November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

November 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 26

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

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

Feasts

Apodosis of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple.November 25 / December 8. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).December 8 / November 25. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).Leavetaking of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos Into the Temple. OCA - Lives of the Saints. Συναξαριστής. 25 Νοεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).

Saints

Hieromartyr Clement I, Pope of Rome (101)Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome. OCA - Lives of the Saints. 8 декабря (25 ноября). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). (Russian use only. See also: November 24) Great-martyr Mercurius of Caesarea in Cappadocia (259)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μερκούριος ὁ Μεγαλομάρτυρας. 25 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. MERCURIUS, M. (ABOUT A.D. 250.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourteenth: November—Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. p. 540. (see also: November 24 - Russian use) Great-martyr Catherine of Alexandria (305)Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς. 25 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CATHARINE, V.M. (A.D. 307.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Fourteenth: November—Part II. London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. pp. 540-542. (see also: November 24 - Russian) Holy 150 Orators, martyred by fire, with Great-martyr Catherine of Alexandria (305)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 150 Ρήτορες. 25 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Martyrs Augusta (Faustina) the Empress, by beheading,Great Synaxaristes: Ἡ Ἁγία Βασίλισσα. 25 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Porphyrius Stratelates and 200 soldiers at Alexandria, by the sword (305)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Πορφυρίων (ἢ Πορφύριος) ὁ Στρατηλάτης καὶ οἱ 200 Στρατιῶτες του. 25 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. (see also: November 24 - Russian) Holy 670 Martyrs, by the sword.Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἅγιοι 670 Μάρτυρες. 25 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. November 25. Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 88. Hieromartyr Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria (311)Hieromartyr Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: November 24 - Greek) Venerable Peter the Silent (the Hesychast), of Galatia and Antioch (c. 403 or 429)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Πέτρος ὁ Ἡσυχαστὴς. 25 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.Saint Peter of Galatia. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: February 1) Saint Clement of Ohrid (Achrida), Bishop of Greater Macedonia, Enlightener of Bulgaria and Wonderworker (916)Saint Clement of Ochrid, Equal of the Apostles, Bishop of Greater Macedonia, and his companions Nahum, Savva, Gorazd and Angelar. OCA - Lives of the Saints. (see also: November 22)

Pre-Schism Western saints

Hieromartyr Moses, a priest in Rome, noted for his zeal in preaching the Gospel and his firm stand against Novatianism, martyred under Decius (251) Saint Jucunda, a holy virgin in Reggio in Aemilia in Italy and a spiritual daughter of St Prosper, Bishop of that city (466) Saint Alanus, Abbot and founder of Lavaur in Gascony in France (7th century) Saint Imma (Immina), born in Würzburg, she became abbess of a convent in Karlburg in Germany (c. 752) Saint Bernold, monk-priest of Ottobeuren Abbey in Bavaria in Germany, renowned as a wonderworker (c. 1050)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

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New martyrs and confessors

Martyr Magdalena Zabelina (1931) 25 ноября по старому стилю / 8 декабря по новому стилю. Русская Православная Церковь - Православный церковный календарь на 2018 год. New Hieromartyr Seraphim Ostroumov, Archbishop of Smolensk (1937) New Hieromartyr Yaroslav Savitsky, Protopresbyter of Moscow (1937) Священномученик Ярослав Ямской (Савицкий), пресвитер. ПРАВОСЛАВНЫЙ ЦЕРКОВНЫЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ. ПРАВОСЛАВНЫЙ ЦЕРКОВНЫЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ «Азбука веры». Retrieved: 8 August 2015. New Hieromartyrs Hilarion Soloviev and Simeon Afonkin, Priests, of Alma Ata (1937) New Hieromartyr John Vladimirsky of Tver (1937) New Hieromartyr Cosmas Korotkikh of Moscow (1937) New Hieromartyrs Gregory Voinov, ГРИГОРИЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Basil Pariysky, John Tarasov, ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Alexander Vershinsky, John Janushev, ИОАНН. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Victor Smirnov, ВИКТОР. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Andrew Shershnev, АНДРЕЙ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Priests (1937) New Hieromartyr Varlaam Popov (1937) ВАРЛААМ. Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). Martyr Paul Kuzovkov (1937) Martyr Nicholas Kopninsky (1938)

Other commemorations

Repose of priest Pavel Florensky of Sergiev Posad (1937) Repose of Protopriest Rostislav Gan in Australia (1975)Alexei Savin. "In Memory of Protopriest Rostislav Gan." The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Retrieved: 8 August 2015.

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References

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