Saints of the day
Orthodox saints of September 25
The feasts and saints the Orthodox Church commemorates on September 25 — on the Old Calendar, civil October 8.
Commemorated on September 25
- St. Euphrosyne of Alexandria
- Repose of St. Sergius of Radonezh
St. Sergius of Radonezh
Abbot of the Russian land (†1392). From his forest hermitage grew Holy Trinity Lavra and a renewal of the whole Russian north. He blessed Prince Dimitri before Kulikovo field.
When it falls
- New Calendar: September 25 every year
- Old Calendar: civil October 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.