January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on February 6 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]

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

Saints

• Hieromartyr Babylas of Sicily and his two disciples martyrs Timothy and Agapius (3rd century)[1][2][3][4]
• Martyrs Paul, Pausirius, and Theodotian, brothers, of Egypt (3rd century)[1][3][5][6]
• Martyrs Barsimos of Syria,[3] and his two brothers, by the sword, in Persia.[7][8]
• Martyr Philippicus the Presbyter.[3][9]
• Martyr Chrysoploki (Chrysoploca).[3][10][11][note 2]
• Saint Helladios the Commentarisius (prison warden).[3][12] (see also: January 18)
• Martyrs Hermogenes and Menas (Mamas, Mamatos).[3][13] (see also: December 10)
• Saints Hermogenes and Philemon, Bishop of Karpathos.[3][14][note 3]
• Venerable Macedonius of Syria, hermit of Mt. Silpius, near Antioch (ca. 420)[1][3][15][16]
• Saint Saint Xenia the Righteous of Rome and her two female slaves (5th century)[1][3][17][18][19]
• Saint Philon (Philonas), Wonderworking Bishop of Karpasia on Cyprus (5th century)[1][3][20][21]
• Venerable Zosimas, ascetic of the desert.[3][22]
• Saint Zosimas of Cilicia, Bishop of Babylon in Egypt (6th century)[1][23]

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saint Felician of Foligno, Bishop of Foligno in Italy (254)[1][23][24][note 4]
• Saint Zamas, first Bishop of Bologna in Italy (ca. 268)[24][note 5]
• Saint Artemius (Arthemius), Bishop of Clermont (396)[24][note 6]
• Saint Exuperantius of Cingoli, Bishop of Cingoli near Ancona in Italy (5th century)[24]
• Saint Guasacht, converted by Patrick, whom he helped as Bishop of Granard in Ireland (5th century)[24]
• Saint Lupicinus of Lipidiaco (Gaul) (500)[1][23]
• Venerable martyr Cadoc (Docus, Cathmael, Cadvaci), founder of the monastery of Llancarfan not far from Cardiff in Wales, and hermit (ca.580)[24][26][note 7]
• Saint Suranus, Abbot of a monastery at Sora near Caserta, martyred by the Lombards (ca. 580)[24][25][note 8]
• Saint Bertrand (Bertram, Bertran, Ebertram), a disciple of St Bertinus, helped St. Omer enlighten the north of France and Flanders, later became Abbot of Saint-Quentin (7th century)[24]
• Saint Erembert I, Abbot of Kremsmünster Abbey in Austria (ca. 1050)[24]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Neophytus the Recluse, of Cyprus, Wonderworker (1204)[1][3][27]
• Saint Gerasimus of Perm, Bishop of Perm (1441)[1][19][23][28][note 9]
• Martyr John of Kazan (1529)[1][19][29][30]
• Venerable Dionysius of Olympus, and Mt. Athos, Wonderworker (1541)[1][31][32] (see also: January 23)
• Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg, Fool-for-Christ (1806)[1][19][33][34]
• Saint Sophia, first Abbess of Shamordino Convent (1888)[1]

New martyrs and confessors

• Martyr Nicholas Tsikura (1918)[19][23]

Other commemorations

• Translation of the relics (632) of Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian (628)[1][35][36]
• Dedication of the Church of St. Zacharias, in Constantinople, founded by St. Domnica of Constantinople (5th century)[37]
• Dedication of the Church of the Holy Prophet and Forerunner John the Baptist, near Taurus.[38]
• Repose of Bishop Nektary (Kontzevitch) of Seattle (1983)[1][note 10]
• Commemoration of the Seven Venerable Saints of Philotheou monastery:

• Philotheos, master builder of the monastery;[39] Theodosius, Igumen and Metropolitan of Trebizond; Dionysius and Symeon; Dometios the Hesychast; Damianos; and hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal to the Apostles.[3]

Icon gallery

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  Martyrs Paul, Pausirius, and Theodotian, brothers, of Egypt.
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  St. Xenia of Rome.
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  Translation of the relics of Monk-martyr Anastasius the Persian.

