Liturgical Calendar for the Year of Grace 2022
Menaion:
January
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February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
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October
- November
- December
Sundays and great feasts (
) are in bold face
| Date | Day | Tone | Matins Gospel |
Description |
| January 1 | Sat | Circumcision of the
Lord; Feast of St. Basil the Great Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Moleben to Saint Basil |
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| January 2 | Sun | 7 | 10 | Sunday before Theophany Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| January 5 | Wed | Royal Hours of Theophany (adapted) | ||
| January 6 | Thu | * | * | Theophany of Our Lord Vespers with Divine Liturgy - Great Compline - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Great Blessing of Water |
| January 7 | Fri | Synaxis of the holy Forerunner, Prophet and Baptist John Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| January 9 | Sun | 8 | 11 | Sunday after Theophany Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| January 14 | Fri | Leave-taking of Theophany | ||
| January 16 | Sun | 1 | 1 | Thirty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| January 23 | Sun | 2 | 2 | Thirty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| January 30 | Sun | 3 | 3 | Thirty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost; Feast of the Three Holy
Bishops: Basil
the Great,
Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom; Sunday of Zacchaeus Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| February 2 | Wed | Meeting of Our Lord
with Simeon and Anna Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| February 6 | Sun | 4 | 4 | Sunday of the Publican
and the Pharisee Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| February 13 | Sun | 5 | 5 | Sunday of the Prodigal
Son Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| February 19 | Sat | First All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy - Parastas |
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| February 20 | Sun | 6 | 6 | Meatfare Sunday Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| February 26 | Sat | Cheesefare Saturday (commemoration of all holy ascetics) Divine Liturgy |
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| February 27 | Sun | 7 | 7 | Cheesefare Sunday Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday evening Vespers |
| February 28 - April 8 | The Great Fast Sunday Evening Vespers - Daily Matins - Third and Sixth Hour - Great Compline Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - see the Presanctified books for propers |
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| February 28 - March 6 | First Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 5 | Sat | First Saturday of the Great Fast (commemoration of the miracle of Saint Theodore) |
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| March 6 | Sun | 8 | 8 | First Sunday of the
Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| March 7-13 | Second Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 9 | Wed | Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| March 12 | Sat | Second All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy - Parastas |
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| March 13 | Sun | 1 | 9 | Second Sunday of the
Great Fast Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy (Palamas) - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| March 14-20 | Third Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 19 | Sat | Third All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy - Parastas |
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| March 20 | Sun | 2 | 10 | Third Sunday of
the Great Fast (Veneration of the Holy
Cross) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Veneration of the Cross - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| March 21-27 | Fourth Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 25 | Fri | Annunciation of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary Matins - Vespers with Divine Liturgy (samohlasen - short) |
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| March 26 | Sat | Leave-taking of Annunciation; Synaxis of Gabriel the Archangel Divine Liturgy |
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| March 27 | Sun | 3 | 11 | Fourth Sunday
of the Great Fast (St. John Climacus) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| March 28 - April 3 | Fifth Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 31 | Thu | Matins of the Great Canon of Repentence of St. Andrew of Crete | ||
| April 2 | Sat | Akathistos Saturday Divine Liturgy - Akathist Hymn |
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| April 3 | Sun | 4 | 1 | Fifth Sunday of
the Great Fast (Saint Mary of Egypt) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Life of St. Mary of Egypt - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| April 4-8 | Sixth Week of the Great Fast (which ends on Friday) | |||
| April 9 | Sat | Lazarus Saturday Divine Liturgy |
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| April 10 | Sun | * | Palm (Flowery) Sunday Vespers - Matins - Blessing of Psalms - Divine Liturgy - Sunday evening Vespers (complete) |
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| April 11-16 | Great and Holy Week | |||
| April 11 | Mon | Great and Holy Monday Bridegroom Matins |
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| April 12 | Tue | Great and Holy Tuesday Bridegroom Matins |
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| April 13 | Wed | Great and Holy Wednesday Bridegroom Matins - Holy Anointing (troparia) |
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| April 14 | Thu | Great and Holy Thursday Matins - Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St. Basil (propers only) |
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| April 15 | Fri | Great and Holy Friday Matins - Royal Hours (music) - Office of Readings - Vespers |
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| April 16 | Sat | Great and Holy Saturday Matins - Vespers and Divine Liturgy |
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| April 17 | Sun | * | - | PASCHA:
The Resurrection of our
Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ Midnight Office - Matins (text only) - Divine Liturgy - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
| April 18-23 | Bright Week Matins (Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday) - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
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| April 23 | Tue | Bright Saturday; Great Martyr George the
Wonder-worker Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| April 24 | Sun | 1 | 1 | Thomas Sunday Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 1 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Sunday of the
