August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 6 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For August 24, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 11
Contents
Saints
- Hieromartyr Eutychius (1st century), disciple of St. John the Theologian.[1][2][3][4][note 2]
- Martyr Tation, at Claudiopolis (Bithynia) (305)[1][3][6][7][note 3]
- Virginmartyr Kyra of Persia (558)[1][8]
- Saint George Limniotes the Confessor, of Mt. Olympus in Bithynia (716)[1][3][9][note 4][note 5]
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)[11][note 6]
- Saint Romanus of Nepi, a Bishop and martyr of Nepi in Tuscany, Italy, by tradition a disciple of St Ptolemy (1st century)[11][note 7]
- Saint Aurea of Ostia, an early martyr in Ostia in Italy (c. 270)[11][note 8]
- Saint Patrick, a bishop in Ireland, surnamed Patrick the Elder, whose relics were later enshrined at Glastonbury in England (c. 450)[11][note 9][note 10]
- Saint Yrchard (Irchard, Yarcard), a priest in Scotland, consecrated bishop by St Ternan to work among the Picts (5th century)[11][12]
- Saint Ouen (Audöenus, Audoin, Aldwin, Owen, Dado), Archbishop of Rouen, Gaul, Confessor (c. 683)[1][5][11][note 11]
- Saint Bregwin, Twelfth Archbishop of Canterbury (764)[11][note 12]
- Saint Sandratus (Sandradus), Abbot of Gladbach, and in 981 Abbot of Weissenburg (986)[11][note 13]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1199)[1][13][14]
- Hieromartyr Athanasius II, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1244)[1]
- Venerable Arsenius, founder of Komel Monastery (Vologda), Wonderworker (1550)[1][13][15][16]
- Venerable Serapion the Wonderworker, abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at David Gareja monastery complex, Georgia (1774)[1][13][17]
- New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779)[1][3][13][18][19][20] (see also: August 4 )
- Saint Aristocleus, Elder, of Moscow and Mt. Athos (1918)[1][13][20]
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, Priest, of Lemkovina, Poland (1914)[1][13][21][note 14]
- New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Shakhmut), Archimandrite, of Grodno (Belorussia) (1946)[1][13][20]
Other commemorations
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Petrovskaya" ("of St. Peter of Moscow") (ca. 1306)[1][13][20][21][23]
- Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos (c. 1385) to St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392)[1][13][24]
- Translation of the relics (1479) of St. Peter of Moscow, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (1326)[1][13][20][21][25]
- Translation of the relics (1716) of St. Dionysios of Zakynthos, Archbishop of Aegina (1624)[1][3][13][26]
Icon gallery
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Basilica di Sant'Aurea - interno.JPG
Interior of the Basilica of St. Aurea of Ostia.
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St. Kosmas Aitolos - Bolton, Ontario - 2007.jpg
New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles.
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New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, Priest, of Lemkovina.
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Sarcophagus of Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos.
Notes
- ↑ The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar"). - ↑ "The same day, St. Eutychius, disciple of the blessed Evangelist John. He preached the Gospel in many countries, was subjected to imprisonment, to stripes and fire, and finally he rested in peace."[5]
- ↑ "In Isauria, St. Tatio, martyr, who received the crown of martyrdom by being beheaded in the persecution of Domitian, under the governor Urbanus."[5]
- ↑ Saint George Limniotes lived during the seventh and eighth centuries and was a monk of the Olympian monastery near Constantinople. He suffered for venerating icons under the Iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian (716-741). They burned his head and cut off his nose. St George died in the year 718.[10]
- ↑ "Also, St. George Limniota, monk. Because he reprehended the impious emperor Leo for breaking holy images and burning the relics of the saints, he had his hands cut off and his head burned by order of the tyrant, and went to our Lord to receive the recompense of a martyr."[5]
- ↑ "At Nepi, St. Ptolemy, bishop, disciple of the blessed apostle Peter. Being sent by him to preach the Gospel in Tuscany, he died a glorious martyr of Christ in the city of Nepi."[5]
- ↑ "In the same place, St. Romanus, bishop of that city, who was the disciple of St. Ptolemy, and his companion in martyrdom."[5]
- ↑ "At Ostia, St. Aurea, virgin and martyr, who was plunged into the sea with a stone tied to her neck. Her body, being cast on the shore, was buried by blessed Nounus."[5]
- ↑ In 457 "the elder Patrick" (Irish: Patraic Sen) is said to have died: this may refer to the death of Palladius, who is said in the Book of Armagh to have also been called Patrick.
- ↑ "At Nevers, St. Patrick, abbot."[5]
- ↑ He founded the monastery of Rebais in France, was consecrated Bishop of Rouen in 641, attending the Council of Châlons in 644 and reposing at what is now a suburb of Paris, named St Ouen after him.
- ↑ His letters to St Lull of Mainz still exist.
- ↑ A monk of the monastery of St Maximinus at Trier in Germany. In 972 he was sent by the Emperor Otto I to restore the monastery of St Gall. Shortly afterwards he became Abbot of Gladbach and in 981 Abbot of Weissenburg also.
- ↑ He was executed on Sunday, August 6th, 1914.[22] He is commemorated on:
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- August 6 / July 24 (date of martyrdom);
- September 6 / August 24 (glorification - feast day);
- The "Synaxis of the Saints of Galicia" - (Russian) Собор Галицких святых - celebrated in the Third Week of Pentecost.
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References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 August 24 / September 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Εὐτυχὴς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας μαθητὴς τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἰωάννη Θεολόγου. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 24 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
- ↑ Hieromartyr Eutyches the Disciple of St John the Theologian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 255-256.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Τατίων ὁ Μάρτυρας. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Martyr Tation (Tatio) of Claudiopolis. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Virginmartyr Syra of Persia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Λιμνιώτης. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ St George Limniotes the Confessor of Mt. Olympus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 August 24. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ The Twenty-Fourth Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 September 6 / August 24. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ↑ St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Θαυματουργός (Ρῶσος † 1550). 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Venerable Serapion, Abbot and Wonderworker of the St. John the Baptist Monastery. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοσμᾶς ὁ Αἰτωλὸς. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 (Russian) 24 августа (ст.ст.) 6 сентября 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Dr. Alexander Roman. August. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- ↑ Small Synaxarion of The Saints Who Shone Forth In The Lands of Carpatho-Rus. American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. Retrieved 21 October, 2014.
- ↑ Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Διονυσίου τοῦ ἐκ Ζακύνθου. 24 Αυγούστου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
Sources
- August 24 / September 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- September 6 / August 24. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- August 24. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. August. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). pp. 62-63.
- The Twenty-Fourth Day of the Month of August. Orthodoxy in China.
- August 24. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 255-256.
- Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 411.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 24 ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 24 Αυγούστου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 6 сентября (24 августа). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 24 августа (ст.ст.) 6 сентября 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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