PRESENTATION

HIS CALENDAR BEGINS ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF NOVEMBER ACCORDING TO THE SYRIAN

TRADITION, A CUSTOM CLOSE TO THE WESTERN TRADITION. It includes the whole of the feasts and biblical readings of the liturgical cycle. It also presents the saints of the universal Church as well as the principal saints who have illuminated the history of the Celtic Orthodox Church. It allows for the free choice of each parish to celebrate its local saints.

This calendar does not propose to serve as an exhaustive list of all our saints, as they are too numerous to all appear here.

The Sunday and Feast-day readings are based upon the non-Roman Western type of Lectionaries-that is, for the most part upon the Mozarabic Lectionary and certain contributions from the Luxeuil or Bobbio Lectionary. While studying these different Lectionaries we noticed that many of the readings were identical.

The ancient Lectionaries did not include readings for the days of the week, since no Eucharistic celebrations were held other than on Sunday, with the exception of the period of Lent in the Mozarabic Lectionary. They included a fixed cycle for the period extending from Advent to Christmas, and for the Sundays after the Theophany until the first Sunday of Lent. For all the Sundays outside of Lent and the Paschal season, the cycle resumed after Pentecost until the first Sunday of Advent.

The ancient Western tradition of the Eucharistic Liturgy comprised three readings: from the Old Testament, the Pauling or Catholic Epistles, and the Gospel. For the weekday readings we have drawn from the biblical books of the Western and Eastern tradition.

As the specialist of the Mozarabic Calendar, Dom Jordi Pinel, explains: “There is no structure in the readings from what is called the daily time: For the Sundays outside of Advent, Lent, and the Eastertide, the offices and Sunday masses composed what is called the de quotidiano. For the most part they were considered as independent celebrations and did not form a cycle properly speaking.” We noticed that there were great similarities in the cycle of the periscopes of the Gospels and Epistles of the so-called quotidiano Sundays in the in the Mozarabic and ancient Milanese tradition. We therefore chosen from the Sundays after Pentecost in these two cycles, though they had no logical sequence between them.  

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WE  FOLLOW  THE  WESTERN  TRADITION  REGARDING    LITURGICAL  COLORS:  

VIOLET:  From  the  first  day  of  Advent  to  Christmas  Eve.  From  the  Sunday  before  Ash  Wednesday  to  the  eve  of  Pascha  (Easter).  For  the  Liturgies  of  the  deceased  and  of  the  sick.  

WHITE:  From  Christmas  to  the  Sunday  of  the  Wedding  of  Cana  included.  From  Pascha  (Easter)  to  the  eve  of  Pentecost.  On  the  feasts  of  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  of  the  Mother  of  God,  and  non-­‐martyr  saints.  

RED:  Pentecost  Sunday.  The  Exaltation  of  the  Holy  Cross.  All  Saints’  Day.  At  the  Liturgies  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  At  the  Liturgies  of  the  Holy  Martyrs.  

GREEN:  From  the  first  Sunday  to  the  last  Sunday  after  Pentecost.  From  the  Monday  after  the  Sunday  of  the  Wedding  of  Cana  to  the  Saturday  before  the  Sunday  preceding  Ash  Wednesday.  

PRINCIPAL  SOLEMN  FEASTS  

The  Epiphany  of  the  Lord  –  January  6  The  Theophany  or  Baptism  of  the  Lord  in  the  Jordan  –  First  Sunday  after  Epiphany  The  Presentation  of  Our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ  in  the  Temple  –  February  2  Ash  Wednesday  –  February  18  Annunciation  to  the  Most  Holy  Mother  of  God  –  March  25  Palm  Sunday  –  March  29  Pascha,  also  called  Easter  –  April  5  The  Ascension  of  Jesus  Christ  –  May  14  Pentecost  –  May  24  Transfiguration  of  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  –  August  6  Dormition  of  the  Most  Holy  Mother  of  God  –  August  15  Nativity  of  the  Most  Holy  Mother  of  God  –  September  8  Exaltation  of  the  Most  Holy  Cross  –  September  14  Entrance  into  the  Temple  of  the  Most  Holy  Mother  of  God  –  November  21  Nativity  of  Our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ  –  December  25  

 

OTHER  IMPORTANT  FEASTS:    

