September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

September 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 25

The Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 7 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

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

Saints

• Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thekla of Iconium (1st century)[1][2][3][4][note 2]
• Saint Persa (Persis, Persida).[5][6][note 3]
• Venerable Coprius of Palestine, monk (530)[1][3][7][8]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Anathalon (Anatolius), fhe first Bishop of Milan (1st century)[9][note 4]
• Saints Andochius, Thyrsus and Felix, marytrs in Gaul (2nd century)[9][note 5][note 6]
• Saint Rusticus, Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne in France (446)[9][note 7]
• Saint Geremarus (Germer), founder of Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey (c. 658)[9][note 8][note 9]
• Saints Chuniald and Gislar, born in Ireland, they enlightened the south of Germany and Austria with St Rupert of Salzburg (7th century)[9]
• Saint Gerard Sagredo (Gerard of Csanád), Apostle of Hungary (1046)[9][note 10][note 11]
• Saint Isarnus of Marseilles, Abbot (1048)[1][9][11][note 12][note 13]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Saint Abramius, first Abbot of Mirozh Monastery in Pskov (1158)[1][11][12][13]
• Saints Stephen the First-Crowned (in monasticism Simon) (1224),[6][14] David (13th century),[15] and Stephen Vladislav (after 1264),[16][17] of Serbia.[1][11]
• Venerable Nicander, hermit of Pskov (1581)[1][11][17][18][note 14]
• Monk-martyr Galacteon of Vologda (1612)[1][11][17][19][20]
• Venerable New Hiero-confessor Leontius (Karpovich), Archimandrite, of Vilnius (1620)[1][13][note 15]
• Saint Theodosius, Abbot, of Manyava Skete, Ukraine (1629)[1]
• Venerable Dorothea, Schema-Nun of Kashin (1629)[1][11][21]
• Hieromartyr Juvenaly of Alaska (1796)[1][22]
• New Martyr of Alaska, Peter (Cungagnaq) the Aleut, at the hands of Roman Catholics in San Francisco (1815)[1][23] (see also: December 13 - 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 (1915)[1][11]
• Venerable Silouan, Elder of St. Panteleimon Monastery, Mount Athos (1938)[6][24][note 16] (see also: September 11 )

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Basil Voskresensky, Deacon (1918)[11][17][26]
• New Hieromartyrs Andrew Bistrov[27] and Paul Berezin, Priests (1937)[11][17]
• New Hieromartyr Vitaly (Kokorev) (1937)[11][17][28]
• Martyrs Basil Vinogradov,[29] Sergius Mikhailov and Spiridon Saveliev (1937)[11][17]
• New Hieromartyr Nicander Grivsky, Priest (1939)[11][17]

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Mirozh" (1198)[1][11][17][30]
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Filerimos" in Rhodes (10th century)[31]
• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Myrtle Tree" / "Myrtidiotissa" of Kythera (14th century)[1][3][11][32][33][34][note 17][note 18]
• Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska - Arrival in America of the first Orthodox Mission (1794):[1][11][40] (see also: December 13 - Synaxis of the First Martyrs of the American land.)

• Saints Herman, Juvenaly,[41] and others.

Icon gallery

• 
  Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thekla of Iconium.
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  Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thekla of Iconium.
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  St. Gerard Sagredo (Gerard of Csanád), Apostle of Hungary.
• 
  St. Juvenaly of Alaska.
• 
  St. Peter the Aleut.
• 
  Venerable Silouan the Athonite.
• 
  Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of Mirozh" (Mirozhskaya).
• 
  Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Myrtidiotissa", of Kythera.

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. Name days celebrated today include:
   • Thecla, Thekla (Θέκλα).
3. Her memory is recorded in the Synaxarion of Delahaye, on the 23rd and 24th of September, and also in the Parisian Codex 3041 on the 24th of September, with the hymn:

   • (in Greek) «Μικρὸν θαλαττεύουσα Πέρσα, πρὸς χρόνον, μέγαν πρὸς ὅρμον οὐρανοῦ προσωρμήσω»..

