LITURGICAL CALENDAR YEAR 2022-2023
CELTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH
Liturgical Calendar of the Celtic Orthodox Church 2022-2023
Translated from the French, published by Éditions Hol Levenez
Le Bois Juhel
56130 Saint-Dolay, France
INTRODUCTION
The calendar of the Celtic Orthodox Church begins on the first Sunday of November after All Saints Day (November 1st). This choice reconciles two traditions, one linked to the Syrian Orthodox Church tradition, which begins the liturgical year on the first Sunday of November (after All Saints Day), and the other according to an ancient Western non-Roman custom. The calendar includes all the feasts and biblical readings of the liturgical cycle. It presents the Saints of the Universal Church as well as the principal Saints who have illuminated the history of the Celtic Orthodox Church.
The Liturgical year opens before us as a permanent invitation to deepen our spirituality. The calendar answers, “present,” to the call to deepen our faith in Christ Jesus. The Sunday and feast-day readings are an inheritance of many centuries that belongs to our spiritual heritage.
The liturgical cycle was developed over a period of time and set up by our Fathers under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. It is both a divine and human work, providentially proposed to our generation, in order that we may rediscover our spiritual roots in a world that is becoming more and more de-Christianized.
In this sense this calendar is prophetic for, drawing from ancient Western sources from before the Carolingian reforms, it is surprisingly suited to our times. This appears very clearly when we let ourselves be guided by this grouping together of feasts and readings that give rhythm to our daily life.
We hope that the liturgical cycle, experienced day after day by biblical readings—and understood as being the Word of God—continuing to guide and situate its people in history, may be a source of grace and strength throughout this year.
COVER PHOTO
Icon of the Prophet Elijah Rising into Heaven
Notre-Dame-du-Signe Cathedral © Celtic Orthodox Church
FEASTS AND FASTING AGENDA
WE FOLLOW THE WESTERN TRADITION REGARDING LITURGICAL COLORS:
Violet:
From the first day of Advent to Christmas Eve
From the Sunday before Ash Wednesday to the eve of Pascha (Easter)
For the Liturgies of the deceased and the sick
White:
From Christmas to the Sunday of the Wedding of Cana inclusively
From Pascha (Easter) to the eve of Pentecost
On the feasts of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Mother of God, and non-martyr saints Red:
Pentecost Sunday
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
All Saints’ Day
At the Liturgies of the Holy Spirit
At the Liturgies of the Holy Martyrs
Red:
Pentecost Sunday
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
All Saints’ Day
At the Liturgies of the Holy Spirit
At the Liturgies of the Holy Martyrs
Green:
From the first Sunday to the last Sunday after Pentecost
From the Monday after the Sunday of the Wedding of Cana to the Saturday before the Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday
Black:
Good Friday
Blue:
Feasts of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
Principal Solemn Feasts:
Epiphany – January 6
Theophany: 1st Sunday after Epiphany – January 8
Presentation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple – February 2
Ash Wednesday – February 22
Annunciation to the Most Holy Mother of God – March 25
Palm Sunday – April 2
Pascha (Easter) – April 9
Feasts of Rogations – May 15, 16 and 17
Ascension of Jesus Christ – May 18
Pentecost – May 28
Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ – August 6
Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God – August 15
Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God – September 8
Exaltation of the Most Holy Cross – September 14
Entrance into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God – November 21
Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ – December 25
Other Important Feasts:
Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch – February 22
Symeon the New Theologian – March 12
Aristobulus – March 15
Patrick – March 17
Columba – June 9
Restoration and feast of all the Saints and Righteous of the C.O.C. – June 15
This is the date of the consecration of Bishop Jules Ferrette by Metropolitan Boutros of the Syriac Orthodox Church; it took place in Damascus on June 2, 1866, according to the Julian calendar.
Nativity of John the Baptist – June 24
Peter and Paul – June 29
Dormition of Saint Anne – July 26
Joseph of Arimathea – July 31
Tugdual of Saint-Dolay – August 11
Clare of Assisi – August 11
Feast of Creation on the eve of the solemnity of Saint Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi – October 4
Clothilde of California – October 25
Gregory of Parumala – November 3
Columban – November 23
Nicholas of Feltham – December 31
*For pastoral reasons, feasts with fixed dates may be celebrated on the nearest Sunday.*
A community meal where we share what each one has brought follows the Eucharistic Liturgy of Pascha, Pentecost, the feasts of Saint Tugdual, Saint Francis, Our Lady of the Sign, and Christmas Eve.
Parish feast das
Notre-Dame-du-Signe Parish (Saint-Dolay – 56)
Francis of Assisi: October 4
Notre-Dame-du-Signe, dedication of Sainte-Présence monastery cathedral: November 27
Sainte-Aure Parish (Paris – 75)
Sainte Aurea: October 4
Saint-Gwenolé Parish (Beuzec-cap-Sizun – 29)
Saint Gwenolé: March 3
Saint-Tugdual Parish (Saint-Hilaire – 44)
Saint Tugdual: August 11
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish (Toms Brook, VA – United States)
Saint Francis of Assisi: 29 September
Sainte Clotilde of California: October 25
Saint Joseph the Just Parish (Florence, KY – United States)
Saint Joseph: May 1st
Saint Moses the Black (Swansea, SC – United States)
Saint Moses: August 28
Saints Peter and Paul Parish (Sellicks Beach – South Australia)
Saints Peter and Paul: June 29
Holy Cross Parish (Fife – Scotland)
Saint Andrew: November 30
Saint-Nicolas-de-Flüe et Saint-François-d’Assise Parish (Switzerland)
Saint Nicolas of Flüe: 31 March
Saint Francis of Assisi: October 4
Saint Gwenn Parish (Bridport, Dorset – England)
Saint Gwenn: October 18
Feasts for England:
Saint Gwenn (Marshwood, Bridport – England)
David: March 1st
George: April 23
Feasts for Scotland:
Andrew: November 30
Columba: June 9
*Opening of Saint-Symeon and Saint-Tugdual School of Theology*
(Variable date, beginning of October)
Reading for the Liturgy
Eph 1:16-19; 3:19-21
Hb 13:7-9
Eph 3:20-21
Mt 5:13-20
Rules for fasting:
♦ Bread and water every ordinary Friday
♦ Exaltation of the Cross: fast day, unless it falls on a Sunday
♦ Advent begins on November 12. The fast is partially lifted on Sunday. Everyone, except monks who observe a strict fast until the Feast of the Nativity, is allowed to eat animal sub-products (eggs or milk products).
