Visit Mt Athos in the pages of our 2025 Calendar
New Calendar starts Dec 25, 2024 and ends Dec 31, 2025 - Old Calendar starts Jan 1, 2025 and ends Jan 7, 2026
OVERTHROW THE TYRANNY OF MONTHS
The liturgical life of the Orthodox Church ebbs and flows right over the boundaries of 30-day months. Using a calendar governed by months limits your ability to see a whole Church season at once. This calendar’s spreads are governed by the feasts and fasts that structure the Orthodox year, which results in seven sections of varying length.
CALENDAR FEATURES
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Designed to hang on the wall, open it measures 12" x 24" (30.5 x 61 cm)
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Seven spreads ranging in length from six to ten weeks
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Original images from the Holy Mountain, Mt Athos.
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Spacious squares for personal planning
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Light shading on traditional fast days
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Ornamentation indicating major feast days
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US holidays and observances and European week numbering
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Commemoration of over 100 beloved saints, with emphasis on Athonite saints and feasts
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Significant feast days from the alternate calendar (Old or New), indicated in italics
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Photography by Fr Photios Dumont, Fr Seraphim Ramos, Dn Jeffrey Smith, Thomas Retzios, Adam Anderson, Gregory Gatanas, and Matthew J Swehla
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Ornaments and lettering by Gabriel Chaplin
Scripture readings, rubrics, and fasting details are not included.
Our 2025 Calendar introduces you to the rich spiritual heritage and pilgrimage tradition of Mt Athos. Get a copy today and start planning your pilgrimage!
About the Calendar
Beauty First Films is a non-profit creative collaboration of Dr. Timothy Patitsas and Thomaida Hudanish. Our mission is to make films that take the viewer to a place of awe, beauty, and holiness.
We created this design to engage and encourage Orthodox Christians, as well as to help fund Beauty First Films' work in other areas.
You can also make a tax deductible donation to support our projects. Donate via PayPal.
Five Star Reviews
I am thrilled with this calendar. The pictures are so interesting and the set up works so much better for our lives.
- Stacy
WOW. Gorgeous and meditative and efficient all at once! Thank you a thousand times over.
- Emily
I received your calendar as a gift, and I was instantly and totally devoted to its Liturgical Seasons layout. I absolutely love love love it!
- Eleni
BRILLIANT! What a beautiful pleasure to have seen the ultimate possibility of our life in Christ so beautifully before us! I am sure I want one for myself and every Godchild I am blessed to have.
- Margo
This is the first time that a physical calendar has also become a devotional. It helps me understand the historical roots of my faith. - Anna, Roman Catholic
It is just the calendar I needed but didn't know I wanted! I just can't even heart it enough. - Kh. Nikki
I've enjoyed having this year's calendar in my work office, and, as a new convert to the Orthodox Church, it's really helped me get into the rhythm of the liturgical year.
- Kimberly
These calendars are beautiful and have lots of good information for the daily lives of Orthodox Christians. I love the way it’s broken up into liturgical seasons instead of months. I have purchased 5 of them now over the last two years! They make great gifts.
- Elena
Spread the Calendar Love
Wholesale. Message us below to get the appropriate rate for your bookstore or retail shop.
Groups. Over the years individuals have given the calendar to all the students at a seminary, all clergy wives in a diocese, etc.
Events. Bulk discounts are available for giving the calendar to retreat and conference attendees.
Parishes. Many parishes give a calendar to their parishioners each year, usually with the sponsorship of a local funeral home. Looking ahead to 2026, please reach out in the contact form below to inquire.
Find the Calendar Near You
our calendar is on its way to the shelves at these retailers:
Holy Transfiguration Bookstore, Anchorage AK
St Innocent Bookstore, Everson WA
St Demetrios Bookstore, Seattle WA
Holy Trinity Bookstore, Spokane WA
Apollonia Books, Goldendale WA
St Herman Bookstore, Kalispell MT
St Spyridon Bookstore, Loveland CO
St Catherine Bookstore, Greenwood Village CO
Agia Sophia Bookstore, Colorado Springs CO
St Brendan Bookstore, Astoria OR
St Nicholas Bookstore, Portland OR
Ethos Bookstore, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Portland OR
Logos Bookstore, St John the Baptist, Beaverton OR
St James Bookstore, Modesto CA
Life-Giving Spring Bookstore, Glendale CA
St Nicholas Bookstore, Tarpon Springs FL
Holy Nativity Bookstore, Shreveport LA
Hosanna Bookstore, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Charlotte NC
All Saints Bookstore, Cary NC
Archangel Michael Bookstore, Louisville KY
St John the Divine Bookstore, Wheeling WV
Annunciation Cathedral Bookstore, Columbus OH
St John the Baptist Bookstore, Des Plaines IL
Sts Peter & Paul Bookstore, Glenview IL
Holy Trinity Seminary Bookstore, Jordanville NY
Annunciation Bookstore, Cranston RI
Hellenic College Holy Cross Bookstore, Brookline MA
St Botolph's Bookstore, London UK
Twelve Apostles' Bookstore, Eastleigh UK
Heiligen Kyrill & Methodius Bookstore, Hamburg Germany
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