]}

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Saints Sabbas^[28][29] and Alexis the Hermit,^[30][31] of the Kiev Caves (13th century)^[3]
• New Martyr Doukas of Mytilene, the tailor (1564)^{[3][22][32][33]}
• Saints Symeon (Stefan) (1656),^{[note 17]} Elias (Iorest) (1678)^[35][36] and Sava (Brancovici) (1683),^[37][38] Metropolitans of Ardeal, Transylvania, Confessors against the Calvinists.^[3]
• Venerable Joseph (Stoyka) the Confessor, Bishop of Maramureș, Romania (c. 1711)^{[3][39][40][note 18]}
• New Martyr Nicholas of Magnesia (1776 or 1795)^{[3][22][41][42]}
• Saint Alexis Toth, priest, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1909)^[3][11] (see also: May 7)

New martyrs and confessors

• Martyr Sergius Archangelskiy (1938)^[11][43]
• New Hieromartyr Branko Dobrosavljević, Serbian Orthodox priest who fell victim to Ustaše (1941)^[3][11]

Other commemorations

• Commemoration of the consecration of the Church of St George in Constantinople.^{[44][note 19]}
• Uncovering of the relics of Saint Ivo of Ramsey (1001)^{[11][18][25][note 20]}
• Synaxis of the "Molchenskaya" Icon of the Mother of God (1405)^{[43][45][note 21]}
• Repose of Schemamonk Nicholas of Valaam Monastery (1947)^[3]

Icon gallery

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  Martyr Sabbas Stratelates ("the General") of Rome.

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  Triptych with St. Honorius of Brescia (center).

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  St. Wilfrid, Bishop of York.

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  St. Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre.

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. "At Rome, St. Sabas, a military officer, who bravely confessed Christ before the judge when he was accused of visiting the Christians in prison. For this he was burned with torches and thrown into a caldron of boiling pitch, out of which he came uninjured. Seventy men were converted to Christ at the sight of this miracle, and as they all remained unshaken in the confession of the faith, they were put to the sword. Sabas, however, terminated his martyrdom by being cast into the river."^[5]
3. Name days celebrated today include:

   • Valentine (Βαλεντίνος);
   • Valentina (Βαλεντίνη).

4. See: (in Serbian) Пасикрат, Валентион и Јулије. Википедија. (Serbian Wikipedia).
5. "The same day, during the persecution of Diocletian, the holy martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and four others, were slain with the sword after enduring great torments."^[5]
6. Name days celebrated today include:

   • Elizabeth (Ἐλισάβετ).

7. Not to be confused with Venerable Xenophon (celebrated on January 26), who lived in the 6th century.
8. A Greek by birth and the friend and companion of St Epipodius of Lyons in France. He was arrested and martyred with thirty-four others.
9. "At Lyons, in France, during the persecution of Verus, the birthday of St. Alexander, martyr. After being imprisoned, he was so lacerated by the cruelty of those who scourged him, that his ribs and the interior of his body were exposed to view. Then he was fastened to the gibbet of the cross, on which he yielded up his blessed soul. Thirty-four others who suffered with him are commemorated on other days."^[5]
10. Name days celebrated today include:

    • Achillies (Ἀχιλλέας).