♦ Great Lent begins on Ash Wednesday – strict fast (no animal products).
♦ Eucharistic:
Morning Liturgy – begins at midnight.
Liturgy during Lent (5:30 P.M.) – begins at noon.
No fasting:
From Christmas to the closing of the Theophany
From Pascha (Easter) to Pentecost
Lenten Services:
The Eucharistic Liturgy replaces Vespers every Wednesday and Friday from Ash Wednesday to Pascha (Easter).
The Prayer of Saint Ephrem the Syrian is recited at the end of every office during Lent from Ash Wednesday to Palm Saturday. They are omitted on Fridays after Vespers and Sundays until None inclusively. No Angelus is recited during Holy Week.
The Prayer of Saint Ephrem (recited kneeling down)
O Lord and Master of my life,
take from me the spirit of sloth,
faint-heartedness, lust of power, and idle talk.
But give rather the spirit of chastity,
humility, patience and love to Your servant.
Yes, O Lord and King,
grant that I may see my own errors
and not to judge my brother,
O You who are blessed unto the Age of ages,
Amen.
(Performing a Metany each time we repeat the prayer 3 times:)
O God, purify me a sinner!
HOW TO USE THIS CALENDAR
Reading of Biblical References:
For example:
2Co 3:4-15, 18; 4:1; 6:13-15a
2Co: refer to the Biblical abbreviations on page 7;
The first number: the chapter;
The following numbers: the verses;
A dash between 2 Arabic numerals (4-15) means that verse 4 is read to verse 15 inclusively;
A comma (15,18) means that we read verse 15 and then skip to verse 18;
A semicolon means a change of chapter;
[a] means the first part of the verse; [b] the second.
For the example above we read:
2nd Epistle to Corinthians, chapter 3, verse 4 to verse 15 inclusively; then verse 18 to Chapter 4, verse 1; then to chapter 6, verse 13 until the first part of verse 15 inclusively.
Psalms:
We remind you that the Psalms in this calendar are numbered according to the Septuagint—that is, the Greek translation of the Old Testament.
Alphabetical Abbreviations of Biblical Books
Ac Acts of the Apostles
Am Amos
Ap Apocalypse or Revelation
Ba Baruch Cant Canticle of Canticles or Song of
Songs
1Ch 1 Chronicles
2Ch 2 Chronicles
1Co 1 Corinthians
2Co 2 Corinthians
Col Colossians
Dn Daniel
Dt Deuteronomy
Eccles Ecclesiastes or Qoheleth
Eph Ephesians
Es Esther
Ex Exodus
Ezk Ezekiel
Ezr Ezra
Gal Galatians
Gn Genesis
Hab Habakkuk
Hb Hebrews
Hg Haggai
Ho Hosea
Is Isaiah
Jas James
Jb Job
Jdg Judges
Jdt Judith
Jer Jeremiah
Jl Joel
Jn John
1Jn 1 John
2Jn 2 John
3Jn 3 John
Jon Jonah
Jos Joshua
Jude Jude
1Kg 1 Kings
2Kg 2 Kings
La Lamentations
Lk Luke
Lv Leviticus
1Mc 1 Maccabees
2Mc 2 Maccabees
Mi Micah
Mk Mark
Ml Malachi
Mt Matthew
Na Nahum
Ne Nehemiah
Nm Numbers
Ob Obadiah
1P 1 Peter
2P 2 Peter
Phil Philippians
Phm Philemon
Prov Proverbs
Ps Psalms
Rm Romans
Ru Ruth
Si Ecclesiasticus or Sirach
1Sm 1 Samuel
2Sm 2 Samuel
Tb Tobit
1Th 1 Thessalonians
2Th 2 Thessalonians
Ti Titus
1Tm 1 Timothy
2Tm 2 Timothy
Wis Wisdom (of Solomon)
Zec Zechariah
Zep Zephaniah, Sophronias
LITURGICAL YEAR 2022-2023
CELTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH LITURGICAL CALENDAR
Friday 6 January 2023
Epiphany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(The Three Kings)
Melanius, Bishop of Rennes (530)
Schottin, hermit of Kilkenny (6th c.)
Diman Dubh, student of St Columba, Bishop of Connor (658)
Edeyrn, recluse in Brittany, companion of King Arthur (6thc.)
Merinus, hermit, Patron of Paisley, Scotland (620)
Hywyn, founder of Aberdaron in Gwynedd, Wales (516)
Peter, 1st Abbot of the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul at Canterbury (607)
Epiphany:
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
Nm 24:15-25
♦ Liturgy:
Is 60:1-16
Ap 21:9-11, 23-27
Mt 2:1-12
♦ Liturgy of the Day:
Wis 5:6-14
Eph 4:25-32
Lk 7:31-35
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Saturday 7 January 2023
(Closing of the Nativity – Forefeast of the Theophany
Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov (1696)
Tillo, Abbot of Solignac (702)
Kentigerna, hermitess of Loch Lomond (734)
Cronan Beg, Bishop of Aendrum, County Down, Ireland (7th c.)
