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February 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 February25 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Saints

Martyr Alexander, at Marcianopolis, Thracia (c. 305)February 25 / March 10. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μάρτυρας ὁ ἐν Δριζιπάρῳ τῆς Θράκης. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). Martyr Anthony, by being burned aliveGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ὁ Μάρτυρας. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Theodore, Fool-for-Christ Hieromartyr Reginus, Bishop of the isle of Skopelos (355)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρηγίνος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Saint Marcellus, Bishop of Aipeia, CyprusGreat Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρκελλος ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας Ἐπίσκοπος Σόλων τῆς Κύπρου. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Venerable Paphnutius, Monk of Kephala, contemporary of Saint Anthony the Great (4th century)March 10 / February 25. Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). Saint Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (806)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ταράσιος Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ.Saint Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople. OCA - Lives of the Saints.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.

Pre-Schism Western saints

Saints Donatus, Justus, Herena and Companions, a group of fifty martyrs who suffered in North Africa under Decius (3rd century)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. p. 58. Saint Ethelbert, King of Kent (616) Saint Aldetrudis (Adeltrudis) of Maubeuge Abbey (c. 696)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.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. Saint Walburga, Abbess of Heidenheim (779)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. pp. 84-85.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. Saint Victor, a monk at St. Gall, Switzerland who became a hermit in the Vosges in France where he reposed (995)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

(none)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieromartyr Sylvester Olshevsky, Archbishop of Omsk and Pavlodar (1920) (see also: July 3) New Hieromartyr Alexander Vinogradov, Priest (1938) 25 февраля (ст.ст.) 10 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. New Virgin Martyr Mstislava Fokinoi (1938) New Hieromartyr Leo Korobczuk, Priest of Laskov (Chełm and Podlasie, Poland) (1944) New Hieromartyr Nicholas Troitsky, Priest (1945)

Other commemorations

Repose of Blessed Pashenka of Nizhny Novgorod (1934)

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References

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. p. 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. pp. 84-85. Greek Sources Great Synaxaristes: 25 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ. Μεγασ Συναξαριστησ. Συναξαριστής. 25 Φεβρουαρίου. Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησια τησ Ελλαδοσ). Russian Sources 10 марта (25 февраля). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). 25 февраля (ст.ст.) 10 марта 2014 (нов. ст.) . Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).