February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 25

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 9 (March 8 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

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

Feast

Saints

Pre-Schism Western saints

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Other commemorations

  • Uncovering of the relics (1486) of St. Romanus, Prince of Uglich (1285)[1][10]

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. ^ "At Jerusalem, the first finding of the head of our Lord's Precursor."[6]
  3. ^ Of Calabrian parentage, he was born in Sicily, where his mother had been taken as a slave by the Saracens. He managed to escape to Calabria while still a child and there became a monk. Theristos, meaning harvester, refers to a miraculous harvest reaped by the saint.[8]
    In December 1994, the Regional Council of Calabria unanimously declared the Byzantine area located between the rivers Stilaro and Aces sacred, in order to allow for the re-establishment of Orthodox monasticism. Thus the Monastery of San Giovanni Theristis was founded. On 24 February 1995, the City of Bivongi officially handed over the Monastery to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy, thus contributing to the restoration of the ancient ties made between monasticism on Athos and Italo-Greek monasticism. From 1994 until mid-2008 Greek-Orthodox monks from Mount Athos, Greece were living in the monastery praying, studying and working. In July 2008, the city council took the monastery from the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Currently the monks residing there are of the Patriarchate of Romania.[9]
  4. ^ A group of ten martyrs in North Africa, disciples of St Cyprian of Carthage, who suffered in that city under Valerian. The story of their imprisonment was told by themselves and that of their martyrdom by eyewitnesses.
  5. ^ "In Africa, the holy martyrs Montanus, Lucius, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian, and their companions. They were disciples of St. Cyprian, and suffered martyrdom under the emperor Valerian."[6]
  6. ^ His relics are venerated in the church of St Matthias in Trier.
  7. ^ Bishop of Rouen in France (550-586). For his courage in denouncing the wicked, he was cruelly persecuted and exiled. Recalled seven years later, he was martyred on Easter Sunday in his own church.
  8. ^ He may have played an important part in the conversion of King Ethelbert, preparing for the conversion of Kent.
  9. ^ "In England, St. Ethelbert, king of Kent, converted to the faith of Christ by St. Augustine, bishop of the English."[6]
  10. ^ "At Canterbury, the deposition of ST. ETHELBERT, Confessor, King of Kent, disciple of St. Augustine, and the first Christian Prince of the English nation."[15]
  11. ^ On July 24, 2025, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (Journal No 68), Archpriest Ioann Alekseevich Domovsky was canonized as a saint in the rank of righteous for local veneration in the Don Metropolia. The Synod decided to commemorate Righteous John, Presbyter of Rostov, on February 24 / March 9 on the day of his repose, and on August 27 / September 9 on the day of the reburial of his remains in 2020. The official communiqué of the Moscow Patriarchate was as follows:

    (in Russian) "ПОСТАНОВИЛИ:
    1. Причислить к лику святых в чине праведных для местного почитания в Донской митрополии протоиерея Иоанна Домовского.
    2. Память праведного Иоанна, пресвитера Ростовского, совершать 24 февраля / 9 марта в день его кончины и 27 августа / 9 сентября в день перезахоронения его останков в 2020 году.
    3. Честные останки праведного Иоанна, в случае их обретения, считать святыми мощами и воздавать им достодолжное почитание.
    4. Писать новопрославленному святому иконы для поклонения, согласно определению VII Вселенского Собора.[23]
  12. ^ He was glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on August 31, 2025. The official communiqué of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was as follows:

    (in Greek) "Ἐπίσης ἀπεφάσισεν ὁμοφώνως, εἰσηγήσει τῆς Κανονικῆς Ἐπιτροπῆς, τήν κατάταξιν εἰς τό ἁγιολόγιον τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῶν ἐν Ἄθωνι ἀσκησάντων ὁσιακῆς βιοτῆς Διονυσίου Βατοπαιδινοῦ, τοῦ ἐν τῷ Ἱερῷ Κελλίῳ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου Κολιτσοῦ, καί Πετρωνίου Ἱερομονάχου, Δικαίου τῆς Ἱερᾶς Σκήτης Τιμίου Προδρόμου, τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Μεγίστης Λαύρας, τῆς μνήμης αὐτῶν τελουμένης τοῦ μέν πρώτου, τῇ 11ῃ Μαΐου, τοῦ δέ δευτέρου, τῇ 24ῃ Φεβρουαρίου ἑκάστου ἔτους."[25]
  13. ^ See: (in Romanian) Petroniu Tănase. Wikipedia. (Romanian Wikipedia).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e February 24 / March 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Εὕρεσις Τιμίας κεφαλῆς τοῦ Ἁγίου Προφήτου, προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννη. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. ^ (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
  4. ^ First and second finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist of the Lord, John. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  5. ^ a b (in Russian) 24 февраля (ст.ст.) 9 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) Archived 2014-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
  6. ^ a b c d e f 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. 57-58.
  7. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεριστὴς ὁ ἐν Καλαβρίᾳ. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h February 24. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
  9. ^ (in Italian) Monastero San Giovanni Theristis. Ortodossia Cristiana. Retrieved: 13 November, 2014.
  10. ^ a b c d March 9 / February 24. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  11. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. MONTANUS, LUCIUS, JULIAN, AND COMP., MM. (A.D. 259.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 395-401.
  12. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PRÆTEXTATUS OF ROUEN, B. M. (A.D. 586.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 402-406.
  13. ^ Sir William Smith. LIUDHARDUS. In: A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines. Volume III - Hermogenes-Myensis. London, 1882. Page 731.
  14. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐθελμπέρτος βασιλιὰς τῆς Ἀγγλίας. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  15. ^ a b 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. p. 83-84.
  16. ^ Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ETHELBERT, K. C. (A.D. 616.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 406-409.
  17. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Μποϊζὶλ ἐκ Σκωτίας. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  18. ^ Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. CUMMINEUS ALBUS, CUIMINE AILBE, OR FIONN, ABBOT OF IONA, SCOTLAND. [SEVENTH CENTURY]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 689-695.
  19. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἔρασμος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  20. ^ Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
  21. ^ Russian Synod canonizes married archpriest, establishes feast of wonderworking icon. Orthodox Christianity. Moscow, July 25, 2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026.
  22. ^ (in Russian) Иеромонах Маврикий (Звягинцев), Александр Юрченко. Праведный Иоанн, пресвитер Ростовский (протоиерей Иоанн Алексеевич Домовский). Православие.Ru. 9 сентября 2025 г. Retrieved: February 16, 2026.
  23. ^ (in Russian) ЖУРНАЛЫ Священного Синода от 24 июля 2025 года -- ЖУРНАЛ № 68. Русская Православная Церковь. 24 июля 2025 г. 19:05. Retrieved: February 16, 2026.
  24. ^ Two Romanian Athonite elders canonized by Patriarchate of Constantinople. Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, September 2, 2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026.
  25. ^ a b (in Greek) Ανακοινωθέν για τις εργασίες της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου (31 Αυγούστου 2025). Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο (Ecumenical Patriarchate). Ανάρτηση 31/08/2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026.

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