Cedd of Lastingham, Bishop of Essex, 1st Abbot of Lastingham (664)
Brannock of Braunton, Wales (6th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Is 12:3-6
Ac 13:25-33
Jn 1:29-34
♦ Vespers:
Ps 28 and Ps 113
♦ 1st Nocturn:
Ps 26
Ex 15:22 – 16:1
Jos 3:7-8, 15-17
THEOPHANY
Sunday 8 January 2023
Theophany
Agathon, hermit in Egypt (c. 435)
Frodobert, monk of Luxeuil, Founder of Moutier-la-Celle (673)
Albert and Erhard, of Ireland, Bishop-missionary en Bavaria (686)
Lucian, 1st Bishop, Maximian and Julian, martyrs at Beauvais (286)
Gudula, virgin, Patroness of Brussels (712)
Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury (923)
Ergnad of Ulster, nun (5th c.)
Wulsin, Bishop of Sherborne (1005)
Nathalan, Bishop of Aberdeenshire, Scotland (678)
♦ 2nd Nocturn:
Ps 73
2K 2:19-22
Is 12: 3-6
Ac 13:25-33
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
Ps 22
1Co 10:1-4
Is 12:3-6
Ac 13:25-33
Jn 1:29-34
♦ Matins:
Is 35:1-10
Mk 1:1-8
Ps 28 and Ps 113
♦ Liturgy:
2K 5:9-14
Rm 6:3-11
Mt 3:13-17
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Monday 9 January 2023
Peter II, Bishop of Sebaste (391)
Faolan [Fillan], abbot of Stathfillan, hermit at Pittenween (750)
Brithwald, Abbotof Glastonbury Abbey, Archbishopof Canterbury(731)
Paschasia, virgin and martyr near Dijon (178)
Adrian, Abbot of St Augustine’s, Canterbury (710)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 5:15-23
Eph 5:1-8a
Lk 7:36-50
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Tuesday 10 January 2023
Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, Father of the Church (394)
Sethrida, 2nd abbess of Faremoutiers (660)
Dermot, Abbot of Innis-Clotran Island, Ireland (6th c.)
Thomian, Archbishop of Armagh (7th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 6:1-11
Eph 5:8b-21
Lk 8:5-15
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Wednesday 11 January 2023
Theodosius the Cenobiarch, Abbot-Hermit in Palestine (529)
Theodosius of Antioch, Abbot-Founder in Cilicia (412)
Ethne and Fedelma of Connaught, virgins (433)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 6:12-25
Eph 5:25-33
Lk 8:16-21
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Thursday 12 January 2023
Tatiana, deaconess at Rome, martyr (225)
Caesaria, Abbess at Arles (540)
Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth (690)
38 Monks of Iona martyred by the Vikings (806)
Alan ab Erbin, King of Cornwall (480)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 7:1-14
Eph 6:1-9
Lk 8:22-25
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Friday 13 January 2023
James, Bishop of Nisibis, Father of the Church (350)
Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Father of the Church (368)
Kentigern, Bishop-Abbot of Glasgow (603)
Elian of Llanelian, Anglesey, Wales (6th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 7:15-21
Eph 6:10-17
Lk 8:26-39
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Saturday 14 January 2023
Nina, hermit in Georgia (325)
Sava I, Patriarch of Serbia (1237)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 7:22 – 8:1
Eph 6:18-24
Lk 9:37-43a
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Sunday 15 January 2023
Paul, First Hermit in Thebes (342)
Ita, princess of Ireland, abbess of Killeedy (570)
John Calabytes (“the Hut-Dweller”), monk of the Acemetes (450)
Ceolwulf of Lindisfarne, King of Northumbria (765)
Lleudadd, Abbot of Bardsey, Gwynedd, Wales (6thc.)
♦ Matins:
Jn 20:1-18
♦ Liturgy:
Is 61:1-3, 9a; 62:11-12a
Eph 4:23-28
Lk 2:42a-52
♦ Vespers:
Ps 92:1b
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Monday 16 January 2023
Fursey, from Ireland, Bishop-Founder of Lagny (650)
Honoratus, abbot of Lerins, Bishop of Arles (429)
James of Syria, 1st Bishop of Tarentaise (429)
Dunchaid O’Braoin, hermit, Abbot on Clonmacnoise, near Westmeath, Ireland (988)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 8:2-8
Phil 1:1-11
Lk 9:43a-48
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Tuesday 17 January 2023
Anthony the Great, abbot-founder in the Thebaid (356)
Mildgytha, princess of Mercia, abbess of Wenlock (676)
Nennius, one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland (ca. 6thc.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 8:9-16
Phil 1:12-20a
Lk 9:49-56
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Wednesday 18 January 2023
(Beginning of Christian Unity Week)
Deicola [Desle], Abbot-Founder of Lure (625)
Prisca, martyr at Rome (250)
♦ Liturgy of the Day:
Wis 8:17-21
Phil 1:20b-30
Lk 9:57-62
Beginning of Unity Week:
♦ Liturgy:
Eph 4:1-7, 13-21
Jn 17:1, 11-23
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Thursday 19 January 2023
Macarius the Great, priest-monk of Scetes (391)
Blathmac and companions, monks at Iona, martyrs (824)
Branwallader, of Cornwall, Bishop in Jersey (6thc.)
Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester (1095)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 9:1-8
Phil 2:1-11
Lk 10:1-15
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Friday 20 January 2023
Euthymius the Great, abbot in Palestine (471)
Sebastian, martyr at Rome (288)
Fechin, Founder and 1st Abbot of Fobhar Monastery, Westmeath, Ireland (665)
Molagga, Founder and 1st Abbot of Fermoy Monastery, Wales (655)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 10:1-8
Phil 2:12-18
Lk 10:16-24
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Saturday 21 January 2023
Agnes, martyr at Rome (304)
Patroclus, 1st Bishop of Troyes, martyr (259)
Meinrad, monk of Reichenau, hermit at Einsiedeln (861)
Vimin, Scottish bishop, Founder of Holywood Monastery (6thc.)
