December 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Dec. 24 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 26
All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 7 by Orthodox Churches on Old Calendar.[note 1]
For December 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 12.
Contents
Feasts
- The Nativity, according to the Flesh of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ:[1][2][3][note 2][note 3]
- The Adoration of the Magi:[2][6][7]
- Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord:[2][8][9]
Pre-Schism Western Saints
- Saint Eugenia of Rome (c. 258)[10][note 4] (see also December 24 - East)
- Saint Anastasia of Sirmium (c. 304)[10][note 5] (see also December 22 - East)
- Saint Adalsindis, a nun at Hamay-les-Marchiennes Abbey, near Arras in France (c. 715)[10][note 6]
- Saint Æthelburh of Wilton (Alburgh, Alburga), a member of the royal house of Wessex, Abbess of Wilton Abbey and a saint (810)[10][note 7]
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
- Massacre of Monk-martyr Jonah,[note 8] and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen, martyrs at St. Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, by the Swedes (1589)[2][11][note 9] (see also: December 15)
New Martyrs and Confessors
- New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest (1930)[12]
Icon Gallery
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Byzantine icon of Nativity of Christ.
(Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens). -
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The Nativity.
(Menologion of Basil II, 10th century) -
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The Nativity.
(c. 1475) -
The Nativity.
(16th century) -
The Adoration of the Magi.
(Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens) -
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The Adoration of the Magi.
(Fresco in Cappadocia, 12th century) -
The Adoration of the Magi.
(Stained glass window in St. Michael Cathedral, Toronto, 1912) -
The Three Wise Men", Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar.
(Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy, c. 526 AD) -
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Annunciation to the shepherds (top) and Biblical Magi (bottom).
(Saint Louis Psalter, 1190-1200) -
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Adoration of the shepherds.
(Vilar de Frades Church, Barcelos, Portugal)
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Notes
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- December 25/January 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- January 7 / December 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).
- December 25. OCA - The Lives of the Saints.
- Dr. Alexander Roman. December. Calendar of Ukrainian Orthodox Saints (Ukrainian Orthodoxy - Українське Православ'я).
- 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. 2.
- December 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. pp. 395–397.
Greek Sources
- Great Synaxaristes: (Greek) 25 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- (Greek) Συναξαριστής. 25 Δεκεμβρίου. ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ).
Russian Sources
- (Russian) 7 января (25 декабря). Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru).
- (Russian) 25 декабря (ст.ст.) 7 января 2013 (нов. ст.). Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR).
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- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Η ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ ΗΜΩΝ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ. 25 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 December 25/January 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ↑ The Nativity of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 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.2.
- ↑ 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. pp.395-396.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Ἡ Προσκύνησις τῶν Μάγων. 25 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ The Adoration of the Magi. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ Great Synaxaristes: (Greek): Μνήμη τῶν Ποιμένων, ποὺ εἶδαν τὸν Κύριο Ἰησοῦ Χριστὸ. 25 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ↑ Commemoration of the Shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks, and went to see the Lord. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 December 25. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ↑ Monkmartyr Jonah and with him 50 Monks and 65 Laymen at St Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, by the Swedes. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ↑ January 7 / December 25. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
