March 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6. *1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate o ...

Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, ...

All fixed commemorations below are observed on ''April 7'' by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For March 25th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. *1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the C ...

''.

Feasts

* ''The

Annunciation The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the ang ...

of Our Most Holy Lady, the

Theotokos ''Theotokos'' ( Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are ''Dei Genitrix'' or '' Deipara'' (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations a ...

and Ever-Virgin Mary.''March 25/April 7
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).

Saints

* Saint Dismas the Good Thief, crucified next to

Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and relig ...

(1st century)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.24.
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.86-87. ''(see also: October 12)'' * Martyrs Pelagia, Theodosia, and Dula, at Caesarea Palestinae, by the sword (361) * The Holy Martyr who was formerly an executioner. * Venerable Sennouphios the

Standard-bearer A standard-bearer, also known as a flag-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a ...

, of Latomos Monastery in

Thessalonica Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

(9th century) * Venerable Timon the Hermit (10th century).

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Holy 262 Martyrs of Rome.
March 25
'' Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Quirinus of Tegernsee (''Quirinus of Rome''), a martyr who suffered in Rome under Claudius II (c. 269) * Saint Irenaeus of Sirmium, Bishop in Pannonia (Hungary), martyred under Diocletian at Sirmium (Mitrovica) (304) ''(see also:

)'' * Saint Caimin of

Inis Cealtra Inis Cealtra, also known in English as Inishcaltra or Holy Island, is an island off the western shore of Lough Derg in Ireland. Now uninhabited, it was once a monastic settlement. It has an Irish round tower, and the ruins of several small chu ...

, Bishop-Abbot of Inis Cealtra and possibly the first

Bishop of Killaloe The Bishop of Killaloe ( ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Killaloe in County Clare, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bish ...

(653) (''see also:

'') * Saint Humbert of Maroilles, a disciple of St Amandus who helped found the monastery of Marolles in Belgium (c. 680) * Saint Hermenland (''Hermeland, Herbland, Erblon''), monk at Fontenelle, ordained priest and sent with twelve monks to establish a new monastery on the island of Aindre (Indret) in the estuary of the Loire (c. 720) * Saints

Barontius and Desiderius :''"Barontius" is also the name of a martyr associated with Saint Crispoldus.'' Barontius (Barontus) (french: Baronce, it, Baronto, Baronzio) and Desiderius (french: Dizier, it, Desiderio) were two 8th century hermits who are venerated as sain ...

(c. 725) * Saint

Kennocha Saint Kennocha (or Kennoch, Kennotha, Kevoca, Kyle, Enoch; died 1007) was a Scottish nun who is venerated as a saint in the area of Glasgow, Scotland. She is remembered on 25 March. She is included in the ''Book of Saints'' by the Monks of Ramsgat ...

(''Kyle, Enoch''), nun at a convent in

Fife Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross ...

, held in great veneration in Scotland, especially around

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popu ...

(1007) * Saint Ælfwold, a monk at

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

who was chosen as Bishop of Sherborne in 1045 (1058)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Nicander, hermit, of

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=pskov-ru.ogg, p=pskof; see also names in other languages) is a city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population ...

(1582)April 7 / March 25
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). (''see also: September 24'') * Venerable Parthenius of the

Kiev Caves Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...

(1855) * Venerable Savvas the New of Kalymnos (1947)25 марта (ст.ст.) 7 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). (''see also:

;

April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Empe ...

- Greek; the fifth Sunday of Great Lent'') * Saint Justin (Popovic), Archimandrite of Ćelije Monastery in Serbia and Confessor of Traditional Orthodoxy (1979) (''see also:

June 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. *1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed ki ...

)

New martyrs and confessors

* ''New Hieroconfessor Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia'' (1925)

Other commemorations

* ''

Greek Independence Day The celebration of the Greek Revolution of 1821 (Greek: Εορτασμός της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης του 1821, ''Eortasmós tis Ellinikís Epanástasis tou 1821''), less commonly known as Independence Day, takes place i ...

: Proclamation of Greek independence on March 25, 1821, blessed by Metropolitan

Germanos III of Old Patras Germanos III of Old Patras ( el, Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός Γʹ; 1771–1826), born Georgios Gotzias, was an Orthodox Metropolitan of Patras. He played an important role in the Greek Revolution of 1821, having diplomatic and ...

at the Monastery of

Agia Lavra Agia Lavra ("Holy Lavra") is a monastery near Kalavryta, Achaea, Greece. It was built in 961 AD, on Chelmos Mountain, at an altitude of 961 meters, and can be described as the symbolic birthplace of modern Greece. It stands as one of the oldest m ...

.''.''"Greek Independence Day."'' Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica 2009 Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2009.

Icons

Synaxis {{For, the moth genus, Synaxis (moth) A synaxis ( el, σύναξις "gathering"; Slavonic: собор, ''sobor'') is a liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity (the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the ...

of the Most Holy Theotokos the

Burning Bush The burning bush (or the unburnt bush) refers to an event recorded in the Jewish Torah (as also in the biblical Old Testament). It is described in the third chapter of the Book of Exodus as having occurred on Mount Horeb. According to the ...

, on Mount Sinai (''Our Lady of the Burning Bush''). * Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos Evangelístria, kept at the monastery of

Aliartos Aliartos ( el, Αλίαρτος) is a small town and municipality in the Boeotia regional unit, Greece, at 109 kilometres from Athens. The 2011 census recorded 10,887 residents in the municipality, 6,094 residents in the municipal unit and 4,847 in ...

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its ...

. * Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kypera, kept at the monastery of the Panagia, on the island of

Cephalonia Kefalonia or Cephalonia ( el, Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It ...

.Great Synaxaristes:
Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῶν Κηπουραίων
'' 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * "Annunciation" Icon of the Mother of God (16th century)

Icon gallery

File:Ohrid annunciation icon.jpg, Icon of

.
(''Church of St Clement in Ohrid, 14th century'') File:Annunciation (Greece, 1st h. 18 c.).jpg, Icon of

.
(''Greece, 18th century'') File:Neopalimaya kupina.jpg, Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos the

. File:Bosom of Abraham and Good Thief.jpg, St. Dismas the Good Thief in the Bosom of Abraham. File:Good thief (c. 1560, Moscow Kremlin).jpg, St. Dismas the Good Thief (c. 1560). File:Humbert du Hamel - (659-027.JPG, Skull (

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

) of St. Humbert of Maroilles. File:Saint Partheinus from Kiev.jpg, Venerable Parthenius of the

. File:Tikhon of Moscow.jpg, New Hieroconfessor Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia. File:SaintTikhonOfMoscow.jpeg, New Hieroconfessor Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia. File:JustinPopovic.jpg, Saint Justin (Popovic). File:Epanastasi.jpg, Proclamation of

Greek Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...

on March 25, 1821.

Notes

References

Sources

March 25/April 7
Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
April 7 / March 25
HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
March 25
OCA - The Lives of the 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. 24.

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. 86–87. * 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. 132–134. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ
ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. * Συναξαριστής.
25 Μαρτίου
'' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
25 марта (ст.ст.) 7 апреля 2013 (нов. ст.)
Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:March 25 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) March in the Eastern Orthodox calendar