Liturgical Calendar for the Year of Grace 2018
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| Date | Day | Tone | Matins Gospel |
Description |
| January 1 | Mon | Circumcision of the
Lord; Feast of St. Basil the Great Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| January 5 | Fri | Vigil of Theophany Royal Hours of Theophany (adapted) |
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| January 6 | Sat | Theophany of the Lord Vespers with Divine Liturgy (A - B) - Great Compline - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Great Blessing of Water |
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| January 7 | Sun | 6 | 9 | Sunday after Theophany;
Synaxis of St. John the Baptist Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| January 14 | Sun | 7 | 10 | 32th Sunday after
Pentecost; Leavetaking of Theophany; Sunday of Zacchaeus Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| January 17 | Wed | Venerable Father Anthony the Great Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| January 20 | Sat | Venerable Father Euthymius the Great Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| January 21 | Sun | 8 | 11 | Sunday of the Publican
and the Pharisee Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| January 28 | Sun | 1 | 1 | Sunday of the Prodigal
Son Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| January 30 | Tue | Three Holy Bishops: Basil
the Great,
Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| February 2 | Fri | Meeting of Our Lord
with Simeon and Anna Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| February 3 | Sat | First All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy |
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| February 4 | Sun | 2 | 2 | Meatfare Sunday (Sunday of the Last Judgment) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| February 10 | Sat | Cheesefare Saturday (commemoration of all holy ascetics) Divine Liturgy |
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| February 11 | Sun | 3 | 3 | Cheesefare Sunday (Sunday of Forgiveness) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday evening Vespers (saints only) |
| February 12 - March 23 | 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 12-18 | First Week of the Great Fast | |||
| February 17 | Sat | First Saturday of the Great Feast (commemoration of the miracle of Saint Theodore) Divine Liturgy |
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| February 18 | Sun | 4 | 4 | First Sunday of the
Great Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday evening Vespers (saints only) |
| February 19-25 | Second Week of the Great Fast | |||
| February 24 | Sat | Feast of the Second and Third Findings of the Head of John the Baptist Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts - Divine Liturgy |
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| February 25 | Sun | 5 | 5 | Second Sunday of the
Great Fast (St. Gregory Palamas) Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy (Palamas) - Sunday evening Vespers (saints only) |
| February 26 - March 4 | Third Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 3 | Sat | Third All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy |
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| March 4 | Sun | 6 | 6 | Third Sunday of
the Great Fast (Veneration of the Holy
Cross) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Moleben - Sunday evening Vespers (saints only) |
| March 5-11 | Fourth Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 9 | Fri | Forty Martyrs of Sebaste Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts |
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| March 10 | Sat | Fourth All-Souls'
Saturday (commemoration of the departed) Divine Liturgy |
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| March 11 | Sun | 7 | 7 | Fourth Sunday
of the Great Fast (St. John Climacus) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday evening Vespers (saints only) |
| March 12-18 | Fifth Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 15 | Thu | Matins of the Great Canon of Repentence of St. Andrew of Crete | ||
| March 17 | Sat | Akathistos Saturday Divine Liturgy - Akathist Hymn |
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| March 18 | Sun | 8 | 8 | Fifth Sunday of
the Great Fast (St. Mary of Egypt) Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers (saints only) |
| March 19-25 | Sixth Week of the Great Fast | |||
| March 24 | Sat | Lazarus Saturday Divine Liturgy |
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| March 25 | Sun | 1 | Festal | Palm (Flowery) Sunday;
Annunciation of the Theotokos Vespers - Matins (Annunciation) - Blessing of Palms - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers |
| March 26-30 | Great and Holy Week | |||
| March 26 | Mon | Great and Holy Monday Bridegoom Matins |
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| March 27 | Tue | Great and Holy Tuesday Bridegroom Matins |
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| March 28 | Wed | Great and Holy Wednesday Bridegroom Matins - Holy Anointing (troparia) |
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| March 29 | Thu | Great and Holy Thursday Matins - Vespers and Divine Liturgy of St. Basil (cathedral version) |
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| March 30 | Fri | Great and Holy Friday Matins - Royal Hours - Vespers |
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| March 31 | Sat | Great and Holy Saturday Matins - Vespers and Divine Liturgy |
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| April 1 | Sun | * | PASCHA:
The Resurrection of our
Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ Midnight Office - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
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| April 2-7 | Bright Week | |||
| April 2 | Mon | Bright Monday Matins - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
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| April 3 | Tue | Bright Tuesday Matins - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
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| April 4 | Wed | Bright Wednesday Matins - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
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| April 5 | Thu | Bright Thursday Matins - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
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| April 6 | Fri | Bright Friday Matins - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
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| April 7 | Sat | Bright Saturday Matins - Paschal Hours - Vespers |
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| April 8 | Sun | 1 | 1 | Thomas Sunday Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 15 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Sunday of the
Myrrh-bearing Women Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 22 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Sunday of the Paralytic Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| April 23 | Mon | Holy Great Martyr George the
Wonder-worker Divine Liturgy |
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| April 25 | Wed | Mid-Pentecost Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| April 29 | Sun | 4 | 5 | Sunday of the Samaritan
Woman Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 6 | Sun | 5 | 8 | Sunday of the Man Born