Brigid of Kilbride (6th c.)
Maccallin, Founder of Waulsort Abbey, near Dinant, Belgium (978)
Lawdog of Wales (6th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 10:9-14
Phil 2:19-30
Lk 10:24-37
WEDDING AT CANA
Sunday 22 January 2023
(Wedding at Cana)
Solen or Solemnis, from Ireland, Bishop of Chartres (509)
Timothy, disciple, Bishop of Ephesus, martyr (97)
Vincent, deacon of Saragossa, martyr (304)
Brithwold, Bishop of Ramsbury, See moved later to Old Sarum (1045)
♦ Matins:
Mt 28:1-15
♦ Liturgy:
Nm 20:1-13
Rm 8:22-27
Jn 2:1-11
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Monday 23 January 2023
Maimbod, from Ireland, martyr at Dampierre (c. 880)
John the Almoner, Pope of Alexandria (619)
Barnard, founder of Romans-sur-Isère, Bishop of Vienne (842)
Theophan the Recluse, Bishop of Tambov (1894)
Colman, Abbot-Bishop of the monastery of Lismore, Ireland (702)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 10:15 – 11:3
Phil 3:1-8a
Lk 10:38-42
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Tuesday 24 January 2023
Cadoc, hermit at Etel, abbot-founder of Llancarfan, martyr (588)
Ebertram, monk of Luxeuil, founder of Saint Quentin (7thc.)
Guasacht, Bishop of Granard, Ireland (5th c.)
Manach, Founder of Lemonaghan Monastery, Ireland (664)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 11:4-14
Phil 3:8b-19
Lk 11:1-8
GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN
CELTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH LITURGICAL CALENDAR
Wednesday 25 January 2023
Conversion of Saint Paul
Gregory the Theologian (also called Gregory Nazianzus), Patriarch of Constantinople,
Father of the Church (380)
Dwynwen, hermitess of Llanddwyn Island, off the coast of Anglesey, Wales (5th c.)
Eochod, Apostle of the Picts of Galloway, Scotland (697)
Conversion of Saint Paul:
♦ Liturgy:
Si 2:1-11
Ac 9:1-22
Jn 13:34-35; 14:2-4
♦ Liturgy of the Day:
Wis 11:15-20
Phil 3:20 – 4:9
Lk 11:9-13
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Thursday 26 January 2023
Theofrid, monk of Luxeuil, 1st Bishop-Abbot of Corbie (690)
Ausille, Bishop of Fréjus, martyr (5th c.)
Conan, Irish monk of Iona, Bishop of the Southern Hebrides and the Isle of Man (c. 648)
Tortgith, nun of Barking Abbey (c. 700)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 11:21 – 12:2
Phil 4:10-23
Lk 11:14-23
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Friday 27 January 2023
Julian, 1st Bishop of Le Mans (3rdc.)
Peter the Egyptian, hermit in Syria (400)
Natalis, monk and abbot of Ireland (564)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 12:3:11a
Col 1:1-12
Lk 11:23-28
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Saturday 28 January 2023
Ephrem the Syrian, Father of the Church (378)
Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh, Father of the Church (7th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 12:11b-18
Col 1:13-20
Lk 11:29-32
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Sunday 29 January 2023
Gildas the Wise, founder of Rhuys (570)
Valerius, 2nd Bishop of Trèves (320)
Sulpicius, Bishop of Bourges (7th c.)
Dallán Forghaill, martyr, scholar, poet (598)
Blath, cook at St Brigid’s convent in Kildare (523)
Voloc, Irish missionary bishop in Scotland (724)
Triphina of Brittany, nun (6th c.)
♦ Matins:
Mk 16:1-8
♦ Liturgy:
Is 6:1-10
1Co 1:26-31
Lk 4:16-22
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Monday 30 January 2023
Bathildis, Queen of France, nun-foundress of Chelles (680)
Aldegonde, foundress of Maubeuge (684)
John, Bishop of Saint-Denis (1970)
Amnichad, Irish or Scottish hermit at Fulda, Germany (1043)
Tibbe of Brecknock, virgin (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 12:19-22
Col 1:21-29
Lk 11:33-41
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Tuesday 31 January 2023
Maedoc, founder of Ferns (632)
Marcella, martyr at Rome (410)
Aidan, 1st Bishop of Ferns (632)
Melangell, Welsh virgin and hermitess (590)
Adamnan, monk and prophet at monastery of Coldingham, (680)
Eusebius, Irish martyr, monk of Saint Gall Abbey (884)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 13:1-9
Col 2:1-7
Lk 11:42-54
SAINT BRIGID
Wednesday 1st February 2022
(Forefeast of the Presentation in the Temple of Our Lord Jesus Christ)
Brigid of Ireland, Foundress-Abbess of Cill-Dara (Kildare) (524)
Sigebert, King of Austrasia (656)
Eubert, 1st Bishop of Lille (294)
Cinnia, Princess of Ulster, nun, converted by St Patrick (5th c.)
Derlugdach of Kildare, 2nd Abbess of Kildare, friend of St Brigid (ca. 524)
Jarleth, Bishop of Armagh, disciple of St Patrick (480)
Seiriol, Abbot of Penmon (Anglesey) and Ynys Seiriol (Puffin Island) (6th c.)
Euny, missionary in Western Cornwall (6th c.)
Crewenna, missionary in Cornwall (5th c.)
♦ Vespers:
Ps 96 and 97
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 13:10-19
Col 2:8-13a
Lk 12:1-12
PURIFICATION OF THE VIRGIN-CANDLEMAS
Thursday 2 February 2022
(Presentation in the Temple of Our Lord Jesus Christ – Candlemas)
Purification of the Virgin – Candlemas
Adalbald, Duke of Flanders, martyr at Ostrevant (652)
Erlulf, 4th Abbot of Werden, martyr (830)
Columbanus of Ghent, hermit (959)
Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury (619)
Ronan, Bishop of the Isle of Man (6th c.)
Columbanus the Hermit (959)
Feock of Cornwall (unknown)
Presentation in the Temple:
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
1Co 7:25-40
♦ Liturgy:
Si 24:23-31
Rm 8:3-11
Lk 2:22-40
♦ Liturgy of the Day:
Wis 14:1-11
Col 2:13b-19
Lk 12:13-21
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Friday 3 February 2022
Symeon the Just (1st c.)
Anne the Prophetess (1st c.)
Maximus the Confessor (662)
Blaise, Bishop of Sebastea, martyr (320)
Barsauma, Father of Syrian monasticism (491)
Ia (Ives) of Cornwall, martyr (450)
Colman, bishop, founder of monastery at Kilmacduagh (632)
Werburga of Chester, Abbess of Hanbury (699)
Werburgh, Abbess of Bardney (ca. 785)
Caellainn of Roscommon, nun and virgin, Donegal (6th c.)
Cuanna, nun at Kilcooney (651)
Cuannan, monk at Moville (743)
Laurence, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury (619)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 14:12-21
Col 2:20 – 3:4
Lk 12:22-32
APOSTLE TIMOTHY OF THE SEVENTY
Saturday 4 February 2022
Apostle Timothy of the Seventy (ca. 96)
Rabanus Maurus, of Ireland, Bishop of Mainz (856)
Vulgis, abbot of Lobbes (760)
Modan of Melrose, abbot then hermit (6th c.)
Aldate, Bishop of Gloucester, martyr (577)
Liephard, martyr and companion to King Caedwalla (690)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 14:22-26
Col 3:5-11
Lk 12:32-40
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Sunday 5 February 2022
Bertulf, abbot-founder of Renty (705)
Agatha, martyr in Sicily (251)
Avitus, Bishop of Vienne (520)
Indract and Dominica of Glastonbury, martyrs (708)
Buo of Ireland, monk, missionary to Norwegians on Iceland and Faroe Islands (ca. 900)
Merryo, hermit at Bangor (7th c.)
Tuor, king in Wessex (730)
Vodalus, missionary and hermit (725)
♦ Matins:
Lk 24:1-12
♦ Liturgy:
Ez 37:19-26
Gal 5:26 – 6:6
Jn 4:46-54
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Monday 6 February 2022
Barsanuphius the Great, hermit at Gaza (563)
Amand, Bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht, founder de Tournai (684)
Vedast, Bishop of Arras and Cambrai (540)
Mael, Bishop-Abbot of Ardagh and Maelchu (488)
Ine, King of Wessex [and his wife Ethelburga] (727)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 14:27-31
Col 3:12-17
Lk 12:41-48
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Tuesday 7 February 2022
Meldon, from Ireland, priest at Peronne (6thc.)
Tressanof Mareuil-sur-Marne, missionary, hermit at Avenay (550)
Richard of Wessex (720)
Aule [Augulus] of London, martyr (303)
Aedh, Bishop of Sletty, Ireland (700)
Maonacan, Founder of monastery of Athleague, county Roscommon, Ireland (ca. 500)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 14:27-31
Col 3:12-17
Lk 12:41-48
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Wednesday 8 February 2022
The Prophet Zechariah (ca. 500 B.C.)
Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Father of the Syrian Church (538)
Nicetius, Bishop of Besancon (613)
Paul, Bishop of Verdun, hermit (469)
Elfleda, Abbess of Whitby (714)
Theodore Stratelates, warrior and martyr (319)
Cuthman of Steyning, shepherd and hermit (8th c.)
Conon, bishop and monastic founder on the Isle of Man (648)
Colman, Abbot of Clonard, Country Meath, Ireland (653)
Kigwe of Monmouth, virgin, (5th c.)
Oncho of Clonmore, poet and pilgrim (600)
Ternoc of Clonmore, monk and hermit (569)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 15:1-6
Col 3:18 – 4:1
Lk 12:49-53
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Thursday 9 February 2022
Ansbert, Bishop of Rouen, 3rd Abbot of Fontenelle (695)
Teilo, 2nd Bishop-Abbot of Llandaff (580)
Alto, Abbot-Founder of Altomuenster (ca. 760)
Cronan the Wise, bishop of Ireland (8th c.)
Eingan of Llanengan, Welsh prince and hermit (6thc.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 16:5-14
Eph 4:25-32
Lk 13:1-9
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Friday 10 February 2022
Austreberta, foundress of Pavilly (704)
Fagan, Bishop of Glastonbury (2nd c.)
Scholastica, abbess of Nursia (543)
Trumwin of Abercorn, Scottish bishop (704)
Morwenna, Cornish virgin (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 16:15-20
Eph 5:1-8a
Lk 13:10-17
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Saturday 11 February 2022
Gobnait, abbess of Ballyvourney (6th c.)
Jarlath, Bishop of Armagh (480)
Benedict, abbot of Aniane (821)
Caedmon of Whitby, monk and hymnographer (680)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 16:21-29
Eph 5:8b-21
Lk 13:18-21
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Sunday 12 February 2022
Meletius the Great, Patriarch of Antioch, Father of the Church (381)
Ethelwald (Dólaè, Aelwez, Dolay), monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne, disciple of St
Cuthbert (740)
Ludan the Pilgrim, prince of Scotland (1202)
Siadhal, Bishop of Dublin (785)
Factna, Bishop of Armagh (874)
♦ Matins:
Jn 20:1-18
♦ Liturgy:
Jer 33:14-22
1Co 1:3-11
Jn 3:16-21
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Monday 13 February 2022
Aquila and Priscilla, disciples, martyrs en Asia Minor (1stc.)
Martinian, hermit of Caesarea, in Palestine (ca. 398)
Ermengilda, queen in Mercia, Abbess of Ely (700)
Huno, monk-priest of Ely (690)
Dyfnog of Clwyd, Wales (7th c.)
Modomnoc, Bishop of Ossory, hermit at Tibraghny (550)
Rioc, hermit at Gwengad (4th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 17:1-8
Eph 5:25-33
Lk 13:22-30
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Tuesday 14 February 2022
Cyril, apostle of the Slavs (869)
Valentine, Bishop of Terni, martyr (269)
Conran, Bishop of Orkney Islands (dates unknown)
Blavili, hermit at Faoc (6th c.)
Manchan, Abbot of Mohill (651)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 17:9-21
Eph 6:1-9
Lk 13:31-35
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Wednesday 15 February 2022
Waningus, Founder of Fécamp (7th c.)
Faustinus, priest, Jovite, deacon of Brescia, martyr (120)
Onesimus, Apostle of the Seventy (1st c.)
Oswy, King of Northumbria (670)
Berach, Founder of Abbey at Cluain, Ireland (595)
Dochow of Wales, founded monastery in Cornwall (473)
Farannan, Abbot of Iona then hermit, disciple of St Columba (590)
Sigfrid of Glastonbury, Apostle of Sweden (ca. 1045)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 18:1-9
Eph 6:10-17
Lk 14:1-11
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Thursday 16 February 2022
Prophet Azarias (10th c. B.C.)
Tanco (Tancho), of Ireland, 3rd Bishop of Werden, martyr (ca. 800)
Armentarius, Bishop of Antibes (460)
Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (449)
Guevroc of St-Pol-de-Leon (ca. 547)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 19:18-22
Eph 6:18-24
Lk 14:12-15
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Friday 17 February 2022
Finan, 2nd Bishop-Abbot of Lindisfarne (661)
Silvin of Ireland, Bishop-missionary around Therouanne (718)
Mariamne, disciple (1st c.)
Fintan, Abbot of Clonenagh, Ireland (603)
Cormac, Bishop and Abbot of Trim (741)
Loman, 1st Bishop of Trim, in Meath, Ireland (450)
Fortchern, 2nd Bishop of Trim (6thc.)
Aldate, of Gloucester, martyr (6thc.)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 1:1-10
Phil 1:1-11
Lk 14:16-24
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Saturday 18 February 2022
Colman, 3rd Bishop-Abbot of Lindisfarne (675)
Angilbert, abbot of Centula (814)
Leontius, Bishop of Metz (451)
Berchart, Abbot of Tallylease (780)
Colman, Bishop and Abbot of Lindisfarne (675)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 4:1-10
Phil 1:12-20a
Lk 14:25-35
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Sunday before the Ashes
Sunday 19 February 2022
Mesrob Mashdots the Translator, prince of Armenia (5thc.)
Valerius, Bishop of Antibes, martyr (450)
Leu, Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saone (610)
Archipus and Philemon, Apostles of the Seventy (1st c.)
Odran, Ireland, martyr (452)
Baithin, monk (592)
Maoldobharchon, Bishop of Kildare (708)
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
Si 2:7-18
♦ Matins:
Mt 28:1-15
♦ Liturgy:
Jer 7:1-7
1Co 1:3-9
Mt 17:1-13
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Monday 20 February 2022
Bessarion, hermit at Skete (ca. 400)
Eucherius, monk of Jumiege, Bishop of Orleans (743)
Eleutherius, Bishop of Tournai, martyr (532)
Colgan, Abbot of Clonmacnoise, Ireland (796)
Mildred, Anglian princess, Abbess of monastery at Thanet in France (ca. 700)
Bolcan, Bishop of Derkan, Ireland, baptized by St Patrick (480)
Colchu (Colga) the Wise, Abbot of Lusk (794)
Cuthbert, Bishop and Abbot of Lindisfarne (687)
Tyrannron, Bishop of Tyr, and Silvanus, martyrs under Diocletian (310)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 4:11-19
Phil 1:20b-30
Lk 15:1-10
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Tuesday 21 February 2022
Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch (377)
Germanus, Founder de Moutier-Grandval, martyr (677)
Emebert, Bishop of Cambrai (710)
Elwin of Cornwall (6th c.)
Erkengota, princess of Kent, virgin of Faremoutiers (660)
♦ Liturgy:
Wis 4:20-31
Phil 2:1-11
Lk 15:11-32
ASH WEDNESDAY
Wednesday 22 February 2022
(Called Ash Wednesday) First Day of the Fast
Imposition of the ashes at the beginning of the Liturgy
and beginning of the Prayer of Saint Ephrem the Syrian
Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch
Abilius, 2nd Pope of Alexandria (97)
Aristion, disciple (1st c.)
Paschasius, Bishop of Vienne (312)
Melbride, Abbot of Iona (927)
Elwin, martyr, missionary to Cornwall (6th c.)
Chair of Saint Peter
♦ Liturgy:
Is 32:1, 3-9, 15-18
Ac 12:1-17
Mt 16:13-19
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
Ex 20:1-17
♦ Liturgy;
Jl 2:12-13
Gal 4:21-31
Mt 6:16-21
♦ Sext:
Wis 12:12-22
♦ None:
Prov 1:23-32; 7:1-2
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Thursday 23 February 2022
Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr (167)
Milburga, 2nd Abbess of Wenlock (715)
Alexander, Abbot of the Acemetes [The Unsleeping Ones] (430)
Boswell [Boisil], Abbot of Melrose (661)
Finnian, Abbot of Cluain Lorarrd (549)
Jurmin, prince in East Anglia, confessor (7th c.)
