May 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 7 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.[note 1]
For May 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 12.
Feasts
[edit]- Third Finding of the Precious Head of Saint John the Baptist (c. 850)[1][2]
Saints
[edit]- Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentinian, Julius and others at Dorostolum (302)[3]
- Hieromartyr Therapont of Cyprus, bishop (300-305)[4][5][6] (see also: May 27)
- Hieromartyrs Maximus and Victorinus (384)[7]
- Saint Dodo, prince of Georgia, monk of Gareji (596)[5] (see also: May 17, June 2)
- Saint Olbian (Albianos), monk.[8]
Pre-Schism Western saints
[edit]- Hieromartyr Urban, Pope of Rome (230)[9][10]
- Martyr Celestine, in Rome.[11]
- Saint Dionysios (Dionysius Mariani, Denis), Bishop of Milan (359)[10][12]
- Saint Zenobius, first Bishop of Florence (390)[10][13]
- Saint Leo of Troyes, monk who succeeded St Romanus as Abbot of Mantenay near Troyes, France (c. 550)[10][14]
- Saints Injuriosus and Scholastica, a married couple in the Auvergne in France who lived in virginity and holiness (c. 550)[14]
- Saint Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (709)[10][15]
- Saint Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad (Dunchadh), the eleventh abbot of Iona (707–717) in Scotland (717)[14]
- Hieromartyrs Gerbald, Reginhard, Winebald and Worad, of the monastery of St Bertin in France, all martyred by the Danes (862)[14]
- Saint Egilhard, eighth abbot of Cornelimünster near Aachen in Germany, martyred by Vikings at Bercheim (881)[14]
- Saint Gennadius of Astorga, Bishop of Astorga, later a hermit (936)[14]
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
[edit]- Saint Skiota of Georgia (c. 13th century)[16]
- Saint Dmitry, Price of Uglich, son of Andrey Vasilyevich (c. 1540)[17][note 2]
- Saint Thekla of Pereyaslavl, nun, (mother of St. Daniel, Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski +1540) (16th century)[18]
- Saint Innocent, Archbishop of Cherson and Taurica (1857)[3][19][20][note 3]
- Synaxis of the Saints of Volhynia:
New martyrs and confessors
[edit]Other commemorations
[edit]- Icon of the Mother of God "the Helper of the sinners" from Koretsk.[23]
- Commemoration of the Reunion of 3,000,000 Uniates with the Orthodox Church at Vilnius in 1831 (1831)[3][5]
- Repose of recluse George of Zadonsk (1836)[5][24]
- Finding of the holy icon of Saint Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher, in Ermoupolis on the island of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece (1936)[25]
- Commemoration of Protopresbyter John Labunsky of Nizhyn (1945)[26][note 4]
Icon gallery
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Finding of the Precious Head of Saint John the Baptist (Menologion of Basil II)
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Icon of the Third Finding of the Head of John the Forerunner (Konetz, 19th century, Russia)
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A portrait of Pope Saint Urban I.
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Relics of Saint Dionysius, Bishop of Milan (Cathedral of Milan).
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St. Stained glass window of St. Aldhelm, installed in Malmesbury Abbey in 1928.
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St. Innocent, Archbishop of Cherson and Taurica.
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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"). - ^ See: (in Russian): Дмитрий Андреевич.
- ^ (in Greek) "Ἐπισκόπος Χερσῶνος καὶ πάσης Ταυρίδος."
- ^ See also April 23.
References
[edit]- ^ Μνήμη τρίτης εὑρέσεως τῆς τιμίας κεφαλῆς τοῦ προφήτου Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Third Finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ^ a b c d e f June 7/May 25. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
- ^ Hieromartyr Therapon the Bishop of Cyprus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ^ a b c d May 25/June 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ^ A Manual of Eastern Orthodox Prayers. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997. p.105.
- ^ Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος καὶ Βικτωρίνος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὀλβιανός. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Hieromartyr Urban the Pope of Rome. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ^ a b c d e May 25. The Roman Martyrology.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελεστίνος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Διονύσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Μιλάνου. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζηνόβιος Ἐπίσκοπος Φλωρεντίας. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b c d e f May 25. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλδέλμος Ἐπίσκοπος Σέρμπορν. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Σκιότα. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ πρίγκιπας. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ἡ Ὁσία Θέκλα τοῦ Περεγιασλάβλ. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰννοκέντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Χερσῶνος. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ RUSSIAN CHURCH ADDS 30 LOCALLY-VENERATED SAINTS TO CHURCH-WIDE CALENDAR. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017.
- ^ Σύναξις τῶν Ἁγίων τῆς Βολυνίας. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ a b (in Russian) 25 мая (ст.ст.) 7 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
- ^ Icon of the Mother of God "the Helper of the sinners" from Koretsk. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ^ Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
- ^ Μνήμη εὐρέσεως τῆς ἱερᾶς εἰκόνος τοῦ Ἁγίου Μεγαλομάρτυρος Δημητρίου τοῦ Μυροβλύτου. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
Sources
[edit]- 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.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- May 25. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- May 25. The Roman Martyrology.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 25 ΜΑΪΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 25 Μαΐου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (in Russian) 7 июня (25 мая). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (in Russian) 25 мая (ст.ст.) 7 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).