December 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

December 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - December 26

All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 7 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on Old Calendar.

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

Feasts

 * The Nativity, according to the Flesh of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ:
 * The Adoration of the Magi:
 * Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthasar.
 * Commemoration of the shepherds in Bethlehem who were watching their flocks and came to see the Lord:
 * Annunciation to the shepherds; and Adoration of the shepherds.

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Saint Eugenia of Rome (c. 258)  (see also December 24 - East )
 * Saint Anastasia of Sirmium (c. 304)   (see also December 22 - East )
 * Saint Adalsindis, a nun, first at Marchiennes Abbey, later entering the nearby convent of Hamay-les-Marchiennes, near Arras in France (c. 715)
 * Saint Æthelburh of Wilton (Alburgh, Alburga), a member of the royal house of Wessex, Abbess of Wilton Abbey and a saint (810)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Massacre of Monk-martyr Jonah, and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen, martyrs at St. Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, by the Swedes (1589)  (see also: December 15 )

New martyrs and confessors

 * New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest (1930)