♦ Liturgy;
Is 38:1-6
Jas 1:2-12
Jn 1:1-14
♦ 1st Nocturn:
1st part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
MATTHIAS APOSTLE
Friday 24 February 2022
Matthias, Apostle, martyr (63)
Ethelbert, King of Kent (616)
Cummain Ailbe [Cumine the White], Abbot of Iona (669)
Caedmon of Whitby, monk (680)
Matthias:
♦ Liturgy:
Ac 1:15-26
♦ Liturgy of the Day:
Is 56:1-12
Jas 1:13-21
Jn 1:15-29
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Saturday 25 February 2022
Leonhard, monk of Bangor, Abbot-Founder of Marmoutier (618)
Adeltruda, 2nd abbess of Maubeuge (696)
Walburga, Abbess of Heidenheim (779)
Ethelbert, King of Kent (616)
♦ Liturgy:
Is 58:9b-14
Jas 1:22-27
Jn 1:29-34
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2nd Week of Lent
Monday 27 February 2022
Leander, Bishop of Seville, Father of the Church (596)
Honorina, martyr in Normandy (393)
Comgan, Abbot of Glenthsen or Killeshin, Ireland (570)
Alnoth of Stowe, hermit, martyr (ca. 700)
Herefrith, Bishop of Lindsey, England (869)
♦ Liturgy:
Is 1:16-19
Jas 2:1-5
Jn 1:35-51
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Tuesday 28 February 2022
Ruellinus, 2nd Bishop-abbot of Treguier (6thc.)
Romanus, abbot-founder of Condat (ca. 460)
Sillian, Abbot of Bangor (610)
Ermina of Ireland, (6th c.)
Madoc, Bishop of Llanmadog (6thc.)
Oswald, Archbishop of Worcester and York (992)
Ternoc of Kilnasaggart (718)
Llibio of Anglesey (6thc.)
♦ Liturgy:
Is 45:6-11
Jas 2:6-13
Jn 2:12-23
VIRGILIUS OF LERINS BISHOP OF ARIES
2nd Sunday of Lent – The Samaritan Woman
Sunday 5 March 2023
Virgilius of Lerins, Bishop of Arles (610)
Ciaran (or Kieran) the Elder, abbot of Saighir, 1stBishop of Ossory (530)
Piran of Padstowe, hermit in Cornwall (ca. 480)
Colman of Armagh, disciple of St Patrick (5th c.)
Caron, Bishop of Tregaron, Dyfed, Wales (unknown)
♦ 2nd Nocturn:
Dn 2:1-25
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
1P 3:5-9
♦ Matins:
Lk 24:1-12
♦ Liturgy:
Dn 2:26-27, 31-47
Jas 2:21-26
Jn 4:5-42
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3rd Week of Lent
Monday 6 March 2023
Fridolin, of Ireland, Founded monastery at Sackingen (540)
Cadroe, of Ireland, Abbot of Waul (971)
Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz (766)
Kyneburga, Kynewide Abbesses of Castor, and Tibba (ca. 680)
Baldred of Glasgow, priest and hermit (756)
♦ Liturgy:
Jer 3:20-22
Jas 4:7-10
Jn 5:28-30
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Tuesday 7 March 2023
Paul the Simple, monk in the Thebaid (340)
Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs at Carthage (203)
Enodoch of Cornwall (ca. 520)
Esterwine, Abbot of Weamouth, England (688)
♦ Liturgy:
1K 17:8-16
Jas 4:11-17
Jn 5:31-38
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Wednesday 8 March 2023
Senan, Bishop of Scattery Island (560)
Julian, Bishop of Toledo (690)
Felix of Dunwich, Apostle of East Anglia (7th c.)
Duthac of Ross, Scotland (unknown)
♦ Liturgy:
Jer 18: 7-11
Jas 5:1-11
Jn 5:39 – 6:2
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Thursday 9 March 2023
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (320)
Constantine, King of Cornwall, martyr (576)
Bosa, Bishop of York (705)
♦ Liturgy:
Jer 17:5-10
Jas 5:12-15
Jn 6:5-14
♦ 1st Nocturn:
3rd part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
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Friday 10 March 2023
Attalas, 2nd Abbot of Bobbio (627)
Himelin, of Ireland, Priest at Vissemaeken (750)
Anastasia the Patrician, hermitess at Skete (6thc.)
Kessog of Lennox, bishop in Scotland (ca. 560)
Emilian, born in Ireland, Abbot of Lagny (675)
♦ Liturgy:
Jer 25:1-7
Jas 5:16-20
Jn 6:15-21
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Saturday 11 March 2023
Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (644)
Aengus of Keld, the Culdee, Abbot of Cluain-eidneach (824)
Ceratius, Bishop of Eauze (5th c.)
Constantine, Scotland’s first martyr (unknown)
♦ Liturgy:
Jer 6:6-21
1P 1:1-9
Jn 6:24-29
SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN
3rd Sunday of Lent – The Man Born Blind
Sunday 12 March 2023
Symeon the New Theologian (1021)
Paul Aurelian, 1st Bishop-Abbot in Léon (573)
Tanguy, Founder of Monastery at Gerber (594)
Mura McFeredach, Abbot of Fahan in County Derry (ca. 654)
♦ 2nd Nocturn:
Dn 9:4-19
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
Nm 22:2 – 23:10
1Jn 2:8-12
♦ Matins:
Jn 9:39 – 10:9
♦ Liturgy:
Dn 4:16-24, 30-34
1Jn 1:5-9
Jn 9:1-38
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4th Week of Lent
Monday 13 March 2023
Euphrasia of Constantinople, nun of the Thebaid (410)
Mochoemoc, of Ireland, founded Liath-Mochoemoc(656)
Gerald of Ireland, Abbot of Mayo (732)
Kevoca, honored in Kyle in Scotland (7th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
♦ 2nd Nocturn:
Dn 9:4-19
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
Nm 22:2 – 23:10
1Jn 2:8-12
♦ Matins:
Jn 9:39 – 10:9
♦ Liturgy:
Dn 4:16-24, 30-34
1Jn 1:5-9
Jn 9:1-38
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Tuesday 14 March 2023
Leobinus, Bishop of Chartres (556)
Kyrin, 1st Bishop of Ross (ca. 630)
Talmach of Lough Erc, founder of a monastery (7th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
2K 4:1-7
1P 1:16-21
Jn 6:35-40
BEGINNING OF LITURGICAL CALENDAR YEAR 2022-2023
Wednesday 15 March 2023
Aristobulus, disciple, 1st Bishop of Britain, martyr (1st c.)
