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, Caspar, and Balthazar
- 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
- Saint Anastasia of Sirmium
- Saint Adalsindis, a nun, first at Marchiennes Abbey, later entering the nearby convent of, near Arras in France
- Saint Æthelburh of Wilton, a member of the royal house of Wessex, Abbess of Wilton Abbey
Post-Schism Orthodox saints
- Saint Hieronymus of Simonopetra Monastery, Mount Athos
New martyrs and confessors
- Massacre of New Hieromartyr Jonah, Hieromonk of St. Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery, and with him 50 monks and 65 laymen, by the Swedes
- New Hieromartyr Michael, Priest