Liturgical Calendar for the Year of Grace 2008
Menaion:
January
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February
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- August
- September
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October
- November
- December
| Date | Day | Tone | Matins Gospel |
Description |
| January 1 | Tue | Circumcision of the
Lord; Feast of St. Basil the Great Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| January 4 | Fri | Royal Hours of Theophany | ||
| January 6 | Sun | 7 | 10 | Theophany of Our Lord Vespers - Vespers with Divine Liturgy (Version A - Version B) - Great Compline (service - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Great Blessing of Water |
| January 7 | Mon | 6 | 9 | Synaxis of the holy Forerunner, Prophet and Baptist John Vespers |
| January 13 | Sun | 8 | 11 | Sunday of the Publican
and the Pharisee Vespers - Penitential Stichera - Divine Liturgy |
| January 20 | Sun | 1 | 1 | Sunday of the Prodigal
Son Vespers (samohlasen) - Waters of Babylon - Penitential Stichera - Divine Liturgy |
| January 26 | Sat | First All-Souls' Saturday (commemoration of the departed) | ||
| January 27 | Sun | 2 | 2 | Meatfare Sunday Vespers (samohlasen) - Waters of Babylon - Penitential Stichera - Divine Liturgy |
| January 29 | Tue | Feast of the Three Holy
Bishops: Basil
the Great,
Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom |
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| February 2 | Sat | Meeting of Our Lord
with Simeon and Anna; Cheesefare Saturday Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| February 3 | Sun | 3 | 3 | Cheesefare Sunday |
| February 4 - March 14 | The Great Fast Daily Matins - Third and Sixth Hour - Paraklisis |
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| February 4-10 | First Week of the Great Fast | |||
| February 4 | Mon | First Day
of the Great Fast (Clean Monday) Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| February 6 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 8 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 10 | Sun | 4 | 4 | First Sunday of the
Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy) Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| February 11-17 | Second Week of the Great Fast | |||
| February 13 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 15 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 16 | Sat | Second All-Souls' Saturday (commemoration of the departed) | ||
| February 17 | Sun | 5 | 5 | Second Sunday of the
Great Fast (St. Gregory Palamas) Vespers - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| February 18-24 | Third Week of the Great Fast | |||
| February 20 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 22 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 23 | Sat | Third All-Souls' Saturday (commemoration of the departed) | ||
| February 24 | Sun | 6 | 6 | Third Sunday of
the Great Fast (Veneration of the Holy
Cross) Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| February 25 - March 2 | Fourth Week of the Great Fast | |||
| February 27 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| February 29 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 1 | Sat | Fourth All-Souls' Saturday (commemoration of the Departed) | ||
| March 2 | Sun | 7 | 7 | Fourth Sunday
of the Great Fast (St. John Climacus) Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| March 3-9 | Fifth Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 5 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 6 | Thu | Matins of the Great Canon of Repentence of St. Andrew of Crete | ||
| March 7 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 8 | Sat | Akathistos Saturday - Akathist Hymn | ||
| March 9 | Sun | 8 | 8 | Fifth Sunday of
the Great Fast; The Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste Vespers - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| March 10-14 | Sixth Week of the Great Fast (which ends on Friday) | |||
| March 12 | Wed | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 14 | Fri | Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts | ||
| March 15 | Sat | Lazarus Saturday Divine Liturgy |
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| March 16 | Sun | * | Palm (Flowery) Sunday Great Vespers - Matins - Blessing of Psalms - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
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| March 17-22 | Great and Holy Week | |||
| March 17 | Mon | Great and Holy Monday Bridegoom Matins - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| March 18 | Tue | Great and Holy Tuesday Bridegroom Matins - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| March 19 | Wed | Great and Holy Wednesday Bridegroom Matins - Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - Holy Anointing (troparia) |
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| March 20 | Thu | Great and Holy Thursday Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St. Basil |
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| March 21 | Fri | Great and Holy Friday Matins - Vespers |
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| March 22 | Sat | Great and Holy Saturday | ||
| March 23 | Sun | * | PASCHA:
The Resurrection of our
Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ
Matins - Divine Liturgy - Vespers |
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| March 24-29 | Bright Week | |||
| March 25 | Tue | Bright Tuesday; Annunciation of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary |
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| March 30 | Sun | 1 | 1 | Thomas Sunday Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 6 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Sunday of the
Myrrh-bearing Women Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 13 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Sunday of the Paralytic Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 16 | Wed | Mid-Pentecost |
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| April 20 | Sun | 4 | 7 | Sunday of the Samaritan
Woman Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 23 | Wed | Great Martyr George the
Wonder-worker Great Vespers |
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| April 27 | Sun | 5 | 8 | Sunday of the Man Born
Blind Paschal Great Vespers (service book - propers) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 30 | Wed | Leave-taking of Pascha | ||
| May 1 | Thu | The Ascension of our Lord,
God and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers |
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| May 4 | Sun | 6 | 10 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the First Nicean Council Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 10 | Sat | Memory of all Faithful Departed | ||
| May 11 | Sun | * | Pentecost Sunday Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers (complete) |
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| May 17 | Sat | Leave-taking of Pentecost | ||
| May 18 | Sun | 8 | 1 | Sunday of All Saints Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 19 - June 28 | The Apostles' Fast | |||
| May 25 | Sun | 1 | 2 | Second Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 1 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Third Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 8 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Fourth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 15 | Sun | 4 | 5 | Fifth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 22 | Sun | 5 | 6 | Sixth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 24 | Tue | Birth of the Holy Prophet, Apostle and Forerunner John Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| June 29 | Sun | 6 | 7 | Seventh Sunday after
Pentecost; The Holy Apostles Ss.
