August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Hieromartyr Eutychius (1st century), disciple of St. John the Theologian. • Martyr Tation, at Claudiopolis (Bithynia) (305) • Virginmartyr Kyra (Cira, Cira, Shirin) Persia (558) • Saint George Limniotes the Confessor, of Mount Olympus in Bithynia (716) ==Pre-Schism Western saints==

• 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) • Saint Romanus of Nepi, a Bishop and martyr of Nepi in Tuscany, Italy, by tradition a disciple of St Ptolemy (1st century) • Saint Aurea of Ostia, an early martyr in Ostia in Italy (c. 270) • Saint Patrick, a bishop in Ireland, surnamed Patrick the Elder, whose relics were later enshrined at Glastonbury in England (c. 450) • Saint Yrchard (Irchard, Yarcard), a priest in Scotland, consecrated bishop by St Ternan to work among the Picts (5th century) • Saint Ouen (Audöenus, Audoin, Aldwin, Owen, Dado), Archbishop of Rouen, Gaul, Confessor (c. 683) • Saint Bregwin, Twelfth Archbishop of Canterbury (764) • Saint Sandratus (Sandradus), Abbot of Gladbach, and in 981 Abbot of Weissenburg (986) ==Post-Schism Orthodox saints==

• Saint Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod (1199) • Hieromartyr Athanasius II, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1244) • Venerable Serapion the Wonderworker, abbot of the Monastery of St. John the Baptist at David Gareja monastery complex, Georgia (1774) • New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles (1779) (see also: August 4) • Saint Aristocleus, Elder, of Moscow and Mount Athos (1918) New martyrs and confessors • New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, Priest, of Lemkovina, Poland (1914) • New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Shakhmut), Archimandrite, of Grodno (Belarus) (1946) ==Other commemorations==

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Petrovskaya" ("of St. Peter of Moscow") (ca. 1306) • Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos (c. 1385) to St. Sergius of Radonezh (1392) • Translation of the relics (1479) of St. Peter of Moscow, Metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow (1326) • Translation of the relics (1716) of St. Dionysios of Zakynthos, Archbishop of Aegina (1624) ==Icon gallery==

File:Basilica di Sant'Aurea - interno.JPG|Interior of the Basilica of St. Aurea of Ostia. File:St. Kosmas Aitolos - Bolton, Ontario - 2007.jpg|New Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia, Equal-to-the-Apostles. File:MaksymSandowycz.gif|New Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, Priest, of Lemkovina. File:Saint Dionysios Cathedral – Zakynthos – Greek – 03.jpg|Sarcophagus of Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos. ==Notes==