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May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 25

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 6 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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

Saints

  • Martyrs Meletius Stratelates, Stephen, John, and 1218 soldiers with women and children, including:
  • Serapion the Egyptian, Callinicus the former Magician, Theodore, Faustus, the women Marciana, Susanna, and Palladia, two children Cyriacus and Christian; and
  • Twelve tribunes: Faustus, Festus, Marcellus, Theodore, Meletius, Sergius, Marcellinus, Felix, Photinus, Theodoriscus, Mercurius, and Didymus — all of whom suffered in Galatia (c.138-161)
  • Venerable Symeon Stylites the Younger of Wonderful Mountain (c.592)
  • Saint Kyriakos of Evrychou, in Cyprus, the Wonderworker.
  • Nun-martyr Martha, abbess of Monemvasia (990)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Martyrs Donatian and Rogatian, brothers (299)
  • Martyr Afra (304)
  • Martyr Robustian, at Milan.
  • Martyr Vincent of Porto.
  • Martyrs Zöellus, Servilius, Felix, Silvanus, and Diocles, in Istria.
  • Saint Patrice (Patrick), fourth Bishop of Bayeux in France (c.469)
  • Saint Elpidios (Elpidius), Bishop of Aversa, in Campania southern Italy (5th century)
  • Saint Vincent of Lerins (445)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Venerable Nikita Stylites, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski (1186)
  • Saint Gregory of Novgorod, Archbishop (1193)

    • Other commemorations

  • Translation of the relics (c.1067) of St. George of the Holy Mountain and Georgia (1065)
  • Repose of Monk Cyriacus of Valaam (1818)
  • Repose of Blessed Amphilochius of Rostov (1824)
  • Glorification (1988) of Saint Xenia of Petersburg, fool-for-Christ (c.1803)
  • Inauguration of the church of Virgin Mary in Karrais (Al Kara) of Syria

    • References

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