March 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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March 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - March 25

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

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

Feasts

• Forefeast of the Annunciation.[1]

Saints

• Saint Artemon, Bishop of Seleucia in Pisidia (1st century)[2][3][4]
• Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea (284-305)[5] (see also: April 12, April 13)
• Martyr Timolaus and 7 Companions with him (8 Martyrs), in Caesarea Palaestina, by beheading (305)[6][7][note 2]
• Venerable Zachariah the Recluse, of Egypt (4th century)[2][9][10]
• Venerable Martin of the Thebaid, monk.[2][11]
• Venerable Abraham of Mount Latros, ascetic.[12]
• Saint Thomas, Abbot of the monastery of St. Euthymius (542)[2][13]
• Venerable Jacob of Catania (James the Confessor), Bishop of Catania (c. 730)[13][14]
• Saint Severus of Catania, Bishop of Catania (c. 812)[2][13][15]

Pre-schism Western saints

• Saint Flavius Latinus of Brescia, third Bishop of Brescia in Italy (84-115)[8][16][note 3]
• Martyrs Romulus and Secundus, brothers, in Mauritania (Barbary), who suffered for the faith of Christ.[8][16][17]
• Saint Pigmenius, a priest in Rome thrown into the Tiber under Julian the Apostate (362)[16][note 4]
• Saint Domangard (Donard), patron of Maghera in Co. Down in Ireland, who lived as a hermit on the mountain now called Slieve-Donard after him (c. 500)[16][18][19]
• Saint Macartan (Macartin, Maccarthen, Mac Cairthinn of Clogher), an early disciple and companion of St Patrick of Ireland, who consecrated him Bishop of Clogher (c. 505)[16][20]
• Saint Cairlon (Caorlan, Carláen), an abbot in Ireland who became Archbishop of Armagh (588)[16][21]
• Saint Caimin of Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) on Lough Derg, Bishop-Abbot of Inis Cealtra and possibly the first Bishop of Killaloe (653)[2][16][22][note 5] (see also: March 25[23])
• Saint Hildelith, Abbess of Barking Abbey (c. 712)[16][24][note 6][note 7]

Post-schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Zachariah, Faster of the Kiev Caves (12th century)[2][26][27]
• Martyrs Stephen[28] and Peter[29] of Kazan (1552)[2][30]
• New Hieromartyr Parthenius III, Patriarch of Constantinople (1657)[2][31]
• Venerable Savvas the New of Kalymnos (1947)[2][13] (see also: March 25[32] or April 7;[33] fifth Sunday of Great Lent)

New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Vladimir Pankin, Priest, of Chimkent (1920)[13][34][35]

Other commemorations

• Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "The Clouded Mountain" (also "the Uncut Mount" or "Smoky Mountain"), in Tver.[36][37][38]
• Commemoration of the miracle at the Kiev Caves Lavra.[39]

Icon gallery

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  Martyr Timolaus and 7 Companions with him.

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 Caesarea, in Palestine, the birthday of the holy martyrs Timolaus, Denis, Pausides, Romulus, Alexander, another Alexander, Agapius, and another Denis, who merited the crown of life by being beheaded in the persecution of Diocletian, under the governor Urban."[8]
3. Flavius Latinus succeeded St Viator as the third Bishop of Brescia in Italy (84-115). He suffered imprisonment and torture with other Christians.
4. "Also, at Rome, in the time of Julian the Apostate, the passion of blessed Pigmenius, a priest, who was killed for the faith of Christ, by being precipitated into the Tiber."[8]
5. An ascetic who lived as a hermit on an island in Lough Derg in Ireland. Many disciples were attracted to him on account of his holiness. Later he founded a monastery and church on the island of the Seven Churches and worked with St Senan. A fragment of the Psalter of St Caimin, copied in his own hand, still exists.
6. "ST. HlLDELID succeeded St. Ethelburga in the government of her Abbey at Barking, and held the office many years, to extreme old age. She was wholly devoted to the service of God, most strict in enforcing regular observance, and prudent in the administration of the temporal goods of the house. In consequence of needful alterations in the monastic buildings, St. Hildelid caused the venerated remains of the servants of God, who were buried in the cemetery, to be removed and placed within the Church of our Blessed Lady; and this translation was honoured by several striking miracles, such as the supernatural light which was seen, and the celestial odour which was often perceived. St. Hildelid was held in veneration by St. Aidhelm, who dedicated to her his book on Virginity, and by St. Boniface, who mentions her with great respect in his letters."[25]
7. A princess from England who became a nun either at Chelles or at Faremoutiers-en-Brie in France. She was recalled to England by St Erconwald of London to Barking, where she later became abbess, admired for her wisdom and culture.[16]