11. He was one of the champions of Orthodoxy against Arianism and one of the few bishops who at Rimini in 359 consistently refused to compromise with them.
12. See: (in Italian) Onorio di Brescia. Wikipedia. (Italian Wikipedia).
13. Abbot of St Andrew's on the Coelian Hill in Rome, he was sent by St Gregory the Great to England in 601. He spent three years in Kent, and then became Bishop of London. He was exiled to France for refusing to give communion to apostates. In 619 he was recalled to Kent to succeed St Laurence as third Archbishop of Canterbury.
14. A courtier at the palace of King Dagobert I of France and father of St Ouen of Rouen. He is the patron-saint of the village of La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre where he lived.
15. St Bova was a sister and St Doda a niece of St Balderic (Baudry), who founded Montfaucon and the convent of St Peter in Rheims in France. Bova was the first abbess and was succeeded by Doda.
16. A monk at Lindisfarne in England, he moved to Ireland and lived at Rathelmigisi in Connaught. Here he prepared several monks to preach the Gospel in Germany. He went to Iona in Scotland and persuaded the monks to adopt the Orthodox date for Easter.
17. He was elected as metropolitan of Transylvania in 1643. He published the first Romanian-language New Testament in 1648, and the book of Psalms in 1651.^[34]
    See: (in Romanian) Simion Ștefan. Wikipedia. (Romanian Wikipedia).
18. See: (in Romanian) Sfantul Iosif Marturisitorul, episcopul Maramuresului.
19. The Church of St George, located in the Kyparission district of Constantinople, was likely associated with the Byzantine public servant and historian Michael Attaleiates, who had his family tomb there.
20. According to tradition he was a Persian bishop who became a hermit in Huntingdonshire in England. St Ives in Huntingdonshire is called after him.
21. The Molchensk Icon of the Mother of God appeared on 18 September 1405 in the Molcha swampland not far from Putivl'. At first it was situated in the Molchensk Sophroniev wilderness monastery, but in 1605, specifically on 24 April, it was transferred to the Putivl'sk monastery.^[46]

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2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Στρατιῶτες Μάρτυρες. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
3. April 24 / May 7. Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
4. Martyr Sava Stratelates “the General” of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. 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. 115-116.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πασικράτης καὶ Βαλεντίων οἱ Μάρτυρες. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
7. Martyr Pasikrates in Moesia, Bulgaria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δάναβος, Δημήτριος, Εὐσέβιος, Λεόντιος, Λογγίνος, Νεστάβος, Νέων καὶ Χριστόφορος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
9. Martyr Eusebius and Others, at Nicomedia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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13. Venerable Thomas the Fool of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
14. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ὁσία Ἐλισάβετ ἡ Θαυματουργός. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
15. St Elizabeth the Wonderworker of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
16. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Θαυμαστός. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
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21. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀχιλλέας, Φήλικας καὶ Φορτουνάτος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
22. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 24 Απριλίου. ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ).
23. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελίτων Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίας. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
24. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Mellitus, Archb. of Cantebury. (A.D. 624.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 326-327.
25. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. pp. 177-181.
26. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article I.—St. Egbert, Priest and Monk of Iona, Scotland. [Seventh and Eighth Centuries.]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. IV. Dublin, 1875. pp. 466-472.
27. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Egbert, P. MK. (A.D. 729.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourth: April. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 327-331.
28. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Θαυματουργός. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
29. Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
30. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀλέξιος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
31. Venerable Alexius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
32. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Δούκας ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
33. Leonidas J. Papadopulos, Georgia Lizardos, et al (Transl.). "New Martyr Doukas, the Tailor from Mytilene." In: New Martyrs of the Turkish Yoke. Seattle: St. Nectarios Press, 1985. pp. 166-167.
34. 9 Romanian saints added to calendar of Russian Church. Orthodox Christianity. March 13, 2018. Retrieved: May 15, 2018.
35. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἠλίας ὁ Ὁμολογητής ἐκ Ρουμανίας. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
36. St Iorest Metropolitan of Ardeal, and the Confessor of Romania. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
37. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάββας ὁ Ὁμολογητής ἐκ Ρουμανίας. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
38. St Sava Brancovici the Metropolitan of Ardeal, and the Confessor of Romania. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
39. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ὁμολογητής ἐκ Ρουμανίας. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
40. St Joseph the Confessor of Maramures. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
41. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυρας. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
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44. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Μνήμη ἐγκαινίων ἱεροῦ ναοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου ἐν Κυπαρισσίῳ. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
45. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μόλχᾳ τῆς Ρωσίας. 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
46. The Molchensk Icon of the Mother of God. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

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