25 October
28 commemorations of 25 October in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 7 November of the civil calendar.
In the map: St. Tabitha of Joppa
Saints
- Saint Tabitha the Almsgiver, the widow resurrected by the Apostle Peter (Acts 9:36-43) (1st century)Ἡ Ἁγία Ταβιθᾶorthochristian.com · synaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs Pappias, Diodorus and Claudianus, of Attaleia in Pamphylia, by beheading (c. 249-251)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Παππίας, Διόδωρος καὶ Κλαυδιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Anastasius the Fuller, at Salona in Dalmatia (3rd century)Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀναστάσιος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Valerinus, by the swordὉ Ἅγιος Οὐαλερῖνος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Valerius and Chrysaphos, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Οὐαλέριος (ἢ Οὐαλερῖνος) καὶ Χρυσάφιος (ἢ Χρύσαφος) οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyr Sabinus, by fireὉ Ἅγιος Σαβῖνος ὁ Μάρτυραςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Faustus, Basil and Lucianus, of Darion in Constantinople, by the swordΟἱ Ἅγιοι Φαῦστος, Βασίλειος καὶ Λουκιανὸς οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Martyrs Nicephorus and Stephen, by floggingΟἱ Ἅγιοι Νικηφόρος καὶ Στέφανος οἱ Μάρτυρεςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr
- Saints Philadelphus and PolycarpΟἱ Ἅγιοι Φιλάδελφος καὶ Πολύκαρποςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Two martyrs of Thrace, crushed between two large rocksΟἱ Ἅγιοι Δύο Μάρτυρες ἀπὸ τὴν Θράκηsynaxarion.gr · saint.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com
- Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries, of Constantinople (355)Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μαρκιανὸς καὶ Μαρτύριος οἱ νοτάριοιsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint George, Bishop of Amastrida and canon-writer (c. 805)Ὁ Ἅγιος Γεώργιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ἀμάστριδοςsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · pravoslavie.ru
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Saint Martyrius, deacon, and Saint Martyrius, recluse, of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th centuries)oca.org · pravenc.ru · calendar.rop.ru · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru · saint.gr
- Venerable Macarius, Bishop of Paphos on Cyprus (1688)Ὁ Ὅσιος Μακάριος Ἐπίσκοπος Πάφου τῆς Κύπρουsynaxarion.gr · ecclesia.gr · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Saint Matrona (Vlasova) the Confessor, of Diveyevo Convent (1963)calendar.rop.ru · 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.
- Saints Front and George, Bishops and Apostles of Périgueux, in France (2nd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk · holytrinityorthodox.com · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyr Miniatus of Florence (Minias), venerated as the first Christian martyr of Florence (251)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Martyrs of Rome, including soldier-martyrs Theodosius, Lucius, Mark and Peter, under Claudius II (269)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Crispinus and Crispinianus, brothers, missionaries, martyred under Diocletian at Soissons (289)holytrinityorthodox.com · orthodoxengland.org.uk · pravoslavie.ru
- Saint Cyrinus (Quirinus), a martyr in Rome under Diocletian (3rd century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Martyrs Protus and Januarius, beheaded in Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (303)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Gaudentius of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia, a theologian and author of many letters and sermons (410)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Lupus of Bayeux, Bishop of Bayeux (5th century)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Hilary of Mende (Hilarius), Bishop of Mende (535)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Dulcardus, a monk at Micy Abbey (Saint-Mesmin) in Orleans in France, then a hermit near Bourges, where the village of Saint-Doulchard still exists (584)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Hildemarca, a nun at the convent of St Eulalia in Bordeaux, who became Abbess of Fécamp Abbey in the north of France (c. 670)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Goeznoveus, Bishop of Léon in Brittany (675)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saints Fructus (Frutos), Valentine and Engratia, two brothers and a sister who lived in Sépulveda in Castile in Spain (715)orthodoxengland.org.uk
The list is October 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.