New Martyr
Luke and Nicholas
Two new martyrs commemorated together in the Serbian Orthodox calendar.
Life
The Holy New Martyrs Luke and Nicholas are commemorated together. Luke was a tailor by trade and suffered for Christ in the year 1564. Nicholas suffered in the year 1776. The Serbian Church commemorates them on 24 April by the old calendar (7 May by the new). The sources consulted give no other details about them.
Commemorated the same day April 24
MellitusSaint · Archbishop of CanterburyApr 24
Doda of ReimsVenerable · Abbess of Saint Peter's, ReimsApr 24
Sabbas StratelatesMartyr · Roman generalApr 24
Branko DobrosavljevićHieromartyr · Serbian Orthodox priestApr 24
Alexis KabalyukVenerable · Schema-archimandrite in TranscarpathiaApr 24- Sava II BrankovićSaint · Metropolitan of TransylvaniaApr 24
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Ignatius SadkovskyHieromartyr · Bishop of SkopinApr 24- Sava of the CavesVenerable · Monk of the Kyiv Caves LavraApr 24
- Simion ȘtefanSaint · Metropolitan of TransylvaniaApr 24
- Alexis the RecluseVenerable · Recluse of the Kiev CavesApr 24
- Joseph the ConfessorSaint · Bishop of MaramureșApr 24
Alexander of LyonMartyr · Martyr of LyonApr 24