Calendar of the Church Year

according to the Episcopal Church

Items in bold are Principal Feasts or Holy D]Says
Commemorations in italics are from A Great Cloud of Witnesses;
others not in bold are from Lesser Feasts & Fasts 2018
Commemorations in Brackets are for trial use.

January
	1	The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ
	2	Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Bishop, 1945
	3	William Passavant, Prophetic Witness, 1894
	4	Elizabeth Ann Seton, Vowed Religious & Educator, 1821
	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, Lay Leader & Missionary, 1922
	10	William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645
	11
	12	Aelred of Rievaulx, Abbot & Theologian, 1167
	13	Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, 367
	14	Richard Meux Benson, Priest, and Charles Gore, Bishop, 1915 and 1932
	15
	16
	17	Antony, Abbot in Egypt, 356
	18	The Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle
	19	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	Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, 1893
	24	Florence Li Tim-Oi, Priest, 1992
	25	The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle
	26	Titus and Timothy, Companions of Saint Paul
	27	John Chrysostom, Bishop & Theologian, 407
	28	Thomas Aquinas, Friar and Theologian, 1274
	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	The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple
	3 3	Anskar, Archbishop & Missionary, 865 The Dorchester Chaplains: Lt. George Fox, Lt. Alexander D. Goode, Lt. Clark V. Poling and Lt. John P. Washington, 1943
	4 4	Manche Masemola, Martyr, 1928 Cornelius the Centurion
	5 5 5	Agatha of Sicily, Martyr, c.251 The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 Roger Williams, 1683, and Anne Hutchinson, 1643, Prophetic Witnesses
	6
	7
	8	Bakhita (Josephine Margaret Bakhita), Monastic, 1947
	9
	10	Scholastica, Monastic, 543
	11 11 11	Theodora, Empress, c.867 [Consecration of Barbara C. Harris], First Woman Bishop in the Anglican Communion, 1989 Frances Jane (Fanny) Van Alstyne Crosby, Hymnwriter, 1915
	12	Charles Freer Andrews, Priest, 1940
	13	Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818
	14	Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 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, Theologian, 1546
	19	Agnes Tsao Kou Ying, Agatha Lin Zhao, & Lucy Yi Zhenmei, Martyrs, 1856, 1858,& 1862
	20	Frederick Douglass, Social Reformer, 1895
	21	John Henry Newman, Bishop & Theologian, 1890
	22 22	Margaret of Cortona, Monastic, 1297 Eric Liddell, Missionary to China, 1945
	23	Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr of Smyrna, 156
	24	Saint Matthias the Apostle
	25 25	Emily Malbone Morgan, Lay Leader & Contemplative, 1937 John Roberts, Priest, 1949
	26	Photini, The Samaritan Woman, c.67
	27	George Herbert, Priest & Poet, 1633
	28	Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, Educator, 1964
	29

March
	1	David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales, c. 544
	2	Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672
	3	John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788
	4	Paul Cuffee, Missionary, 1812
	5
	6	William W. Mayo, 1911, and Charles Menninger, 1953, and Their Sons, Pioneers in Medicine
	7	Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs, 202
	8	Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, Priest, 1929
	9	Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa & Theologian, c. 394
	10	[Harriet Ross Tubman], Social Reformer, 1913
	11
	12	Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome & Theologian, 604
	13	James Theodore Holly, Bishop, 1911
	14
	15	Vincent de Paul, Priest, & Louise de Marillac, Vowed Religious, Workers of Charity, 1660
	16
	17	Patrick, Bishop and Missionary of Ireland, 461
	18	Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem & Theologian, 386
	19	Saint Joseph
	20	Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 687
	21	Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711
	22	James De Koven, Priest, 1879
	23	Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop & Missionary to Armenia, c. 332
	24	Óscar Romero, Archbishop, 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	Charles Henry Brent, Bishop, 1929
	28	James Solomon Russell, Priest, 1935
	29	John Keble, Priest & Poet, 1866
	30	Innocent of Alaska, Bishop, 1879
	31	John Donne, Priest & Poet, 1631

