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March 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 March25 are broadly the same, no matter which calendar is used.

Feasts

The Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.March 25/April 7. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).Great Synaxaristes: Εὐαγγελισμὸς τῆς Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. OCA - Lives of the Saints.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "THE ANNUNCIATION OF S. MARY." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 450-454.

Saints

Saint Dismas the Good Thief, crucified next to Christ (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.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "THE PENITENT THIEF." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 455. (see also: October 12; Good Friday) Martyrs Pelagia, Theodosia, and Dula,Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. DULA, V. M. (DATE UNKNOWN.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 457-458. at Caesarea Palestinae, by the sword (361)Great Synaxaristes: Οἱ Ἁγίες Θεοδοσία καὶ Πελαγία οἱ Μάρτυρες. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. The Holy Martyr who was formerly an executioner.Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος ἐκ δημίων Μάρτυρας. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Sennouphios the Standard-bearer, of Latomos Monastery in Thessalonica (9th century)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Σεννούφιος ὁ Σημειοφόρος. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Venerable Timon the Hermit (10th century).Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Τίμων ὁ Ἐρημίτης. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

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)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. QUIRINUS, M. (A.D. 269.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 456. Saint Irenaeus of Sirmium, Bishop in Pannonia (Hungary), martyred under Diocletian at Sirmium (Mitrovica) (304)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. IRENÆUS, B. M. (A.D. 304.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 457. (see also: March 26) Saint Caimin of Inis Cealtra, Bishop-Abbot of Inis Cealtra and possibly the first Bishop of Killaloe (653)Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). St. Cammin, Abbot. The Lives of the Saints. Volume III: March. 1866. (Bartleby.com). Retrieved: 2013-06-22.Very Rev. John O'Hanlon. "Article III.—Festival of St. Cammin, Abbot of Innis-caltra, County of Clare. [Sixth Century]." In: Lives of the Irish Saints: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons. VOL. III. Dublin, 1875. p. 952.Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. CAMIN OF INISKELTRA, AB. (A.D. 653.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. p. 458. (see also: March 24) Saint Humbert of Maroilles, a disciple of St Amandus who helped found the monastery of Marolles in Belgium (c. 680)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. HUMBERT, P. C. (ABOUT A.D. 680.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 458-460. 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 (c. 725) Saint Kennocha (Kyle, Enoch), nun at a convent in Fife, held in great veneration in Scotland, especially around Glasgow (1007) Saint Ælfwold, a monk at Winchester who was chosen as Bishop of Sherborne in 1045 (1058)Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (M.A.). "S. ALFWOLD, B. OF SHERBORNE. (A.D. 1075.)." In: The Lives of the Saints. Volume the Third: March. London: John C. Nimmo, 1897. pp. 460-461.

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

Saint Nicander, hermit, of Pskov (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 (1855)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Παρθένιος τοῦ Κιέβου. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. 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: March 24; March 24/April 6. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). April 7 - Greek;Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Σάββας ὁ Νέος ὁ ἐν Καλύμνῳ. 7 Απριλίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. the fifth Sunday of Great Lent) Saint Justin (Popovic), Archimandrite of Ćelije Monastery in Serbia and Confessor of Traditional Orthodoxy (1979) (Old style 25 March, 7 April on new calendar, due to OS Annunciation moved to: June 1)

New martyrs and confessors

New Hieroconfessor Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia (1925)Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ἅγιος Τύχων Πατριάρχης Μόσχας. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Other commemorations

Greek Independence Day: Proclamation of Greek independence on March 25, 1821, blessed by Metropolitan Germanos III of Old Patras at the Monastery of Agia Lavra.."Greek Independence Day." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica 2009 Ultimate Reference Suite. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2009.

Icons

Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos the Burning Bush, on Mount Sinai (Our Lady of the Burning Bush).Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Βάτου, ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σινᾶ. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos Evangelístria, kept at the monastery of Aliartos in Boeotia.Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς Εὐαγγελίστριας. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kypera, kept at the monastery of the Panagia, on the island of Cephalonia.Great Synaxaristes: Σύναξις Ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῶν Κηπουραίων. 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. "Annunciation" Icon of the Mother of God (16th century)

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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. March 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. 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 7 апреля (25 марта). 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).