Chair  of  Saint  Peter  at  Antioch  –  February  22  Symeon  the  New  Theologian  –  March  12  Aristobulus  –  March  15  Patrick  –  March  17  Columba  –  June  9  Restoration  and  feast  of  all  the  Saints  and  Righteous  of  the  C.O.C.  –  June  15  This  is  the  date  of  the  consecration  of  Bishop  Jules  Ferrette  by  Metropolitan  Boutros  of  the  Syriac  Orthodox  Church;  took  place  in  Damascus  on  June  2,  1866,  according  to  the  Julian  calendar.  Nativity  of  John  the  Baptist  –  June  24  Peter  and  Paul  –  June  29  Dormition  of  Saint  Anne  –  July  26  Joseph  of  Arimathea  –  July  31  Tugdual  of  Saint-­‐Dolay  –  August  11  Clare  of  Assisi  –  August  11  (feasted  on  the  12th)  Feast  of  Creation  on  the  eve  of  the  solemnity  of  Saint  Francis  of  Assisi  Francis  of  Assisi  –  October  4  Clothilde  of  California  –  October  25  Gregory  of  Parumala  –  November  3  Columban  –  November  23  Nicholas  of  Feltham  –  December  31    OPENING  OF  THE  SAINT-­SIMÉON  AND  SAINT-­TUGDUAL    THEOLOGICAL  SCHOOL:  

(Variable  date  beginning  of  October)  Readings  for  the  Liturgy:  Eph  1:16-­‐19;  3:19-­‐21  Hb  13:7-­‐9  Eph  3:  20-­‐21  Mt  5:13-­‐20  

 

 

 

 

 

IN  THE  PARISHES  

Notre-­Dame-­du-­Signe  Parish  (Saint-­Dolay  –  56)  Saint  Francis  of  Assisi  –  October  4  Our  Lady  of  the  Sign,  dedication  of  the  cathedral  at  Holy  Presence  Monastery  –  November  27  A  community  meal  where  we  share  what  each  one  has  brought  will  follow  the  Eucharistic  Liturgy  of  Pascha  (Easter),  Pentecost,  and  the  feasts  of  Saint  Tugdual,  Saint  Francis,  Our  Lady  of  the  Sign,  and  Christmas  Eve.  

Sainte-­Aure  Parish  (Paris  –  75)  Saint  Aurea  –  October  4  

Saint-­Maximin-­and-­Saint-­Vérédème  Parish  (Saint-­Maximin  –  30)  Saint  Maximinus  of  Aix  –  June  8  Saint  Veredemus  –  June  17  

Saint-­Nicholas  of  Flüe  and  Saint-­Francis  of  Assisi  Parish  (Switzerland)  Saint  Nicholas  of  Flüe  –  March  31  Saint  Francis  of  Assisi  –  October  4  

Saint-­Gwenolé  Parish  (Beuzec-­cap-­Sizun  –  29)  Saint  Gwenolé  –  March  3    

Saint-­Tugdual  Parish  (Saint-­Hilaire  –  44)  Saint  Tugdual  –  August  11  

Saint-­Drostan’s  Chapel  (Scotland)  Saint  Drostan  of  Aberdeen  –  July  11  

Saint-­Gwenn’s  Parish  (Bridport  –  England)  Saint  Gwenn  –  October  18  

Saint-­Francis  of  Assisi  Parish  (Berryville  –  United  States)  Saint  Francis  of  Assisi  –  October  4  Saint  Clotilde  of  California  –  October  25    Other  Feast  Days  for  Great  Britain  

Saint  David  –  March  1st    Saint  George  –  April  23  

RULES  FOR  FASTING:  

♦  Bread  and  water  every  ordinary  Friday.  

♦  Advent  begins  on  November  12.  The  fast  is  partially  lifted  on  Sunday.  Everyone,  except  monks  who  observe   a   strict   fast   until   the   Feast   of   the  Nativity,   is   allowed   to   eat   animal   sub-­‐products  (eggs  or  milk  products).  

♦  Great  Lent  begins  on  Ash  Wednesday  –  strict  fast  (no  animal  products).  

♦  Eucharistic:     Morning  Liturgy  –  begins  at  midnight.     Liturgy  during  Lent  (5:30  P.M.)  –  begins  at  noon.    No  fasting:  From  Christmas  to  the  closing  of  the  Theophany.  From  Pascha  (Easter)  to  Pentecost.    Lenten  Services:  The  Eucharistic  Liturgy  replaces  Vespers  every  Wednesday  and  Friday  from  Ash  Wednesday  to  Pascha  (Easter).  

