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

• Third Finding of the Precious Head of Saint John the Baptist (c. 850) ^{[1] [2]}

Saints

• 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

• 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

• 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:
  • Yaropolk, Stephen, Macarius, Igor and Juliana. ^{[3] [21]}

New martyrs and confessors

• Virgin-Martyr Helen Korobkova (1938) ^{[3] [22]}
• Hieromartyr Tavrion Tolokontsevo (1939) ^{[3] [22]}

Other commemorations

• 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

• 
  Finding of the Precious Head of Saint John the Baptist (Menologion of Basil II)
• 
  Icon of the Third Finding of the Head of John the Forerunner (Konetz, 19th century, Russia)
• 
  A portrait of Pope Saint Urban I.
• 
  Relics of Saint Dionysius, Bishop of Milan (Cathedral of Milan).
• 
  St. Stained glass window of St. Aldhelm, installed in St Aldhelm's Catholic Church, Malmesbury.
• 
  St. Innocent, Archbishop of Cherson and Taurica.

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. See: (in Russian): Дмитрий Андреевич.
3. (in Greek) "Ἐπισκόπος Χερσῶνος καὶ πάσης Ταυρίδος."
4. See also April 23.

References

1. Μνήμη τρίτης εὑρέσεως τῆς τιμίας κεφαλῆς τοῦ προφήτου Προδρόμου καὶ Βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
2. Third Finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
3. June 7/May 25. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
4. Hieromartyr Therapon the Bishop of Cyprus. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
5. May 25/June 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
6. A Manual of Eastern Orthodox Prayers. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1997. p.105.
7. Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάξιμος καὶ Βικτωρίνος οἱ Ἱερομάρτυρες. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
8. Ὁ Ὅσιος Ὀλβιανός. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
9. Hieromartyr Urban the Pope of Rome. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
10. May 25. The Roman Martyrology.
11. Ὁ Ἅγιος Κελεστίνος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
12. Ὁ Ἅγιος Διονύσιος Ἐπίσκοπος Μιλάνου. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
13. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζηνόβιος Ἐπίσκοπος Φλωρεντίας. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
14. May 25. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
15. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλδέλμος Ἐπίσκοπος Σέρμπορν. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
16. Ὁ Ἅγιος Σκιότα. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
17. Ὁ Ἅγιος Δημήτριος ὁ πρίγκιπας. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
18. Ἡ Ὁσία Θέκλα τοῦ Περεγιασλάβλ. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
19. Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰννοκέντιος Ἐπίσκοπος Χερσῶνος. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
20. RUSSIAN CHURCH ADDS 30 LOCALLY-VENERATED SAINTS TO CHURCH-WIDE CALENDAR. Orthodox Christianity. December 1, 2017.
21. Σύναξις τῶν Ἁγίων τῆς Βολυνίας. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
22. (in Russian) 25 мая (ст.ст.) 7 июня 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
23. Icon of the Mother of God "the Helper of the sinners" from Koretsk. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
24. Complete List of Saints. Protection of the Mother of God Church (POMOG).
25. Μνήμη εὐρέσεως τῆς ἱερᾶς εἰκόνος τοῦ Ἁγίου Μεγαλομάρτυρος Δημητρίου τοῦ Μυροβλύτου. 25 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
26. Dr. Alexander Roman. May. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).

Sources

• 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).