April
	1	Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, 1872
	2	James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876
	3 3	Mary of Egypt, Hermit, c.421 Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253
	4	Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader & Martyr, 1968
	5	Harriet Starr Cannon, Monastic, 1896
	6 6	Pandita Mary Ramabai, Missionary, 1922 Daniel G. C. Wu, Priest and Missionary, 1956
	7	Tikhon, Patriarch of Russia, Confessor & Ecumenist, 1925
	8	William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877, and Anne Ayres, Monastic, 1896
	9	Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian and Martyr, 1945
	10 10	William Law, Priest, 1761; also Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Priest & Scientist, 1955
	11	George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop, 1878
	12
	13
	14 14	Zenaida, Philonella, and Hermione, 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, Deacon, 1917, and Annie Besant Cassey, 1875 Mary (Molly) Brant (Konwatsijayenni), Witness to the Faith among the Mohawks, 1796
	17 17	Kateri Takakwitha, Lay Contemplative, 1680 Emily Cooper, Deaconess, 1909
	18	Juana Inés de la Cruz, Monastic and Theologian, 1695
	19	Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012
	20
	21	Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109
	22 22	Hadewijch of Brabant, Poet & Mystic, 13th c. John Muir, Naturalist and Writer, 1914, and Hudson Stuck, Priest and Environmentalist, 1920
	23 23	Toyohiko Kagawa, Prophetic Witness in Japan, 1960 George, Martyr, 304
	24	Genocide Remembrance
	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, 1380
	30	Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Prophetic Witness, 1879

May
	1	Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles
	2	Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373
	3	Elisabeth Cruciger, Poet & Hymnnographer, 1535
	4	Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
	5	Martyrs of the Reformation Era
	6
	7
	8	Julian of Norwich, Monastic, c. 1417
	9	Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop and Theologian, 389
	10	Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, Prophetic Witness, 1760
	11	Johann Arndt & Jacob Boehme, Mystics, 1621 & 1624
	12
	13	Frances Perkins, Social Reformer, 1965
	14
	15 15	Pachomius of Tabenissi, Monastic, 348 Junia and Andronicus
	16	Martyrs of Sudan & South Sudan
	17 17	Thurgood Marshall, Public Servant, 1993 William Hobart Hare, Bishop, 1909
	18
	19	Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
	20	Alcuin of York, Deacon & Abbot of Tours, 804
	21 21	Lydia of Thyatira, Coworker of the Apostle Paul John Eliot, Missionary among the Algonquin, 1690
	22	Helena of Constantinople, Protector of Holy Places, 330
	23	Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543, and Johannes Kepler, 1543, Astronomers
	24	Jackson Kemper, Bishop & Missionary,1870
	25	Bede, Priest, and Historian, 735
	26	Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
	27	Bertha and Ethelbert, Queen and King of Kent, 616
	28 28	Mechtild of Magdeburg, Mystic, c.1282 John Calvin, Theologian, 1564
	29
	30	Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc), Mystic and Soldier, 1431
	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	Blandina & Her Companions, Martyrs of Lyon, 177
	3	The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886
	4	John XXIII (Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli), Bishop, 1963
	5	Boniface, Archishop of Mainz, Missionary & Martyr, 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	Columba, Abbot of Iona, 597
	10	Ephrem of Nisibis, Deacon, 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, 1752, and George Berkeley, 1753, Bishops and Theologians
	17	Marina the Monk, Monastic, 5th c.
	18	Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Mashonaland, 1896
	19	Adelaide Teague Case, Educator, 1948
	20
	21
	22	Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c. 304
	23
	24	The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
	25	James Weldon Johnson, Poet, 1938
	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	Pauli Murray, Priest, 1985 Harriet Beecher Stowe, Writer and Prophetic Witness, 1896
	2 2	Moses the Black, Monastic & Martyr, c.400 Walter Rauschenbusch, 1918, Washington Gladden, 1918, and Jacob Riis, 1914, Prophetic Witnesses
	3
	4	Independence Day
	5
	6 6	Eva Lee Matthews, Monastic, 1928 Jan Hus, Prophetic Witness and Martyr, 1415
	7
	8	Priscilla & Aquila, Coworkers of the Apostle Paul
	9
	10
	11	Benedict of Nursia, Monastic, c. 540
	12	Nathan Söderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala and Ecumenist, 1931
	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	"The Righteous Gentiles"
	17	William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836
	18	Bartolomé de las Casas, Priest and Missionary, 1566
	19	Macrina of Caesarea, Monastic and Teacher, 379
	20	Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, and Sojourner Truth, Liberators & Prophets
	21 21	Maria Skobtsoba, Monastic & Martyr, 1945 Albert John Luthuli, Prophetic Witness, 1967
	22	Saint Mary Magdalene
	23	John Cassian, Monastic & Theologian, 435
	24	Thomas a Kempis, Priest, 1471
	25	Saint James the Apostle
	26 26	The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Charles Raymond Barnes, Priest & Martyr, 1939
	27	William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909
	28	Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer, 1750, and George Frederick Handel, 1759, and Henry Purcell, 1695, Composers
	29 29	Mary and Martha of Bethany First Ordination of Women to the Priesthood in The Episcopal Church, 1974
	30	William Wilberforce, Prophetic Witness, 1833, and Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury, 1885, Prophetic Witness
	31	Ignatius of Loyola, Priest and Monastic, 1556

