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] (Feast was moved to February 25, from February 13)
• 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.

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).

References

1. February 25 / March 10. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
2. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Δριζιπάρῳ τῆς Θράκης. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
3. (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ).
4. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
5. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρηγίνος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
6. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρκελλος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σόλων τῆς Κύπρου. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
7. March 10 / February 25. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
8. Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ταράσιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
9. St Tarasius the Archbishop of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.
10. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Tarasius, Patr. of Constantinople. (A.D. 806.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 416-426.
11. February 25. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
12. The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 58.
13. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Aldetrudis, V. Abss. (End of 7th Cent.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 413-414.
14. Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article II.—St. Aldetrude, or Aldetrudis, Virgin and Abbess oF Malbod, or Maubeuge, Belgium. [Seventh Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. Vol. II. Dublin, 1875. pp. 699-701.
15. Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 84-85.
16. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. Walburga, V. Abss. (A.D. 779.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Second: February. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 414-416.
17. February 25 / March 10. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
18. (in Russian) 25 февраля (ст.ст.) 10 марта 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей.

Sources

• February 25 / March 10. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
• March 10 / February 25. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
• February 25. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
• The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas. St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 17.
• The Twenty-Fifth Day of the Month of February. Orthodoxy in China.
• February 25. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
• The Roman Martyrology. Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. pp. 58.
• Rev. Richard Stanton. A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries. London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 84-85.

Greek Sources

• Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) 25 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.
• (in Greek) Συναξαριστής. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ).

Russian Sources

• (in Russian) 10 марта (25 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
• (in Russian) 25 февраля (ст.ст.) 10 марта 2014 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).