May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 25

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)
• Saint Blondina Gobjilă (Blondina of Iași, Mama Blondina), a Confessor from the communist period who was exiled to Siberia for 15 years (1971)

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

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Notes

References

Sources

• May 24/June 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 6 / May 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
• May 24. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• May 24. The Roman Martyrology.
• May 24. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: 24 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• Συναξαριστής. 24 ΜαΐοÏÂ. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• 6 июня (24 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• 24 мая (ст.ст.) 6 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).