June 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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June 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 25

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 7 by Old Calendarists

[edit] Saints

• Birth of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
• Martyrs Orentius, Pharnacius, Eros, Firmus, Firminus, Cyriacus, Longinus, and others in Georgia (4th century)
• Saint Anthony of Dymsk in Novgorod, abbot (1224)
• Saint Nicetas of Remesian, bishop (420)
• Saint John of Yaransk in Solovki, monk
• Righteous youths John and James of Meniugi in Novogorod
• Saint Michael of Tver, Great Prince
• Martyr Panagiotes of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1765)
• Synaxis of the Righteous Zechariah and Elizabeth, parents of John the Baptist