August
	1	Joseph of Arimathaea
	2	Samuel Ferguson, Bishop for West Africa, 1916
	3 3 3	Joanna, Mary & Salome, Myrrh-bearing Women George Freeman Bragg, Jr., Priest, 1940 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Sociologist, 1963
	4
	5	Albrecht Dürer, 1528, Matthias Grünewald, 1529, and Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1553, Artists
	6	The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
	7 7	John Mason Neale, Priest & Hymnographer, 1866 Catherine Winkworth, Poet, 1878
	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	Clare, Abbess at Assisi, 1253
	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 17	Samuel Johnson, 1772, Timothy Cutler, 1765, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler, 1790, Priests The Baptisms of Manteo, and Virginia Dare, 1587
	18	Artemisia Bowden, 1969
	19
	20	Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153
	21
	22
	23	Martin de Porres, 1639, Rosa de Lima, 1617, and Toribio de Mogrovejo, 1606, Witnesses to the Faith in South America
	24	Saint Bartholomew the Apostle
	25	Louis, King of France, 1270
	26
	27 27	Thomas Gallaudet, 1902, and Henry Winter Syle, Priests, 1890 [Simeon Bachos, the Ethiopian Eunuch], Evangelist in Africa, NT
	28	Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and Theologian, 430
	29 29	Beheading of John the Baptist John Bunyan, Writer, 1688
	30 30	Margaret Ward, Margaret Clitherow & Anne Line, Martyrs, 1588, 1586 & 1601 Charles Grafton, Bishop and Ecumenist, 1912
	31	Aidan, Bishop, 651

September
	1	David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon and Missionary, 1931
	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 8	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher, 1855 Nikolai Grundtvig, Bishop and Hymnwriter, 1872
	9	Constance and Her Companions, 1878
	10	Alexander Crummel, 1898
	11	Harry Thacker Burleigh, Composer, 1949
	12	John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830
	13	Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr of Carthage, 258
	14	Holy Cross Day
	15 15	Catherine of Genoa, Mystic and Nurse, 1510 James Chisholm, Priest, 1855
	16	Ninian, Bishop in Galloway, c. 430
	17	Hildegard of Bingen, Mystic and Abbess, 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 22	Philander Chase, Bishop of Ohio and Illinois, 1852 [Episcopal Deaconesses]
	23	Thecla of Iconium, Proto-Martyr among Women, c.70
	24	Anna Ellison Butler Alexander, Deaconness and Teacher, 1947
	25	Sergius, Abbot of Holy Trinity, Moscow, 1392
	26 26	Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, 1626 Wilson Carlile, Priest, 1942
	27 27	Euphrosyne/Smaragdus of Alexandria, Monastic, 5th c. Thomas Traherne, Priest, 1674
	28	Paula & Eustochium of Rome, Monastics & Scholars, 404 & c. 419
	29	Saint Michael and All Angels
	30	Jerome, Priest and Monk of Bethlehem, 420

