Saints

• Venerable Symeon Stylites the Younger of Wonderful Mountain (c.592)
• Martyrs Meletius Stratelates, Stephen, John, and 1,218 soldiers with women and children, including:
• Serapion the Egyptian, Callinicus the Magician, Theodore, Faustus, the women Marciana, Susanna, and Palladia, two children Cyriacus and Christian, and twelve tribunes
  Tribune
  Tribune was a title shared by elected officials in the Roman Republic. Tribunes had the power to convene the Plebeian Council and to act as its president, which also gave them the right to propose legislation before it. They were sacrosanct, in the sense that any assault on their person was...
  
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• Faustus, Festus, Marcellus, Theodore, Meletius, Sergius, Marcellinus, Felix, Photinus, Theodoriscus, Mercurius, and Didymus — all of whom suffered in Galatia
  Galatia
  Ancient Galatia was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia in modern Turkey. Galatia was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace , who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. It has been called the "Gallia" of...
  
   (c.138-161)
• Martyrs Donatian and Rogatian
  Donatian and Rogatian
  Donatien and Rogatian were two brothers, martyred in Nantes during the reign of Roman Emperor Maximian, around 288-290, for refusing to deny their faith. They are also known as les enfants nantais. Their feast day is May 24.- Life :...
  
  , brothers (299)
• Martyr Afra
  Saint Afra
  Saint Afra was a Christian martyr. Her actual existence is not mentioned until the 5th century martyrologies, giving her dubious historicity.-Biography:...
  
   (304)
• Martyr Robustian, at Milan.
• Martyr Vincent of Porto.
• Martyrs Zöellus, Servilius, Felix, Silvanus, and Diocles, in Istria
  Istria
  Istria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...
  
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• Saint Patrice (Patrick), fourth Bishop of Bayeux in France (c.469)
• Saint Elpidios (Elpidius), Bishop of Aversa
  Aversa
  Aversa is a town and comune in the Province of Caserta in Campania southern Italy, about 15 kilometres north of Naples. It is the centre of an agricultural district, the agro aversano, producing wine and cheese...
  
  , in Campania southern Italy (5th c.)
• Saint Vincent of Lerins
  Vincent of Lérins
  Saint Vincent of Lérins was a Gallic author of early Christian writings.In earlier life he had been engaged in secular pursuits, whether civil or military is not clear, though the term he uses, "secularis militia," might possibly imply the latter...
  
   (445)
• Saint Kyriakos of Evrychou
  Evrychou
  Evrychou is a village in Cyprus. It is located in the Nicosia District and the agricultural centre of the "Solea" region located about 50 km south-west of Nicosia and 30 km from mount Troodos.-Geography and climate:...
  
  , in Cyprus, the Wonderworker.
• Nun-martyr Martha, abbess of Monemvasia
  Monemvasia
  Monemvasia is a town and a municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located on a small peninsula off the east coast of the Peloponnese. The peninsula is linked to the mainland by a short causeway 200m in length. Its area consists mostly of a large plateau some 100 metres above sea level, up to...
  
   (990)
• Venerable Nikita Stylites
  Nikita Stylites
  Venerable Nikita Stylites, a saint of 12th century Russia, led a dissolute life in his youth. However, upon entering a church on a certain occasion he heard the words of the Prophet Isaiah 'Wash you , make you clean;' with this a profound conversion was effected in his soul.Thus converted Nikita...
  
  , 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
  George the Hagiorite
  George the Hagiorite – Giorgi Mt'ats'mindeli or Giorgi At'oneli – , was a Georgian monk, religious writer, and translator, who spearheaded the activities of Georgian monastic communities in the Byzantine Empire...
  
   (1065)
• Repose of Monk Cyriacus of Valaam (1818)
• Repose of Blessed Amphilochius of Rostov (1824)
• Glorification (1988) of Saint Xenia of Petersburg
  Xenia of Saint Petersburg
  Saint Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg is a patron saint of St...
  
  , fool-for-Christ (c.1803)
• Inauguration of the church of Virgin Mary in Karrais (Al Kara) of Syria

Sources

• May 24/June 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• June 6 / May 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A 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.

• 24 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.