Orthodox saints and name days on April 24

Name days on April 24

Elizabeth, Elisavet, Elisa, Elise, Liza, Lisa, Beth, Bette, Simeon

Saints and feasts of April 24

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  Elizabeth

  Holy Woman, Ελισάβετ

  St. Elizabeth was a holy woman of Constantinople who from her youth gave herself wholly to God in the monastic life. Excelling in fasting, vigil, and compassion for the poor, she became the spiritual mother of a community of nuns, and the faithful sought her prayers, through which many received healing.

  Name days: Elizabeth, Elisavet, Elisa, Elise, Liza, Lisa, Beth, Bette

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  Simeon Stylites the Younger

  Venerable, Συμεών ο Νέος

  St. Simeon Stylites the Younger was born in Antioch in the sixth century. Drawn to asceticism from early childhood, he took up the extraordinary struggle of the pillar-dwellers, living for the greater part of his long life atop a column on the mountain near Antioch called the Wonderful Mountain, in unceasing prayer and fasting.

  Name days: Simeon

• Sabbas Stratelates

  Martyr, Σάββας ο Στρατηλάτης

  Sabbas was a Goth who rose to the rank of military commander at Rome under the emperor Aurelian. A Christian, he visited and cared for the imprisoned confessors, and when denounced he laid aside his belt of office and declared his faith.

• Xenophon of Athos

  Venerable, Ξενοφών ο Κτήτωρ

  Xenophon was an Athonite ascetic who, tradition relates, founded the monastery that bears his name on the western shore of the Holy Mountain, dedicated to the Great Martyr George, in the tenth century.

• Doukas of Mytilene

  Martyr, Δούκας ο Ράπτης

  Doukas was a tailor from Mytilene working in Constantinople. Tradition relates that a Turkish woman who desired him accused him falsely when he refused her, and he was ordered to embrace Islam.

• Nicholas of Magnesia

  Martyr, Νικόλαος ο εν Μαγνησία

  Nicholas was a young Christian of Magnesia near Smyrna in the service of a Turkish landowner, who pressed him to accept Islam. He refused and confessed Christ.

• Pasicrates and Valentio

  Martyr, Πασικράτης και Βαλεντίων

  Pasicrates and Valentio were soldiers of the garrison at Dorostolum on the Danube who refused to offer incense to the idols. Tradition relates that Pasicrates, ordered to sacrifice, cast the incense away and declared his faith.

• Thomas the Fool for Christ

  Venerable, Θωμάς ο διά Χριστόν Σαλός

  Thomas was a monk of a Syrian monastery who was sent to Antioch on the affairs of his community and there took up the life of a fool for Christ, enduring mockery for the love of God. Tradition relates that wonders followed his death in the sixth century.