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February 24 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective February24 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Feast

First (4th century) and Second (452) Findings of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist.February 24 / March 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Εὕρεσις Τιμίας κεφαλῆς τοῦ Ἁγίου Προφήτου, προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννη. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).First and second finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist of the Lord, John. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 24 февраля (ст.ст.) 9 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).

Saints

Saint John the Harvester (Theristos), of Calabria (9th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεριστὴς ὁ ἐν Καλαβρίᾳ. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Martyrs Montanus, Lucias, Julian, Victoricus, Flavian, and their companions, at Carthage (259)March 9 / February 24. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "SS. MONTANUS, LUCIUS, JULIAN, AND COMP., MM. (A.D. 259.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 395-401. Saint Primitiva (Primitivus), an early martyr, probably in Rome. Saint Modestus, Bishop of Trier in Germany and Confessor (489) Saint Praetextatus (Prix), Bishop of Rouen in France and Martyr (586)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. PRÆTEXTATUS OF ROUEN, B. M. (A.D. 586.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 402-406. Saint Liudhard (Letard), Chaplain and Bishop of Queen Bertha of Kent (c. 600)Sir William Smith. LIUDHARDUS. In: A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines. Volume III - Hermogenes-Myensis. London, 1882. Page 731. Saint Æthelberht of Kent, King of Kent (616)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐθελμπέρτος βασιλιὰς τῆς Ἀγγλίας. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.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. p. 83-84.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ETHELBERT, K. C. (A.D. 616.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 406-409. (see also: February 25) Saint Boisil of Melrose Abbey (664)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Μποϊζὶλ ἐκ Σκωτίας. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: February 23) Saint Cummain Ailbe (Cumine the White), Abbot of Iona (669)Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "ARTICLE I.—ST. CUMMINEUS ALBUS, CUIMINE AILBE, OR FIONN, ABBOT OF IONA, SCOTLAND. [SEVENTH CENTURY]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 689-695. Saint Betto, a monk at Sainte Colombe in Sens in France, who became Bishop of Auxerre in 889 (918)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Caves Monastery (c. 1160)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἔρασμος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Near Caves. OCA - Lives of the Saints.

Saint John Domovsky, Archpriest in Rostov-on-Don, a confessor of Orthodoxy who firmly denounced the Renovationists (1930)Russian Synod canonizes married archpriest, establishes feast of wonderworking icon. Orthodox Christianity. Moscow, July 25, 2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026. Иеромонах Маврикий (Звягинцев), Александр Юрченко. Праведный Иоанн, пресвитер Ростовский (протоиерей Иоанн Алексеевич Домовский). Православие.Ru. 9 сентября 2025 г. Retrieved: February 16, 2026. Venerable Saint Petroniu (Tănase) of Prodromu Skete, of the Great Lavra Monastery, Mount Athos (2011)Two Romanian Athonite elders canonized by Patriarchate of Constantinople. Orthodox Christianity. Istanbul, September 2, 2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026. Ανακοινωθέν για τις εργασίες της Αγίας και Ιεράς Συνόδου (31 Αυγούστου 2025). Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο (Ecumenical Patriarchate). Ανάρτηση 31/08/2025. Retrieved: February 16, 2026.

Other commemorations

Uncovering of the relics (1486) of St. Romanus, Prince of Uglich (1285)

Icon gallery

Notes

References

Sources February 24 / March 9. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). March 9 / February 24. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). February 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. 17. The Twenty-Fourth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China. February 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. pp. 57-58. 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. p. 83-84. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 24 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Συναξαριστής. 24 Φεβρουαρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources 9 марта (24 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 24 февраля (ст.ст.) 9 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).