October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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October 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 25

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 6 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. ^{[note 1]}

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

Saints

• Martyr Sebastiani (1st century) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [note 2]}
• Martyrs Sotiricus and Valentinos, from Asia Minor, by being dragged over sharp stones. ^{[2] [3] [5] [note 3]}
• Hieromartyr Akakios the Presbyter, by the sword. ^{[2] [3] [6]}
• Martyr Nerdonus, by fire. ^{[2] [3] [7]}
• Saint Proclus of Constantinople, Archbishop of Constantinople (447) ^{[2] [8] [9] [note 4] [note 5]}
• Great-martyr Arethas of Omir and 4,299 martyrs with him, including Martyr Syncletica and her two daughters ^[11] (523) ^{[2] [12] [13] [14] [15] [note 6]} (see also: November 24. ^{[note 7]} )
• A holy woman martyr and her child, together with Martyr Arethas of Omir and his companions (523) ^{[3] [17] [note 8]}
• Blessed Elesbaan (Caleb), King of Ethiopia (553-555) ^{[4] [12] [18] [19] [20] [note 9]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Felix (Africanus), Audactus (Adauctus), Januarius, Fortunatus and Septimus (303) ^{[23] [24] [note 10] [note 11]}
• Saint Evergislus (Ebregesilus, Eberigisil), a Bishop of Cologne in Germany, martyred by heathen robbers (5th century) ^{[23] [note 12]}
• Saint Maglorius of Sark (Maelor), Bishop of Dol-de-Bretagne in Brittany (575) ^{[3] [4] [23] [25] [26] [note 13] [note 14]}
• Saint Senoch the Healer, Abbot, of Tours, Gaul (576) ^{[3] [4] [12] [27] [28]}
• Saint Cadfarch, a disciple of St Iltyd, he founded churches in Penegoes and Abererch in Wales (6th century) ^{[23] [note 15]}
• Saint Martin of Vertou, founder of the monastery of Vertou near Nantes, also of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes and other monasteries (601) ^{[23] [30]}
• Saint Marcius (Mark, Martin), a hermit at Montecassino in Italy (c. 679) ^{[23] [note 16] [note 17]}
• Saint Fromundus (Frodemundus), Monk, Abbot and then Bishop of Coutances in France (c. 690) ^[23]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Arethas, recluse, of the Kiev Caves (1190) ^{[2] [4] [12] [18] [31] [32] [33] [note 18]}
• Venerable Sisoes of the Kiev Caves (13th century) ^{[4] [12] [18] [34]}
• Venerable Theophilus the Silent, of the Kiev Caves (12th-13th century) ^{[4] [12] [18] [35]}
• Saint Athanasius I of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (1311) ^{[4] [12] [18] [36]} (see also: October 28)
• Saint John, recluse, of the Pskov Caves (1616) ^{[4] [12] [37]}
• Venerable Zosima (Verkhovsky), Elder, of Siberia (1833) ^{[4] [12] [18] [38] [note 19]}
• Saint George the New Confessor, of Drama, Greece (1959) ^{[18] [39]} (see also: November 4 - Greek)

New Martys and Confessors

• New Hieromartyr Lawrence (Knyazev), Bishop of Balakhnin, ^{[note 20]} and Alexis Porfiriev, Archpriest, ^{[40] [note 21]} and with them New Martyr Alexis Neidhardt ^{[41] [note 22]} (1918) ^{[4] [12] [18]}
• New Hieromartyr Arethas (Mitrenin), Hieromonk of Valaam (1932), ^{[4] [12] [18] [42]}
• New Hieromartyrs John Smirnov ^[43] and Nicholas Nikolsky, Priests (1937) ^{[4] [18]}
• New Martyr Peter Bogorodsky, Priest (1938) ^{[4] [18]}

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos The "Joy of All Who Sorrow" (Moscow) (1688) ^{[4] [12] [18] [44] [45]}
• Repose of Blessed Eudocia of Ryazan (1890) ^[12]
• Repose of Hieroschemamonk Barsanuphius of Valaam (1910) ^[12]

Icon gallery

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  Great-martyr Arethas of Omir and 4,299 martyrs with him.
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  St. Proclus of Constantinople, Archbishop of Constantinople.
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  Coin of Blessed Elesbaan (Caleb), King of Ethiopia.
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  Relics of St. Maglorius of Sark (Maelor), Bishop of Dol-de-Bretagne.
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  Chapel of St. Martin of Vertou, Cathédrale de Nantes.
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  Venerable Arethas, recluse, of the Kiev Caves.
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  Venerable Zosima (Verkhovsky), Elder, of Siberia.
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  Venerable George (Karslidis) of Drama.
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  New Hieromartyr Lawrence (Knyazev), Bishop of Balakhnin.
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  New Martyr Alexis Neidhardt.
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  Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of all who Sorrow".