The  Prayer  of  Saint  Ephrem  the  Syrian  is  recited  at  the  end  of  every  office  during  Lent  from  Ash  Wednesday  to  Palm  Saturday.  They  are  omitted  on  Fridays  after  Vespers  and  Sundays  until  None  inclusively.  No  Angelus  is  recited  during  Holy  Week.    

The  Prayer  of  Saint  Ephrem  (recited  kneeling  down)  

O  Lord  and  Master  of  my  life,  take  from  me  the  spirit  of  sloth,  

faint-­‐heartedness,  lust  of  power,  and  idle  talk.  But  give  rather  the  spirit  of  chastity  

humility,  patience  and  love  to  Your  servant.    

Yes,  O  Lord  and  King,  grant  that  I  may  see  my  own  errors  

and  not  to  judge  my  brother,  O  You  who  are  blessed  unto  the  Age  of  ages,  

Amen.  (Performing  a  Metany  each  time  we  repeat  3  times:)  

O  God,  purify  me  a  sinner!    

 HOW  TO  USE  THIS  CALENDAR:  

Reading  of  Biblical  References:  For  example:  2Co  3:4-­‐15,  18;  4:1;  6:13-­‐15a  2Co:  refer  to  the  Biblical  abbreviations  on  page  11;  The  first  number:  the  chapter;  The  following  numbers:  the  verses;  A  dash  between  2  Arabic  numerals  (4-­‐15)  means  that  verse  4  is  read  to  verse  15  inclusively;  A  comma  (15,18)  means  that  we  read  verse  15  and  then  skip  to  verse  18;  A  semicolon  means  a  change  of  chapter;  [a]  means  the  first  part  of  the  verse;  [b]  the  second.    

For  the  example  above  we  read:  2nd  Epistle  to  Corinthians,  chapter  3,  verse  4  to  verse  15  inclusively;  then  verse  18  to  Chapter  4,  verse  1;  then  to  chapter  6,  verse  13  until  the  first  part  of  verse  15  inclusively.    

Psalms:  We  remind  you  that  the  Psalms  in  this  calendar  are  numbered  according  to  the  Septuagint—that  is,  the  Greek  translation  of  the  Old  Testament.  

LITURGICAL YEAR 2014-2015 OF THE CELTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH Wednesday, 12 November 2014 Renatus, Bishop of Angers (422) Cunibert, Bishop of Cologne (663) Cadwaladr, King of Wales, founder of Kilcummin (682) ♦ Liturgy: Is 12:1-6 Hb 1:1-14 Mk 13:1-8

Thursday 13 November 2014 John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople, Father of the Church (407) Killian, monk in Ireland, hermit at Aubigny-en-Artois (669)

♦ Liturgy: Is 10:17-21 Hb 2:5-9 Mk 13:9-13

Friday, 14 November 2014 Gregory Palamas, Bishop of Thessalonica, Father of the Church (1360) Dyfrig, 1st Bishop-Abbot of Llandaff, hermit (c.550) Sidonius of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Saint-Saëns-en-Bray (c.690) ♦ Liturgy: Is 18:3-5 Hb 2:5-9 Mk 13:14-18

Saturday, 15 November 2014 (Beginning of the Advent Fast) Malo, Bishop-Abbot of Llancarfan, 1st Bishop of Aleth (630) Didier, Bishop of Cahors (655) Paisius Velichkovsky, monk in Moldavia (1794)

♦ Liturgy: Is 24:7-16a Hb 2:10-18 Mk 13:19-23

1st Sunday of Advent Sunday, 16 November 2014 Emilianus, monk at Saujon, hermit at Saint-Émilion (767) Afan, Bishop-Abbot at Llanafan (6th c.) Othmar, Abbot of Saint Gall (759) ♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Is 2:1-5; 4:2-3 Rm 11:25-31 Mt 3:1-10

Monday, 17 November 2014 Hilda, nun at Chelles Monastery, Abbess- Foundress of Whitby (680) Gregory Thaumaturgus, Bishop of Neocaesarea (270) Gregory, Bishop of Tours (595) ♦ Liturgy: Is 14:1-8 Hb 3:1-6 Mk 13:24-31