Blind Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 9 | Wed | Leave-taking of Pascha | ||
| May 10 | Thu | The Ascension of our Lord,
God and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| May 13 | Sun | 6 | 10 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the First Nicean Council Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 19 | Sat | Memory of All Faithful
Departed (fifth All Souls Saturday) Divine Liturgy |
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| May 20 | Sun | * | Pentecost Sunday Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Sunday afternoon Vespers (complete) |
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| May 26 | Sat | Leave-taking of Pentecost | ||
| May 27 | Sun | 8 | 1 | Sunday of All Saints Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| May 28 - June 28 | The Apostles' Fast | |||
| June 3 | Sun | 1 | 2 | Second Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 10 | Sun | 2 | 3 | Third Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 17 | Sun | 3 | 4 | Fourth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| June 24 | Sun | 4 | 5 | Fifth Sunday after
Pentecost, and Nativity of John the Baptist Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
| June 29 | Fri | Holy Apostles Peter and Paul Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| July 1 | Sun | 5 | 6 | Sixth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 8 | Sun | 6 | 7 | Seventh Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 15 | Sun | 7 | 8 | Eighth Sunday after
Pentecost; Fathers of the Six Ecumenical Councils Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| July 20 | Fri | Holy Prophet Elijah Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| July 22 | Sun | 8 | 9 | Ninth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| July 29 | Sun | 1 | 10 | Tenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 1-14 | Dormition Fast Paraklesis |
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| August 1 | Tue | Procession of the Holy Cross Lesser Blessing of Water |
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| August 5 | Sun | 2 | 11 | Eleventh Sunday after
Pentecost, and prefestive day of the Transfiguration Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 6 | Mon | The Transfiguration of the
Lord Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| August 12 | Sun | 3 | 1 | Twelfth Sunday after
Pentecost, and postfestive day of the Transfiguration Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 15 | Wed | The Dormition of the
Mother
of God Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| August 19 | Sun | 4 | 2 | Thirteenth Sunday after
Pentecost, and postfestive day of the Dormition Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 26 | Sun | 5 | 3 | Fourteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| August 29 | Wed | Beheading of the holy Forerunner, Prophet and Baptist John Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| September 1 | Sat | Beginning of the Church
Year Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| September 2 | Sun | 6 | 4 | Fifteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 8 | Sat | Nativity of the Mother
of God Vespers - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| September 9 | Sun | 7 | 5 | Sunday before the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 14 | Fri | Exaltation of the Holy
Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Moleben |
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| September 16 | Sun | 8 | 6 | Sunday after the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 17 | 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 23 | Sun | 1 | 7 | Eighteenth Sunday after
Pentecost, and the Conception of Saint John the Baptist Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| September 26 | Wed | Dormition
of Saint John the Theologian Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| September 30 | Sun | 2 | 8 | Nineteenth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 1 | Mon | Protection of the
Mother of God Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| October 7 | Sun | 3 | 9 | Twentieth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 14 | Sun | 4 | 10 | Sunday of the Fathers of
the Seventh Ecumenical Council Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| October 21 | Sun | 5 | 11 | Twenty-second Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 26 | Fri | Holy Great-martyr
Demetrius Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| October 28 | Sun | 6 | 1 | Twenty-third Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| October 31 | Wed | Holy Martyr Theodore
Romzha, Bishop of Mukachevo Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 4 | Sun | 7 | 2 | Twenty-fourth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 8 | Thur | The Holy Archangel
Michael and all the Angelic Powers Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 11 | Sun | 8 | 3 | Twenty-fifth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 12 | Mon | Holy Martyr Josaphat, Archbishop of Polotsk Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 13 | Tue | Holy Father John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 15 - December 24 |
St. Phillip's
Fast Emmanuel Moleben (supplement) |
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| November 18 | Sun | 1 | 4 | Twenty-sixth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| November 21 | Wed | Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| November 22 | Thu | Thanksgiving Day Divine Liturgy - Moleben |
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| November 25 | Sun | 2 | 5 | Twenty-seventh Sunday after
Pentecost; Leave-taking of the Entrance Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 2 | Sun | 3 | 6 | Twenty-eighth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 5 | Wed | Venerable Father Sabbas the Sanctified Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 6 | Thu | Holy Father Nicholas,
Archbishop of Myra Vespers (samohlasen) - Matins - Divine Liturgy - Moleben |
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| December 8 | Sat | Maternity of Holy Anna Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 9 | Sun | 4 | 7 | Twenty-ninth Sunday after
Pentecost Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 12 | Tue | Theotokos of Guadalupe Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 16 | Sun | 5 | 8 | Second Sunday before the Nativity (Sunday of the
Forefathers) Vespers - Divine Liturgy |
| December 23 | Sun | 6 | 9 | Sunday before the
Nativity (Sunday of the Ancestors) Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 24 | Mon | Vigil of the Nativity Royal Hours (adapted) |
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| December 25 | Tue | Nativity of our Lord, God
and Savior Jesus Christ Vespers with Divine Liturgy - Great Compline (short) - Matins - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 26 | Wed | Synaxis of the Theotokos |
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| December 27 | Thu | Holy Apostle and
First MSartyr Stephen Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
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| December 30 | Sun | 7 | 10 | Sunday after Nativity;
The Commemoration of the Relatives of the Lord: Saints Joseph, James
and David Vespers (samohlasen) - Divine Liturgy |
| December 31 | Mon | Leave-taking of the Nativity of the Lord |
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