October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
# October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

October 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 26

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on November 7 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

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

## Saints

* Saint Tabitha the Alsmgiver, the widow resurrected by the Apostle Peter (Acts 9:36-43) (1st century)
* Martyrs Pappias, Diodorus and Claudianus, of Attaleia in Pamphylia, by beheading (c. 249-251) (see also: February 3)
* Martyr Anastasius the Fuller, at Salona in Dalmatia (3rd century) (see also: December 5)
* Martyr Valerinus, by the sword.
* Martyrs Valerius and Chrysaphos, by the sword.
* Martyr Sabinus, by fire.
* Martyrs Faustus, Basil and Lucianus, of Darion in Constantinople, by the sword. (see also: February 6)
* Martyrs Nicephorus and Stephen, by flogging. (see also: February 8)
* Saints Philadelphus and Polycarp. (see also: February 8)
* Two martyrs of Thrace, crushed between two large rocks.
* Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries, of Constantinople (355)
* Saint George, Bishop of Amastrida and canon-writer (c. 805)

## Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saints Front and George, Bishops and Apostles of Périgueux, in France (2nd century)
* Martyr Miniatus of Florence (Minias), venerated as the first Christian martyr of Florence (251)
* Martyrs of Rome, including soldier-martyrs Theodosius, Lucius, Mark and Peter, under Claudius II (269)
* Saints Crispinus and Crispinianus, brothers, missionaries, martyred under Diocletian at Soissons (289)
* Saint Cyrinus (Quirinus), a martyr in Rome under Diocletian (3rd century)
* Martyrs Protus and Januarius, beheaded in Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (303)
* Saint Gaudentius of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia, a theologian and author of many letters and sermons (410)
* Saint Lupus of Bayeux, Bishop of Bayeux (5th century)
* Saint Hilary of Mende (Hilarius), Bishop of Mende (535)
* Saint Dulcardus, a monk at Micy Abbey (Saint-Mesmin) in Orleans in France, then a hermit near Bourges, where the village of Saint-Doulchard still exists (584)
* Saint Hildemarca, a nun at the convent of St Eulalia in Bordeaux, who became Abbess of Fécamp Abbey in the north of France (c. 670)
* Saint Goeznoveus, Bishop of Léon in Brittany (675)
* Saints Fructus (Frutos), Valentine and Engratia, two brothers and a sister who lived in Sépulveda in Castile in Spain (715)

## Post-Schism Orthodox saints

* Saint Martyrius, deacon, and Saint Martyrius, recluse, of the Kiev Caves (13th-14th centuries)
* Venerable Macarius, Bishop of Paphos on Cyprus (1688) (see also: February 8 )

### New Martys and Confessors

* Saint Matrona (Vlasova) the Confessor, of Diveyevo Convent (1963)

## Other commemorations

* The Translation of the relics of Venerable John of Beverley, Bishop of York took place this day. However, this took place in 1307 and is not an Orthodox feast.

## Icon gallery

* St. Tabitha the Alsmgiver.
* Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries, of Constantinople.
* St. Front, Bishop of Perigueux.
* St. Miniatus of Florence.
* Sts. Crispinus and Crispinianus.
* St. Goeznoveus, Bishop of Léon.
* Saint Martyrius, deacon, of the Kiev Caves.
