August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 25
August 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 24-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 5 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Martyr Lupus, slave of St...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 25
August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Aug. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 26-Fixed commemorations:All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 7 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Apostle Titus of the Seventy Disciples *Saint Genesius of Rome...
Fixed commemorations
All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 6 by Old CalendaristsOld Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- Hieromartyr Eutychius, disciple of St. John the Theologian
- Martyr Tation (Tatio) at Claudiopolis (Bithynia) (305305Year 305 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius...
) - Virgin Martyr Cyra of Persia (558558Year 558 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 558 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Byzantine Empire :* May 7 – In Constantinople,...
) - Saint George Limniotes the Confessor of Mt. Olympus in BithyniaBithyniaBithynia was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine .-Description:...
(716716Year 716 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 716 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* Inal Khan succeeds Kapagan Khan and Bilge...
) - Saint Martyrius, archbishop of Novgorod (1199)
- Saint ArseniusArseniusArsenius may refer to:* Arsenius * Arsenius the Great, Saint Arsenius the Deacon, sometimes known as Arsenius of Scetis and Turah or Arsenius the Roman* Saint Arsenius of Corfu, first bishop of Corfu, Arsenius may refer to:* Arsenius (name)* Arsenius the Great, Saint Arsenius the Deacon, sometimes...
, abbot of Komel (VologdaVologdaVologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
) (1550) - Saint Serapion the Wonderworker, abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at David Gareja monastery complex, GeorgiaGeorgia (country)Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
(1774) - New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (also entered at August 4) (1779)
- New Hieromartyr Maxim SandovichMaxim SandovichMaxim Sandovich is a New Martyr and Orthodox saint. He is the protomartyr of the Lemko people.He was trained as an Orthodox priest, and was executed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a russophile. After his execution, his wife was imprisoned in Talerhof, where his son, also named Maxim Sandovich,...
, priest of Lemkovina, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(1914) - Saint Aristocleus, elder of Moscow and Mt. Athos (1918)
Other commemorations
- Translation (1479) of the Relics of St. Peter, Metropolitan of KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
(1326) - Icon of the Most Holy TheotokosTheotokosTheotokos is the Greek title of Mary, the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches. Its literal English translations include God-bearer and the one who gives birth to God. Less literal translations include Mother of God...
"Petrovskaya" ("Of St. Peter of Moscow") (1306) - Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos (ca. 1385) to St. Sergius of RadonezhSergius of RadonezhVenerable Sergius of Radonezh , also transliterated as Sergey Radonezhsky or Serge of Radonezh, was a spiritual leader and monastic reformer of medieval Russia. Together with Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, he is one of the Russian Orthodox Church's most highly venerated saints.-Early life:The date of...
(1392) - Translation of the relics (1716) of Saint Dionysios of ZakynthosDionysios of ZakynthosSaint Dionysios of Zakynthos was a 16th century Orthodox Christian Archbishop of Aegina. He was born on the Greek island of Zakynthos in 1546. He is the patron saint of Zakynthos and is celebrated on August 24 and December 17....
, Archbishop of AeginaAeginaAegina is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of Aeacus, who was born in and ruled the island. During ancient times, Aegina was a rival to Athens, the great sea power of the era.-Municipality:The municipality...
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