February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

February 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 26

An Eastern Orthodox cross

All fixed commemorations below are observed on March 10 (March 9 on leap years) by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.^{[note 1]}

For February 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on February 12.

Saints

• Martyr Alexander, at Marcianopolis in Thracia (c. 305)^[1][2][3]
• Martyr Anthony, by being burned alive.^[3][4]
• Saint Theodore, Fool-for-Christ.^[3]
• Hieromartyr Reginus of Skopelos, Bishop of the isle of Skopelos (355)^[1][3][5]
• Saint Marcellus, Bishop of Aipeia in Cyprus.^{[3][6][note 2]}
• Venerable Paphnutius of Kephala, monk, contemporary of St. Anthony the Great (4th century)^[1][7]
• Saint Tarasius of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (806)^{[1][3][8] [9][10]}

Pre-Schism Western saints

• Saints Donatus, Justus, Herena and Companions, a group of fifty martyrs who suffered in North Africa under Decius (3rd century)^[11][12]
• Saint Ethelbert, King of Kent (616)^{[1][7][11][note 3]}
• Saint Aldetrudis (Adeltrudis) of Maubeuge Abbey (c. 696)^{[11][13][14][note 4]}
• Saint Walburga, Abbess of Heidenheim (779)^{[1][7][11][15][16][note 5]}
• Saint Victor of St. Gall, a monk at St Gall in Switzerland who became a hermit in the Vosges in France where he reposed (995)^[11]

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

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New martyrs and confessors

• New Hieromartyr Sylvester (Olshevsky), Archbishop of Omsk and Pavlodar (1920)^{[17][note 6]} (see also: July 3)
• New Hieromartyr Alexander Vinogradov, Priest (1938)^[7][18]
• Virgin-Martyr Mstislava Fokinoi (1938)^[7][18]
• New Hieromartyr Leo Korobczuk, Priest, of Laskov (Chełm and Podlasie), Poland (1944)^{[1][7][note 7]}
• New Hieromartyr Nicholas Troitsky, Priest (1945)^[7][18]

Other commemorations

• Repose of Blessed Pashenka of Nizhny Novgorod (1934)^[1]

Icon gallery

• 
  Saint Tarasius of Constantinople.
• 
  Saint Walburga.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Sylvester (Olshevsky), Archbishop of Omsk and Pavlodar.
• 
  New Hieromartyr Leo Korobczuk.

Notes

1. The notation Old Style or (OS) is sometimes used to indicate a date in the Julian Calendar (which is used by churches on the "Old Calendar").
   The notation New Style or (NS), indicates a date in the Revised Julian calendar (which is used by churches on the "New Calendar").
2. Aipeia or Epia was an ancient city in Cyprus. Ancient Greek epic poetry referred to many settlers of the city, all heroes of the Trojan War who arrived in Cyprus after that war. (See: (in Greek): Αιπεία Κύπρου). This bishop may also be confused with Hieromartyr Marcellus, Bishop of Apamea (389), who celebrates on August 14.
3. King of Kent and High King of England, he protected St Augustine's mission and may have been baptised by him as early as Pentecost 597. Though he never tried to force his subjects into Christianity, thousands followed his apostolic example.
4. Daughter of Sts Vincent Madelgarus and Waldetrudis and a niece of St Aldegund of Maubeuge in France, she was confided to her aunt's care at this convent, where she became the second abbess.
5. Sister of Sts Willibald and Winebald. She became a nun at Wimborne in Dorset in England with St Tetta and followed St Lioba to Germany. She reposed as Abbess of Heidenheim, from where her relics were translated to Eichstätt (May 1). Miraculous healings come from the oil which still flows from the rock on which her shrine is placed.
6. See: (in Russian) Сильвестр (Ольшевский). Википедии. (Russian Wikipedia).
7. See: (in Polish) Lew Korobczuk. Wikipedii. (Polish Wikipedia).