December 2025: when will Ukraine celebrate St. Nicholas, Christmas Eve, and Christmas.

According to ТСН: In December 2025, many significant holidays will be celebrated according to the new church calendar. Recall when St. Nicholas arrives and when to gather with family on Christmas Eve to celebrate the Nativity of Christ.

Main church dates of December 2025

• December 1 — St. Prophet Nahum;

• December 2 — St. Prophet Habakkuk;

• December 3 — St. Prophet Zephaniah;

• December 4 — St. Great Martyr Barbara; St. Venerable Damascene;

• December 5 — St. Venerable Savva the Sanctified;

• December 6 — St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia;

• December 7 — St. Bishop Ambrose of Mediolanum;

• December 8 — St. Venerable Patapius;

• December 9 — The Immaculate Conception of the Holy Theotokos;

• December 10 — St. Martyrs Min, Hermogenes, and Evgraphius;

• December 11 — St. Venerable Daniel the Stylite;

• December 12 — St. Bishop Spyridon of Trimythous;

• December 13 — St. Martyrs Eustratius, Eugenus, Axentius, Mardarion, and Orestes;

• December 14 — St. Martyrs Tirsus, Leucius, Philemon, Apollonius, and Kalinikos;

• December 15 — St. Hieromartyr Eleutherius; St. Venerable Paul;

• December 16 — St. Prophet Haggai;

• December 17 — St. Patriarchs; St. Prophet Daniel; St. Ananias, Azariah, and Misael;

• December 18 — St. Martyr Sebastian and his wife;

• December 19 — St. Martyr Boniface;

• December 20 — St. Hieromartyr Ignatius the Godbearer;

• December 21 — St. Martyr Juliana;

• December 22 — St. Great Martyr Anastasia;

• December 23 — the 10 Holy Martyrs of Crete;

• December 24 — the Holy Fathers; Eve of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas Eve); St. Venerable Martyr Evgenia;

• December 25 — Nativity of Christ;

• December 26 — Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos; St. Joseph the Betrothed;

• December 27 — St. Apostle, First Martyr, and Archdeacon Stephen;

• December 28 — the 2000 Holy Martyrs Burned in Nicomedia;

• December 29 — the Holy Innocents killed in Bethlehem; St. Venerable Markell;

• December 30 — St. Martyr Anisia; St. Venerable Zotikos, Presbyter;

• December 31 — St. Venerable Melania.

This list of Orthodox holidays in December 2025 will serve as a kind of guide for believers who plan to attend services and prepare for Christmas Eve and the Nativity of Christ. It will also help to better understand the significance of each holiday in the church calendar, as each of these days is filled with spiritual meaning and traditions.