References

1. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Προεόρτια τοῦ Εὐαγγελισμοῦ τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. March 24/April 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
3. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρτέμων Ἐπίσκοπος Σελευκείας τῆς Πισιδίας. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
4. St Artemon (Menignus) the Bishop of Seleucia. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρτέμων ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πρεσβύτερος Λαοδικείας. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Τιμόλαος ὁ Μάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἑπτὰ Μάρτυρες. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
7. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. TIMOLAUS, DIONYSIUS, AND OTHERS, MM. (A.D. 303.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 444-445.
8. 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. 85-86.
9. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζαχαρίας ὁ ἐν Χαρσικίῳ. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
10. Venerable Zachariah the Recluse. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
11. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Μαρτίνος ὁ Θηβαῖος. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀβραὰμ ὁ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Λάτρῳ ἀσκήσας. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. April 6 / March 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
14. Berend Wispelwey. Biographical Index of the Middle Ages. Walter de Gruyter, 2008. p. 586. ISBN 9783110914160
15. Berend Wispelwey. Biographical Index of the Middle Ages. Walter de Gruyter, 2008. p. 1013. ISBN 9783110914160
16. March 24. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
17. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ρωμύλος καὶ Σεκοῦνδος οἱ Μάρτυρες οἱ αὐτάδελφοι. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. DOMANGARD, OR DONARD, PATRON OF RATH-MURB, HOLG, OR MAGHERA, COUNTY OF DOWN. . [FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 936-941.
19. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DOMANGART OF SLIEVE DONART, B. (UNCERTAIN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 445-446.
20. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article X.—St. Maccarthenn, Bishop of Clogher, or supposed by some to be St. Maccarthenn, Patron of Domnach-mor Muighe-to-chuir, or Donagh Parish, County of Donegal. [Probably Fifth and Sixth Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 929-931.
21. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article VIII.—St. Cairlon, or Caorlan, Archbishop of Armagh, County of Armagh. [Sixth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 947-949.
22. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Caimin, Abbot of Inis-Caltra, on Lough Derg, County of Clare. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. pp. 941-945.
23. Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Cammin, Abbot. The Lives of the Saints. Volume III: March. 1866. (Bartleby.com). Retrieved: 2013-10-07.
24. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. HILDELITHA, V. ABSS. OF BARKING. (ABOUT A.D. 720.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 446-447.
25. 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. 131.
26. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Ζαχαρίας ὁ ἐν τῇ Λαύρᾳ τοῦ Κιέβου ἀσκήσας. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
27. Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
28. Martyr Stephen of Kazan. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
29. Martyr Peter of Kazan. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
30. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πέτρος καὶ Στέφανος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
31. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Παρθένιος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
32. April 7 / March 25. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
33. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Καλύμνῳ. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
34. 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. 24.
35. (in Russian) Суббота, 24 марта (ст.ст.) 6 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
36. Icon of the Mother of God of “the Uncut Mount”. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
37. The Icon of the Mother of God "the Beclouded Mount" (Tuchnaya Gora). HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
38. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τοῦ Ὅρους τοῦ Συννέφου, ἐν Τβὲρ τῆς Ρωσίας. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
39. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ἀνάμνηση Θαύματος ἐν τῇ Λαύρᾳ τῶν Σπηλαίων τοῦ Κιέβου. 24 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Sources

• March 24/April 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
• April 6 / March 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• March 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. 24.
• March 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. 85–86.
• 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. 131.

Greek Sources

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

Russian Sources

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