25 December
12 commemorations of 25 December in the fixed calendar of the Church, the Menaion. Churches on the Old Calendar keep this day on 7 January of the civil calendar.
In the map: Nativity of Christ (Christmas)
Feasts
- The Nativity, according to the Flesh of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus ChristΗ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ ΗΜΩΝ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥsynaxarion.gr · oca.org · orthochristian.com · pravoslavie.ru
- The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior (Melichior), Caspar (Gaspar), and Balthazar (Balthasar)oca.org · pravoslavie.ru · synaxarion.gr
- Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord
- Annunciation to the shepherds; and Adoration of the shepherds
Orthodox saints after the Schism
- Repose of Saint Hieronymus of Simonopetra Monastery, Mount Athos (1957)drevo-info.ru · pravoslavie.ru
New martyrs and confessors
- Massacre of New Hieromartyr Jonah, Hieromonk of St. Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen, by the Swedes (1589)drevo-info.ru · oca.org · pravoslavie.ru
- New Hieromartyr Leonid Serebrennikov, Priest (1918)drevo-info.ru
- New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest (1930)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.
- Saint Eugenia of Rome (c. 258)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Anastasia of Sirmium (c. 304)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Adalsindis, a nun, first at Marchiennes Abbey, later entering the nearby convent of , near Arras in France (c. 715)orthodoxengland.org.uk
- Saint Æthelburh of Wilton (Alburgh, Alburga), a member of the royal house of Wessex, Abbess of Wilton Abbey (810)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 Deliverance of the Russian Church and Empire from the invasion of the French and twelve other nations (1812)drevo-info.ru
The list is December 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.