May 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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May 24
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 26
All fixed commemorations
below celebrated on June 7 by Old Calendarists
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May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 23 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 25All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 6 by Old Calendarists-Saints:* Venerable Symeon Stylites the Younger of Wonderful Mountain...
- Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 26
May 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
May 25 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 27All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 8 by Old Calendarists-Saints:*Carpus, Apostle of the Seventy and Bishop of Beroea in Thrace *Great martyr George the New at Sofia...
All fixed commemorations
Synaxarium
Synaxarion, Synexarion, pl. Synaxaria —Latin: Synaxarium, Synexarium—the name given in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches to a compilation of hagiographies corresponding roughly to the martyrology of the Roman Church.There are two kinds of synaxaria:*Simple...
below celebrated on June 7 by Old Calendarists
Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
Saints
- Hieromartyr UrbanPope Urban IPope Saint Urban I was Pope from 14 October 222 to 230. He was born in Rome, Roman Empire and succeeded St. Callixtus I who had been martyred. For centuries it was believed that Urban too was martyred...
, Pope of Rome (230) - Martyr Celestine, in Rome.
- Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentinian, Julius and others at Dorostolum (302)
- Hieromartyr Therapont of Cyprus, bishop (300-305)
- Saint DionysiosDionysius (bishop of Milan)Dionysius was Archbishop of Milan from 349 to 355. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches and his feast day is on May 25.-Life:...
(Dionysius Mariani, Denis), Bishop of Milan (359) - Hieromartyrs Maximus and Victorinus (384)
- Saint Zenobius, first Bishop of Florence (390)
- Saint Leo of Troyes, monk who succeeded St Romanus as Abbot of Mantenay near Troyes, France (c.550)
- Saints Injuriosus and Scholastica, a married couple in the Auvergne in France who lived in virginity and holiness (c. 550)
- Saint Dodo, prince of Georgia, monk of Gareji (596)
- Saint Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (709)
- Saint Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad (Dunchadh), the eleventh abbot of IonaIona AbbeyIona Abbey is located on the Isle of Iona, just off the Isle of Mull on the West Coast of Scotland. It is one of the oldest and most important religious centres in Western Europe. The abbey was a focal point for the spread of Christianity throughout Scotland and marks the foundation of a monastic...
(707–717) in Scotland (717) - Hieromartyrs Gerbald, Reginhard, Winebald and Worad, of the monastery of St Bertin in France, all martyred by the Danes (862)
- Saint Egilhard, eighth abbot of CornelimünsterKornelimünster AbbeyKornelimünster Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Kornelimünster, since 1972 a part of Aachen , in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.- First foundation :...
near Aachen in Germany, martyred by Vikings at Bercheim (881) - Saint Gennadius of Astorga, Bishop of Astorga, later a hermit (936)
- Saint Olbian (Albianos), monk.
- Saint Skiota of Georgia (c.13th c.)
- Righteous John and Mary of Ustiug (VologdaVologdaVologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage...
) (13th c.) - Saint Dmitry, Price of Uglich, son of Andrey VasilyevichAndrey BolshoyAndrey Vasilyevich Bolshoy, nicknamed Goryai , was the third son of Vasili II of Russia who transformed his capital in Uglich into a major centre of political power and ensured the town's prosperity for two centuries to come.After the death of his father in 1462, Andrey Bolshoy inherited the...
(c.1492) - Saint Thekla of Pereyaslavl, nun, (mother of St. Daniel, Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski +1540) (16th c.)
- Saint Innocent archbishop of Cherson and Taurica (1857)
- Virgin-Martyr Helen (1938)
- New Hieromartyr Tavrion (1939)
Other commemorations
- Third Finding of the Precious Head of Saint John the BaptistJohn the BaptistJohn the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
(c.850) - Commemoration of the Reunion of three million Uniates with the Orthodox Church at VilniusVilniusVilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
in 1831 (1831) - Repose of recluseRecluseA recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society, often close to nature. The word is from the Latin recludere, which means "shut up" or "sequester." There are many potential reasons for becoming a recluse: a personal philosophy that rejects consumer society; a...
George of Zadonsk (1836) - Synaxis of the Saints of VolhyniaVolhyniaVolhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...
: - Yaropolk, Stephen, Macarius, Igor and Juliana.
- Finding of the holy icon of Saint Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher, in ErmoupolisErmoupoliErmoupoli , also known by the formal older name Ermoupolis or Hermoupolis , is a town and former municipality on the island of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Syros-Ermoupoli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit...
on the island of SyrosSyrosSyros , or Siros or Syra is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is located south-east of Athens. The area of the island is . The largest towns are Ermoupoli, Ano Syros, and Vari. Ermoupoli is the capital of the island and the Cyclades...
, in the Cyclades, Greece (1936) - Icon of the Mother of God "the Helper of the sinners" from KoretskKoretsKorets is a city in the Rivne Oblast in Ukraine. The city is located on the Korchyk river, 66 kilometers to the east of Rivne. It is administrative center of the Korets Raion. As of 2001, the population of Korets was 8,649....
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Sources
- May 25/June 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- June 7/May 25. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- May 25. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- May 25. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 25. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: 25 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.