Liturgical Calendar for the Year of Grace 2016
Calendar of Saints - Menaion: January
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| Date | Day | Tone | Matins Gospel |
Description |
| January 1 | Fri | Circumcision of the
Lord; Feast of St. Basil the Great Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| January 3 | Sun | 7 | 10 | Sunday before Theophany Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| January 5 | Tue | Vigil of Theophany Royal Hours (adapted) |
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| January 6 | Wed | Theophany of Our Lord Vespers with Divine Liturgy (Version A - Version B) - Great Compline (service - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Great Blessing of Water |
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| January 7 | Thu | Synaxis of the holy Forerunner, Prophet and Baptist John Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| January 10 | Sun | 8 | 11 | Sunday after Theophany Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| January 17 | Sun | 1 | 1 | Sunday of the Publican
and the Pharisee; Venerable Father Anthony Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| January 24 | Sun | 2 | 2 | Sunday of the Prodigal
Son Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| January 29 | Fri | Feast of the Three Holy
Bishops: Basil
the Great,
Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| January 30 | Sat | First All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy |
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| January 31 | Sun | 3 | 3 | Meatfare Sunday Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| February 2 | Mon | Meeting of Our Lord
with Simeon and Anna Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| February 6 | Sat | Cheesefare Saturday (commemoration of all holy ascetics) Divine Liturgy |
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| February 7 | Sun | 4 | 4 | Cheesefare Sunday Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday evening Vespers (saints only) |
| February 15 - March 19 | The Great Fast Sunday Evening Vespers Daily Matins - Third and Sixth Hour - Paraklisis |
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| February 13 | Sat | Commemoration of the miracle of Saint Theodore Divine Liturgy |
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| February 14 | Sun | 5 | 5 | First Sunday of the
Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy); Death of Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday evening Vespers (saints only) |
| February 20 | Sat | Second All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy |
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| Febuary 21 | Sun | 6 | 6 | Second Sunday of the
Great Fast (St. Gregory Palamas) Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy (Palamas) - Sunday afternoon Vespers (saints only) |
| February 23 | Wed | Feast of the Second and Third Findings of the Head of John the Baptist Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| February 27 | Sat | Third All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy |
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| February 28 | Sun | 7 | 7 | Third Sunday of
the Great Fast (Veneration of the Holy
Cross) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers (saints only) |
| March 5 | Sat | Fourth All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy |
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| March 6 | Sun | 8 | 8 | Fourth Sunday
of the Great Fast (St. John Climacus) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers (saints only) |
| March 9 | Wed | Feast of the Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| March 10 | Thu | Matins of the Great Canon of Repentence of St. Andrew of Crete | ||
| March 12 | Sat | Akathistos Saturday Divine Liturgy - Akathist Hymn |
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| March 13 | Sun | 1 | 9 | Fifth Sunday of
the Great Fast (St. Mary of Egypt) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers (saints only) |
| March 19 | Sat | Lazarus Saturday Divine Liturgy |
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| March 20 | Sun | * | Palm (Flowery) Sunday Vespers - Matins - Blessing of Psalms - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
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| March 21 | Mon | Great and Holy Monday Bridegoom Matins |
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| March 22 | Tue | Great and Holy Tuesday Bridegroom Matins |
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| March 23 | Wed | Great and Holy Wednesday Bridegroom Matins - Holy Anointing |
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| March 24 | Thu | Great and Holy Thursday Matins - 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 (Annunciation) - Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom |
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| March 26 | Sat | Great and Holy Saturday Matins - Vespers and Divine Liturgy |
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| March 27 | Sun | * | PASCHA:
The Resurrection of our
Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
Midnight Office - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
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| March 28 - April 2 | Bright Week | |||
| April 3 | Sun | 1 | Thomas Sunday Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| April 10 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Sunday of the
Myrrh-bearing Women Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 17 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Sunday of the Paralytic Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 20 | Wed | Mid-Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| April 23 | Sat | Great Martyr George the
Wonder-worker Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| April 24 | Sun | 4 | 7 | Sunday of the Samaritan
Woman Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 1 | Sun | 5 | 8 | Sunday of the Man Born
Blind Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 4 | Wed | Leave-taking of Pascha | ||
| May 5 | Thu | The Ascension of our Lord,
God and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| May 8 | Sun | 6 | 10 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the First Nicean Council Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 14 | Sat | Fifth All-Souls' Saturday (Memory of all Faithful
Departed) Divine Liturgy |
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| May 15 | Sun | * | Pentecost Sunday Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers (complete) |
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| May 21 | Sat | Leave-taking of Pentecost | ||
| May 22 | Sun | 8 | 1 | Sunday of All Saints Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 23 - June 28 | The Apostles' Fast | |||
| May 29 | Sun | 1 | 2 | Second Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 5 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Third Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| June 12 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Fourth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 19 | Sun | 4 | 5 | Fifth Sunday after
Pentecost; Holy Apostle Jude Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 24 | Fri | Birth of the Holy Prophet, Apostle and Forerunner John Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| June 26 | Sun | 5 | 6 | Sixth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 29 | Wed | The Holy Apostles Ss.
