2025 Calendar

700th - 701st Olympiad

Credits: Hellenic Herald and community

Graphic Designer: Alyssa (Laurusa Mystic | @laurusamystic)
Cover Photo: La dispute de Minerve et de Neptune au sujet d'Athènes.
d'Athènes.
Esquisse de plafond. at the Louvre. Merry-Joseph Blondel. 1821.
 THEOGRAPHY
Roman Juno
Parents Kronos & Rhea
Goddess of Marriage, the sky,
queen of the gods
Symbols Royal scepter
Animals Cow, peacock, lion
Plants Pomegranate, lotus

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Support women’s shelters
Support feminist causes
Spend time with family
Watch romantic comedies
Donate old maternity clothes
or baby things

EPITHETS
Presider Over Marriage,
Protector of Men,
She of the Heights, Flowery,
Queen, Cow-Eyed,
White-Armed, Widowed

Through the eyes of a peacock’s tail

O Goddess, I see you, beautiful and Divine.
Misunderstood and demonized.
Yet here you stand, determined without fail
To guide all those who ask for your aid.
- Helena
January 2025 Year 4 of the 700th Olympiad
Gamelion - Anthesterion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4
New Year’s Day

🖤Noumenia 🖤Agathos Daimon

Start of Gamelion Hanukkah ends

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
🖤Lenaia begins Full Moon 🖤Lenaia ends

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Martin Luther
King Jr. Day (USA)

26 27 28 29 30 31
🖤Theogamia 🖤Hekate's Deipnon 🖤Noumenia 🖤Agathos Daimon
Chinese New Year

End of Gamelion Start of Anthesterion

Holiday & 🖤 = Hellenic

Photo: Hera at the Naples National Archaeological Museum / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
 THEOGRAPHY
Roman Venus
Parents Zeus & Dione
Goddess of Love, beauty, pleasure,
passion, procreation
Symbols Eros, conch-shell
Animals Dove, swan, goose
Plants Myrtle, rose
Praise divine Aphrodite,
Swan, Sparrow, Dove,
for the true seven wonders,
are the seven types of love.
DEVOTIONAL ACTS
- VMay Light pink or red candles
Burn rose-scented incense
Write a love letter to yourself
Watch a romance movie
Spend time with loved ones
Go to the beach

EPITHETS
Heavenly, Divine, Bountiful,
Of Shapely Form,
Bringer of Victory
Of the Sea, Foam-Born,
Golden Divine, Shining,
Mother of Desire
February 2025 Year 4 of the 700th Olympiad
Anthesterion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
► Imbolc

Groundhog Day
(USA/CAN)

9 10 11 Full Moon
12 13 14 15
🖤Anthesteria begins 🖤Anthesteria ends ◼️Parentalia begins Valentine’s Day ◼️Lupercalia
Purim begins Purim ends

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
🖤Lesser Mysteries ◼️Parentalia ends
begin
🖤Diasia
Presidents’ Day (USA)

23 24 25 26 27 28
🖤Lesser Mysteries 🖤Hekate's Deipnon
end

End of Anthesterion

Holiday & 🖤 = Hellenic

Photo: Venus Italica at the Museo Correr Museum / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
 Steady Hephaistos, Patron of the
crafters, smiths, and workers.
You calm the fires in our souls,
You push us to further our skills,
My Goddess of Hearth
You encourage us to know our worth.
Keep light the fire of my home May you shift our perspectives,
Watch and warm this place Mold us as though we are molten lava.
- Elin Agonius Yours, is the inspiration to create.
Yours are the tools of necessity,
As well as the beauties of grandeur.
O Great Hephaistos! May your
hammers strike true!
- Nikolaos
THEOGRAPHY
Roman Vulcan
Parents Hera (no father)
God of Smiths, fire,
metalworking
Symbols Hammer & tongs
Animals Donkey, dog, crane,
quail
Plants Fennel

