Calendar of the Church Year

according to the Episcopal Church

Commemorations in italics are from A Great Cloud of Witnesses;
others not in bold are from Lesser Feasts & Fasts 2018

January
	1	The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ
	2 2 2 2	Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, 389 Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Bishop, 1945 Seraphim of Sarov, Priest & Mystic, 1833 Juliana of Lazarevo, Worker of Charity, 1604
	3 3 3	William Passavant, Prophetic Witness, 1894 Angela of Foligno, Mystic, 1309 Gladys Aylward, Missionary, 1970
	4 4	Elizabeth Annd Seton, Monastic & Educator, 1821 Thomas Atkinson, Bishop, 1881
	5	Sarah, Theodora & Syncletica of Egypt, Desert Mothers, 4th - 5th c.
	6	The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
	7
	8	Harriet Bedell, Deaconess and Misisonary, 1969
	9	Julia Chester Emery, 1922
	10	William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645
	11	Mary Slessor, Missionary, 1915
	12 12	Aelred of Rievaulx, Abbot & Theologian, 1167 Caesaria of Arles, Monastic, c.465
	13	Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, 367
	14	George Berkeley, Bishop & Philosopher, 1753
	15	Maurus & Placidus, Disciples of St. Benedict, c.584
	16
	17	Antony, Abbot in Egypt, 356
	18	The Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle
	19 19	Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton & Margery Kempe, Mystics, 1349, 1396, & c.1440 Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095
	20	Fabian, Bishop and Martyr of Rome, 250
	21	Agnes & Cecilia, Martyrs at Rome, 304 & c.230
	22	Vincent, Deacon of Saragossa, and Martyr, 304
	23 23	Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, 1893 Satoko Kitihara, Worker of Charity, 1958
	24	Ordination of Florence Li Tim-Oi, 1944
	25	The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle
	26	Timothy & Titus, Companions of Saint Paul
	27	John Chrysostom, Bishop & Theologian, 407
	28 28	Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar, 1274 Isaac of Nineveh, Bishop & Mystic, c.700
	29	Andrei Rublev, Monk and Iconographer, 1430
	30
	31 31 31	Marcella of Rome, Monastic & Scholar, 410 John Bosco, Priest, 1888 Samuel Shoemaker, Priest and Evangelist, 1963

February
	1	Brigid of Kildare, Monastic, 523
	2 2	The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple Esther John (Qamar Zia), Nurse & Martyr, 1960
	3	The Dorchester Chaplains: Lieutenant George Fox, Lieutenant Alexander D. Goode, Lieutenant Clark V. Poling and Lieutenant John P. Washington, 1943
	3	Anskar, Archbishop & Missionary, 865
	4 4	Manche Masemola, Martyr, 1928 Cornelius the Centurion
	5 5	Agatha of Sicily, Martyr, c.251 Roger Williams, 1683, and Anne Hutchinson, 1643, Prophetic Witnesses
	6	The Martyrs of Japan, 1597
	7
	8	Bakhita (Josephine Margaret Bakhita), Monastic & Prophetic Witness, 1947
	9
	10	Scholastica, Monastic, 543
	11 11	Theodora, Empress, c.867 Frances Jane (Fanny) Van Alstyne Crosby, Hymnwriter, 1915
	12	Charles Freer Andrews, Priest, 1940
	13	Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818
	14	Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries, 869, 885
	15	Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, 1730
	16	Charles Todd Quintard, Bishop, 1898
	17	Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda & Martyr, 1977
	18	Martin Luther, 1546
	19	Agnes Tsao Kou Ying, Agatha Lin Zhao, & Lucy Yi Zhenmei, Catechists and Martyrs, 1856, 1858,& 1862
	20	Frederick Douglass, Social Reformer, 1895
	21
	22 22	Eric Liddell, Missionary to China, 1945 Hans & Sophie Scholl, Martyrs, 1943
	23 23	Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr of Smyrna, 156 Kate Harwood Waller Barrett, Philanthropist & Social Reformer, 1925
	24 24	Saint Matthias the Apostle Amanda Berry Smith, Preacher & Missionary, 1915
	25	John Roberts, Priest, 1949
	26	Photini, The Samaritan Woman, c.67
	27 27	George Herbert, Priest, 1633 Emily Malbone Morgan, Lay Leader & Contemplative, 1937
	28	Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, Educator, 1964
	29

