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October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar

October 25 in Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars is a feast day and a day of commemoration of saints and martyrs. Although some Orthodox churches use the Revised Julian Calendar and others use the traditional Julian calendar, the fixed commemorations for their respective October 25 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Saint Tabitha the Alsmgiver, the widow resurrected by the Apostle Peter (Acts 9:36-43) (1st century)

Martyrs Pappias, Diodorus and Claudianus, of Attaleia in Pamphylia, by beheading (c. 249-251) (see also: February 3)

Martyr Anastasius the Fuller, at Salona in Dalmatia (3rd century) (see also: December 5)

Martyr Valerinus, by the sword.

Martyrs Valerius and Chrysaphos, by the sword.

Martyr Sabinus, by fire.

Martyrs Faustus, Basil and Lucianus, of Darion in Constantinople, by the sword. (see also: February 6)

Martyrs Nicephorus and Stephen, by flogging. (see also: February 8)

Saints Philadelphus and Polycarp. (see also: February 8)

Two martyrs of Thrace, crushed between two large rocks.

Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries, of Constantinople (355)

Saint George, Bishop of Amastrida and canon-writer (c. 805)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saints Front and George, Bishops and Apostles of Périgueux, in France (2nd century)

Martyr Miniatus of Florence (Minias), venerated as the first Christian martyr of Florence (251)

Martyrs of Rome, including soldier-martyrs Theodosius, Lucius, Mark and Peter, under Claudius II (269)

Saints Crispinus and Crispinianus, brothers, missionaries, martyred under Diocletian at Soissons (289)

Saint Cyrinus (Quirinus), a martyr in Rome under Diocletian (3rd century)

Martyrs Protus and Januarius, beheaded in Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (303)

Saint Gaudentius of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia, a theologian and author of many letters and sermons (410)

Saint Lupus of Bayeux, Bishop of Bayeux (5th century)

Saint Hilary of Mende (Hilarius), Bishop of Mende (535)

Saint Dulcardus, a monk at Micy Abbey (Saint-Mesmin) in Orleans in France, then a hermit near Bourges, where the village of Saint-Doulchard still exists (584)

Saint Hildemarca, a nun at the convent of St Eulalia in Bordeaux, who became Abbess of Fécamp Abbey in the north of France (c. 670)

Saint Goeznoveus, Bishop of Léon in Brittany (675)

Saints Fructus (Frutos), Valentine and Engratia, two brothers and a sister who lived in Sépulveda in Castile in Spain (715)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Martyrius, deacon, and Saint Martyrius, recluse, of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th centuries)

Venerable Macarius, Bishop of Paphos on Cyprus (1688) (see also: February 8)

New Martys and Confessors

Saint Matrona (Vlasova) the Confessor, of Diveyevo Convent (1963)