“December is the month of waiting for Christmas, summing up the year and gratitude for the past. In the Orthodox calendar, this is the time when the Christmas fast continues and Christmas is approaching – one of the biggest Christian holidays. The main church holidays in December 2025 according to the new OCU calendar are December 6 — St. Nicholas the Wonderworker; December 9 – Immaculate Conception by Saint Anna the Most Holy”, — write on: ua.news
December is the month of waiting for Christmas, summing up the year and gratitude for the past. In the Orthodox calendar, this is the time when the Christmas fast continues and Christmas is approaching – one of the biggest Christian holidays.
The main church holidays in December 2025 according to the new calendar of the OCU
- December 6 — St. Nicholas the Wonderworker;
- December 9 — Immaculate Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos;
- December 24 — Christmas Eve (Christmas Eve);
- December 25 — Christmas;
- December 26 — Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God;
- December 27 — the holy apostle, protomartyr and archdeacon Stephen.
The new Orthodox church calendar of the OCU for December 2025 by day
- December 1 — the prophet Nahum;
- December 2 — the prophet Habakkuk;
- December 3 — the prophet Zephaniah;
- December 4 — Great Martyr Varvara, Reverend Damascene;
- December 5 — Saint Sava the Sanctified;
- December 6 — St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myr Lykii, miracle worker;
- December 7 — Saint Ambrose, bishop of Mediolansky;
- December 8 — Reverend Patapius;
- December 9 — Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
- December 10 — Martyrs Mina, Hermogen and Evgraf;
- December 11 — Reverend Daniyil Stovnyk;
- December 12 – Saint Spyridon, Bishop of Trimytii, miracle worker;
- December 13 — Martyrs Eustratius, Eugenius, Auxentius, Mardarius, Orestes;
- December 14 — Martyrs Phirsus, Leukius, Kalinikus, Philemon, Apollonius, Arrian and Feotichus;
- December 15 – Hieromartyr Eleutherius, Venerable Paul;
- December 16 — prophet Haggai;
- December 17 — the prophet Daniel, Ananias, Azarias and Mishael;
- December 18 – Martyr Sevastian and his soldiers;
- December 19 — Martyr Boniface;
- December 20 – hieromartyr Ignatius the God-bearer;
- December 21 — Martyrs Juliana;
- December 22 — Great Martyr Anastasia;
- December 23 — ten Cretan martyrs;
- December 24 — Svyatvechir (Christmas Eve), Reverend Martyr Yevgenia;
- December 25 — Christmas;
- December 26 — Cathedral of the Most Holy Mother of God, Saint Euphemia, Bishop of Sardis;
- December 27 — the apostle, protomartyr and archdeacon Stephen;
- December 28 — 2,000 martyrs burned in Nicodymia;
- December 29 — the holy infants, killed for Christ in Bethlehem, and Reverend Markell, abbot of the monastery of the Sleepless;
- December 30 — Martyr Anisia, Reverend Zotyk, presbyter;
- December 31 – Reverend Melania, Saint Peter of the Grave, Metropolitan of Kyiv and Galicia, and All Russia.
The church holidays of December 2025 remind us of hope, gratitude and the coming of Christ into the world. This is the end of the year, when it is appropriate to stop, summarize the life, pray for relatives and calmly, with peace in the heart, welcome Christmas.
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