Liturgical Calendar for the Year of Grace 2005
Menaion:
January
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February
- March -
April - May
- June
- July
- August
- September
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October
- November
- December
| Date | Day | Tone | Matins Gospel |
Description |
| January 1 | Sat | Circumcision of the Lord; Feast of St. Basil the Great | ||
| January 2 | Sun | 6 | 9 | Sunday before Theophany |
| January 6 | Thu | Theophany of the Lord Vesper Liturgy |
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| January 9 | Sun | 7 | 10 | Sunday after Theophany Great Vespers |
| January 16 | Sun | 8 | 11 | Sunday of the Publican
and the Pharisee Great Vespers - Matins |
| January 23 | Sun | 1 | 1 | Sunday of the Prodigal
Son Great Vespers - Matins |
| January 29 | Sat | All-Souls' Saturday (commemoration of the departed) | ||
| January 30 | Sun | 2 | 2 | Meatfare Sunday;
Feast of the Three Holy Bishops: Basil
the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom Great Vespers - Matins |
| February 2 | Wed | Encounter of our Lord
with Simeon and Anna Great Vespers |
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| February 6 | Sun | 3 | 3 | Cheesefare Sunday Great Vespers - Matins - Vespers of Forgiveness (book) |
| February 7 - March 18 | The Great Fast Daily Matins - Third and Sixth Hour - Paraklisis |
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| February 7-12 | First Week of the Great Fast | |||
| February 7 | Mon | First Day
of the Great Fast (Clean Monday) Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| February 9 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 11 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 13 | Sun | 4 | 4 | First Sunday of the
Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy) Great Vespers - Matins - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| February 14-19 | Second Week of the Great Fast | |||
| February 14 | Mon | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 16 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 18 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 19 | Sat | All-Souls' Saturday (commemoration of the departed) | ||
| February 20 | Sun | 5 | 5 | Second Sunday of the
Great Fast (St. Gregory Palamas) Great Vespers - Matins - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| February 21-26 | Third Week of the Great Fast | |||
| February 23 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 25 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 26 | Sat | All-Souls' Saturday (commemoration of the departed) | ||
| February 27 | Sun | 6 | 6 | Third Sunday of
the Great Fast (Veneration of the Holy
Cross) Great Vespers - Matins - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| February 28 - March 5 | Fourth Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 2 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 4 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 5 | Sat | All-Souls' Saturday (commemoration of the departed) | ||
| March 6 | Sun | 7 | 7 | Fourth Sunday
of the Great Fast (St. John Climacus) Great Vespers - Matins - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| March 7-12 | Fifth Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 9 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 10 | Thu | Matins of the Great Canon of Repentence of St. Andrew of Crete | ||
| March 11 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 12 | Sat | Akathistos Saturday - Akathist Hymns | ||
| March 13 | Sun | 8 | 8 | Fifth Sunday of
the Great Fast (St. Mary of Egypt) Great Vespers - Matins - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| March 14-18 | Sixth Week of the Great Fast (which ends on Friday) | |||
| March 16 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 18 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 19 | Sat | Lazarus Saturday | ||
| March 20 | Sun | * | Palm (Flowery) Sunday Great Vespers - Matins - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
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| March 21-26 | Great and Holy Week | |||
| March 21 | Mon | Great and Holy Monday Bridegoom Matins - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| March 22 | Tue | Great and Holy Tuesday Bridegroom Matins - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| March 23 | Wed | Great and Holy Wednesday Bridegroom Matins - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| March 24 | Thu | Great and Holy Thursday Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St. Basil (with propers for Annunciation) |
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| March 26 | Fri | Great and Holy Friday;
Annunciation of the Mother of God Matins - Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom |
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| March 26 | Sat | Great and Holy Saturday | ||
| March 27 | Sun | * | PASCHA:
The Resurrection of our
Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ |
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| March 28 - April 2 | Bright Week | |||
| April 3 | Sun | 1 | Thomas Sunday Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins |
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| April 10 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Sunday of the
Myrrh-bearing Women Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins |
| April 17 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Sunday of the Paralytic Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins |
| April 20 | Wed | Mid-Pentecost | ||
| April 23 | Sat | Great-Martyr St. George Vespers |
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| April 24 | Sun | 4 | 7 | Sunday of the Samaritan
Woman Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins |
| May 1 | Sun | 5 | 8 | Sunday of the Man Born
Blind Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins |
| May 4 | Wed | Leave-taking of Pascha | ||
| May 5 | Thu | The Ascension of our Lord,
God and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers |
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| May 8 | Sun | 6 | 10 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the First Nicean Council Vespers - Matins |
| May 15 | Sun | * | Pentecost Sunday Vespers - Matins |
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| May 21 | Sat | Leave-taking of Pentecost | ||
| May 22 | Sun | 8 | 1 | Sunday of All Saints Vespers - Matins |
| May 23 - June 28 | The Apostles' Fast | |||
| May 29 | Sun | 1 | 2 | Second Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| June 5 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Third Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| June 12 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Fourth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| June 19 | Sun | 4 | 5 | Fifth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| June 24 | Fri | Nativity of St. John
the Baptist Vespers |
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| June 26 | Sun | 5 | 6 | Sixth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| June 29 | Wed | The Holy Apostles Ss.
Peter and Paul Vespers - Matins (complete service) |
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| July 3 | Sun | 6 | 7 | Seventh Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| July 10 | Sun | 7 | 8 | Eighth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| July 17 | Sun | 8 | 9 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the First Six Ecumenical Councils Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| July 20 | Wed | The Holy Prophet Elijah Vespers |
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| July 24 | Sun | 1 | 10 | Tenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| July 31 | Sun | 2 | 11 | Eleventh Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) |
| August 1-14 | Dormition Fast | |||
| August 6 | Sat | The Transfiguration of the
Lord Vespers - hymn |
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| August 7 | Sun | 3 | 1 | Twelfth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) - hymn |
| August 14 | Sun | 4 | 2 | Thirteenth
Sunday after Pentecost Vespers- (no Matins propers) - hymn |
| August 15 | Mon | The Dormition of the
Mother
of God Vespers - hymn - another hymn |
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| August 21 | Sun | 5 | 3 | Fourteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) - hymn |
| August 28 | Sun | 6 | 4 | Fifteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) - hymn |
| August 29 | Mon | Beheading of St. John
the Baptist Vespers - hymn |
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| September 1 | Thu | Beginning of the Church
Year hymn |
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| September 4 | Sun | 7 | 5 | Sixteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - hymn |
| September 8 | Thu | Nativity of the Mother
of God Vespers - hymn |
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| September 11 | Sun | 8 | 6 | Sunday before the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Vespers - hymn |
| September 14 | Wed | Exaltation of the Holy
Cross Vespers - hymn |
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| September 18 | Sun | 1 | 7 | Sunday after the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Vespers - hymn |
| We begin the continuous
reading of the Gospel of Saint Luke
at the Divine Liturgy, which will continue until the great Fast. As a result, this year there is a one-week discrepancy, so the Gospel read on September 25 is for the Eighteenth Week after Pentecost. |
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| September 25 | Sun | 2 | 8 | Nineteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - hymn |
| September 26 | Mon | Dormition
of Saint John the Theologian Vespers |
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| October 1 | Sat | Protection of the Mother
of God Vespers - hymn |
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| October 2 | Sun | 3 | 9 | Twentieth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers - (no Matins propers) - hymn |
| October 9 | Sun | 4 | 10 | Twenty-first Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers - hymn - hymn for James Alpheus |
| October 16 | Sun | 5 | 11 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the Seventh Ecumenical Council Vespers - hymn |
| October 23 | Sun | 6 | 1 | Twenty-third Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers |
| October 30 | Sun | 7 | 2 | Twenty-fourth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers - hymn |
| November 1 | Mon | Blessed Theodore Romzha Vespers - hymn |
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| November 6 | Sun | 8 | 3 | Twenty-fifth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers - hymn |
| November 8 | Tue | The Holy Archangel
Michael and all the Angelic Powers Vespers - hymn |
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| November 13 | Sun | 1 | 4 | Twenty-sixth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers - hymn - hymn for John Chrysostom |
| November 14 - December 24 |
St. Phillip's Fast | |||
| November 16 | Wed | The Holy Apostle Matthew Vespers |
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| November 20 | Sun | 2 | 5 | Twenty-seventh Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers - hymn |
| November 21 | Mon | Entrance of the Mother
of God into the Temple Vespers (complete) - hymn |
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| November 27 | Sun | 3 | 6 | Twenty-eighth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers - hymn |
| November 30 | Wed | The Holy Apostle Andrew Vespers |
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| December 4 | Sun | 4 | 7 | Twenty-ninth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers - hymn |
| December 6 | Tue | Holy Father Nicholas,
Archbishop of Myra Vespers |
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| December 8 | Thu | Conception of St. Anne Vespers |
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| December 11 | Sun | 5 | 8 | Sunday of the
Holy Forefathers Vespers - hymn |
| December 18 | Sun | 6 | 9 | Sunday before Nativity,
of the Holy Fathers Vespers - hymn |
| December 23 | Fri | Royal Hours (adapted) of the Nativity, transferred from Saturday | ||
| December 24 | Sat | Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord | ||
| December 25 | Sun | * | Nativity of our Lord, God
and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers - Vesperal Liturgy |
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| December 26 | Mon | Synaxis of the Mother of
God The Commemoration of the Relatives of the Lord: Saints Joseph, James and David - hymn |
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| December 27 | Tue | The Holy Apostle and First-Martyr Stephen | ||
| December 31 | Sat | Leave-taking of the Nativity of the Lord |
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