March
	1	David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales, c. 544
	2	Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672
	3 3	John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788 Katherine Drexel, Monastic, 1955
	4	Paul Cuffee, Missionary, 1812
	5
	6
	7	Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs, 202
	8	Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, Priest, 1929
	9	Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 394
	10	Harriet Ross Tubman, Social Reformer, 1913
	11
	12 12	Gregory the Great, Bishop & Theologian, 604 Symeon the New Theologian, Monastic & Poet, 1022
	13	James Theodore Holly, Bishop, 1911
	14
	15	Vincent de Paul, Priest, & Louise de Marillac, Monastic, Workers of Charity, 1660
	16
	17	Gertrude of Nivelle, Monastic, 659
	18 18	Patrick, Bishop and Missionary of Ireland, 461 Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, 386
	19 19	Saint Joseph Thomas Ken, Bishop, 1711
	20	Cuthbert, Bishop, 687
	21 21	Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr, 1556 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot, 547 (alt. date)
	22	James De Koven, Priest, 1879
	23	Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c. 332 Toribio de Mogrovejo, Archbishop, 1606
	24	Oscar Romero, Archbishop & Martyr, 1980, and the Martyrs of El Salvador
	25	The Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary
	26 26	Harriet Monsell, Monastic, 1883 Richard Allen, Bishop, 1831
	27
	28	James Solomon Russell, Priest, 1935
	29	John Keble, Priest, 1866
	30 30	John Climacus, Monastic & Theologian, 649 Innocent of Alaska, Bishop, 1879
	31	John Donne, Priest, 1631

April
	1	Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, 1872
	2	James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876
	3 3	Mary of Egypt, Hermit & Penitent, c.421 Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253
	4	Martin Luther King, Jr., Pastor & Martyr, 1968
	5 5	Harriet Starr Cannon, Monastic, 1896 Pandita Mary Ramabai, Missionary, 1922
	6	Daniel G. C. Wu, Priest and Missionary, 1956
	7	Tikhon, Patriarch & Ecumenist, 1925
	8 8	William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877 Anne Ayers, Monastic, 1896
	9	Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pastor and Theologian, 1945
	10 10	William Law, Priest, 1761; also Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Priest & Scientist, 1955
	11	George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop, 1878
	12	Teresa of the Andes, Monastic, 1920
	13
	14 14	Zenaida, Philonella, and Hermione, Unmercenary Physicians, c. 100, c.117 Edward Thomas Demby, 1957, and Henry Beard Delany, 1928, Bishops
	15	Damien, Priest, 1889, and Marianne Cope, Monastic, 1918, of Hawaii
	16 16	Peter Williams Cassey, Priest, 1917 and Annie Besant Cassey, 1875 Mary (Molly) Brant (Konwatsijayenni), Witness to the Faith among the Mohawks, 1796
	17 17	Kateri Takawitha, Prophetic Witness, 1680 Emily Cooper, Deaconess, 1909
	18
	19	Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012
	20
	21	Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109
	22	Hadewijch of Brabant, Poet & Mystic, 13th c.
	23 23	Toyohiko Kagawa, Prophetic Witness in Japan, 1960 George, Martyr, 304
	24
	25	Saint Mark the Evangelist
	26	Robert Hunt, Priest, 1607
	27 27	Zita of Tuscany, Worker of Charity, 1271 Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894
	28
	29	Catherine of Siena, Mystic & Prophetic Witness, 1380
	30 30	Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Prophetic Witness, 1879 Marie of the Incarnation, Monastic & Educator, 1672

