Orthodox calendar for 2025: celebrations in a new style

Since 2025, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has switched to the new Julian calendar, which means that all non-transitory holidays are celebrated 13 days earlier than according to the old style. Here are the important dates of church holidays in 2025:

1. January 1 – Basil's Day, Circumcision of the Lord
2. January 6 – Epiphany (Baptism)
3. January 12 – Hieromartyr Tatiana
4. January 30 – Saints Basil, Gregory and John
5. February 2 – The Meeting of the Lord
6. February 23 – Meat-Free Week
7. March 2 – Shrove Sunday
8. March 3 – Beginning of Lent
9. March 25 – Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
10. March 26 – Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel
11. April 6 – Cyril and Methodius of Thessalonica
12. April 12 – Lazarus Saturday
13. April 13 – Palm Sunday (Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem)
14. April 17 – Maundy Thursday
15. April 18 – Good Friday
16. April 19 – Holy Saturday. End of Lent
17. April 20 – Easter 2025
18. April 23 – Saint George the Wonderworker
19. May 9 – Transfer of the capacities of Nicholas the Wonderworker
20. May 11 – Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius
21. May 29 – Ascension of the Lord
22. June 8 – Trinity 2025 (Pentecost)
23. June 9 – Holy Spirit Day
24. June 16 – Beginning of the Peter's Fast
25. June 22 – All Saints' Day of the Ukrainian People
26. June 24 – Christmas of John the Baptist
27. June 29 – Apostles Peter and Paul
28. June 30 – Council of the 12 Apostles
29. July 11 – Princess Olga of Kiev, end of Peter's Lent
30. July 15 – Prince Volodymyr the Great, Day of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus
31. July 20 – Prophet Elijah
32. August 1 – Beginning of the Assumption Fast
33. August 6 – Transfiguration of the Lord
34. August 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
35. August 29 – All Saints' Day
36. September 8 – Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
37. September 14 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross
38. October 1 – Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary
39. October 26 – Great Martyr Dmitry
40. November 8 – Cathedral of Archangel Michael
41. November 15 – Beginning of Christmas Lent
42. November 21 – Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary into the Temple
43. November 30 – Andrew the First-Called
44. December 6 – Nicholas the Wonderworker
45. December 9 – Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
46. December 22 – Great Martyr Anastasia
47. December 24 – Christmas Eve, end of Christmas Lent
48. December 25 – Christmas
49. December 26 – Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos
50. December 27 – Protomartyr Stephen
51. December 31 – Saint Melania of Rome

The transition to the new Julian calendar allows Orthodox holidays to coincide with Catholic ones in terms of dates for non-transitory holidays, while Easter and related holidays remain according to the old method of calculation.