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Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

- Apr. 25 All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''May 7'' by

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es on the

Old Calendar Calendar reform or calendrical reform is any significant revision of a calendar system. The term sometimes is used instead for a proposal to switch to a different calendar design. Principles The prime objective of a calendar is to unambiguo ...

. 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-Ferra ...

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Saints

* ''Martyr

Sabbas Stratelates Saint Sabbas Stratelates (Sava Stratelat, Sabas Stratilat, Savva Stratilatus), also known as Sabbas the General of Rome (died 272, in Tiber River, Rome) was an early Christian warrior saint and martyr. He served as a Roman military general under Em ...

("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''; ) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River. As a Roman domain Moesia was administered at first by the governor of Noricum as 'Civitates of Moesia and Triballi ...

(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 Foolishness for Christ (; ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a religious purpose—particularly of Christia ...

, of Syria'' (c. 550) * ''Venerable Elizabeth the Wonderworker, of

Constantinople Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ...

'' (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 Christian saints who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Caracalla. Felix, a priest, Fortunatus and Achilleus, both deacons, were sent by Irenaeus, to Valence, to convert the locals. It is sai ...

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

April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. *599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in so ...

'') * 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. It is believed to have first been recorded in medieval Spain, while other sources claim that it is likely of Germanic ( Gothic) origin. In the Balkans, Elvira is popular among Bosniaks, Croats, and Slovenes in the ...

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 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 Christia ...

, the first

Bishop of London The bishop of London is the Ordinary (church officer), ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. By custom the Bishop is also Dean of the Chapel Royal since 1723. The diocese covers of 17 boroughs o ...

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 Primus inter pares, ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the diocese of Canterbury. The first archbishop ...

, and a member of the

Gregorian mission The Gregorian missionJones "Gregorian Mission" ''Speculum'' p. 335 or Augustinian missionMcGowan "Introduction to the Corpus" ''Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature'' p. 17 was a Christian mission sent by Pope Pope Gregory I, Gregory the Great ...

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 beca ...

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 t ...

(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 Eckbert and Ekbert. People with the first name Mi ...

, Bishop, of

Iona Iona (; , sometimes simply ''Ì'') is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaeli ...

(729)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Saints Sabbas and Alexis the Hermit, of the

Kiev Caves The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv. Sinc ...

(13th century) * New Martyr Doukas of

Mytilene Mytilene (; ) is the capital city, capital of the Greece, 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 of the Aegean. It was fo ...

, the tailor (1564) * Saints Symeon (Stefan) (1656), Elias (Iorest) (1678) and Sava (Brancovici) (1683), Metropolitans of

Ardeal Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border are the Carpathian Mountains and to the west the ...

, Transylvania, Confessors against the

Calvinists Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Christian, Presbyterian, ...

. * Venerable Joseph (Stoyka) the Confessor, Bishop of

Maramureș ( ; ; ; ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the ...

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

Alexis Toth Alexis Georgievich Toth (also Alexis of Wilkes-Barre; March 14, 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 Catho ...

, priest, of

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

(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 im ...

'')

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 Branko Dobrosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Добросављевић; 4 January 1886 — 7 May 1941) was a Serbian Orthodox priest who was killed by the Ustaše during the Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia in Wor ...

, Serbian Orthodox priest who fell victim to

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

(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 or personal effects of a saint or other person preserved for the purpose of veneration as a tangible memorial. Reli ...

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 '' Chronico ...

(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 (; ) is a stauropegic Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monastery in Russian Republic of Karelia, Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe. History It is not clear when the mon ...

(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