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Make something by hand
Support a small business
Work with clay
THEOGRAPHY
Watch a DIY TV show
Roman Vesta
Support disabilities & equal
Parents Kronos & Rhea
Goddess of Hearth (private & rights charities
municipal), home
Symbols Kettle, flame, veil
Animals Pig EPITHETS
Plants Chaste-tree Renowned, Famed,
Ingenious, Inventive
Resourceful, Of Many Crafts,
DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Sooty God, Bronze-Smith,
Clean your home
Copper-Smith
Volunteer at, or donate to, a
food bank or shelter
Light a candle
Practice hospitality and host a
party or gathering

EPITHETS
Of the Hearth, Of the Front
Door, Of the Council, Earth
March 2025 Year 4 of the 700th Olympiad
Elaphebolion - Mounykhion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1
🖤Noumenia
◼️Matronalia
Start of Elaphebolion

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
🖤Agathos Daimon 🖤Elaphebolia

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Full Moon
🖤Asclepieia Proagon 🖤Greater Dionysia 🖤Greater Dionysia
begins ends

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Spring Equinox
◼️Liberalia ► Ostara
St. Patrick’s Day

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Mothers ◼️Dies ◼️Hilaria 🖤Hekate's Deipnon
Day (UK)
🖤Agathos Sanguinis
🖤Noumenia Daimon

30 Mounykhion
Start of
31 End of Elaphebolion

Holiday & 🖤= Hellenic

Photo: Hestia and Vulcan at the Louvre Museum / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️
= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
 THEOGRAPHY
Roman Diana
Parents Zeus & Leto
Goddess of Hunt, wilderness,
wild animals, children
Symbols Bow & arrows, spear,
pelts, crescent moon
Animals Deer/stag, bear, dog
Plants Cypress, amaranth

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Go hiking
Practice archery
Spend time in nature
Support an animal shelter
Care for house plants
Pick up litter
O Artemis, swift huntress of the wild,
daughter of mighty Zeus and rich-haired
Leto, with silver bow in hand, you roam EPITHETS
the sacred woods and mountains.
Mistress/Queen of Beasts,
Protector of maidens and beasts, your
arrows fly under the moon’s light, Of Showering Arrows, With
guiding us through the shadows. Shafts of Gold, Hunter of
In your grace and wisdom, we seek your
Wild Beasts, Chaste, Pure,
light, honouring you now and always.
- Alyssa (Laurusa Mystic) Virgin, Maiden, Huntress
April 2025 Year 4 of the 700th Olympiad
Mounykhion - Thargelion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5
◼️Veneralia ◼️Festival of Eros 🖤Delphinia

April Fool’s Day

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Hellenic Herald’s
4 year anniversary

Passover begins

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Full Moon 🖤Mounykhia 🖤Olympeia
◄ Sigurblót
Good Friday

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Easter Sunday

Holocaust
Passover ends Easter Monday (CAN) Earth Day Remembrance Day

27 28 29 30
🖤Hekate's Deipnon 🖤Noumenia 🖤Agathos Daimon

End of Mounykhion Start of Thargelion

Holiday & 🖤 = Hellenic

Photo: Diana of Versailles at the Louvre Museum / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
 THEOGRAPHY
Roman Apollo
Parents Zeus & Leto
God of Music, prophecy, song &
poetry, healing, archery
Symbols Lyre, bow, laurel wreath
Animals Swan, raven, dolphin
Plants Laurel, larkspur, cypress

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Walk in the sunshine
Play or learn an instrument
Practice archery
Take your medications
Write, read, or listen to poetry
Sign up for a first-aid class

EPITHETS
Of the Oracle, Foreseeing,
Leader of the Nine Muses,
Healer, Helping, Rescuer,
Apollon of the golden hair Shining/Bright, Succouring,
The one whose music delights all. Oblique, Averter of Harm
The one who fights fair
The one who stands tall.
Oh bright Apollon, blessed be thy
name.
Protect us from evil and shame.
- Isbel
May 2025 Year 4 of the 700th Olympiad
Thargelion - Skirophorion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3
► Beltane

Labour Day (UK)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
🖤Thargelia (Artemis) 🖤Thargelia (Apollon) ◼️Lemuria

