24 October
30 commemorations of 24 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 6 November of the civil calendar.
Saints
- Martyr Sebastiani (1st century)Ἡ Ἁγία Σεβαστιανὴ ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyrs Mark, Soterichos and Valentina, from Asia Minor, by being dragged over sharp stonesΟἱ Ἅγιοι Μᾶρκος, Σωτήριχος καὶ Οὐαλεντῖνος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Hieromartyr Akakios the Presbyter, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Πρεσβύτεροςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Martyr Nerdonus, by fireὉ Ἅγιος Νέρδων ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · saint.gr
- Saint Proclus of Constantinople, Archbishop of Constantinople (447)Ὁ Ἅγιος Πρόκλος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Great-martyr Arethas of Omir and 4,299 martyrs with him, including Martyr Syncletica and her two daughters (523)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρέθας ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷoca.org · orthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- A holy woman martyr and her child, together with Martyr Arethas of Omir and his companions (523)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γυναίκα καὶ τὸ Βρέφος τηςsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr
- Blessed Elesbaan (Caleb), King of Ethiopia (553-555)oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Venerable Arethas, recluse, of the Kiev Caves (1190)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρέθας ὁ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ (Ρῶσος)pravenc.ru · oca.org · synaxarion.gr · calendar.rop.ru · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Sisoes of the Kiev Caves (13th century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theophilus the Silent, of the Kiev Caves (12th-13th century)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Athanasius I of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (1311)oca.org · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint John, recluse, of the Pskov Caves (1616)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Zosima (Verkhovsky), Elder, of Siberia (1833)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint George the New Confessor, of Drama, Greece (1959)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Hieromartyr Lawrence (Knyazev), Bishop of Balakhnin, and Alexis Porfiriev, Archpriest, and with them New Martyr Alexis Neidhardt (1918)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Arethas (Mitrenin), Hieromonk of Valaam (1932),pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyrs John Smirnov and Nicholas Nikolsky, Priests (1937)pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyr Peter Bogorodsky, Priest (1938)calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com
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.
- Martyrs Felix (Africanus), Audactus (Adauctus), Januarius, Fortunatus and Septimus (303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Evergislus (Ebregesilus, Eberigisil), a Bishop of Cologne in Germany, martyred by heathen robbers (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maglorius of Sark (Maelor), Bishop of Dol-de-Bretagne in Brittany (575)Stanton, Menology of England and Wales · holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · saint.gr
- Saint Senoch the Healer, Abbot, of Tours, Gaul (576)holytrinityorthodox.com · johnsanidopoulos.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Saint Cadfarch, a disciple of St Iltyd, he founded churches in Penegoes and Abererch in Wales (6th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Martin of Vertou, founder of the monastery of Vertou near Nantes, also of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes and other monasteries (601)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Marcius (Mark, Martin), a hermit at Montecassino in Italy (c. 679)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Fromundus (Frodemundus), Monk, Abbot and then Bishop of Coutances in France (c. 690)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 The "Joy of All Who Sorrow" (Moscow) (1688)oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Blessed Eudocia of Ryazan (1890)pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Hieroschemamonk Barsanuphius of Valaam (1910)pravoslavie.ru
The list is October 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.