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All fixed commemorations below are celebrated on ''August 6'' by
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. For July 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius). * 911 – Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair ...
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Saints

* Saint
Athenagoras of Athens Athenagoras (; ; c. 133 – c. 190 AD) was a Father of the Church, an Ante-Nicene Christian apologist who lived during the second half of the 2nd century of whom little is known for certain, besides that he was Athenian (though possibly not or ...
, Apologist (c. 190) Συναξαριστής.
24 Ιουλίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
* ''Saint Christina the Great Martyr (''Christina of Tyre'')'' (c. 300)July 24/August 6
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).


'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts.
* Martyrs Capito and Hymenaeus, by the sword.August 6 / July 24
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
* Martyr Hermogenes, by having his teeth pulled out, dying of infection and bleeding. * Saint Salumptinus, a Bishop of Jerusalem.
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
* ''Holy Martyrs and Passion-bearers
Boris and Gleb Boris and Gleb (), respective Christian names Roman () and David (), were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus' after its Christianization. Their feast day is observed on July 24 (August 6 Gregorian calendar). History According to the tw ...
of Russia, in holy baptism Romanus and David'' (1015) * Venerable Hilarion of Tvali, Georgia (1041)


Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints Victor, Stercatius and Antinogenes, by tradition three brothers martyred in Merida in Estremadura in Spain (304) * Saint Vincent, a martyr in Rome outside the walls of the city, on the road to Tivoli. * Saint Ursicinus of Sens, fourth
Bishop of Sens The Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. The archdiocese comprises the department of Yonn ...
in France and an opponent of Arianism (c. 380) * Saint Dictinus,
Bishop of Astorga The Diocese of Astorga () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church whose seat is in the city of Astorga, in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain.Declán of Ardmore Declán of Ardmore (; ; ; died 5th century AD), also called Déclán, was an early Irish people, Irish saint of the Déisi Muman, who was remembered for having converted the Déisi in the late 5th century and for having founded the monastery of ...
,
Bishop of Ardmore The Bishop of Ardmore was an episcopal title which took its name after the monastic settlement of Ardmore in County Waterford, Ireland. Ardmore was not included in the list of Irish dioceses approved at the Synod of Kells, but is named as a c ...
in Ireland'' (5th century) * Saint Lewina (''Leofwynn''), a Briton and virgin-martyr venerated in Seaford in Sussex, England (5th century) * Saint Menefrida, patron-saint of Tredresick in Cornwall (5th century) *
Saint Nissen Saint Nissen was an early Christian convert who was abbot of a monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. Life Saint Nissen was converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick. He became abbot of Montgarth (Mountgarret) Abbey in Wexford, Ireland. His feas ...
, abbot of Montgarth (
Mountgarret Mountgarret (or Mountgarrett, Mount Garrett; ) is a townland in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. It is known for the ruins of a medieval tower house that was built by the Bishop of Ferns in 1408. Location Mountgarrett is in the Electoral Div ...
) Abbey in Wexford, Ireland. * Saint Godo (''Gaon''), born in Verdun, a nephew of St
Wandrille Saint Wandregisel () (c. 605–668 AD) was a Frankish courtier, monk, and abbot. Life The son of Walchisus, a kinsman of Pepin of Landen, he was born around 605, near Verdun in the region then known as Austrasia. He was educated at the Frankish ...
, he became a monk at Fontenelle Abbey, later founding the monastery of Oye, near Sezanne-en-Brie (c. 690) * Saints Wulfhad and Rufinus (''Ruffin''), princes of Mercia, baptised by St
Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...
, then put to death by their father (unconverted), at Stone in Staffordshire (7th century) * Saint Christiana, by tradition born in England, she lived a holy life in Flanders and is the patron saint of Termonde in Belgium (7th century) * Saint Sigolena of Albi (''Segoulème''), a nun in the convent of Troclar on the Tarn in the south of France, where she later became abbess (c. 769) * Saint Aliprandus (''Leuprandus''), Abbot of St Augustine's in Pavia, Italy (8th century) * Saint Bernulphus,
Bishop of Utrecht List of bishops and archbishops of the diocese and archdioceses of Utrecht. Medieval diocese from 695 to 1580 Founders of the Utrecht diocese * * * * * Bishops * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...
(1054)


Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Venerable Symeon the Newly-Revealed (born 1042) * Venerable Polycarp of the Kiev Caves, Archimandrite (1182)6 августа (24 июля)
Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
* Venerable Pachomius, Abbot, near
Vologda Vologda (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda (river), Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population: The city serves as ...
(1479) * New Martyr Theophilus of Zakynthos, burnt alive in Chios (1635) * Venerable
Bogolep Bogolep () is an archaic Russian Orthodox Church monastic name created as a calque of the Greek word Theoprepēs (), "God-befitting", "marvellous" Theoprepēs, known in Russia as was a martyr venerated in Russian Orthodoxy. Litvina and Uspensky w ...
, child schemamonk, of Chorny Yar (Black Ravine), near Astrakhan (1654 or 1667) * New Martyr Athanasius of
Kios Cius (; ''Kios''), later renamed Prusias on the Sea (; ) after king Prusias I of Bithynia, was an ancient Greek city bordering the Propontis (now known as the Sea of Marmara), in Bithynia and in Mysia (in modern northwestern Turkey), and had a l ...
in Bithynia, beheaded in Constantinople (1670) * Saint
George (Konissky) George, secular name Grigori Osipovich Konissky (, ; born November 20, 1717 in Nizhyn, died in Mogilev) was an Orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian. He was the son of the mayor of Nizhyn. He graduated from the Kyiv Mohyla ...
, Bishop of Mogilev (1795)24 июля по старому стилю / 6 августа по новому стилю
СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". .


New martyrs and confessors

* 17 New Martyrs of Mgarsk Monastery, Poltava (1919): :* Abbot Ambrose; :* Hieromonks Arcadius, Ioannicius, Jonah, Joseph, Nicanor, Athanasius, Theophan, Serapion, Nicostratus, and Julian; :* Monks Ioannicius, Herman, Nazarius, Parthenius, Potapius, and Dorymedon. * New Hieromartyr Alpheus, Deacon (1937) * New Hiero-confessor Nicholas Pongelsky, Priest (1942) * New Hiero-confessor John Kalinin, Priest, of Olenevka (1951)


Other commemorations

* Repose of Blessed Monk Tikhon of Turukhan, on the
Yenisei River The Yenisey or Yenisei ( ; , ) is the list of rivers by length, fifth-longest river system in the world, and the largest to drain into the Arctic Ocean. Rising in Mungaragiyn-gol in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course through Lake Baikal a ...
in Siberia (1682)
Блаженный иеромонах Тихон - строитель монастыря
'' НОРИЛЬСКАЯ И ТУРУХАНСКАЯ ЕПАРХИЯ РУССКОЙ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЙ ЦЕРКВИ. Retrieved: 18 March 2019.
* Uncovering of the relics (1994) of Venerable Dalmatus, Abbot and founder of the Dormition Monastery in Siberia (1697)


Icon gallery

File:Boris Savvin.jpg, Holy Martyrs and Passion-bearers
Boris and Gleb Boris and Gleb (), respective Christian names Roman () and David (), were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus' after its Christianization. Their feast day is observed on July 24 (August 6 Gregorian calendar). History According to the tw ...
. File:Declans church.jpg, Carvings at Saint Declan's Church, Ardmore. File:Gieorgi Kaniski. Георгі Каніскі (1889).jpg, Saint
George (Konissky) George, secular name Grigori Osipovich Konissky (, ; born November 20, 1717 in Nizhyn, died in Mogilev) was an Orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian. He was the son of the mayor of Nizhyn. He graduated from the Kyiv Mohyla ...
, Bishop of Mogilev. File:Ioann Olenevskiy.jpg, New Hiero-confessor John Kalinin, Priest, of Olenevka. File:Dalmat of Perm 01.jpg, Venerable Dalmatus of Perm.


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July 24/August 6
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
August 6 / July 24
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
July 24
OCA - The Lives of the Saints. *

'' The Year of Our Salvation - Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, Massachusetts. * 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). p. 54. *

'' Orthodoxy in China.

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 James Cardinal Gibbons (July 23, 1834 – March 24, 1921) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until ...
. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 218–219. * 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. 353–357. ; Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
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'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). *
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'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. ; Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
24 июля по старому стилю / 6 августа по новому стилю
СПЖ "Союз православных журналистов". . *
24 июля (ст.ст.) 6 августа (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:July 24 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar