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Aug. 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 25

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

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

Saints

  • Hieromartyr Eutychius (1st century), disciple of St. John the Theologian.
  • Martyr Tation, at Claudiopolis (Bithynia) (305)
  • Virginmartyr Kyra of Persia (558)
  • Saint George Limniotes the Confessor, of Mt. Olympus in Bithynia (716)

    • Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Saint Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus), by tradition a disciple of the Apostle Peter, he became Bishop of Nepi in Tuscany in Italy, where he was martyred (1st century)
  • Saint Romanus of Nepi, a Bishop and martyr of Nepi in Tuscany, Italy, by tradition a disciple of St Ptolemy (1st century)
  • Saint Aurea of Ostia, an early martyr in Ostia in Italy (c. 270)
  • Saint Patrick, a bishop in Ireland, surnamed Patrick the Elder, whose relics were later enshrined at Glastonbury in England (c. 450)
  • Saint Yrchard (Irchard, Yarcard), a priest in Scotland, consecrated bishop by St Ternan to work among the Picts (5th century)
  • Saint Ouen (Audöenus, Audoin, Aldwin, Owen, Dado), Archbishop of Rouen, Gaul, Confessor (c. 683)
  • Saint Bregwin, Twelfth Archbishop of Canterbury (764)
  • Saint Sandratus (Sandradus), Abbot of Gladbach, and in 981 Abbot of Weissenburg (986)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox saints

  • Saint Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1199)
  • Hieromartyr Athanasius II, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1244)
  • Venerable Arsenius, founder of Komel Monastery (Vologda), Wonderworker (1550)
  • Venerable Serapion the Wonderworker, abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at David Gareja monastery complex, Georgia (1774)
  • New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779) (see also: August 4 )
  • Saint Aristocleus, Elder, of Moscow and Mt. Athos (1918)

    • New martyrs and confessors

  • New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, Priest, of Lemkovina, Poland (1914)
  • New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Shakhmut), Archimandrite, of Grodno (Belorussia) (1946)

    • Other commemorations

  • Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Petrovskaya" ("of St. Peter of Moscow") (ca. 1306)
  • Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos (c. 1385) to St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392)
  • Translation of the relics (1479) of St. Peter of Moscow, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (1326)
  • Translation of the relics (1716) of St. Dionysios of Zakynthos, Archbishop of Aegina (1624)

    • References

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