24 August
24 commemorations of 24 August in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 6 September of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Cosmas of Aetolia (1714-1779)
Saints
- Hieromartyr Eutychius (1st century), disciple of St. John the TheologianὉ Ἅγιος Εὐτυχὴς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας μαθητὴς τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἰωάννη Θεολόγουorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Tation, at Claudiopolis (Bithynia) (305)Ὁ Ἅγιος Τατίων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Virginmartyr Kyra (Cira, Cira, Shirin) Persia (558)ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint George Limniotes the Confessor, of Mount Olympus in Bithynia (716)Ὁ Ὅσιος Γεώργιος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Λιμνιώτηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1199)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Hieromartyr Athanasius II, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1244)pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Arsenius, founder of Komel Monastery (Vologda), Wonderworker (1550)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρσένιος ὁ Θαυματουργός (Ρῶσος † 1550)synaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Serapion the Wonderworker, abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at David Gareja monastery complex, Georgia (1774)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779)Ὁ Ἅγιος Κοσμᾶς ὁ Αἰτωλὸςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Aristocleus, Elder, of Moscow and Mount Athos (1918)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, Priest, of Lemkovina, Poland (1914)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Shakhmut), Archimandrite, of Grodno (Belarus) (1946)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.
- Saint Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus), by tradition a disciple of the Apostle Peter, he became Bishop of Nepi in Tuscany in Italy, where he was martyred (1st century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Romanus of Nepi, a Bishop and martyr of Nepi in Tuscany, Italy, by tradition a disciple of St Ptolemy (1st century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Aurea of Ostia, an early martyr in Ostia in Italy (c. 270)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Patrick, a bishop in Ireland, surnamed Patrick the Elder, whose relics were later enshrined at Glastonbury in England (c. 450)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Yrchard (Irchard, Yarcard), a priest in Scotland, consecrated bishop by St Ternan to work among the Picts (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Ouen (Audöenus, Audoin, Aldwin, Owen, Dado), Archbishop of Rouen, Gaul, Confessor (c. 683)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Bregwin, Twelfth Archbishop of Canterbury (764)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sandratus (Sandradus), Abbot of Gladbach, and in 981 Abbot of Weissenburg (986)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.
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Petrovskaya" ("of St. Peter of Moscow") (ca. 1306)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos (c. 1385) to St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1479) of St. Peter of Moscow, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (1326)holytrinityorthodox.com · ocafs.oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Translation of the relics (1716) of St. Dionysios of Zakynthos, Archbishop of Aegina (1624)Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Διονυσίου τοῦ ἐκ Ζακύνθουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
The list is August 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.