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April 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Apr. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Apr. 26

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All fixed commemorations below are observed on May 8 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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

Saints

  • Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark, first Bishop of Alexandria (63)
  • Saint Anianas, second Bishop of Alexandria (86)
  • Martyr Nike (Nice), by the sword (303)
  • Hieromartyr Stephen (Stephanos II), Patriarch of Antioch (479)
  • Saint Macedonius II, Patriarch of Constantinople (516)
  • The Venebrable Eight Anchorites who were martyred by the sword.

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Martyrs Evodius, Hermogenes and Callista, in Syracuse in Sicily.
  • Saint Phaebadius (Fiari), a Bishop of Agen in the south of France, who succeeded in stamping out Arianism in Gaul, together with his friend St Hilary of Poitiers (c. 392)
  • Saint Maughold (Macaille), a disciple of Mel who became Bishop of Croghan in Offaly in Ireland, the patron saint of the Isle of Man (c. 489)
  • Saint Erminus, a monk at Lobbes Abbey in Belgium and later Abbot, Bishop and Confessor (737)
  • Saint Mella, the mother of two saints, Cannech and Tigernach, who became a nun and Abbess of Doire-Melle (Rossclogher Abbey), in County Leitrim (c. 780)
  • Saint Heribaldus, Monk and abbot of the monastery of St Germanus in Auxerre in France and later bishop of the same city (c. 857)
  • Saint Robert of Syracuse, Abbot of a monastery in Syracuse in Sicily (c. 1000)

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Saint Sylvester of Obnorsk, Abbot of Obnora Monastery (1479)
  • Venerable Basil, Elder of Poiana Mărului, Romania (1767)
  • Venerable Bassian the Blind, of the Kiev Caves (1827)

    • New Martyrs and Confessors

  • Hieromartyr Sergius Rokhletsov, Protopresbyter of Vologda (1938)

    • Other Commemorations

  • Commemoration of the Consecration of the Church of the all-praised Apostle Peter, located near the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
  • Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople (1071)
  • Repose of Elder Philotheus (Zervakos) of Paros (1980)

    • References

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