Myrrh-bearing Women Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 8 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Sunday of the Paralytic Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 11 | Wed | Mid-Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| May 15 | Sun | 4 | 7 | Sunday of the Samaritan
Woman Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 22 | Sun | 5 | 8 | Sunday of the Man Born
Blind Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 25 | Wed | Leave-taking of Pascha | ||
| May 26 | Thu | The Ascension of our Lord,
God and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| May 29 | Sun | 6 | 10 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the First Nicean Council Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| June 4 | Sat | Memory of all Faithful
Departed (fifth All Souls Saturday) Divine Liturgy - Parastas |
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| June 5 | Sun | * | Pentecost Sunday Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Moleben to the Holy Spirit - Sunday afternoon Vespers (complete) |
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| June 11 | Sat | Leave-taking of Pentecost | ||
| June 12 | Sun | 8 | 1 | Sunday of All Saints Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| June 13 - June 28 | The Apostles' Fast | |||
| June 19 | Sun | 1 | 2 | Second Sunday after
Pentecost, and the Holy Apostle Jude Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 24 | Fri | Birth of the Holy Prophet, Apostle and Forerunner John Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| June 26 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Third Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 29 | Wed | The Holy Apostles
Peter and Paul Vespers - Matins (complete service) - Divine Liturgy |
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| July 3 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Fourth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 4 | Mon | Independence Day (United States) Divine Liturgy |
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| July 10 | Sun | 4 | 5 | Fifth Sunday after
Pentecost; Anthony of the Caves Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 17 | Sun | 5 | 6 | Sixth Sunday after
Pentecost; 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 | 6 | 7 | Seventh Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 31 | Sun | 7 | 8 | Eighth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 1-14 | Dormition Fast Paraklesis |
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| August 1 | Thu | Procession of the Holy Cross Lesser Blessing of Water |
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| August 6 | Wed | The Transfiguration of the
Lord Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| August 7 | Sun | 8 | 9 | Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, and postfestive day of the Transfiguration Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 14 | Sun | 1 | 10 | Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, and prefestive day of the Dormition 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 | 2 | 11 | Eleventh Sunday after
Pentecost, and post-festive day of the Dormition Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 28 | Sun | 3 | 1 | Twelfth 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 | 4 | 2 | Thirteenth 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 | 5 | 3 | 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 - Veneration of the Cross (additional stichera) - Moleben |
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| September 18 | Sun | 6 | 4 | Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 19 | Mon | We begin the continuous
reading of the Gospel of Saint Luke
at the Divine Liturgy, which will continue until the Great Fast. |
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| September 25 | Sun | 7 | 5 | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| October 1 | Sat | Protection of the
Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| October 2 | Sun | 8 | 6 | Seventeenth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 9 | Sun | 1 | 7 | Eighteenth Sunday
after Pentecost; Holy Apostle James Alpheus Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 16 | Sun | 2 | 8 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the Seventh Ecumenical Council Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| October 23 | Sun | 3 | 9 | Twentieth 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 | 4 | 10 | Twenty-first Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 31 | Mon | Holy Martyr Theodore
Romzha, Bishop of Mukachevo Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Moleben |
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| November 6 | Sun | 5 | 11 | Twenty-second 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 | 6 | 1 | Twenty-third Sunday
after Pentecost; Holy Father John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 15 - December 24 |
St. Phillip's
Fast Emmanuel Moleben (supplement) |
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| November 20 | Sun | 7 | 2 | Twenty-fourth 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 | 8 | 3 | Twenty-fifth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 4 | Sun | 1 | 4 | Twenty-sixth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 6 | Tue | Holy Father Nicholas,
Archbishop of Myra Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Moleben |
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| December 8 | Thu | Maternity of Holy Anna Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 11 | Sun | 2 | 5 | Second Sunday before the Nativity (Sunday of the
Forefathers) Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| December 12 | Mon | Theotokos of Guadalupe Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 18 | Sun | 3 | 6 | Sunday before the
Nativity (Sunday of the Ancestors) Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 23 | Fri | Royal Hours (adapted, with music) (transferred from Saturday) | ||
| December 24 | Sat | Vigil of the Nativity Divine Liturgy |
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| December 25 | Sun | Nativity of our Lord, God
and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers OR Vespers with Divine Liturgy - Great Compline (short) - Matins - Divine 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 Divine Liturgy |
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| December 27 | Tue | The Holy Apostle and
First-Martyr Stephen Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Moleben |
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| December 31 | Tue | Leave-taking of the Nativity of the Lord |
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