On February 25, 3 Orthodox church holidays are celebrated. The list of events informs you about church holidays, fasts, and days of honoring the memory of saints. The list will help you find out the date of a significant religious event for Orthodox Christians.
Orthodox Church holidays 25 February 2024
Holiday | Description |
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Iveron Icon of the Mother of God |
Holiday in honor of the wonderworking Iveron icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Other names - Goalie, Gatekeeper. It shows the Virgin Mary with the Baby. The icon is located in the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos (Greece). The holiday is dedicated to the transfer of the list of the Iveron Icon to the monastery on Valdai in 1656. |
Alexey Rybny
St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia the Wonderworker
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Celebration of the memory of St. Alexy-Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia the Wonderworker (birth name-Eleutherius). He built the Andronikov and Chudov monasteries in Moscow, and the Alekseyevsky women's cenobitic monastery. He died in 1378. |
St. Meletius (Leontovich), Archbishop of Kharkiv |
The church honors Archbishop Meletiy Leontovich of Kharkiv and Akhtyr (baptismal name-Mikhail). Years of life: 1784-1840. |