LITURGICAL YEAR

6 January

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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7 January

(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

8 January

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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9 January

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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10 January

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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11 January

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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12 January

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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13 January

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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14 January

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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15 January

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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16 January

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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17 January

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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18 January

(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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19 January

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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20 January

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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21 January

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

22 January

(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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23 January

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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24 January

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

    25 January

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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26 January

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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27 January

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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28 January

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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29 January

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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30 January

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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31 January

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

1st February

(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

2 February

(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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3 February

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

    4 February

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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5 February

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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6 February

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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7 February

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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8 February

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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9 February

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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10 February

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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11 February

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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12 February

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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13 February

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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14 February 

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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15 February

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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16 February

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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17 February

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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18 February

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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19 February

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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20 February

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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21 February

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

   Wednesday

(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

♦ 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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23 February

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

  24 February

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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25 February

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

27 February

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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28 February

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

1st March

David, 1st Bishop of Menevia (Mynyw) (589)

Albinus, Bishop of Angers (550)

Eudokia, martyr at Heliopolis (107)

Marnock of Annandale, missionary bishop (ca. 625)

Monan, monk of St Andrew’s, Scotland (unknown)

♦ Liturgy:

Is 30:15-18

Jas 2:14-21

Jn 3:22-36

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2 March

Chad of Mercia, Bishop of Lichfield (672)

Fergna the White, 2nd abbot of Iona (637)

Slebhene, monk from Ireland, Abbot of Iona (767)

Joavan of Leon, Romano-Briton, bishop (ca. 570)

♦ Liturgy:

Is 18:1-7

Jas 3:1-9

Jn 4:43-54

♦ 1st Nocturn:

2nd part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

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3 March

Winwaloe, Abbot-Founder of Landévennec (532)

Calupan, priest-monk of Meallot (575)

Non, mother of St David, patron saint of Wales (5th c.)

Owen of Lichfield, monk (680)

Foila of Galway, nun, sister of St Colgan (6th c.)

♦ Liturgy:

Is 50:6-7

Jas 3:10-13

Jn 5:1-18

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4 March

Gerasimus the Hermit, Abbot-Founder of the Saint Gerasimus Laura (475)

Adrian, apostle of the Picts, Bishop of Saint-Andrew, martyr (875)

Leodovaldus, Bishop of Avranches (2nd half 6thc.)

Gerasimus the Righteous of the Jordan, abbot (5th c.)

Adrian of Stalbrand, Bishop on the Isle of May, martyred with companions (ca. 875)

♦ 1st Nocturn:

Ho 14:2-10

♦ Liturgy:

Jer 3:12-14

Jas 4:1-6

Jn 5:19-27

The Samaritan Woman

5 March

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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6 March 

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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7 March

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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8 March

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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  9 Marc

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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10 March

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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11 March

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

 The Man Born Blind

12 March

  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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13 March

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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  14 March

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

15 March 

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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16 March

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

          17 March

  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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  18 March

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

19 March 

  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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20 March

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

  21 March

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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22 March

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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23 March

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

24 March

(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