May
	1	Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles
	2	Elisabeth Cruciger, Poet & Hymnographer, 1535
	3	Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373
	4	Martyrs of the Reformation Era
	5
	6
	7
	8	Julian of Norwich, Mystic & Theologian, c. 1417
	9
	10 10	Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, Prophetic Witness, 1760 Isadora of Tabenna, Fool for Christ, 4th c.
	11	Johann Arndt & Jacob Boehme, Mystics, 1621 & 1624
	12
	13	Frances Perkins, Public Servant and Prophetic Witness, 1965
	14	Anna Maria von Schurman, Scholar & Poet, 1678
	15 15	Pachomius of Tabenissi, Monastic, 348 Junia and Andronicus
	16	Martyrs of Sudan & South Sudan
	17 17	William Hobart Hare, Bishop, 1909 Thurgood Marshall, Public Servant, 1993
	18	Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator, 1955
	19	Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
	20	Alcuin of York, Deacon & Abbot, 804
	21 21	Lydia of Thyatira, Coworker of the A[postle Paul John Eliot, Missionary among the Algonquin, 1690
	22	Helena of Constantinople, Protector of the Holy Places, 330
	23	Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543, and Johannes Kepler, 1543, Astronomers
	24	Jackson Kemper, Bishop & Missionary,1870
	25	Bede, the Venerable, Priest, and Historian, 735
	26 26	Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 Mariana de Jesús de Peredes, Hermit & Mystic, 1645
	27	Bertha and Ethelbert, Queen and King of Kent, 616
	28 28	Mechtild of Magdeburg, Mystic, c.1282[ John Calvin, Theologian, 1564
	29
	30 30	Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc), Mystic and Soldier, 1431 Basil the Elder & Emilia of Cappadocia, Parents of Macrina, Basil the Great & Gregory of Nyssa, c.375
	31	The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The First Book of Common Prayer, 1549, is appropriately observed on a weekday following the Day of Pentecost.

June
	1	Justin, Martyr at Rome, c. 167
	2	Martyrs of Lyon, 177
	3	The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886
	4	John XXIII (Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli), Bishop & Church Reformer, 1963
	5	Boniface, Bishop & Missionary, 754
	6	Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945
	7	The Pioneers of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, 1890
	8 8	Melania the Elder, Monastic, 410 Roland Allen, Mission Strategist, 1947
	9 9 9	Columba, Abbot of Iona, 597 William Alexander Guerry, Bisop, 1928 Jeanne Guyon, Mystic, 1717
	10	Ephrem of Nisibis, Deacon & Poet, 373
	11	Saint Barnabas the Apostle
	12	Enmegahbowh, Priest and Missionary, 1902
	13
	14 14	Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Apologist and Writer, 1936
	15	Evelyn Underhill, Mystic & Writer, 1941
	16	Joseph Butler, Bishop, 1752
	17	Marina the Monk, Monastic, 5th c.
	18	Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Mashonaland, 1896
	19	Adelaide Tegue Case, Educator, 1948
	20	Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c. 304
	21
	22
	23
	24	The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
	25 25 25	James Weldon Johnson, Poet, 1938 Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 1530 Febronia, Martyr, 305
	26	Isabel Florence Hapgood, Ecumenist, 1929
	27	Cornelius Hill, Priest, 1907
	28	Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202
	29	Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles
	30

July
	1 1 1	Pauli Murray, Priest, 1985 Harriet Beecher Stowe, Writer and Prophetic Witness, 1896 Catherine Winkworth, Poet, 1878
	2	Moses the Black, Monastic & Martyr, c.400
	3
	4	Independence Day
	5
	6 6	Eva Lee Matthews, Monastic, 1928 Jan Hus, Prophetic Witness and Martyr, 1415
	7
	8	Priscilla & Aquilla, Coworkers of the Apostle Paul
	9
	10
	11	Benedict of Nursia, Monastic, c. 540
	12
	13	Conrad Weiser, Witness to Peace and Reconciliation, 1760
	14 14	Argula von Grumbach, Scholar & Church Reformer, c.1554 Samson Occum, Pastor & Missionary, 1792
	15
	16
	17	William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836
	18	Bartolomé de las Casas, Priest and Missionary, 1566
	19 19	Macrina of Caecarea, Monastic and Teacher, 379 John Hines, Bishop 1997
	20	Maria Skobtsoba, Monastic & Martyr, 1945
	21	Albert John Luthuli, Prophetic Witness, 1967
	22	Saint Mary Magdalene
	23	John Cassian, Monastic & Theologian, 435
	24	Thomas a Kempis, Priest & Mystic, 1471
	25	Saint James the Apostle
	26	Charles Raymond Barnes, Priest & Martyr, 1939
	27	William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909
	28	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer, 1750
	29	Mary and Martha of Bethany
	30	William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833
	31	Ignatius of Loyola, Priest and Spiritual Writer, 1556

