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)

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