Orthodox saints and name days on May 24

Name days on May 24

Simeon, Agatharchos

Saints and feasts of May 24

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  Symeon Stylites

  Venerable, Συμεών ο Στυλίτης

  St. Symeon the Stylite of the Wonderful Mountain lived in the sixth century near Antioch. Drawn to asceticism from childhood, he took up the rare and severe podvig of the pillar saints, dwelling on a column in fasting, vigil, and unceasing prayer for the greater part of his long life, after the pattern of the first Symeon the Stylite.

  Name days: Simeon

• Kyriakos of Evrychou

  Venerable, Κυριακός ο εξ Ευρύχου

  Kyriakos was an ascetic of the village of Evrychou in the Troodos region of Cyprus, honored locally as a wonderworker. His church in Evrychou preserves his memory and his relics.

• Meletios the General and Companions

  Martyr, Μελέτιος ο Στρατηλάτης

  Meletios was a Roman general in Galatia who, tradition relates, destroyed the pagan temples of the region and was denounced to the Emperor Antoninus. He was tortured and put to death together with a great multitude of his soldiers and their families who had believed through him.

• Niketas the Stylite of Pereslavl

  Venerable, Νικήτας ο Στυλίτης

  Niketas was a tax collector of Pereslavl who oppressed the poor until, struck by the words of the Prophet Isaiah at church, he repented. He became a monk, wearing heavy chains and standing on a pillar in prayer.

• Agatharchos of Leukas

  Hierarch, Αγάθαρχος Λευκάδος

  Agatharchos is honored as an early bishop of the island of Leukas in the Ionian Sea, tradition placing him in the fourth century. He is commemorated together with the Five God-bearing Fathers who are venerated as ascetics of the island.

  Name days: Agatharchos