Commemoration of Saints (February 24)

Solemnities, Feasts, Obligatory and Optional Memorials, and Traditional Dates of Commemoration

• Montanus, Lucius and Companions, martyrs
• Praetextatus, bishop and martyr

Saints in the Byzantine Calendar [February 24]

• First and Second Finding of the Venerable Head of St. John, the Precursor

The First and Second Finding of the Venerable Head of St. John, the Precursor refers to the Christian tradition that the head of St. John the Baptist was discovered twice after his beheading.

• First finding: Found and hidden on the Mount of Olives by Joanna, wife of Herod's steward.
• Second finding: Found again in a cave near Emesa, Syria, following a vision from St. John himself to two monks.

There are many versions and details connected with these two "Findings" online. But there is more certainty to the truth that both discoveries are commemorated on February 24th in the Orthodox Church.