August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

August 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - August 25

All fixed commemorations below are observed on September 6 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For August 24, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on August 11

## Saints

* Hieromartyr Eutychius (1st century), disciple of St. John the Theologian.
* Martyr Tation, at Claudiopolis (Bithynia) (305)
* Virginmartyr Kyra (Cira, Cira, Shirin) Persia (558)
* Saint George Limniotes the Confessor, of Mount Olympus in Bithynia (716)

## 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)
* Saint Romanus of Nepi, a Bishop and martyr of Nepi in Tuscany, Italy, by tradition a disciple of St Ptolemy (1st century)
* Saint Aurea of Ostia, an early martyr in Ostia in Italy (c. 270)
* Saint Patrick, a bishop in Ireland, surnamed Patrick the Elder, whose relics were later enshrined at Glastonbury in England (c. 450)
* Saint Yrchard (Irchard, Yarcard), a priest in Scotland, consecrated bishop by St Ternan to work among the Picts (5th century)
* Saint Ouen (Audöenus, Audoin, Aldwin, Owen, Dado), Archbishop of Rouen, Gaul, Confessor (c. 683)
* Saint Bregwin, Twelfth Archbishop of Canterbury (764)
* Saint Sandratus (Sandradus), Abbot of Gladbach, and in 981 Abbot of Weissenburg (986)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1199)
* Hieromartyr Athanasius II, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1244)
* Venerable Arsenius, founder of Komel Monastery (Vologda), Wonderworker (1550)
* Venerable Serapion the Wonderworker, abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at David Gareja monastery complex, Georgia (1774)
* New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779) (see also: August 4)
* Saint Aristocleus, Elder, of Moscow and Mount Athos (1918)

### New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, Priest, of Lemkovina, Poland (1914)
* New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Shakhmut), Archimandrite, of Grodno (Belarus) (1946)

## Other commemorations

* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Petrovskaya" ("of St. Peter of Moscow") (ca. 1306)
* Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos (c. 1385) to St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392)
* Translation of the relics (1479) of St. Peter of Moscow, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (1326)
* Translation of the relics (1716) of St. Dionysios of Zakynthos, Archbishop of Aegina (1624)

## Icon gallery

* Interior of the Basilica of St. Aurea of Ostia.
* New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles.
* New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, Priest, of Lemkovina.
* Sarcophagus of Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos.