Cinco de Mayo

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
◼️Lemuria Full Moon ◼️Lemuria ◼️Mercuralia
Mother’s Day
🖤Bendidia
(USA/CAN)

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
🖤Kallynteria 🖤Plynteria

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
🖤Hekate's Deipnon 🖤Noumenia 🖤Agathos Daimon 🖤Arrephoria
Memorial Day
(USA) End of Thargelion Start of Skirophorion

Holiday & 🖤 = Hellenic

Photo: Apollo Belvedere at the Vatican Museum / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
 THEOGRAPHY Thunder after lightning, the
Roman Jupiter judge after the crime.
Parents Kronos & Rhea A father to gods and mortals
God of Sky, weather, kingship, alike, through all time.
fate, law & order In him we may find safety
Symbols Lightning bolt and confidence in kind.
Animals Eagle, bull - AuntieGuac
Plants Oak tree, olive tree

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Research local politicians
Vote on election days
Honour your commitments
Make art of storms and clouds
Learn new languages and skills
Go for a walk in the rain

EPITHETS
Of the Rain, Dark, Murky,
Of the Thunderbolt,
Of the Lightning, King,
Chief, Ruler Supreme,
Most High, Leader of the Fates,
Giver of Signs
June 2025 Year 4 of the 700th Olympiad - Year 1 of the 701st Olympiad
Skirophorion - Hekatombaion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
◼️Vestalia begins

Shavuot begins Shavuot ends

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
🖤Skira 🖤Dipolieia/Bouphonia Full Moon

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
◼️Vestalia ends Summer Solstice
► Litha

Father’s Day ◄ Midsummer

Juneteenth (USA)
(USA/CAN/UK)

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
🖤Hekate's Deipnon 🖤Noumenia 🖤Agathos Daimon
🖤Diisoteria 🖤Athenian New Year
End of Skirophorion Start of Hekatombaion

29 30

Holiday & 🖤 = Hellenic

Photo: Jupiter at the Musei Capitolini / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
 THEOGRAPHY
Roman Minerva
Parents Zeus & Metis
Goddess of Wisdom, war, weaving,
crafts
Symbols Aegis, gorgoneion
Animals Little owl
Plants Olive tree

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Read a book
Work out/learn self-defense
Enrol in a course
Play a strategy game
Support a charity for justice
Do a craft (especially knitting)

EPITHETS
Warlike, Girder in Armour,
Strong, Defender, Savior,
Protectress, Keeper of the
City, Counsellor, Foresight,
Sharp-Sighted, Maiden
Aegis-bearing goddess
owl-eyed Athena who
sprang from her father’s
skull in full armour
grant us your wisdom
and bless us with your
valour.
– Jehan
July 2025 Year 1 of the 701st Olympiad
Hekatombaion - Metageitnion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5

Independence Day
Canada Day (USA)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Full Moon

🖤Kronia 🖤Synoikia begins 🖤Synoikia ends

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
◼️Neptunalia 🖤Hekate's Deipnon 🖤Noumenia
🖤Lesser Panathenia 🖤Lesser Panathenaia
begins ends

End of Hekatombaion Start of Metageitnion

27 28 29 30 31
🖤Agathos Daimon
🖤Herakleia

Holiday & 🖤= Hellenic

Photo: Athena Pallas at the Statens Museum for Kunst / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️
= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
 THEOGRAPHY
Roman Mercury
Parents Zeus & Maia
God of Herds, trade, thievery,
athletics, messengers
Symbols Caduceus
Animals Ram, hare, hawk
Plants Crocus, strawberry

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Study languages
Mail a gift or letter to someone
Go on a spontaneous adventure
Flip a coin to make a decision
Be kind to delivery-people
Make a trade

EPITHETS
Guide, Messenger, Deceiver, Oh Lucky one,
As the dice fall from my hand,
Wily, Keen-Sighted, Luck-
Your gentle touch is all I need.
Bringing, Of Searchers, Busy Oh Wily one,
One, Giver of Joy, Trickster, Let my gambits turn out well,
For with you as my guide I can
Strong, Mighty
never fail.
Blessed Hermes, the Ready
Helper of humanity, look kindly
upon me on this and all my
days.
- SunSpearBabe
August 2025 Year 1 of the 701st Olympiad
Metageitnion - Boedromion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2
🖤Metageitnia
► Lammas

