October 24 (old calendar) / November 6 (new)

October 24 (old calendar) / November 6 (new) Martyr Arethas and 4,299 Martyrs with him (523). Ven. Arethus (12th c.), Sisoë (13th c.), and Theóphil (Theophilus)—(12th-13th c.), Recluses, of the Kiev Caves (Near Caves). Bl. Elesbaan, King of Ethiopia (ca. 553-555). Martyr Syncletica and her two daughters (6th c.). St. Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (1311). Icon of the Most-holy Theotokos “THE JOY OF All WHO SORROW” (1688). SAINT ARETHAS The