Orthodox saints and name days on October 25

Name days on October 25

Tabitha, Tavitha

Saints and feasts of October 25

• Tabitha

  Holy Woman, Ταβιθά

  St. Tabitha, called Dorcas in Greek, was a disciple of Christ living at Joppa in the days of the apostles. The Acts of the Apostles describes her as full of good works and almsgiving, sewing garments for the widows and the poor; when she fell sick and died, the Apostle Peter was summoned, and by his prayer God raised her from the dead.

  Name days: Tabitha, Tavitha

• Markianos and Martyrios the Notaries

  Martyr, Μαρκιανός και Μαρτύριος

  Markianos, a reader, and Martyrios, a subdeacon, served as secretaries to Saint Paul the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople, and defended the Orthodox faith against the Arians.

• Anastasios the Fuller

  Martyr, Αναστάσιος

  Anastasios was a cloth-fuller from Aquileia who settled at Salona in Dalmatia and painted a cross over the door of his workshop. Denounced as a Christian in the persecution of Diocletian, he confessed Christ boldly.

• George of Amastris

  Hierarch, Γεώργιος Αμάστριδος

  George was born at Kromna near Amastris in Paphlagonia and lived as a hermit on Mount Agrioserika before the people of Amastris chose him as their bishop. He was consecrated in Constantinople and shepherded his flock with great wisdom.

• Makarios of Paphos

  Hierarch, Μακάριος Πάφου

  Makarios is commemorated in the Synaxarion as a Bishop of Paphos in Cyprus who shepherded his flock in holiness and reposed in peace. The details of his life are not preserved.

• Chrysanthe the Martyr

  Holy Woman, Χρυσάνθη

  Chrysanthe is commemorated in the Synaxarion of this day among the women martyrs who confessed Christ unto death. The details of her sufferings are not preserved.