September 23 Events Pre-1600 * 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat o ...

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 ...

September 25 Events Pre-1600 * 275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus. * 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 7 by Orthodox Churches 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 September 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on

September 11 Events Pre-1600 * 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hu ...

Saints

Protomartyr A protomartyr (Koine Greek, ''prôtos'' 'first' + ''mártus'' 'martyr') is the first Christian martyr in a country or among a particular group, such as a religious order. Similarly, the phrase the Protomartyr (with no other qualification of ...

and

Equal-to-the-Apostles Equal-to-apostles or equal-to-the-apostles is a special title given to some saints in Eastern Orthodoxy and in Byzantine Catholicism. The title is bestowed as a recognition of these saints' outstanding service in the spreading and assertion of Chri ...

Thekla of Iconium (1st century)September 24/October 7
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής.
24 Σεπτεμβρίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Saint Persa (''Persis, Persida'').
24/09/2016
'' Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. * Venerable Coprius of Palestine, monk (530)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint

Anathalon Anathalon (, , , Byzantine Greek: ) was the first recorded Bishop of Milan and lived at the end 2nd-century or early 3rd-century. A later tradition made him the also the first bishop of Brescia. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic and Easte ...

(''Anatolius''), fhe first

Bishop of Milan The Archdiocese of Milan (; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy which covers the areas of Milan, Monza, Lecco and Varese. It has long maintained its own Latin liturgical rite usage, the Ambr ...

(1st century)September 24
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saints Andochius, Thyrsus and Felix, marytrs in Gaul (2nd century) * Saint Rusticus,

Bishop of Clermont The Archdiocese of Clermont (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Claromontana''; French language, French: ''Archidiocèse de Clermont'') is a Latin Church, Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the Departments of Fr ...

in Auvergne in France (446) * Saint Geremarus (''Germer''), founder of

Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey located in the village of Saint-Germer-de-Fly, in Picardy in the Oise département of France. Only the late Romanesque-early Gothic church remains, now the village parish church. It is r ...

(c. 658) * Saints Chuniald and Gislar, born in Ireland, they enlightened the south of Germany and Austria with St

Rupert of Salzburg Rupert of Salzburg (, ; 660 – 710 AD) was Prince-Bishopric of Worms, Bishop of Worms as well as the first Bishop of Salzburg and abbot of St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg, St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg. He was a contemporary of the Francia, Frank ...

(7th century) * Saint

Gerard Sagredo Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this cas ...

(''Gerard of Csanád''), Apostle of Hungary (1046) * Saint Isarnus of Marseilles, Abbot (1048)October 7 / September 24
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Abramius, first Abbot of Mirozh Monastery in Pskov (1158)Dr. Alexander Roman.

'' Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я). * Saints Stephen the First-Crowned (in monasticism Simon) (1224), David (13th century), and Stephen Vladislav (after 1264),24 сентября по старому стилю / 7 октября по новому стилю
Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. of Serbia. * Venerable Nicander, hermit of

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=Ru-Псков.oga, p=psˈkof; see also Names of Pskov in different languages, names in other languages) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov O ...

(1581) * Monk-martyr Galacteon of

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 ...

(1612) * Venerable New Hiero-confessor Leontius (Karpovich), Archimandrite, of Vilnius (1620) * Saint Theodosius, Abbot, of Manyava Skete, Ukraine (1629) * Venerable Dorothea, Schema-Nun of Kashin (1629) * Martyr Saint Ahmet the

Calligrapher Calligraphy () is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an exp ...

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 ...

(1682) * Hieromartyr Juvenaly of Alaska (1796) * New Martyr of Alaska, Peter (Cungagnaq) the Aleut, at the hands of

Roman Catholics The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

(1815) (''see also:

December 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. * 1545 – The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. * 1577 ...

- Synaxis of the First Martyrs of the American land.'') * Venerable Gabriel of Seven Lakes Monastery in Kazan, and of Pskov-Eleazar Monastery in Pskov, Schema-

Archimandrite The title archimandrite (; ), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot ('' hegumenos'', , present participle of the verb meaning "to lead") whom a bishop appointed to supervise several "ordinary" abbots and monaste ...

(1915) * Venerable Silouan, Elder of St. Panteleimon Monastery,

Mount Athos Mount Athos (; ) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ...

(1938) (''see also:

'')

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyr Basil Voskresensky, Deacon (1918) * New Hieromartyrs Andrew Bistrov and Paul Berezin, Priests (1937) * New Hieromartyr Vitaly (Kokorev) (1937) * Martyrs Basil Vinogradov, Sergius Mikhailov and Spiridon Saveliev (1937) * New Hieromartyr Nicander Grivsky, Priest (1939)

Other commemorations

* Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Mirozh" (1198) * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Filerimos" in

Rhodes Rhodes (; ) is the largest of the Dodecanese islands of Greece and is their historical capital; it is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, ninth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Administratively, the island forms a separ ...

(10th century) * Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Myrtle Tree" / "Myrtidiotissa" of

Kythera Kythira ( ; ), also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira, is an Greek islands, island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is traditionally listed as one of the seven main Ionian Islands, altho ...

(14th century) * Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska - Arrival in America of the first Orthodox Mission (1794): (''see also:

- Synaxis of the First Martyrs of the American land.'') :* Saints Herman, Juvenaly,
Martyr Juvenal of Alaska
'' OCA - Lives of the Saints. and others.

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Thekla of Iconium. File:57. Szent Gellért.jpg, St.

(''Gerard of Csanád''), Apostle of Hungary. File:Juvenaly of Alaska.JPG, St.

Juvenaly of Alaska Juvenaly of Alaska (; 1761, Yekaterinburg, Russia – 1796, Kuinerrak, Alaska), Protomartyr of America, was a Russian hieromartyr and member of the first group of Orthodox missionaries who came from the monasteries of Valaam and Konevets to eva ...

. File:Saint Peter the Aleut.jpg, St.

Peter the Aleut Cungagnaq (; died 1815) is venerated as a martyr and saint (as Peter the Aleut; ) by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was a native of Kodiak Island ( Alutiiq or Sugpiaq), and received the Christian name of Peter when he was baptized into the Orth ...

. File:Silouanicon.jpg, Venerable

Silouan the Athonite Silouan the Athonite (Russian: Силуан Афонский) also sometimes referred to as Silouan of Athos, Saint Silvanus the Athonite or Staretz Silouan (January 17, 1866 – September 24, 1938) was an Eastern Orthodox monk of Russian origin, ...

. File:Mirozhskaya.jpg, Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Mirozh" (Mirozhskaya). File:Panagia Mertidiotisa Icon.jpg, Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Myrtidiotissa", of

Notes

References

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Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
October 7 / September 24
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
September 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). p. 71. *

'' 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. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 295–296. * 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. 456–457. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
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ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
24 Σεπτεμβρίου
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Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *

Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год. {{DEFAULTSORT:September 24 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) September in the Eastern Orthodox calendar