Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of September 24
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on September 24 — on the Old Calendar, civil October 7.
Commemorated on September 24
- Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thecla
- St. Silouan the Athonite
St. Silouan the Athonite
A Russian peasant-monk of Mount Athos (†1938) who prayed for the whole Adam with tears. The Lord's word to him: 'Keep thy mind in hell, and despair not.'
When it falls
- New Calendar: September 24 every year
- Old Calendar: civil October 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.