Tuesday, 18 November 2014 Maudez, Prince of Ulster, Abbot of the Isle of Lavret (5th or 6th c.) Mummolus of Ireland, 3rd Abbot of Lagny (690) ♦ Liturgy: Is 16:1-10 Hb 3:7-19 Mk 13:32-37

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

James, hermit at Sasseau (865) Obadiah, Prophet in Samaria (9th c. BC) ♦ Liturgy: Is 24:16b-23 Hb 4:1-13 Lk 17:20-24

Thursday, 20 November 2014 (Forefeast of the Entry into the Temple) ♦ Vespers: Ps 44 Ps 45 – First Nocturn Ex 40:1-5, 9-16, 34-35 Autbodus of Ireland, hermit near Laon (690) Maxentia, princess of Ireland, virgin and martyr (death unknown) Gregory the Decapolite, monk at Constantinople (8th – 9th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 27:1-3, 12-13 Hb 4:14-16 Mt 8:5-11

Friday 21 November 2014 Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Mother of God Columbanus the Young, monk of Bangor-on-Dee (615) Wendelin, monk of Luxeuil, 1st Abbot of Lèse (650) ♦ Liturgy: Is 25:1-9 Hb 5:1-6 Lk 10:21-24 Entrance in the Temple: ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1Kg 7:51 – 8:1, 3-7, 9-11 ♦ Matins: Lk 1:39-49-, 56 ♦ Liturgy: Ez 43:27-44, 4 Hb 9:1-7 Lk 10:38-42; 11:27-28

Saturday, 22 November 2014 Philemon, Apphia, Archippus and Onesimus, disciples (1st c.) Cecilia, Valerian and Tiburtius, martyrs at Rome (230) ♦ Liturgy: Is 40:21-31 Hb 5:7-10 Mt 15:29-37

2nd Sunday of Advent Sunday, 23 November 2014 Columban of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Luxeuil (615) Clement I, Bishop of Rome, martyr, Father of the Church (101) Trudo (or Trond), monk at Stavelot-Malmedy Abbot-Founder de Saint-Trond (695) ♦ Liturgy: Is 29:9-24 Hb 5:11-14 Mt 7:21, 24-27 Columban: ♦ Vespers: Ps 15 and 18 ♦ Liturgy: Wis 18:1a, 3-4 Col 3:12-17 Jn 15:12-17

Monday, 24 November 2014 Leopardinus, Abbot of Saint Symphorian de Vivaris Pourçain, Abbot de Miranda (527) Walata Petros of Ethiopia (1643-1694) ♦ Liturgy: Is 29:9-24 Hb 5:11-14 Mt 7:24-27

Tuesday, 25 November 2014 (Leave-taking of the Entrance into the Temple) Catherine, martyr at Alexandria (310) Mercurius, martyr at Caesarea of Cappadocia (250) ♦ Liturgy: Is 5:1-7 Hb 6:1-8 Mt 9:27-31

Wednesday, 26 November 2014 (Forefeast of Our Lady of the Sign) Romphaire, of Northumbria, Bishop of Coutances (728) Basolus (also called Basle), Founder of Verzy (620) ♦ Liturgy: Is 33:15-22 Hb 6:9-15 Lk 5:17-26 ♦ Vespers: Ps 44 Ps 121 – First Nocturne Akathist Hymn

Thursday, 27 November 2014 Our Lady of the Sign Gregory the Sinaite, monk of Mount Sinai (1260-1346) Acharius, monk of Luxeuil, Bishop of Tournai and Noyon (640) ♦ Liturgy: Is 38:10-20 Hb 6:15-20 Mt 9:35 – 10:5b-8 Our Lady of the Sign: ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1K 8:22-23, 27-30 Si 24:22-31

♦ Liturgy: Is 7:10-14 Ap 12:1-6 Lk 1:39-4-

Friday, 28 November 2014 Fionnchu, 2nd Abbot of Bangor (6th c.) Juthwara, martyr at Lanteglos-by-Camelford (6th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 63:7-16 Hb 7:1-3 Jn 1:35-42

Saturday, 29 November 2014 Jacob of Sarugh, Bishop of Batnan (521) Saturninus, 1st Bishop of Toulouse, martyr (257) Brendan the Young, Abbot of Birr (573) ♦ Liturgy: Is 51:1-3 Hb 7:4-10 Mt 4:12-22

