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es on the

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. For April 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. *1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrare ...

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Saints

* ''Martyr

Sabbas Stratelates Saint Sabbas Stratelates (Sava Stratelat, Sabas Stratilat, Savva Stratilatus), Sabbas the General of Rome (died 272, Tiber River, Rome) was an early Christian warrior saint and martyr, was Roman military general under emperor Aurelian. He is the ' ...

("the General") of Rome,'' ''and 70 soldiers'' ''with him'' (272)April 24 / May 7
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru). * Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentine, and Julius, at Dorostolum in

Moesia Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; el, Μοισία, Moisía) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River, which included most of the territory of modern eastern Serbia, Kosovo, north-eastern Alban ...

(297) * Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and four others, at Nicomedia (c. 303) * Martyr Eutexios. * Saint Innocent, priest, on the Mount of Olives (4th century)May 7 / April 24
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * ''Venerable Thomas, Fool-for-Christ, of Syria'' (c. 550) * ''Venerable Elizabeth the Wonderworker, of

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

'' (6th-8th centuries) * Venerable Thaumastos (''the Wonderworker'') (6th century) * Saint Xenophon, founder of Xenophontos monastery, Mt. Athos (c. 1018)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Martyr Alexander of Lyons, and companions (c. 177)April 24
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Martyrs

Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus were 3rd-century Christianity, Christian saints who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Caracalla. Felix, a Priest#In Christianity, priest, Fortunatus and Achilleus, both deacons, were sent by Irenaeus, to Vale ...

, at Valence in France (212) Συναξαριστής.
24 Απριλίου
'' ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). (''see also: April 23'') * Saint

Gregory of Elvira Gregory Baeticus (died c. 392) was the bishop of Elvira, in the province of Baetica, Spain. Life Gregory is first met with as Bishop of Elvira (Illiberis) in 375; he is mentioned in the Luciferian "Libellus precum ad Imperatores" as the defender ...

, Bishop of

Elvira Elvira is a female given name. First recorded in medieval Spain, it is likely of Germanic (Gothic) origin. Elvira may refer to: People Nobility * Elvira Menéndez (died 921), daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and wife of Ordoño II of Leó ...

in the south of Spain (c. 394) * Saint Dyfnan, born in Wales, he founded a church in Anglesey (5th century) * Saint Deodatus of Blois (''Dié''), a hermit near Blois in France, later the town of Saint-Dié grew up around his cell (c. 525) * Saint Honorius of Brescia, a hermit near Brescia in Italy who was chosen bishop of that city (c. 586) * Saint

Mellitus Saint Mellitus (died 24 April 624) was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third Archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism to Chris ...

, the first

Bishop of London A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

in the Saxon period, the third

Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...

, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England (624)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. 177-181. * Saint Authaire (''Oye'') (7th century) * Saints Bova and Doda (7th century) * Saint

Wilfrid Wilfrid ( – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and ...

Bishop of York The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers ...

(709) * Saint

Egbert Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade. Anglo-Saxon variant spellings include Ecgberht () and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Ekbert and Ecbert. People with the first name Mid ...

, Bishop, of Iona (729)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Saints Sabbas and Alexis the Hermit, of the

Kiev Caves Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...

(13th century) * New Martyr Doukas of

Mytilene Mytilene (; el, Μυτιλήνη, Mytilíni ; tr, Midilli) is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University o ...

, the tailor (1564) * Saints Symeon (Stefan) (1656), Elias (Iorest) (1678) and Sava (Brancovici) (1683), Metropolitans of Ardeal, Transylvania, Confessors against the Calvinists. * Venerable Joseph (Stoyka) the Confessor, Bishop of

Maramureș or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, alon ...

, Romania (c. 1711) * New Martyr Nicholas of Magnesia (1776 or 1795) * Saint

Alexis Toth Alexis Georgievich Toth (or Alexis of Wilkes-Barre; March 18, 1853 – May 7, 1909) was a Russian Orthodox church leader in the Midwestern United States who, having resigned his position as a Byzantine Catholic priest in the Ruthenian Catholi ...

, priest, of

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the s ...

(1909) (''see also:

May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I imm ...

'')

New martyrs and confessors

* Martyr Sergius Archangelskiy (1938)24 апреля (ст.ст.) 7 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. * New Hieromartyr Branko Dobrosavljević, Serbian Orthodox priest who fell victim to

Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian Fascism, fascist and ultranationalism, ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaš ...

(1941)

Other commemorations

* Commemoration of the consecration of the Church of St George in Constantinople. * Uncovering of the

relics In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

of Saint

Ivo of Ramsey Saint Ivo (also known as Ives) was a Cornish bishop and hermit, and became the eponymous saint of St Ives, Huntingdonshire. History The discovery of Bishop Ivo's remains in 1001 was first mentioned briefly in John of Worcester's ''Chronicon e ...

(1001) * Synaxis of the "Molchenskaya" Icon of the Mother of God (1405)Great Synaxaristes:
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μόλχᾳ τῆς Ρωσίας
'' 24 Απριλίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. * Repose of Schemamonk Nicholas of

Valaam Monastery The Valaam Monastery (russian: Валаамский монастырь; Finnish version: ''Valamo Monastery'') is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Euro ...

(1947)

Icon gallery

File:Sabbas Stratelates.jpg, Martyr

("the General") of Rome. File:Trittico di sant'onorio (brescia).jpg, Triptych with St. Honorius of Brescia (''center''). File:StWilfrid.jpg, St.

, Bishop of York. File:Alexis Toth.jpg, St. Alexis Toth of Wilkes-Barre.

Notes

References

Sources

April 24 / May 7
Orthodox Calendar (pravoslavie.ru).
May 7 / April 24
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
April 24
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. * The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 31.

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. 115–116. * 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. 177–181. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
24 Απριλίου
Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. * Συναξαριστής.
24 Απριλίου
'' ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια Τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
24 апреля (ст.ст.) 7 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. {{DEFAULTSORT:April 24 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) April in the Eastern Orthodox calendar