October 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 25

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 6 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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

Saints Martyr Sebastiani (1st century)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Σεβαστιανὴ ἡ Μάρτυς. 24 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 24 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 24/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.November 6 / October 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Martyrs Mark, Soterichos and Valentina, from Asia Minor, by being dragged over sharp stones.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μᾶρκος, Σωτήριχος καὶ Οὐαλεντῖνος οἱ Μάρτυρες. 24 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Hieromartyr Akakios the Presbyter, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀκάκιος ὁ Πρεσβύτερος. 24 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyr Nerdonus, by fire.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Νέρδων ὁ Μάρτυρας. 24 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Saint Proclus of Constantinople, Archbishop of Constantinople (447)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πρόκλος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 24 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PROCLUS, B. OF CONSTANTINOPLE. (A.D. 446.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 605-616. Great-martyr Arethas of Omir and 4,299 martyrs with him, including Martyr Syncletica and her two daughtersMartyr Syncletica and her two daughters. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (523)October 24 / November 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀρέθας ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ. 24 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Martyr Arethas. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. ARETHAS, RUMA, AND OTHERS, MM. in Arabia; A.D. 523." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October — PART II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 601. (see also: November 24.) A holy woman martyr and her child, together with Martyr Arethas of Omir and his companions (523)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι Γυναίκα καὶ τὸ Βρέφος της. 24 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Blessed Elesbaan (Caleb), King of Ethiopia (553-555)Blessed Elesbaan the King of Ethiopia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. ЕЛЕЗВОЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).

Pre-Schism Western saints Martyrs Felix (Africanus), Audactus (Adauctus), Januarius, Fortunatus and Septimus (303)October 23. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. FELIX OF TUBZACENE, B.M. (A.D. 303.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 601-605. Saint Evergislus (Ebregesilus, Eberigisil), a Bishop of Cologne in Germany, martyred by heathen robbers (5th century) Saint Maglorius of Sark (Maelor), Bishop of Dol-de-Bretagne in Brittany (575)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. pp. 512-513.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MAGLORIUS, B. OF DOL. (A.D. 586.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 616-618. Saint Senoch the Healer, Abbot, of Tours, Gaul (576)Saint Senoch the Healer — By St. Gregory of Tours. Mystagogy Resource Center. October 24, 2014.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. SENOCH, Ab. at Tours. (A.D. 576.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 601. Saint Cadfarch, a disciple of St Iltyd, he founded churches in Penegoes and Abererch in Wales (6th century) Saint Martin of Vertou, founder of the monastery of Vertou near Nantes, also of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes and other monasteries (601)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MARTIN, AB. OF VERTOU. (A.D. 601.)" In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Twelfth: October – Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 618-619. Saint Marcius (Mark, Martin), a hermit at Montecassino in Italy (c. 679) Saint Fromundus (Frodemundus), Monk, Abbot and then Bishop of Coutances in France (c. 690)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints Venerable Arethas, recluse, of the Kiev Caves (1190) АРЕФА ЗАТВОРНИК. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀρέθας ὁ ἐν τῷ Σπηλαίῳ (Ρῶσος). 24 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Sisoes of the Kiev Caves (13th century)Venerable Sisoes the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Theophilus the Silent, of the Kiev Caves (12th-13th century)Venerable Theophilus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Saint Athanasius I of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (1311)St. Athanasius the Patriarch of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: October 28) Saint John, recluse, of the Pskov Caves (1616)St. John the Hermit of Pskov. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Venerable Zosima (Verkhovsky), Elder, of Siberia (1833) ЗОСИМА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Saint George the New Confessor, of Drama, Greece (1959) ГЕОРГИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (see also: November 4 - Greek)

New Martys and Confessors New Hieromartyr Lawrence (Knyazev), Bishop of Balakhnin, and Alexis Porfiriev, Archpriest, АЛЕКСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and with them New Martyr Alexis Neidhardt АЛЕКСИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (1918) New Hieromartyr Arethas (Mitrenin), Hieromonk of Valaam (1932), АРЕФА. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). New Hieromartyrs John Smirnov ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). and Nicholas Nikolsky, Priests (1937) New Martyr Peter Bogorodsky, Priest (1938)

Other commemorations Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos The "Joy of All Who Sorrow" (Moscow) (1688)Icon of the Mother of God “the Joy of All Who Sorrow”. OCA - Lives of the Saints. «ВСЕХ СКОРБЯЩИХ РАДОСТЬ», ИКОНА БОЖИЕЙ МАТЕРИ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Repose of Blessed Eudocia of Ryazan (1890) Repose of Hieroschemamonk Barsanuphius of Valaam (1910)

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Sources October 24 / November 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). November 6 / October 24. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). October 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. 79. The Twenty-Fourth Day of the Month of October. Orthodoxy in China. October 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. p. 328. 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. pp. 512–513. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 24 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 24 Οκτωβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). 24/10/2017. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής. Russian Sources 6 ноября (24 октября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 24 октября по старому стилю / 6 ноября по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2016 год.