Sunday, 30 November 2014 Andrew the First Called, Apostle at Patras, martyr (62) Tugdual, 1st Bishop of Treher (Treguier) (564) Frumentius, 1st Bishop of Aksum (380) ♦ Liturgy: Is 63:17 – 64:3 Hb 7:11-17 Mt 4:23-25 Andrew: ♦ Vespers: Ps 18 ♦ Liturgy: Wis 9:17; 10:4-6; 14:5-7; 16:8 Gal 2:19-20; 6:14, 17-18 Mt 16:24-25

Monday, 1 December 2014 Eligius, Bishop of Tournai and Noyon (660) Nessan, 2nd Abbot of Cork (7th c.) Nahum, prophet (600’s BC) ♦ Liturgy: Is 63:17-64:3 Hb 7:11-17 Mt 4:23-25

Tuesday, 2 December 2014 Peter Chrysologus, Bishop of Ravenna, Father of the Church (450) Chromatius, Bishop of Aquileia (406) Bibiana (or) Viviana, martyr at Rome (4th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 42:108 Hb 7:18-28 Lk 5:1-11

Wednesday, 3 December 2014 Attalia, Abbess-Foundress of Strasbourg (741) Eloque (or) Eloquius of Ireland, 2nd Abbot of Lagny (666) Jumael, Metropolitan of Dol (c. 1076) ♦ Liturgy: Is 43:8-13 Hb 8:1-5 Lk 7:18b-23

Thursday, 4 December 2014 John of Damascus, monk of Saint Sabbas of Jerusalem, Father of the Church (749) Barbara, martyr at Nicomedia (235) Juliana, martyr at Hierapolis

♦ Liturgy: Is 48:1-6 Hb 8:6:13 Lk 7:24-30

Friday, 5 December 2014 Sabbas the Sanctified, Abbot-Founder of Mar Saba (532) Lua, monk of Luxeuil (7th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 44:1-9, 21-23 Hb 9:1-7 Mt 18:12-14

Saturday, 6 December 2014 Nicholas, Bishop of Myre (350) Constantine, King of the Scots, Abbot of Saint Andrew (576) ♦ Liturgy: Is 51:9-16 Hb 9:8-15 Mt 11:16-19

4th Sunday of Advent Sunday, 7 December 2014 Forefeast of the Conception Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Father of the Church (397) Fare, Foundress of Faremoutiers (657) ♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Ml 3:1-4, 10c-12 Jam 5:7-12 Lk 3:10-18

Conception of the Most Holy Mother of God by Saint Anna Monday, 8 December 2014 ♦ Liturgy: Proto-Gospel of JC: composed reading Prov 8:22-35 Gal 4:22-27 Lk 8:16-21 ♦ Vespers: Ps 44 Ps 86 Conception of the Most Holy Mother of God by Saint Anna Sosthenes, disciple at Corinth, 1st Bishop of Colphonia (1st c.) Romaric, monk at Luxeuil, 2nd Abbot of Remiremont (653) Eucharius, 1st Bishop of Trier (250) ♦ Liturgy: Is 52:1-10 Hb 9:16-23 Mt 11:28-30

Tuesday, 9 December 2014 Budoc, bishop in Ireland, 3rd Bishop of Dol (6th c.) Balda, 3rd Abbess of Jouarre (7th c.) Anna, Prophetess in Israel (1st c.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 54:10-13 Hb 9:24-28 Mt 17:10-13

Wednesday, 10 December 2014 Eulalia, martyr at Merida (304) Huon, Founder of Lannion ♦ Liturgy: Is 55:3-7 Hb 10:1-10 Jn 5: 33-36

Thursday, 11 December 2014 Daniel the Stylite, priest in Anatolia (493) Victoricus, Fuscian and Gentian, martyrs at Amiens (304) ♦ Liturgy: Is 58:10-11 Hb 10:11-18 Mt 20:29-34

Friday, 12 December 2014 Corentin (or) Corentinus, 1st Bishop of Quimper (490) Spiridon, Bishop of Cyprus (384) ♦ Liturgy: IS 2:2-5 Hb 10:19-27 Mt 21:23-27

Saturday, 13 December 2014 Lucy, martyr at Syracuse (304) Odilia, Abbess-Foundress of Hohenburg (720) ♦ Liturgy: Is 66:1-2 Hb 10:28-39 Mt 21:28-32