4. The first Bishop of Milan in Italy, he was sent there by the Apostle Barnabas whose disciple he was. As first Bishop of Milan he preached Christ to the surrounding area, including Brescia, where he reposed.
5. Andochius, a priest, and Thyrsus, a deacon in Smyrna, were sent to what is now France by St Polycarp. They settled in Autun where they converted their host, a rich merchant, by name Felix. All three were martyred and were venerated throughout Gaul.
6. "At Autun, the birthday of the holy martyrs, Andochius, priest, Thyrsus, deacon, and Felix, who were sent from the East by blessed Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, to preach in Gaul, where they were most severely scourged, hanged up a whole day by the hands, and cast into the fire. Remaining uninjured, they had their necks broken with heavy bars, and thus won a most glorious crown."[10]
7. "At Clermont, in Auvergne, the departure out of this life of St. Rusticus, bishop and confessor."[10]
8. Born in Beauvais in the north of France, with the consent of his saintly wife he became a monk at the monastery of Pentale, where he later became abbot. He later lived as a hermit in a cave nearby. In 655 he founded the monastery of Flay, between Beauvais and Rouen, which became known as Saint-Germer.
9. "In the diocese of Beauvais, St. Geremarus, abbot."[10]
10. Apostle of Hungary, where he is venerated as St Collert. Born in Venice, he was a monk and Abbot of San Giorgio Maggiore. On a pilgrimage to Palestine he was stopped while travelling through Hungary by King Stephen and persuaded to stay. He became the first Bishop of Csanad. Gerard worked zealously, but during the pagan reaction after St Stephen he was martyred in Buda and his body was thrown into the Danube.
11. "In Hungary, St. Gerard, bishop and martyr, called the Apostle of the Hungarians. He belonged to the nobility of Venice, and was the first to shed upon his country the glory of martyrdom."[10]
12. Born near Toulouse in France, he became a monk and then Abbot of the Monastery of St Victor in Marseilles, which flourished under him.
13. See: (in French) Isarn de Marseille. Wikipédia. (French Wikipedia).
14. See: (in Russian) Никандр Псковский. Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
15. See: (in Russian) Леонтий (Карпович). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
16. He was glorified in 1988 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.[25]
17. Other churches celebrating the Most Holy Theotokos "Myrtidiotissa" today include:

    • Synaxis of Panagias Myrtidiotissa in Kamari, Santorini.[35]
    • Synaxis of Panagias Myrtidiotissa in Naxos.[36]
    • Synaxis of Panagias Myrtidiotissa in Corfu.[37]
    • Synaxis of Panagias Myrsinidiou (or Myrtidiotissa) in Chios.[38]
    • Synaxis of Panagias Drapaniotissa in Cephalonia.[39]

18. Name days celebrated today include:
    • Myrto, Mirto (Μυρτώ).

References

1. September 24/October 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Θέκλα ἡ Ἰσαπόστολος. 24 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 24 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
4. Protomartyr and Equal of the Apostles Thekla. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Πέρση (ἢ Περσίδα). 24 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. (in Greek) 24/09/2016. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
7. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Κόπρις. 24 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Venerable Copres of Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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10. 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.
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12. Venerable Abramius the Abbot of Mirozh, Pskov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
13. Dr. Alexander Roman. September. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
14. Holy King Stephen of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
15. Venerable David of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
16. St Vladislav of Serbia. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
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18. Venerable Nicander the Hermit of Pskov. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
19. Martyr Galacteon of Vologda. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
20. (in Russian) ГАЛАКТИОН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
21. Venerable Dorothy of Kashin. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. Martyr Juvenal of Alaska. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
23. Martyr Peter the Aleut. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
24. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Σιλουανὸς ὁ Ἁγιορείτης. 24 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
25. Canonisation of Elder Ieronymos of Simonopetra and Elder Sophrony of Essex. ECUPATRIA.ORG. December 20, 2019.
26. (in Russian) ВАСИЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
27. (in Russian) АНДРЕЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
28. (in Russian) ВИТАЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
29. (in Russian) ВАСИЛИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
30. Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh". OCA - Lives of the Saints.
31. (in Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγίας της Φιλερήμου στην Ρόδο. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
32. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Μνήμη Θαύματος τῆς Θεοτόκου καὶ Ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας τῆς Μυρτιδιωτίσσης. 24 Σεπτεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
33. (in Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγιάς της Μυρτιδιώτισσας στα Κύθηρα και ανάμνηση της ιάσεως του παραλύτου. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
34. Icon of the Mother of God of “The Myrtle Tree”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
35. (in Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγιάς της Μυρτιδιώτισσας στο Καμάρι της Σαντορίνης. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
36. (in Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγιάς της Μυρτιδιώτισσας στην Νάξο. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
37. (in Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγιάς της Μυρτιδιώτισσας στην Κέρκυρα. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
38. (in Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγίας Μυρσινιδίου στην Χίο. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
39. (in Greek) Σύναξη της Παναγίας της Δραπανιώτισσας. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
40. Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
41. Martyr Juvenal of Alaska. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

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• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 24 Σεπτεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
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