October
	1 1	Therese of Lisieux, Monastic, 1898 Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, c. 530
	2
	3	John Raleigh Mott, Lay Leader & Ecumenist, 1955
	4	Francis of Assisi, Friar, 1226
	5
	6	William Tyndale & Miles Coverdale, Translators of the Bible, 1536, 1568
	7 7	Birgitta of Sweden, Mystic, 1373 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor, 1787
	8	William Dwight Porter Bliss, Priest, 1926, and Richard Theodore Ely, Economist, 1943
	9 9	Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, 1253 Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, Medical Missionary, 1940
	10	Vida Dutton Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace, 1954
	11	Philip, Deacon and Evangelist
	12	Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915
	13
	14	Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky Bishop & Missionary, 1906
	15	Teresa of Avila, Mystic & Monastic Reformer, 1582
	16	Hugh Latimer & Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer Bishops and Martyrs, 1555, 1556
	17	Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, and Martyr, c. 115
	18	Saint Luke the Evangelist
	19 19	Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary, 1812 William Carey, Missionary, 1834
	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	Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, 899
	27
	28	Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles
	29	James Hannington, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1885
	30 30	Maryam of Qidun, Monastic, 4th c. 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	Richard Hooker, Priest & Theologian, 1600
	4
	5
	6	William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1944
	7	Willibrord, Achbishop & Missionary, 739
	8	Ammonius, Hermit, 4th c.
	9	Richard Rolle, Walter Hilton & Margery Kempe, Mystics, 1349, 1396, & c.1440
	10	Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461
	11	Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397
	12	Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836
	13
	14	The Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop, 1784
	15 15	Herman of Alaska, Missionary, 1837 Francis Asbury, 1816, and George Whitefield, 1770, Evangelists
	16	Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093
	17	Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop, 1200
	18	Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
	19	Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231
	20	Edmund, King of East Anglia, 870
	21 21	Mechtilde of Hackeborn & Gertrude the Great, Mystics, 1298 & 1302 William Byrd, 1623, John Merbecke, 1585, and Thomas Tallis, 1585, Musicians
	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 & Prophet, 1883 Isaac Watts, Hymnwriter, 1748
	27
	28	Kamehameha and Emma, King and Queen of Hawaii, 1864, 1885
	29
	30	Saint Andrew the Apostle

December
	1 1	Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637 Charles de Foucauld, Monastic and Martyr, 1916
	2	Channing Moore Williams, Bishop & Missionary, 1910
	3	Francis Xavier, Priest & Missionary, 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 & Theologian, 397
	8	Richard Baxter, Pastor and Writer, 1691
	9
	10 10	Thomas Merton, Monastic and Writer, 1968 Karl Barth, Pastor and Theologian, 1968
	11	[Frederick Howden, Jr.], Priest & Chaplain of the Armed Forces, 1941
	12	Francis de Sales & Jane de Chantal, Vowed Religious, 1622 & 1641
	13	Lucy (Lucia) of Syracuse, Martyr, 304
	14	John of the Cross, Mystic & Monastic Reformer, 1591
	15 15 15	Nino of Georgia, Missionary, c.332 John Horden, Bishop and Missionary in Canada, 1893 Robert McDonald, Priest, 1913
	16	Ralph Adams Cram, 1942, and Richard Upjohn, 1878, Architects, and John LaFarge, Artist, 1910
	17 17	Dorothy L. Sayers, Apologist & Spiritual Writer, 1957 William Lloyd Garrison, 1879, and Maria Stewart, 1879, Prophetic Witnesses
	18
	19	Lillian Trasher, Missionary in Egypt, 1961
	20	Katharina von Bora, Church Reformer, 1552
	21	Saint Thomas the Apostle
	22 22	Henry Budd, Priest, 1875 Charlotte Diggs (Lottie) Moon, Missionary in China, 1912
	23
	24
	25	The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Christmas Day
	26	Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr
	27	Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
	28	The Holy Innocents
	29	Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170
	30
	31 31	Frances Joseph-Gaudet, Social Reformer, 1934 Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Bishop, 1891

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