August
	1	Joseph of Arimathaea
	2	Samuel Ferguson, Bishop for West Africa, 1916
	3 3	Joanna, Mary & Salome, Myrrh-bearing women George Freeman Bragg, Jr., Priest, 1940
	4
	5
	6	The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
	7	John Mason Neale, Priest & Hymnographer, 1866
	8	Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221
	9	Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), Philosopher, Monastic & Martyr, 1942
	10	Lawrence, Deacon, and Martyr at Rome, 258
	11 11	Clare, Abbess at Assisi, 1253 John Henry Newman, Bishop & Theologian, 1890
	12	Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910
	13	Jeremy Taylor, Bishop & Theologian, 1667
	14	Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian and Martyr, 1965
	15	Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ
	16
	17
	18 18 18	William Porcher DuBose, Priest, 1918 Artemisia Bowden, Educator, 1969 Rosa Judith Cisneros, Public Servant, 1980
	19
	20	Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153
	21
	22
	23
	24 24 24	Saint Bartholomew the Apostle Rosa de Lima, Ascetic & Mystic, 1617 Denzil A. Carty, Priest, 1975
	25	Louis, King of France, 1270
	26
	27	Thomas Gallaudet, 1902, and Henry Winter Syle, Priests, 1890
	28	Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and Theologian, 430
	29	Beheading of John the Baptist
	30 30	Margaret Ward, Margaret Clitherow & Anne Line, Martyrs, 1588, 1586 & 1601 Charles Grafton, Bishop and Ecumenist, 1912
	31 31	David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon and Missionary, 1931 Aidan, Bishop, 651

September
	1
	2	The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
	3	Phoebe, Deacon
	4 4	Paul Jones, Bishop, 1941 Albert Schweitzer, Theologian & Humanitarian, 1965
	5 5	Katharina Zell, Church Reformer & Writer, 1562 Gregorio Aglipay, Priest, 1940
	6	Hannah More, Religious Writer & Philanthropist, 1833
	7 7	Kassiani, Poet & Hymnographer, 865 Elie Naud, Catechist, 1722
	8 8	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher, 1855
	9	Constance and her Companions, Martyrs, 1878
	10	Alexander Crummel, 1898
	11	Harry Thacker Burleigh, Composer, 1949
	12	John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830
	13
	14 14	Holy Cross Day Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr of Carthage, 258
	15	James Chisholm, Priest, 1855
	16	Ninian, Bishop, c. 430
	17	Hildegard of Bingen, 1170
	18 18	Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882 Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat, 1961
	19	Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
	20	John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
	21	Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
	22	Philander Chase, Bishop, 1852
	23	Thecla of Iconium, Proto-Martyr among Women, c.70
	24	Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, Deaconness, 1947
	25	Sergius, Abbot, 1392
	26	Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop, 1626
	27	Thomas Traherne, Priest, 1674
	28	Paula & Eustochium of Rome, Monastics & Scholars, 404
	29	Saint Michael and All Angels
	30	Jerome, Priest, and Scholar, 420

October
	1 1	Therese of Lisieux, Monastic, 1898 Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, c. 530
	2
	3	John Raleigh Mott, Ecumenist & Missionary, 1955
	4	Francis of Assisi, Friar, 1226
	5
	6 6	William Tyndale & Miles Coverdale, Translators of the Bible, 1536, 1568 Henrietta Stockdale, Monastic & Nurse, 1911
	7 7	Birgitta of Sweden, Mystic and Prophetic Witness, 1373 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor, 1787
	8 8	William Dwight Porter Bliss, Priest, 1926, and Richard Theodore Ely, Economist, 1943 Thais of Alexandria, Monastic, 5th c.
	9 9 9	Vida Dutton Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace, 1954 Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, Medical Missionary, 1940 William Carey, Missionary, 1834
	10
	11	Philip, Deacon and Evangelist
	12	Elizabeth Fry, Social Reformer, 1845
	13
	14	Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky & Channing Moore Williams, Bishops & Missionaries, 1906 & 1910
	15	Teresa of Avila, Mystic & Monastic Reformer, 1582
	16	Hugh Latimer & Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs, 1555
	17	Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, and Martyr, c. 115
	18	Saint Luke the Evangelist
	19	Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary, 1812
	20
	21
	22
	23	Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Martyr, c. 62
	24	Hiram Hisanori Kano, Priest, 1986
	25	Tabitha (Dorcas) of Joppa
	26 26	Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Scholar & Social Reformer, 1902 Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, 899
	27
	28	Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles
	29 29	Mary of Qidun, Monastic, 4th c. James Hannington, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1885
	30	John Wycliffe, Translator of the Bible, 1384
	31	Paul Shinji Sasaki & Philip Lindel Tsen, Bishops, 1946 & 1954