Tisha B’av begins

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Full Moon
🖤 Eleusinia begins
Tisha B’av ends

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
🖤Kourotrophos,
◄ Lokabrenna 🖤The Heroines 🖤Hera Telkhinia
Hekate and Artemis
🖤Eleusinia ends ◼️Nemoralia

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
🖤Zeus Epoptes 🖤Hekate's Deipnon
◼️Vulcanalia
End of Metageitnion

🖤Noumenia 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Start of
Boedromion 🖤Agathos Daimon 🖤Basile 🖤Genesia 🖤Artemis Agrotera 🖤Broedromia
🖤Niketeria
31
Holiday & 🖤= Hellenic
Photo: Mercury or the Trade at the Louvre Museum / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️
= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
 Fair-Armed Demeter, Gentle Mother
of Persephone,
In this time of eternal upheaval I beg
you watch over our bowls and tables
THEOGRAPHY Protect us all, lady Demeter, from
uncertainty and fear.
Roman Proserpina - Melissa M.
Parents Zeus & Demeter
God of Spring, the underworld
Pomegranate, grain
Symbols Seeds, torch, flowers
Animals Deer
Plants Asphodel, wheat

THEOGRAPHY
DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Roman Ceres
Make a flower crown Parents Kronos & Rhea
Take a walk through a garden God of Agriculture, grain
Cornucopia, wheat,
Start a garden in honour of
Symbols Poppy, bread, torch
Kore Animals Snake, pig
Comfort those who are Plants Wheat, mint, poppy
grieving

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
EPITHETS
Shop at farmers markets
Maiden, Illustrious, Noble,
Support small businesses
Praiseworthy, Exactor of
Make homecooked meals
Justice, Knowing One
Start a herb garden
Recycle and compost
Have a picnic

Persephone
I dare not defy
EPITHETS
The Goddess whose
flowers bloom Of the Earth, Sender of Gifts,
on the Pain of Death. Sprout, Bringer of Seasons,
- Alyx
Great Mother, Giver of Wealth,
Leader, Revered, Purifying
September 2025 Year 1 of the 701st Olympiad
Boedromion - Pyanepsion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5 6
🖤Democratia
◄ Sponge Cake Day ◄ Sponge Cake Day

Labor Day (USA)

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Full Moon
🖤Greater Eleusinia
begins

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
🖤Greater Eleusinia
ends

Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah

21 begins 22 23 ends 24 25 26 27
Autumnal Equinox
🖤Hekate's Deipnon 🖤Noumenia 🖤Agathos Daimon 🖤Apatouria begins 🖤Apatouria ends
►Mabon 🖤Proerosia
End of Boedromion Start of Pyanepsion

28 29 30
🖤Pyanepsia 🖤Oskhophoria
National Day for
Truth & Reconciliation
(CAN)
Holiday & 🖤 = Hellenic
Photo: Bust of Ceres/Demeter & Kore at the Museum of Fine Arts / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
Land of the dead;
where his throne stands.
overseeing the departed,
he holds in his hands.
- Sunbird
THEOGRAPHY
Roman Neptune
Parents Kronos & Rhea
God of Sea, earthquakes,
floods, horses
Symbols Trident
Animals Bull, horse, dolphin
Plants Pine tree, wild celery

THEOGRAPHY DEVOTIONAL ACTS

Roman Pluto, Dis Learn about the ocean
Parents Kronos & Rhea Go swimming or boating
God of The dead, the Support earthquake relief
underworld
Go horseback-riding
Symbols Bident, cornucopia
Animals Screech-owl Meditate to ocean sounds
Plants Mint, white poplar Clean up a beach

DEVOTIONAL ACTS EPITHETS

Visit a loved one’s grave King, Of the Sea, Who Dashes
Study geology Against, Secures Safe Voyage,
Light a candle for your Shaker of the Earth, Of Horses
ancestors
Learn about finances
Clean/tidy tombstones

