Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of November 24
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on November 24 — on the Old Calendar, civil December 7.
Commemorated on November 24
- Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria (Slavic use)
- St. Clement of Ohrid
Great Martyr Catherine
A brilliant noblewoman of Alexandria (†305) who out-argued fifty philosophers summoned to shame her, and won them for Christ. Patroness of students and scholars.
When it falls
- New Calendar: November 24 every year
- Old Calendar: civil December 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.