25 January
39 commemorations of 25 January in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 7 February of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Gregory the Theologian (329-390)
Saints
- Venerable Castinus, Bishop of Byzantium (240)Ὁ Ὅσιος Καστίνοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Medula and her entourageἩ Ἁγία Μεδούλη καὶ ἡ συνοδεία τηςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Venerable Apollo of the Thebaid, ascetic and wonderworker, reposed in peace (c. 361-363)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀπολλώsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Bretanion (Vetranion), Bishop of Tomis in Moesia, Confessor (c. 380)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βρετάννιος ὁ Ὁμολογητήςoca.org · synaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Publius the Ascetic of Euphratensis, Syria (380)Ὁ Ὅσιος Πούπλιοςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Theodotos, Igumen of the "Monastery of St. Publius"Ὁ Ὅσιος Θεόδοτοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saint Gregory the Theologian of Nazianzus, Archbishop of Constantinople (390)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Θεολόγος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · mospat.ru · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Mares the Singer of Omeros near Cyrrhus, Syria (430)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μάρηςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Demetrius the Skevophylax ("Keeper of the Sacred Vessels") of Constantinople (8th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Δημήτριος ὁ Σκευοφύλαξsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Moses, Archbishop of Novgorod (1362)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μωϋσῆς ὁ Θαυματουργός Ἐπίσκοπος Νόβγκοροντsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gregory of Golutvin (15th century)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Basian, Archbishop of Rostov (1516)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βασιανὸς Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Ροστὼβ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable Anatole I Zertsalov, Elder of Optina Monastery (1894)Ὁ Ὅσιος Ἀνατόλιος τῆς Ὄπτιναsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Georgia (1896)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γαβριὴλ ἐκ Γεωργίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- New Martyr Auxentius of Constantinople (1720)Ὁ Ἅγιος Αὐξέντιος ὁ Νεομάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Dositheus, Archbishop of Tbilisi, Georgia (1795)oca.org
- New Hieromartyr Vladimir Bogoyavlensky, Metropolitan of Kiev, Protomartyr of the Communist yoke in Russia (1918)Ὁ Ἅγιος Βλαδίμηρος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Μητροπολίτης Κιέβουsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable New Martyr Elizabeth Romanova (Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine) (1918)Ἡ Ἁγία Ἐλισάβετ ἡ Ὁσιομάρτυςsynaxarion.gr
- Venerable New Martyr Abbess Margaret Gunaronulo of Menzelino (1918)Ἡ Ὁσία Μαργαρίταsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Peter Zverev, Archbishop of Voronezh (1929)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Basil Zelentsov, Bishop of Priluki (1930)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Martyr Athanasia Lepeshkin, Abbess of Zosima Hermitage (Smolensk Hodigitria Convent), near Moscow (1931)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Stephen Grachev, Priest (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
- New Martyr Boris Zavarin (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com
Saints of the West before the Schism
Saints of the Latin West before the Schism of 1054. The Orthodox Church honours the saints of the undivided Church, though few of these are in the Greek or Slavic Menaia; this list follows the calendars kept by the Orthodox in the West.
- Martyr Felicitas of Rome, and her seven sons (c. 164)
- Januarius, Felix, Philip, Silvanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial
- Saint Artemas, a child martyr in Pozzuoli (Puteoli) in Italyorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dwynwen of Llanddwyn Island, Patroness of Love and Marriage (c. 460)orthochristian.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Eochod of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts of Galloway (597)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maurus (584) and Saint Placidus (6th century), early disciples of Saint Benedictorthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Sigeberht of East Anglia (Sigebert), the first Christian King of East Anglia in England (634)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Racho (Ragnobert), Bishop of Autun, France (c. 660)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Hieromartyr Praejectus (Priest, Prest, Preils, Prix), Bishop of Clermont (676)orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Amarinus, Abbot of a monastery in the Vosges in France, and companion in martyrdom of Saint Praejectus (Priest) (676)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Thorgyth (Tortgith), nun at the convent of Barking in England with Saint Ethelburgh (c. 700)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Poppo, Abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy in Belgium, renowned for miracles (1048)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
Other commemorations
Glorifications, translations of relics, wonderworking icons, and monks and elders remembered on the day, not all of whom are canonized.
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Assuage My Sorrow" (1640)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Παραμυθίας ἐν Ρωσίᾳsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos "Unexpected Joy"oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Repose of Archpriest Sergius Orlov of Akulovo (1975)pravoslavie.ru
- Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church (1992, 2013)patriarchia.ru
The list is January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), read on 2026-09-25 and adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0: its sections and years, the Greek headings of the Great Synaxaristes where it cites them, and beside each line the sources it names. Names in bold are the saints the day is named for in Greek usage, checked against the Church of Cyprus.