EPITHETS Lord Poseidon, God

Unseen, Of Wealth, of the tides and seas
Ruler/Host of Many, Whose love is as
deep as can be
Receiver of Dead,
May you keep me
anchored if storms
are destined to wage
against me
- Cody V
October 2025 Year 1 of the 701st Olympiad
Pyanepsion - Maimakterion

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4
🖤Theseia 🖤Stenia 🖤Thesmophoria
begins

Yom Kippur begins Yom Kippur ends

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
🖤Thesmophoria 🖤The Heroines Full Moon
ends

Sukkot begins

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Thanksgiving (CAN)

Sukkot ends Simchat Torah ends

Shemini Atzeret begins Simchat Torah begins Shemini Atzeret ends

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
🖤Hekate's Deipnon 🖤Noumenia 🖤Agathos Daimon
🖤Khalkeia
End of Pyanepsion Start of Maimakterion

26 27 28 29 30 31
► Samhain

Halloween

Holiday & 🖤 = Hellenic

Photo: Pluto-Serapis at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum & Neptune at the Musée Arles Antique / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
 THEOGRAPHY
Roman Mars
ParentsZeus & Hera
God ofWar, courage, battlelust
Symbols Sword, spear, shield,
helmet
Animals Woodpecker, serpent,
vulture, dog

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
For Ares Enyalios,
fill my heart with your strength, Take a self-defense class
and my limbs with your courage. Work out or exercise
- Ephebos Support a PTSD charity
Support military veterans
Challenge a friend to a
competitive game

EPITHETS
Blood-stained, Fearsome
He Who Rallies Men, Strong,
Destroyer of Men, Of the Bronze,
Stormer of Cities, Mighty,
Spear-Brandishing, Furious
November 2025 Year 1 of the 701st Olympiad
Maimakterion - Poseideon

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Full Moon

Day of the Dead

Día de los Muertos (USA)

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Veteran's Day (USA)

Remembrance Day
(CAN/UK/AUS)

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
🖤Hekate's Deipnon 🖤Noumenia 🖤Agathos Daimon

End of Maimakterion Start of Poseideon

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
🖤Country 🖤Poseidea
Dionysia

30 Thanksgiving (USA)

Holiday & 🖤 = Hellenic

Photo: Ares at the Louvre Museum / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
Twice-born THEOGRAPHY
for this is where the god laughs:
Roman Bacchus, Liber
between madness and liberation.
Parents Zeus & Semele
the taste of freedom beneath
God of Wine, festivity, madness,
torch-lit streets, wine-stained lips,
theatre, ecstasy
saviour of the frenzy, him who
Symbols Thyrsus staff, theatre mask
heeds our call.
Animals Panther, bull, lion, serpent
- Mercury
Plants Grapevine, ivy, bindweed

DEVOTIONAL ACTS
Perform improv
Watch a theatrical play
Support an LGBTQ2IA+ charity
Carefree dancing to music
Grow vines or fruit trees
Attend a concert

EPITHETS
Of the Grape, Of Wine, Of the Fest,
Androgynous, Of the Ivy, Basket-
Bearer, Twice-Born, Of Liberation,
Of Release, Of the Mysteries,
Mad, Raging, Frenzy
December 2025 Year 1 of the 701st Olympiad
Poseideon - Poseideon 2

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5 6
Full Moon

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
🖤Heliogenna 🖤Heliogenna

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
🖤Haloa ◼️Saturnalia starts 🖤Hekate's Deipnon

Hanukkah begins End of Poseideon

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Winter Solstice ◼️Dies Natalis Solis
🖤Noumenia 🖤Agathos Daimon ◼️Saturnalia ends Invicti

◄► Yule
◼️Brumalia
Start of Poseideon 2 Hanukkah ends Christmas Eve Christmas Day Boxing Day

28 29 30 31

New Year’s Eve

Holiday & 🖤 = Hellenic

Photo: Dionysus at the Louvre Museum / Wikimedia Commons.
See last page for terminology key. ◼️= Roman
Festival ► = Celtic
Legend ◄ = Norse
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