Orthodox calendar for 2025: celebration in a new style

From 2025, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine switched to the New Julian calendar, which means that all non-transitional 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 – Holy Martyr Tatiana
4. January 30 - Saints Basil, Grigory and Ivan
5. February 2 - the meeting of the Lord
6. February 23 - meat-free week
7. March 2 - Syropusna (Forgiven) Sunday
8. March 3 - the beginning of Great Lent
9. March 25 – Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God
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 (The Lord's Entry into Jerusalem)
14. April 17 - Maundy Thursday
15. April 18 – Good Friday
16. April 19 - Great Saturday. End of Lent
17. April 20 - Easter 2025
18. April 23 - St. George the Wonderworker
19. May 9 – Transfer of the powers 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 - the beginning of Peter's fast
25. June 22 is the Day of All Saints of the Ukrainian People
26. June 24 - the Nativity of John the Baptist
27. June 29 - Apostles Peter and Paul
28. June 30 – Cathedral of the 12 Apostles
29. July 11 – Princess Olga of Kyiv, the end of Peter's fast
30. July 15 – Prince Volodymyr the Great, Baptism Day of Kyivan Rus
31. July 20 - Prophet Ilya
32. August 1 - the 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 of the Head of John the Baptist
36. September 8 - Nativity of the Holy Mother of God
37. September 14 – Exaltation of the Holy Cross
38. October 1 - Intercession of the Holy Mother of God
39. October 26 - Great Martyr Dmytro
40. November 8 – Cathedral of the Archangel Michael
41. November 15 - the beginning of the Christmas fast
42. November 21 – Introduction to the Church of the Holy Mother of God
43. November 30 - Andrii the First-Called
44. December 6 - Nicholas the Wonderworker
45. December 9 – Conception of the Holy Mother of God
46. December 22 – Great Martyr Anastasia
47. December 24 – Christmas Eve, the end of the Christmas fast
48. December 25 - Christmas
49. December 26 – Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God
50. December 27 – First Martyr Stephen
51. December 31 – Saint Melania of Rome

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