5th Sunday of Advent Sunday, 14 December 2014 Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers (610) Fingar, Abbot-Founder of Pluvigner, martyr (407) Nicasius, Bishop of Reims, martyr (407) ♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Ez 36:6-11 Col 3:4-11 Mt 21:1-9

Monday, 15 December 2014 Maximinus (also called Mesmin), 2nd Abbot of Micy (250) Valerian, Bishop of Abbenza in North Africa (457) ♦ Liturgy: Is 19:19-25 Hb 11:1-7 Mk 1:2-5

Tuesday, 16 December 2014 Judicael, King of Domnonée, monk of Gaël (658) Irenius, Bishop of Gaza (389) ♦ Liturgy: Is 45:2-7 Hb 11:8-16 Mt 3:1-3

Wednesday, 17 December 2014 Lazarus, disciple of Bethany, 1st Bishop of Marseille (1st c.) Daniel, prophet, Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael (6th c. BC) ♦ Liturgy: Is 33:1-17 Hb 11:17-30 Mt 3:4-12 ♦ Vespers: 1st Divine Name: O Wisdom

Week before Nativity Thursday, 18 December 2014 Flannan, Bishop-Founder of Killaloe, apostle of the Hebrides (7th c.) Gatian, 1st Bishop de Tours (337)

♦ Liturgy: Is 41:8-16 Hb 12:1-13 Lk 1:5-25 ♦ Vespers: 2nd Divine Name: O Adonai

Friday, 19 December 2014 Gregentios, Bishop of Axoum (6th c.) Samthann abbess-foundress of Clonbroney (739) ♦ Liturgy: Is 42:1-13 Hb 12:14-29 Lk 1:26-38 ♦ Vespers: 3rd Divine Name: O Stem of Jesse

Saturday, 20 December 2014 Ignatius Theophorus, Bishop of Antioch, martyr at Rome, Father of the Church (cx. 107) Urcisinus of Ireland, founder of Saint Ursanne (625) ♦ Liturgy: Is 51:4-8 Hb 13:1-8 Lk 1:39-45 ♦ Vespers: 4th Divine Name: Key of David

6th Sunday of Advent Sunday, 21 December 2014 Thomas, Apostle and martyr (1st c.) Juliana, martyr at Nicomedia (304) Thomas: ♦ 2nd Nocturn: Jas 1:1-12 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Jude 1-7, 17-25 ♦ Liturgy:

Wis 39:6-11 Eph 2:19-22 Jn 20:19-31 ♦ Vespers: Ps 67 ♦ 1st Nocturn: 1 Jn 1:1-7 Juliana: ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Is 11:1-10 Rm 15:8-13 Mt 24:27-36, 42-44 5th Divine Name: O Orient

Monday, 22 December 2014 Ethernan of Ireland (also known as Adrian of May), apostle of the Picts (875) Ischyrion, martyr (250) ♦ Liturgy: Is 64:1-11 Hb 13:9-15 Lk 1:57-66 6th Divine Name: O King of the Nations

Tuesday, 23 December 2014 Dagobert II, King of Austrasia, founder of Haslach (679) Victoria and Anatolia, martyrs at Tribulano (304) ♦ Liturgy: Is 66:7-12 Hb 13:16-25 Lk 1:67-79 7th Holy Name: O Emmanuel

Wednesday, 24 December 2014 (Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ)

Delphinus, Bishop of Bordeaux (404) Venerandus, Bishop of Clermont (423) Forefeast of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ: ♦ Liturgy of the Forefeast: Is 55:1-56, 1 Ti 2:11-15 Mt 1:18-25 ♦ 2nd Nocturn: Ps 45 Ps 66 Is 54:1-17 Homily of Saint Augustin ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ti 3:4-7 Ps 2, Ps 94, Ps 95, Ps 109 Is 7:10-14; 8:9-10 ♦ Vespers: Ps 141 and 2 ♦ Liturgy of Christmas Eve: Ba 3:46-4:4 Hb 1:1-13 Lk 2:1-20 8th Divine Name: O Jesus

Nativity Week Thursday, 25 December 2014 Nativity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Anastasia the Pharmakolytria (“Deliverer from Potions”), martyr at Sirmium (303)

