June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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June 24 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective June24 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Forerunner.June 24/July 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Γενέσιον τοῦ Τιμίου ἐνδόξου Προφήτου, Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 24 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).Nativity of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 24 июня по старому стилю / 7 июля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "THE NATIVITY OF S. JOHN THE BAPTIST." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 323-334.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VII.—Festival of St. John the Baptist's Nativity." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. pp. 785-786. Martyrs Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus, and Longinus, near Lazica (4th century)Martyr Orentius, one of the seven martyred brothers in Georgia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.July 7 / June 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Nicetas of Remesiana, Bishop of Remesiana (Bela Palanka) (c. 414 or 420)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικήτας Ἐπίσκοπος Ρεμεσιάνας τῆς Ρουμανίας. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints Saints Faustus and Companions, 24 martyrs in Rome.June 24. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. Saint Simplicius of Autun, a married man who lived a virginal life with his wife and became Bishop of Autun (c. 360)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SIMPLTCIUS, B. OF AUTUN. (5TH CENT.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 336-337. Saints Agoard, Agilbert and Companions, holy martyrs in Créteil, now a suburb of Paris in France (5th century) Venerable Germocus, born in Ireland, he was the brother of St Breaca and settled near Mount's Bay in Cornwall (6th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Γκερμόκιος ἐκ Κορνουάλης. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 24 Ιουνίου. Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece). Saint Alena (Alina) of Brussels, martyred at Forest, Belgium (c. 640)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀλένα ἡ Μάρτυς ἐκ Βρυξελλῶν. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Rumbold of Mechelen (Rumoldus), a monk who became a bishop with St Willibrord in Holland and in Brabant in Belgium, murdered near Malines (c. 775)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—Martyrdom of St. Rumold, Apostle of Belgium." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. VI. Dublin, 1875. p. 783. Saint Theodulphus (Thiou), third Abbot of Lobbes Abbey in Belgium (776) Venerable John the Hermit (Ivan), of Bohemia (845 or 904)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰβὰν ἐκ Τσεχίας. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. IVAN, H. (A.D. 845.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Sixth: June. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 327-338. Saint Henry (Heric), born in Hery in Yonne in France, he became a monk at the Abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre (c. 880) Saint John of Tuy, born in Galicia in Spain, he lived as a hermit near Tuy, where his relics are still enshrined (9th century)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, founder of Dymsk Monastery in Novgorod (1224)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. АНТОНИЙ ДЫМСКИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Saint Mikhail of Tver, Great Prince of Tver (1318) Saint John of Yaransk, monk at Solovki (1561) Righteous Youths John and James, of Meniugi in Novgorod (1566-1569)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Δίκαιοι οἱ αὐτάδελφοι. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Righteous John the Youth of Meniugi, Novgorod. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ИАКОВ И ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Saint Athanasius of Paros (1813) 24/06/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Πάριος. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.St. Athanasius Parios. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Gerasimus (Dobroserdov), Bishop of Astrakhan and Enotaeva (1880)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐν Ἀρχαγγέλσκ Σιβηρίας. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

New martyrs and confessors New Martyr Panagiotes of Caesarea in Cappadocia, at Constantinople (1765)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Παναγιώτης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Καισαρεύς. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Other commemorations Synaxis of the Righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, parents of John the Forerunner.Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ζαχαρίου καὶ Ἐλισάβετ τῶν Δικαίων γονέων τοῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: September 5) Translation of the relics (1492) of Great-martyr John the New to Suceava, Romania (1330-1340)Great Synaxaristes: Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μεγαλομάρτυρος Ἰωάννου τοῦ Νέου. 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: June 2 )

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Sources June 24/July 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). July 7 / June 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). June 24. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. 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. 46–47. The Twenty-Fourth Day of the Month of June. Orthodoxy in China. June 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. 183–184. 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. pp. 287–288. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 24 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 24 Ιουνίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 24 Ιουνίου. Αποστολική Διακονία της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος (Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece). 24/06/2018. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources 7 июля (24 июня). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 24 июня по старому стилю / 7 июля по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2017 год. 24 июня (ст.ст.) 7 июля 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).