June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

June 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 25

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 7 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For June 24th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on June 11.

Saints

• Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Forerunner.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][note 2][note 3]}
• Martyrs Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus, and Longinus, near Lazica (4th century)^{[1][5][9][10][note 4]}
• Saint Nicetas of Remesiana, Bishop of Remesiana (Bela Palanka) (c. 414 or 420)^[1][10][11]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saints Faustus and Companions, 24 martyrs in Rome.^{[12][note 5]}
• Saint Simplicius of Autun, a married man who lived a virginal life with his wife and became Bishop of Autun (c. 360)^{[12][13][note 6]}
• Saints Agoard, Agilbert and Companions, holy martyrs in Créteil, now a suburb of Paris in France (5th century)^{[12][note 7][note 8]}
• Venerable Germocus, born in Ireland, he was the brother of St Breaca and settled near Mount's Bay in Cornwall (6th century)^{[12][14][15][note 9]}
• Saint Alena (Alina) of Brussels, martyred at Forest, Belgium (c. 640)^[15][16]
• 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)^[12][17]
• Saint Theodulphus (Thiou), third Abbot of Lobbes Abbey in Belgium (776)^[8][12]
• Venerable John the Hermit (Ivan), of Bohemia (845 or 904)^{[1][10][12][18][19][note 10]}
• Saint Henry (Heric), born in Hery in Yonne in France, he became a monk at the Abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre (c. 880)^[12]
• Saint John of Tuy, born in Galicia in Spain, he lived as a hermit near Tuy, where his relics are still enshrined (9th century)^[12]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, founder of Dymsk Monastery in Novgorod (1224)^{[1][5][10][20][21][22][note 11]}
• Saint Mikhail of Tver, Great Prince of Tver (1318)^[1][10]
• Saint John of Yaransk, monk at Solovki (1561)^[1][10]
• Righteous Youths John and James, of Meniugi in Novgorod (1566-1569)^{[1][5][10][23][24][25][note 12]}
• Saint Athanasius of Paros (1813)^{[1][15][26][27][28]}
• Saint Gerasimus (Dobroserdov), Bishop of Astrakhan and Enotaeva (1880)^{[1][10][26][29][note 13]}

New martyrs and confessors

• New Martyr Panagiotes of Caesarea in Cappadocia, at Constantinople (1765)^{[1][3][10][26][30]}

Other commemorations

• Synaxis of the Righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, parents of John the Forerunner.^{[1][3][10][15][31]} (see also: September 5)
• Translation of the relics (1492) of Great-martyr John the New to Suceava, Romania (1330-1340)^{[1][10][15][32]} (see also: June 2 )

Icon gallery

• 
  Nativity of St. John the Baptist and Forerunner.
• 
  St. Rumbold of Mechelen.
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  St. Mikhail Yaroslavich and his mother Xenia, facing Christ.
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  St. Gerasimus (Dobroserdov) of Astrakhan and Enotaeva.
• 
  Scenes from the martyrdom of St. John the New of Suceava.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. "THE Nativity of St. John the Baptist, precursor of our Lord, son of Zachary and Elizabeth, who, while yet in his mother's womb, was filled with the Holy Ghost."^[8]
3. Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day is a holiday celebrated on June 24 in the Canadian province of Quebec.
4. "At Satalis, in Armenia, seven saintly brothers, martyrs: Orentius, Heros, Pharnacius, Firminus, Firmus, Cyriacus and Longinus, who owe their martyrdom to the emperor Maximian. Because they were Christians, they were deprived of the military cincture by his command, separated from one another, hurried away to various places, and in the midst of painful trials, found their repose in the Lord."^[8]
5. "In the same city, the holy martyrs Faustus and twenty-three others."^[8]
6. "At Autun, the demise of St. Simplicius, bishop and confessor."^[8] He worked zealously and successfully to uproot paganism in his diocese.
7. "In the diocese of Paris, at Creteil, the martyrdom of the Saints Agoardus and Aglibertus, with a multitude of others of both sexes."^[8]
8. See: (in French) Agoard et Agilbert de Créteil. Wikipédia. (French Wikipedia).
9. The parish of Germoe is named after Saint Germocus, one of the companions of Saint Breage.
10. He renounced a brilliant position at the court of Czechia to become a hermit. He was buried by St Ludmilla.
11. See: (in Russian) Антоний Дымский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
12. See: (in Russian) Иаков и Иоанн Менюжские. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
13. See: (in Russian) Герасим (Добросердов). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).