October 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 25

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 6 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

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

Saints

• Martyr Sebastiani (1st century)^{[1][2][3][4][note 2]}
• Martyrs Sotiricus and Valentinos, from Asia Minor, by being dragged over sharp stones.^{[2][3][5][note 3]}
• Hieromartyr Akakios the Presbyter, by the sword.^[2][3][6]
• Martyr Nerdonus, by fire.^[2][3][7]
• Saint Proclus of Constantinople, Archbishop of Constantinople (447)^{[2][8][9][note 4][note 5]}
• Great-martyr Arethas of Omir and 4,299 martyrs with him, including Martyr Syncletica and her two daughters^[11] (523)^{[2][12][13][14][note 6]}
• A holy woman martyr and her child, together with Martyr Arethas of Omir and his companions (523)^{[3][15][note 7]}
• Blessed Elesbaan (Caleb), King of Ethiopia (553-555)^{[4][12][16][17][18][note 8]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Martyrs Felix (Africanus), Audactus (Adauctus), Januarius, Fortunatus and Septimus (303)^{[21][22][note 9][note 10]}
• Saint Evergislus (Ebregesilus, Eberigisil), a Bishop of Cologne in Germany, martyred by heathen robbers (5th century)^{[21][note 11]}
• Saint Maglorius of Sark (Maelor), Bishop of Dol-de-Bretagne in Brittany (575)^{[3][4][21][23][24][note 12][note 13]}
• Saint Senoch the Healer, Abbot, of Tours, Gaul (576)^{[3][4][12][25][26]}
• Saint Cadfarch, a disciple of St Iltyd, he founded churches in Penegoes and Abererch in Wales (6th century)^{[21][note 14]}
• Saint Martin of Vertou, founder of the monastery of Vertou near Nantes, also of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes and other monasteries (601)^[21][28]
• Saint Marcius (Mark, Martin), a hermit at Montecassino in Italy (c. 679)^{[21][note 15][note 16]}
• Saint Fromundus (Frodemundus), Monk, Abbot and then Bishop of Coutances in France (c. 690)^[21]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

• Venerable Arethas, recluse, of the Kiev Caves (1190)^{[2][4][12][16][29][30][31][note 17]}
• Venerable Sisoes of the Kiev Caves (13th century)^{[4][12][16][32]}
• Venerable Theophilus the Silent, of the Kiev Caves (12th-13th century)^{[4][12][16][33]}
• Saint Athanasius I of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (1311)^{[4][12][16][34]} (see also: October 28)
• Saint John, recluse, of the Pskov Caves (1616)^[4][12][35]
• Venerable Zosima (Verkhovsky), Elder, of Siberia (1833)^{[4][12][16][36][note 18]}
• Saint George the New Confessor, of Drama, Greece (1959)^[16][37] (see also: November 4 - Greek)

New Martys and Confessors

• New Hieromartyr Lawrence (Knyazev), Bishop of Balakhnin,^{[note 19]} and Alexis Porfiriev, Archpriest,^{[38][note 20]} and with them New Martyr Alexis Neidhardt^{[39][note 21]} (1918)^[4][12][16]
• New Hieromartyr Arethas (Mitrenin), Hieromonk of Valaam (1932),^{[4][12][16][40]}
• New Hieromartyrs John Smirnov^[41] and Nicholas Nikolsky, Priests (1937)^[4][16]
• New Martyr Peter Bogorodsky, Priest (1938)^[4][16]

Other commemorations

• Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos The "Joy of All Who Sorrow" (Moscow) (1688)^{[4][12][16][42][43]}
• Repose of Blessed Eudocia of Ryazan (1890)^[12]
• Repose of Hieroschemamonk Barsanuphius of Valaam (1910)^[12]

Icon gallery

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  Great-martyr Arethas of Omir and 4,299 martyrs with him.

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  St. Proclus of Constantinople, Archbishop of Constantinople.

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  Coin of Blessed Elesbaan (Caleb), King of Ethiopia.

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  Relics of St. Maglorius of Sark (Maelor), Bishop of Dol-de-Bretagne.

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  Chapel of St. Martin of Vertou, Cathédrale de Nantes.

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  Venerable Arethas, recluse, of the Kiev Caves.

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  Venerable Zosima (Verkhovsky), Elder, of Siberia.

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  Venerable George (Karslidis) of Drama.

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  New Hieromartyr Lawrence (Knyazev), Bishop of Balakhnin.

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  New Martyr Alexis Neidhardt.

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  Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of all who Sorrow".