24 April
32 commemorations of 24 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 7 May of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyr Sabbas Stratelates ("the General") of Rome, and 70 soldiers with him (272)Ὁ Ἅγιος Σάββας ὁ Στρατηλάτηςsynaxarion.gr · orthochristian.com · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentine, and Julius, at Dorostolum in Moesia (297)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Πασικράτης καὶ Βαλεντίων οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and four others, at Nicomedia (c. 303)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Δάναβος, Δημήτριος, Εὐσέβιος, Λεόντιος, Λογγίνος, Νεστάβος, Νέων καὶ Χριστόφορος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr EutexiosὉ Ἅγιος Εὐτέξιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Innocent, priest, on the Mount of Olives (4th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Thomas, Fool-for-Christ, of Syria (c. 550)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θωμᾶς ὁ διὰ Χριστὸν Σαλόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Elizabeth the Wonderworker, of Constantinople (6th-8th centuries)Ἡ Ὁσία Ἐλισάβετ ἡ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Thaumastos (the Wonderworker) (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Θαυμαστόςsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Xenophon, founder of Xenophontos monastery, Mt. Athos (c. 1018)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ξενοφῶν κτήτορας τῆς φερωνύμου μονῆς τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρουςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Saints Sabbas and Alexis the Hermit, of the Kiev Caves (13th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Θαυματουργόςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Doukas of Mytilene, the tailor (1564)Ὁ Ἅγιος Δούκας ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saints Symeon (Stefan) (1656), Elias (Iorest) (1678) and Sava (Brancovici) (1683), Metropolitans of Ardeal, Transylvania, Confessors against the CalvinistsὉ Ἅγιος Ἠλίας ὁ Ὁμολογητής ἐκ Ρουμανίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Joseph (Stoyka) the Confessor, Bishop of Maramureș, Romania (c. 1711)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωσὴφ ὁ Ὁμολογητής ἐκ Ρουμανίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Nicholas of Magnesia (1776 or 1795)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόλαος ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Alexis Toth, priest, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1909)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Martyr Sergius Archangelskiy (1938)mospat.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Hieromartyr Branko Dobrosavljević, Serbian Orthodox priest who fell victim to Ustaše (1941)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Martyr Alexander of Lyon, and companions (c. 177)orthodoxengland.org.uk · patriarchia.ru · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus, at Valence in France (212)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἀχιλλέας, Φήλικας καὶ Φορτουνάτος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Gregory of Elvira, Bishop of Elvira in the south of Spain (c. 394)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dyfnan, born in Wales, he founded a church in Anglesey (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Deodatus of Blois (Dié), a hermit near Blois in France, later the town of Saint-Dié grew up around his cell (c. 525)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Honorius of Brescia, a hermit near Brescia in Italy who was chosen bishop of that city (c. 586)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mellitus, the first Bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third Archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England (624)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μελίτων Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Καντουαρίαςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Authaire (Oye) (7th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Bova and Doda (7th century)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Wilfrid, Bishop of York (709)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Egbert, Bishop, of Iona (729)Roman Martyrology · Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Commemoration of the consecration of the Church of St George in ConstantinopleΜνήμη ἐγκαινίων ἱεροῦ ναοῦ τοῦ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου ἐν Κυπαρισσίῳsynaxarion.gr
- Uncovering of the relics of Saint Ivo of Ramsey (1001)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Synaxis of the "Molchenskaya" Icon of the Mother of God (1405)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου ἐν Μόλχᾳ τῆς Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Repose of Schemamonk Nicholas of Valaam Monastery (1947)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.