Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of June 24
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on June 24 — on the Old Calendar, civil July 7.
Major feast
Nativity of St. John the Baptist — about the feast and its dates
Commemorated on June 24
- Nativity of St. John the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist
When it falls
- New Calendar: June 24 every year
- Old Calendar: civil July 7
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.