March 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Forefeast of the Annunciation. ==Saints==

• Saint Artemon, Bishop of Seleucia in Pisidia (1st century) • Hieromartyr Artemon, presbyter of Laodicea (284-305) (see also: April 12, April 13) • Martyr Timolaus and 7 Companions with him (8 Martyrs), in Caesarea Palaestina, by beheading (305) • Venerable Zachariah the Recluse, of Egypt (4th century) • Venerable Martin of the Thebaid, monk. • Venerable Abraham of Mount Latros, ascetic. • Saint Thomas, Abbot of the monastery of St. Euthymius (542) • Venerable Jacob of Catania (James the Confessor), Bishop of Catania (c. 730) • Saint Severus of Catania, Bishop of Catania (c. 812) ==Pre-schism Western saints==

• Saint Flavius Latinus of Brescia, third Bishop of Brescia in Italy (84-115) • Martyrs Romulus and Secundus, brothers, in Mauritania (Barbary), who suffered for the faith of Christ. • Saint Pigmenius, a priest in Rome thrown into the Tiber under Julian the Apostate (362) • Saint Macartan (Macartin, Maccarthen, Mac Cairthinn of Clogher), an early disciple and companion of St Patrick of Ireland, who consecrated him Bishop of Clogher (c. 505) • Saint Cairlon (Caorlan, Carláen), an abbot in Ireland who became Archbishop of Armagh (588) • Saint Caimin of Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) on Lough Derg, Bishop-Abbot of Inis Cealtra and possibly the first Bishop of Killaloe (653) (see also: March 25) • Saint Hildelith, Abbess of Barking Abbey (c. 712) ==Post-schism Orthodox saints==

• Venerable Zachariah, Faster of the Kiev Caves (12th century) • Martyrs Stephen and Peter of Kazan (1552) • New Hieromartyr Parthenius III, Patriarch of Constantinople (1657) • Venerable Savvas the New of Kalymnos (1947) or April 7; fifth Sunday of Great Lent'') New martyrs and confessors • New Hieromartyr Vladimir Pankin, Priest, of Chimkent (1920) ==Other commemorations==

• Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "The Clouded Mountain" (also "the Uncut Mount" or "Smoky Mountain"), in Tver. • Commemoration of the miracle at the Kiev Caves Lavra. ==Icon gallery==

File:Timolaus and companions.jpg|Martyr Timolaus and 7 Companions with him. ==Notes==