Church calendar for 2025: when to celebrate Christmas, Easter and Trinity according to the new style
7 January 2025 23:50
In 2023, the PCU and UGCC in Ukraine switched to the New Julian calendar. As a result of this transition, most Orthodox holidays are now celebrated 13 days earlier. From now on, non-transitional holidays fall on the same day as Catholic holidays, while the dates of transitional holidays continue to be calculated according to the usual methodology.
In this material "Komersant Ukrainian" you will find the dates of the most important church holidays in 2025.
Orthodox Church Calendar for 2025
January
– january 1 – St. Basil the Great Day, the Circumcision of the Lord.
– january 6 – Epiphany Eve (Epiphany Eve).
– january 7 – Christmas Day.
– january 12 – Day of the Holy Martyr Tatiana.
– january 30 – Day of St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom.
February
– february 2 – Purification of the Lord.
– february 23 – Meat Feast Sunday.
March
– march 2 – Feast of Forgiveness Sunday.
– march 3 – Beginning of Lent.
– march 25 – Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
– march 26 – Cathedral of Archangel Gabriel.
April
– april 6 – Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
– april 12 – Lazarus Saturday.
– april 13 – Palm Sunday (Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem).
– april 17 – Maundy Thursday.
– april 18 – Great (Holy) Friday.
– april 19 – Great Saturday. The end of Great Lent.
– april 20 – Resurrection of Christ(Easter).
– april 23 – Day of St. Yuri the Victorious.
May
– may 9 – Transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
– may 11 – Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
– may 29 – Ascension of the Lord.
June
– june 8 – Pentecost(Holy Trinity).
– june 9 – Day of the Holy Spirit.
– june 16 – Beginning of the Petrine Lent.
– june 22 – Day of All Saints of the Ukrainian People.
– june 24 – Nativity of St. John the Baptist.
– june 29 – Day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
– june 30 – The Council of the 12 Apostles.
July
– july 11 – St. Princess Olga’s Day. The end of St. Peter’s Lent.
– july 15 – Day of St. Prince Vladimir, the Baptism of Kievan Rus.
– july 20 – Day of the Prophet Elijah.
August
– august 1 – Beginning of the Dormition fast.
– august 6 – Transfiguration of the Lord.
– august 15 – Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God.
– august 29 – Beheading of St. John the Baptist.
September
– september 8 – Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God.
– september 14 – Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord.
October
– october 1 – Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God.
– october 26 – Day of Great Martyr Demetrius.
November
– november 8 – Cathedral of Archangel Michael.
– november 15 – Beginning of the Christmas fast.
– november 21 – Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary into the Temple.
– november 30 – Day of St. Andrew the Apostle.
December
– december 6 – Day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
– december 9 – Conception of the Most Holy Mother of God.
– december 22 – The Day of the Great Martyr Anastasia Uzoreshitelnitsa.
– december 24 – Christmas Eve. The end of the Christmas fast.
– december 25 – Nativity of Christ.
– december 26 – Cathedral of the Most Holy Mother of God.
– december 27 – Day of the Holy First Martyr Stephen.
– december 31 – Day of St. Melania of Rome.
Author: Olya Yushko
