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25 March

25 commemorations of 25 March in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 7 April of the civil calendar.

In the map: Annunciation: March 25St. Tikhon of Moscow (1865-1925)

Feasts

Saints

  • Saint Dismas the Good Thief, crucified next to Christ (1st century)Roman Martyrology
  • Martyrs Pelagia, Theodosia, and Dula, at Caesarea Palestinae, by the sword (361)Οἱ Ἁγίες Θεοδοσία καὶ Πελαγία οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • The Holy Martyr who was formerly an executionerὉ Ἅγιος ἐκ δημίων Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr
  • Venerable Sennouphios the Standard-bearer, of Latomos Monastery in Thessalonica (9th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεννούφιος ὁ Σημειοφόροςsynaxarion.gr · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Timon the Hermit (10th century)Ὁ Ὅσιος Τίμων ὁ Ἐρημίτηςsynaxarion.gr

Orthodox saints after the Schism

  • Saint Nicander, hermit, of Pskov (1582)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Parthenius of the Kiev Caves (1855)Ὁ Ὅσιος Παρθένιος τοῦ Κιέβουsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Venerable Savvas the New of Kalymnos (1947)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Καλύμνῳmospat.ru · synaxarion.gr · days.pravoslavie.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
  • Saint Justin (Popovic), Archimandrite of Ćelije Monastery in Serbia and Confessor of Traditional Orthodoxy (1979)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru

New martyrs and confessors

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.

  • Holy 262 Martyrs of Romeorthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
  • Saint Quirinus of Tegernsee (Quirinus of Rome), a martyr who suffered in Rome under Claudius II (c. 269)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Irenaeus of Sirmium, Bishop in Pannonia (Hungary), martyred under Diocletian at Sirmium (Mitrovica) (304)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Caimin of Inis Cealtra, Bishop-Abbot of Inis Cealtra and possibly the first Bishop of Killaloe (653)bartleby.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Humbert of Maroilles, a disciple of St Amandus who helped found the monastery of Marolles in Belgium (c. 680)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Hermenland (Hermeland, Herbland, Erblon), monk at Fontenelle, ordained priest and sent with twelve monks to establish a new monastery on the island of... (c. 720)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saints Barontius and Desiderius (c. 725)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Kennocha (Kyle, Enoch), nun at a convent in Fife, held in great veneration in Scotland, especially around Glasgow (1007)orthodoxengland.org.uk
  • Saint Ælfwold, a monk at Winchester who was chosen as Bishop of Sherborne in 1045 (1058)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.

  • Greek Independence Day: Proclamation of Greek independence on March 25, 1821, blessed by Metropolitan Germanos III of Old Patras at the Monastery of Agia Lavra.
  • Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos the Burning Bush, on Mount Sinai (Our Lady of the Burning Bush)Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Βάτου, ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σινᾶsynaxarion.gr
  • Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos Evangelístria, kept at the monastery of Aliartos in BoeotiaΣύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Εὐαγγελίστριαςsynaxarion.gr
  • Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kypera, kept at the monastery of the Panagia, on the island of CephaloniaΣύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῶν Κηπουραίωνsynaxarion.gr
  • "Annunciation" Icon of the Mother of God (16th century)holytrinityorthodox.com

The list is March 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.

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