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Ephemeris of Wednesday 24 December, 2025

The sun and moon on 12/24/2025 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 7:37 AM
Sunset: 5:12 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 12:24 PM
Sunshine duration: 9 hours and 34 minutes (0 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 7:37 AM and set at 5:12 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 1:00 AM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 2 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

3 days moon

On 12/24/2025 the moon will be 3 days old.
Next full moon on 3 January, 2026.
Next new moon on 18 January, 2026.

Commemorations on 24 December

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Saint Eugenia and those with her martyrs
    Aγίας Eυγενίας και των συν αυτής μαρτυρησάντων
  • Saint Achaïcus
    Αγίου Αχαϊκού
  • Saint Antiochus of Mar Sabbas Monastery
    Αγίου Αντιόχου, του της Λαύρας του Aγίου Σάββα
  • Saint Bitimion
    Αγίου Βιτιμίωνος
  • Saint Nicholas the soldier
    Αγίου Nικολάου του στρατιώτου
  • Saint Aphrodisius
    Αγίου Αφροδισίου

Fasting Instructions: the December 24 is a complete fasting day; Of course you can still eat legumes and cabbages, as long as you only cook them with water and salt. Fruit, bread, honey and nuts are also allowed (νηστεία)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

A day like a 24 December

1963

Le gouvernement nouvellement nommé de Georgios Papandreou (centre-gauche) avec le soutien des communistes de l'EDA, n'ayant pas la majorité absolue, démissionne et annonce la tenue de nouvelles élections.

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1940

Le sous-marin grec "Papanicolis" torpille un transporteur italien à l'entrée d'Otranto.

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1845

Naissance à Copenhague de Christian Guillaume Ferdinand Adolphe de Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Glücksbourg, prince du Danemark et futur roi de Grèce sous le nom de Georges A'.

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