25 April
21 commemorations of 25 April in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 8 May of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Mark the Evangelist
Saints
- Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, first Bishop of Alexandria (63)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μᾶρκος ὁ Ἀπόστολος καὶ Εὐαγγελιστήςorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · mospat.ru · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Anianas, second Bishop of Alexandria (86)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀννιανὸς Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείαςsynaxarion.gr · Roman Martyrology · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Nike (Nice), by the sword (303)Ἡ Ἁγία Νίκη ἡ Μάρτυςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Hieromartyr Stephen II, Patriarch of Antioch (479)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Macedonius II, Patriarch of Constantinople (516)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μακεδόνιος Β’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεωςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- The Venebrable Eight Anchorites who were martyred by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι ὀκτὼ Ὁσιομάρτυρες καὶ Ἀναχωρητὲςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Sylvester of Obnorsk, Abbot of Obnora Monastery (1379)Ὁ Ὅσιος Σιλβέστρος ὁ ἐκ Ρωσίαςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Basil, Elder of Poiana Mărului, Romania (1767)Ὁ Ὅσιος Βασίλειος ὁ Ἡσυχαστὴςsynaxarion.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Venerable Bassian (Balashevich) the Blind, Hiero-schema-monk of the Kiev Caves (1827)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Hieromartyr Sergius Rokhletsov, Protopresbyter, of Veliky Ustyug (1938)holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
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.
- Martyrs Evodius, Hermogenes and Callista, in Syracuse in Sicilyorthodoxengland.org.uk · Roman Martyrology
- Saint Phaebadius (Fiari), a Bishop of Agen in the south of France, who succeeded in stamping out Arianism in Gaul, together with his friend St Hilary of... (c. 392)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Maughold (Macaille), a disciple of Mel who became Bishop of Croghan in Offaly in Ireland, the patron saint of the Isle of Man (c. 489)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μαουγάλδιος Ἐπίσκοπος τῆς νήσου τοῦ Ἀνθρώπουsynaxarion.gr · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Rusticus, Archbishop of Lyon (501)pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Erminus, a monk at Lobbes Abbey in Belgium and later Abbot, Bishop and Confessor (737)Roman Martyrology · orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Mella, the mother of two saints, Cannech and Tigernach, who became a nun and Abbess of Doire-Melle (Rossclogher Abbey), in County Leitrim (c. 780)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Heribaldus, Monk and abbot of the monastery of St Germanus in Auxerre in France and later bishop of the same city (c. 857)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Robert of Syracuse, Abbot of a monastery in Syracuse in Sicily (c. 1000)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.
- Commemoration of the Consecration of the Church of the all-praised Apostle Peter, located near the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia in ConstantinopleΜνήμη ἐγκαινίων τοῦ Ἀποστολείου τοῦ πανευφήμου Ἀποστόλου Πέτρουsynaxarion.gr
- Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople (1071)oca.org · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Repose of Elder Philotheus (Zervakos) of Paros (1980)pravoslavie.ru
The list is April 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.