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. It is unknown where and when the holy martyr Chrysoploki was martyred. Her memory is recorded in the "Patmiako" Codex, together with martyr Theodoulis.
3. Their memory is recorded in the "Patmiako" Codex.
4. Born in Foligno in Italy, he was consecrated bishop and cared for his diocese for over fifty years, enlightening the whole of Umbria. He was arrested under Decius and died on his way to martyrdom in Rome.
5. "At Bologna, St. Zamas, the first bishop of that city, who was consecrated by pope St. Denis, and there wonderfully propagated the Christian faith."[25]
6. An imperial legate who, on his way to Spain, fell sick in Gaul and settled in Clermont in Auvergne in France where eventually he became bishop.
7. Founder of the monastery of Llancarfan not far from Cardiff in Wales, he later lived as a hermit on an island off the coast of Vannes in Brittany. He returned to Britain and by tradition was martyred by heathen near Weedon in England.
8. Abbot of a monastery at Sora near Caserta in Italy, who gave away all the goods of the monastery to refugees from the Lombards. When the latter arrived and found that nothing remained to plunder, they martyred Suranus on the spot.
9. See: (in Russian) Герасим (епископ Пермский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
10. See: (in Russian) Нектарий (Концевич). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).

References

1. January 24 / February 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Βαβύλας ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ μαθητὲς αὐτοῦ Τιμόθεος καὶ Ἀγάπιος. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
3. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
4. Martyr Babylas of Sicily. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παῦλος, Παυσίριος καὶ Θεοδοτίων οἱ Αὐτάδελφοι Μάρτυρες. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Martyr Theodotion of Egypt. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
7. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Βάρσιμος καὶ τὰ δύο ἀδέλφια του. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Martyr Barsimos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
9. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Φιλιππικὸς ὁ Πρεσβύτερος. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Χρυσοπλόκη ἡ Μάρτυς. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
11. 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). pp. 9-10.
12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἑλλάδιος ὁ Κομενταρήσιος. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐρμογένης καὶ Μηνᾶς οἱ Μάρτυρες. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἐρμογένης καὶ Φιλήμων Ἐπίσκοπος Καρπάθου. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
15. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακεδόνιος. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. St Macedonius the Hermit of Syria. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ἁγία Ξένη. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Martyr Xenia of Rome, and her two female slaves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
19. (in Russian) 24 января (ст.ст.) 6 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
20. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Φίλωνας ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Καρπασίας τῆς Κύπρου. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
21. St Philon, Bishop of Kolpasteia, Crete. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
22. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζωσιμᾶς. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
23. February 6 / January 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
24. January 24. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
25. 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. 24–25.
26. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κάντοκ ὁ Ὁσιομάρτυρας. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεόφυτος ὁ Ἔγκλειστος ὁ ἐν Κύπρῳ ἀσκήσας. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
28. St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
29. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Μάρτυρας ἐκ Καζάν. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
30. Martyr John of Kazan. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
31. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Διονύσιος ὁ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
32. Venerable Dionysius of Olympus. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
33. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἡ Ὁσία Ξένη ἡ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλή. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
34. Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
35. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Ὁσιομάρτυρος Ἀναστασίου τοῦ Πέρσου. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
36. Translation of the relics of St Anastasius the Persian. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
37. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἐγκαίνια τοῦ Ναοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίου Ζαχαρία ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλῃ. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
38. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἐγκαίνεια τοῦ Ναοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίου Προφήτου, Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου πλησίον τοῦ Ταύρου. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
39. Venerable Philotheus the Founder of Philotheou Monastery of Mt Athos. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Sources

• January 24 / February 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• February 6 / January 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• January 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). pp. 9–10.
• January 24. 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. 24–25.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 24 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 24 Ιανουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 6 февраля (24 января). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 24 января (ст.ст.) 6 февраля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).