Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of November 25
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on November 25 — on the Old Calendar, civil December 8.
Commemorated on November 25
- Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria (Greek use)
- Leavetaking of the Entrance
- Hieromartyr Clement of Rome
Great Martyr Catherine
A brilliant noblewoman of Alexandria (†305) who out-argued fifty philosophers summoned to shame her, and won them for Christ. Patroness of students and scholars.
When it falls
- New Calendar: November 25 every year
- Old Calendar: civil December 8
Commemorations follow the Menaion of the Orthodox Church. New Calendar parishes keep them on the date shown; Old Calendar parishes keep them 13 days later on the civil calendar. Local churches add their own saints — your parish calendar comes first.