November
	1	All Saints
	2	All Souls / All Faithful Departed
	3 3	Richard Hooker, Priest & Theologian, 1600 Martin de Porres, Monastic, 1639
	4
	5
	6	William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1944
	7	Willibrord, Bishop & Missionary, 739
	8 8	Ammonius, Hermit, 4th c. Elizabeth of the Trinity, Mystic, 1906
	9	Louise DeKoven Brown, Social Reformer & Philanthropist, 1953
	10	Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461
	11 11	Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397 Lili'uokalani of Hawaii, Queen & Hymnographer, 1917
	12	Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836
	13
	14 14	The Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop, 1784 Gregory Palamas, Bishop & Mystis, 1369
	15	Herman of Alaska, Missionary, 1837
	16	Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093
	17 17	Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231 Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop, 1200
	18	Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
	19	Mechtilde of Hackeborn & Gertrude the Great, Mystics, 1298 & 1302
	20	Edmund, King of East Anglia, 870
	21
	22	C. S. Lewis, Apologist and spiritual Writer, 1963
	23	Clement, Bishop of Rome, c. 100
	24	Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara of Nicomedia & Margaret of Antioch, Martyrs, c.305
	25	James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest and Monk, 1935
	26 26	Sojourner Truth, Liberator and Prophetic Witness, 1883 Isaac Watts, Hymnwriter, 1748
	27
	28	Kamehameha and Emma, King and Queen of Hawaii, 1864, 1885
	29	Dorothy Day, Activist, Contemplative & Writer, 1980
	30	Saint Andrew the Apostle

December
	1	Charles de Foucauld, Monastic and Martyr, 1916
	2	Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637
	3	Francis Xavier, Missionary to the Far East, 1552
	4	John of Damascus, Priest & Theologian, c. 760
	5	Clement of Alexandria, Priest & Theologian, c. 210
	6	Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342
	7	Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397
	8 8 8	Richard Baxter, Pastor and Writer, 1691 Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán, Mystic & Worker of Charity, 1869 William West Skiles, Deacon & Missionary, 1862
	9	Atilano Coco, Priest, 1936
	10	Thomas Merton, Monastic and Writer, 1968
	11
	12	Francis de Sales, Bishop, & Jane de Chantal, Monastic, Workers of Charity, 1622 & 1641
	13 13 13	Lucy (Lucia), Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Ella Baker, Social Reformer, 1986 Samuel Johnson, Priest, 1772
	14 14	Juan de la Cruz (John of the Cross), Mystic, 1591 Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, Educator, 1906
	15	Nino of Georgia, Missionary, c.332
	16
	17 17	Dorothy Sayers, Apologist & Spiritual Writer, 1957 Olympias, Deaconess, 408
	18
	19	Samthann, Monastic, 739
	20	Katharina von Bora, Church Reformer, 1552
	21	Saint Thomas the Apostle
	22 22	Henry Budd, Priest, 1875 Ruth Elaine Younger, Monastic, 1986
	23
	24
	25	The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Christmas Day
	26	Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr
	27 27	Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist Fabiola of Rome, Nurse & Benefactor, 399
	28	The Holy Innocents
	29	Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury & Martyr, 1170
	30 30	Amelia Bloomer, Social Reformer, 1894 Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906
	31 31	Frances Joseph-Gaudet, Educator and Social Reformer, 1934 Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Bishop, 1891

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