Longinus the Centurion, martyr à Caesarea of Palestine (1stc.)
Aristobulus:
♦ Liturgy:
Is 42:1-4
1P 5:1-11
Jn 3:1-11
♦ Liturgy of the Day:
Jl 2:15-17
1P 3:10-15
Jn 6:41-47
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Thursday 16 March 2023
Gregory of Armenia, Bishop of Nicopolis, hermit at Pithiviers (3rd c.)
Eusebia, Abbess de Hamage (680)
Abraham the Solitary, hermit near Edessa (6thc.)
Abban, Abbot of Kill-Abban, Ireland (620)
Finnian of Lobhar, Abbot of Swords, near Dublin (560)
♦ Liturgy:
Ex 20:12-24
1P 4:7-11
Jn 6:47-55
♦ 1st Nocturn:
4th part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
PATRICK APOSTLE OF IRELAND BISHOP OF ARMAGH
Friday 17 March 2023
Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, Bishop of Armagh (461)
Gertrude, Abbess of Nivelles (659)
Agricola, Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saone (580)
Llinio of Llandinam, Abbot and Founder of Llandinam, Powys, Wales (520)
♦ Liturgy:
Mi 7:18-20
1P 5:6-11
Jn 6:56-59
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Saturday 18 March 2023
Edward the Martyr, King of England (978)
Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Father of the Church (386)
Frigidian, of Ireland, Bishop-Abbot of Lucca, hermit (588)
♦ Liturgy:
Am 5:14-15
2P 1:5-11
Jn 6:60-66
SUNDAY OF LENT
4th Sunday of Lent – Mid-Lent
Sunday 19 March 2023
Joseph the Just,Spouse of Mary (1st c.)
Leontius, Bishop of Saintes (640)
Lachtnan, Founder of Clonfert, Ireland
Landoald, Abbot-Founder of Wintershaven and Amance (668)
Alkmund of Northumbria, martyred in Shropshire (ca. 800)
Joseph the Just:
♦ Matins:
Lk 2:41-52
♦ Liturgy:
Si 45:1-4
Col 3:14-15, 17
Mt 2:19-23
♦ Vespers:
Ps 111 and 112
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
Ps 2 and 96
♦ Liturgy of the Day:
♦ 2nd Nocturn:
Dn 10:12 – 11:2; 12:1-13
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
Jas 4:11-17
♦ Matins:
Jn 8:15-20
♦ Liturgy:
Dn 10:2-12, 15-16a, 19b
Jas 3:14-18
Jn 7:14-30
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5th Week of Lent
Monday 20 March 2023
Cuthbert, Bishop-Abbot of Lindisfarne (687)
Wulfram, Bishop of Sens, apostle of Frisia (720)
Remigius, Bishop of Strasbourg (783)
Herbert, hermit of Derwentwater (687)
♦ Liturgy:
Is 1:1-4, 24-26
2P 1:12-21
Jn 8:3-11
BENEDICT ABBOT-FOUNDER OF NURSIA
Tuesday 21 March 2023
Benedict, Abbot-Founder of Nursia (547)
Enda of Arranmore, Founder of Cashel (ca. 530)
Nicolas, hermit at Flue (1487)
Isenger, Irish Bishop of Verdun (9th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Is 5:20,23-27
1Jn 1:1-4
Jn 8:21-30
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Wednesday 22 March 2023
Paul Sergius, 1st Bishop of Narbonne (290)
Ruff, 1st Bishop of Avignon
Darerca, Queen in Scotland (5th c.)
Failbhe, Abbot of Iona (ca. 680)
Trien, Abbot of Killelga (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
Ho 5:10; 7:13-16; 13:4
1Jn 1:10 – 2:2
Jn 8:31-45
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Thursday 23 March 2023
Ethelwald, hermit at Lindisfarne (699)
Victorian and Fromentius, martyrs at Adrumentum (484)
Eusebius II, Bishop of Tricastin (600)
Gwinear, Phiala and companions, martyrs near Penzance, Cornwall (460)
Maidoc (Mo-Mhaedog), Abbot of Fiddown (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy:
♦ Liturgy:
Jer 9:7-9, 12
1Jn 2:3-11
Jn 8:52-59
♦ 1st Nocturn:
Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
FOREFEAST OF THE ANNUNICATION
Friday 24 March 2023
(Forefeast of the Annunciation)
Gabriel the Archangel
Sara-o-Kali, hermitess at Skete (4th c.)
Hildelitba, nun of Chelles, 2nd Abbess of Barking (717)
Caimin of Inneskeltra, hermit on island of Lough Derg, Ireland (653)
Macartin, Bishop of Clogher (ca. 505)
Gabriel the Archangel
Dn 9:21-26
Forefeast of the Annunciation
♦ 3rd Nocturn:
Ez 43:27 – 44:4
Prov 9:1-11
♦ Vespers:
Ps 44 and 84
♦ 1st Nocturn:
Akathist Hymn
♦ Liturgy of the Day:
1K 17:17-24
1Jn 5:16-20
Jn 11:1-52
