24 June
22 commemorations of 24 June in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 7 July of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. John the Forerunner (the Baptist)
Saints
- Nativity of St. John the Baptist and ForerunnerΓενέσιον τοῦ Τιμίου ἐνδόξου Προφήτου, Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννουorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus, and Longinus, near Lazica (4th century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Nicetas of Remesiana, Bishop of Remesiana (Bela Palanka) (c. 414 or 420)Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικήτας Ἐπίσκοπος Ρεμεσιάνας τῆς Ρουμανίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, founder of Dymsk Monastery in Novgorod (1224)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀντώνιος ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Mikhail of Tver, Great Prince of Tver (1318)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John of Yaransk, monk at Solovki (1561)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Righteous Youths John and James, of Meniugi in Novgorod (1566-1569)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης οἱ Δίκαιοι οἱ αὐτάδελφοιsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Athanasius of Paros (1813)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀθανάσιος ὁ Πάριοςsaint.gr · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gerasimus (Dobroserdov), Bishop of Astrakhan and Enotaeva (1880)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεράσιμος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας ἐν Ἀρχαγγέλσκ Σιβηρίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Panagiotes of Caesarea in Cappadocia, at Constantinople (1765)Ὁ Ἅγιος Παναγιώτης ὁ Νεομάρτυρας ὁ Καισαρεύςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
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.
- Saints Faustus and Companions, 24 martyrs in Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Simplicius of Autun, a married man who lived a virginal life with his wife and became Bishop of Autun (c. 360)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Agoard, Agilbert and Companions, holy martyrs in Créteil, now a suburb of Paris in France (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable Germocus, born in Ireland, he was the brother of St Breaca and settled near Mount's Bay in Cornwall (6th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γκερμόκιος ἐκ Κορνουάληςsynaxarion.gr · apostoliki-diakonia.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Alena (Alina) of Brussels, martyred at Forest, Belgium (c. 640)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἀλένα ἡ Μάρτυς ἐκ Βρυξελλῶνsynaxarion.gr
- Saint Rumbold of Mechelen (Rumoldus), a monk who became a bishop with St Willibrord in Holland and in Brabant in Belgium, murdered near Malines (c. 775)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Theodulphus (Thiou), third Abbot of Lobbes Abbey in Belgium (776)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Venerable John the Hermit (Ivan), of Bohemia (845 or 904)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰβὰν ἐκ Τσεχίαςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Henry (Heric), born in Hery in Yonne in France, he became a monk at the Abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre (c. 880)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint John of Tuy, born in Galicia in Spain, he lived as a hermit near Tuy, where his relics are still enshrined (9th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Synaxis of the Righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, parents of John the ForerunnerΣύναξις Ζαχαρίου καὶ Ἐλισάβετ τῶν Δικαίων γονέων τοῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1492) of Great-martyr John the New to Suceava, Romania (1330-1340)Μετακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Μεγαλομάρτυρος Ἰωάννου τοῦ Νέουsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is June 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.