Peter and Paul Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| July 6 | Sun | 7 | 8 | Eighth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 13 | Sun | 8 | 9 | Ninth Sunday after
Pentecost; Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| July 20 | Sun | 1 | 10 | Tenth Sunday after Pentecost; Holy Prophet Elijah |
| July 27 | Sun | 2 | 11 | Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost |
| August 1-14 | Dormition Fast Paraklesis |
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| August 1 | Fri | Procession of the Holy Cross Lesser Blessing of Water |
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| August 3 | Sun | 3 | 1 | Twelfth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| August 6 | Wed | The Transfiguration of the
Lord Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| August 10 | Sun | 4 | 2 | Thirteenth Sunday after
Pentecost, and postfestive day of the Transfiguration Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| August 15 | Fri | The Dormition of the
Mother
of God Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| August 17 | Sun | 5 | 3 | Fourteenth Sunday after
Pentecost, and postfestive day of the Dormition Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 24 | Sun | 6 | 4 | Fifteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| August 29 | Fri | Beheading of Saint John
the Baptist Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| August 31 | Sun | 7 | 5 | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
| September 1 | Mon | Beginning of the Church
Year hymn |
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| September 7 | Sun | 8 | 6 | Sunday before the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 8 | Mon | Nativity of the Mother
of God Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| September 14 | Sun | 1 | 7 | Exaltation of the Holy
Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| September 15 | Mon | 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 21 is for the Eighteenth Week after Pentecost. |
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| September 21 | Sun | 2 | 8 | Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 26 | Fri | Dormition
of Saint John the Theologian Vespers |
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| September 28 | Sun | 3 | 9 | Twentieth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 1 | Wed | Protection of the
Mother of God Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| October 5 | Sun | 4 | 10 | Twenty-first Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 9 | Thu | Holy Apostle James
Alpheus Vespers |
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| October 12 | Sun | 5 | 11 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the Seventh Ecumenical Council Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| October 18 | Sat | Holy Apostle and
Evangelist Luke Divine Liturgy |
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| October 19 | Sun | 6 | 1 | Twenty-third Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 26 | Sun | 7 | 2 | Twenty-fourth Sunday
after Pentecost; Holy Great-martyr
Demetrius Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 1 | Sat | Holy Martyr Theodore
Romzha, Bishop of Mukachevo Vespers - hymn - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 2 | Sun | 8 | 3 | Twenty-fifth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 8 | Sat | The Holy Archangel
Michael and all the Angelic Powers Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 9 | Sun | 1 | 4 | Twenty-sixth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 15 - December 24 |
St. Phillip's
Fast Emmanuel Moleben |
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| November 16 | Sun | 2 | 5 | Twenty-seventh Sunday
after Pentecost; the Holy Apostle Matthew Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 21 | Fri | Entrance of the Mother
of God into the Temple Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 23 | Sun | 3 | 6 | Twenty-eighth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| November 27 | Thu | Thanksgiving Day Divine Liturgy |
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| November 30 | Sun | 4 | 7 | Twenty-ninth Sunday
after Pentecost; the Holy Apostle Andrew Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| December 6 | Sat | Holy Father Nicholas,
Archbishop of Myra Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 7 | Sun | 5 | 8 | Thirtieth Sunday
after Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 8 | Mon | Maternity of Holy Anna Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 14 | Sun | 6 | 9 | Second Sunday before the Nativity (Sunday of the
Forefathers) Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| December 21 | Sun | 7 | 10 | Sunday before the
Nativity (Sunday of the Ancestors) Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 24 | Wed | Vigil of the Nativity Royal Hours (adapted) |
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| December 25 | Thu | Nativity of our Lord, God
and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers with Divine Liturgy (A - B) - Great Compline (service - propers) - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 26 | Fri | Synaxis of the Mother of
God |
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| December 27 | Sat | The Holy Apostle and
First-Martyr Stephen Divine Liturgy |
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| December 28 | Sun | 8 | 11 | Sunday after Nativity;
The Commemoration of the Relatives of the Lord: Saints Joseph, James
and David Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| December 31 | Mon | Leave-taking of the Nativity of the Lord |
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