Peter and Paul Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| July 3 | Sun | 6 | 7 | Seventh Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 4 | Mon | Independence Day Divine Liturgy |
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| July 10 | Sun | 7 | 8 | Eighth Sunday after
Pentecost; Venerable Father Anthony Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 17 | Sun | 8 | 9 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the First Six Ecumenical Councils Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| July 20 | Wed | Holy Prophet Elijah Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| July 24 | Sun | 1 | 10 | Tenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 31 | Sun | 2 | 11 | Eleventh Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 1-14 | Dormition Fast Paraklesis |
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| August 1 | Mon | Procession of the Holy Cross Lesser Blessing of Water |
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| August 6 | Sat | The Transfiguration of the
Lord Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| August 7 | Sun | 3 | 1 | Twelfth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 14 | Sun | 4 | 2 | Thirteenth
Sunday after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 15 | Mon | The Dormition of the
Mother
of God Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| August 21 | Sun | 5 | 3 | Fourteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 28 | Sun | 6 | 4 | Fifteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| August 29 | Mon | Beheading of Saint John
the Baptist Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| September 1 | Thu | Beginning of the Church
Year Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| September 4 | Sun | 7 | 5 | Sixteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 8 | Thu | Nativity of the Mother
of God Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| September 11 | Sun | 8 | 6 | Sunday before the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 14 | Wed | Exaltation of the Holy
Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Moleben |
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| September 18 | Sun | 1 | 7 | Sunday after the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| 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 - Divine Liturgy |
| September 26 | Mon | Dormition
of Saint John the Theologian Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| October 1 | Sat | Protection of the
Mother of God Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| October 2 | Sun | 3 | 9 | Twentieth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 9 | Sun | 4 | 10 | Twenty-first Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 16 | Sun | 5 | 11 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the Seventh Ecumenical Council Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| October 23 | Sun | 6 | 1 | Twenty-third Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 26 | Wed | Holy Great-martyr
Demetrius Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| October 30 | Sun | 7 | 2 | Twenty-fourth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 31 | Mon | Holy Martyr Theodore
Romzha, Bishop of Mukachevo Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 6 | Sun | 8 | 3 | Twenty-fifth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 8 | Tue | The Holy Archangel
Michael and all the Angelic Powers Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 13 | Sun | 1 | 4 | Twenty-sixth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 15 - December 24 |
St. Phillip's
Fast Emmanuel Moleben (Supplement) |
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| November 20 | Sun | 2 | 5 | Twenty-seventh Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 21 | Mon | Entrance of the Mother
of God into the Temple Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 24 | Thu | Thanksgiving Day Divine Liturgy - Moleben |
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| November 27 | Sun | 3 | 6 | Twenty-eighth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 4 | Sun | 4 | 7 | Twenty-ninth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 6 | Tue | Holy Father Nicholas,
Archbishop of Myra Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 8 | Thu | Maternity of Holy Anna Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 11 | Sun | 5 | 8 | Second Sunday before the Nativity (Sunday of the
Forefathers) Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| December 12 | Mon | The Theotokos of Guadalupe Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 18 | Sun | 6 | 9 | Sunday before the
Nativity (Sunday of the Ancestors) Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 23 | Fri | Royal Hours (adapted) of the Nativity, transferred from Saturday | ||
| December 24 | Sat | Saturday before the Nativity Divine Liturgy (in the morning) |
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| December 25 | Sun | * | * | Nativity of our Lord, God
and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers - Vesperal Liturgy (A - B) - Great Compline (short) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| December 26 | Mon | Synaxis of the Mother of
God;
The Commemoration of the Relatives of the Lord: Saints Joseph, James and David Divine Liturgy |
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| December 27 | Tue | The Holy Apostle and
First-Martyr Stephen Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 31 | Sat | Leave-taking of the Nativity of the Lord |
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