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. Saint Sebastiani came from the city of Sebaste in Phrygia and learned the Christian faith from the Apostle Paul. She witnessed the faith in Marcianopolis in Thracia. Under severe tortures she continued to confess Christ. Finally she was beheaded, and was buried in Rhaedestus.
3. Their holy relics were translated to the island of Thasos, where they remain to this day.
4. "At Constantinople, St. Proclus, bishop." ^[10]
5. His feast day is on November 20 . It is unclear why he is listed on this day.
6. "At Nagran, in Arabia Felix, the passion of the Saint Aretas and his companions, to the number of three hundred and forty, in the time of the emperor Justin, under the Jewish tyrant Dunaan. ^[10]
7. According to antiquarian Sabine Baring-Gould:
   

   "[Ethiopic Kalendar on Nov. 24 and 26. But the Senkessar or Abyssinian Synaxarium, edited by Sapetus, on Nov. 22 and 24.
   In the 8th cent. S. Arethas occurs in the Constantinopolitan Menology on Oct. 24. So also Metaphrastes, and the Russian Kalendar. Menology of Basil; Ruthenian Kalendar. The Coptic Kalendar and the Sacred Kalendar of the monastery of S. Sabas near Jerusalem, drawn up by S. Sabas in 532. The Marble Kalendar of Naples of the 9th cent.
   The modern Roman Martyrology, however, on July 27 : "Among the Hemeritae the commemoration of the holy martyrs who were cast into the flames for the faith of Christ under the tyrant Dunaan." " ^[16]

8. "After them was burned alive a Christian woman, whose son, five years old, confessed Christ lisping, and as he could neither by caresses nor threats be stopped, he rushed into the fire in which his mother was burning." ^[10]
9. Western sources, ^[21] including the Roman Martyrology, list him on October 27th:

   • "In Ethiopia, St. Elesbaan, king, who, after having defeated the enemies of Christ and sent his royal diadem to Jerusalem, in the time of the emperor Justin, led a monastical life, as he had vowed, and went to his reward." ^[22]

10. Felix was a Bishop of Thibiuca in North Africa, martyred with others for refusing to deliver up the sacred books. He was one of the first victims of Diocletian.
11. "AT Venosa, in Basilicata, the birthday of the holy martyrs Felix, African bishop, Audactus and Januarius, priests, Fortunatus and Septimus, lectors. In the time of Diocletian, after having been a long time loaded with fetters, and imprisoned in Africa and Sicily by the governor Magdellian, as Felix refused absolutely to deliver the sacred books, according to the emperor's edict, they finally closed their lives by being beheaded." ^[10]
12. "At Cologne, St. Evergistus, bishop and martyr." ^[10]
13. Maglorius was born in south Wales but went to Brittany with St Samson. Here they became abbots of two monasteries, St Samson at Dol and St Maglorius at Lammeur. St Samson became Bishop of Dol and on his repose was succeeded by St Maglorius, who finally crossed to the Channel Islands and built a monastery on Sark where he reposed.
14. "In Bretagne, the departure from this life of St. Maglorious, bishop, whose body rests at Paris." ^[10]
15. "S. Cadfarch, brother of S. Thangwn and of S. Maehtlu, was the son of Caradoc Vreichvras, and grandson of Llyr Merini. He is said to have founded a church at Penegos, after having studied and received the monastic habit under S. Iltyt. He founded another church at Abererch. ^[29]
16. He lived in a cave on Mount Massicus (Mondragone) where he reposed.
17. "In Campania, St. Mark, solitary, whose renowned actions have been recorded by St. Gregory." ^[10]
18. See: (in Russian) Арефа Затворник. Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
19. See: (in Russian) Зосима (Верховский). Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
20. See: (in Russian) Лаврентий (Князев). Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
21. See: (in Russian) Порфирьев, Алексей Александрович. Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).
22. See: (in Russian) Нейдгардт, Алексей Борисович. Википе́дия. (Russian Wikipedia).

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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. 512-513.
26. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MAGLORIUS, B. OF DOL. (A.D. 586.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 616-618.
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35. Venerable Theophilus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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37. St. John the Hermit of Pskov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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42. (in Russian) АРЕФА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
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44. Icon of the Mother of God “the Joy of All Who Sorrow”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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