♦ Solemn Vespers: Ps 84 and 88 (vv. 21-30 inclusively) ♦ Christmas Liturgy: Ba 3:36-4:4 Hb 1:1-13 Lk 2:1-20

Friday, 26 December 2014 Stephen Protomartyr, deacon (35) Tathan, prince of Ireland, founder of Llandathan (6th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 1:1-5 Eph 1:1-8 Lk 5:12-16 Stephen: ♦ Vespers: Ps 84, 88 (vv. 21-30) ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Jer 17:7-18 ♦ Liturgy: 1 K 21:1-29 Ac 6:1-7, 2, 51; 8:4 Mt 23:34-39

Saturday, 27 December 2014 John the Theologian, apostle, evangelist (100) Alan, Bishop-Abbot of Quimper (c. 670) Maximus, Pope of Alexandria (282) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 1:6-11 Eph 1:9-14 Lk 5:17-26 John: ♦ Liturgy: Wis 15:1-6 2Co 5:1-5 Jn 21:20-24

Sunday, 28 December 2014 Joseph the Just, the spouse of Mary (1st c.) The Holy Innocents, martyrs at Bethlehem (1st c.) Cade, Bishop in Berry (472)

Saint Joseph the Just: ♦ Vespers: Ps 111 and Ps 112 3rd Nocturn: Ps 2 and Ps 96 ♦ Matins: Lk 2:41-52 ♦ Liturgy: Wis 45:1-4 Col 3:14-17, 17 Mt 2:19-23 The Holy Innocents: ♦ Vespers: Ps 8 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 31:15-20 Hb 2:9-18 Mt 2:13-23

Monday, 29 December 2014 Trophimus, Bishop of Arles (3rd c.) Ebrulf (also known as Evroult) founder of Mortain (596) Marcel, Abbot of the Acemetes (5th c.) David, King of Israel (c. 970 BC) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 1:12-2:5 Eph 1:15-23 Lk 5:27-32

Tuesday, 30 December 2014 Timon, disciple (1st c.) Liberius III, Bishop of Ravenna (200) Sabinus, Bishop of Assisi, martyr (303) Exuperantius and Marcellus, martyrs at Assisi (303) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 2:6:23 Eph 2:1-10 Lk 5:33-39

Wednesday, 31 December 2014 Nicholas of Feltham the Blesser (1998) Melania the Younger, Abbess at Jerusalem (439) Sabinian (390), 1st Bishop; Potentian, 2nd Bishop; Altinus (4th c.); and Columba (273), of Sens, martyrs

♦ Liturgy: Wis 3:1-9 Eph 2:11-22 Lk 6:1-5

Thursday, 1 January 2015 Holy Name of Jesus Circumcision of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea of Palestine, Father of the Church (379)

♦ Liturgy: Wis 3:10-19 Eph 3:1-7 Lk 6:5-11 Holy Name of Jesus: ♦ Vespers: Ps 8 and 19 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Ps 64 1 Tm 2:1-6 Lk 6:16-22 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ps 71 and 134 Phil 2:6-11 ♦ Matins: Jn 10:9-16 ♦ Liturgy: Gn 17:1-14 Ps 112 Col 2:8-12 Lk 2:20-21 ♦ Sext: Ps 53 ♦ None: Ps 148

Friday, 2 January 2015 Seraphim, priest-monk of Sarov (1833) Adalard, Abbot of Corbie, Founder of New Corbie (827) John of Kronstadt, priest and confessor (1908) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 4:1-6 Eph 3:8-13 Lk 6:24-36

Saturday, 3 January 2015 Genevieve, virgin, Patroness of Paris (502) Blimont, monk of Luxeuil, 3rd Abbot of Leuconay (673) Malachi, prophet (c. 515 BC)

♦ Liturgy: Wis 4:7-14 Eph 3:14-21 Lk 6:46-49

Sunday after Saint Joseph Sunday, 4 January 2015 70 Disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ Gregory, Bishop of Langres (540) ♦ Liturgy: Lk 10:1-5 ♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Is 61:1-3, 9a; 62:11-12a Eph 4:23-28 Lk 2:42a-52 ♦ Vespers: Ps 92:1b

Monday, 5 January 2015 (Forefeast of the Epiphany) Syncletica, hermit in Egypt (c. 350) Convoyon, Abbot-Founder of St. Savior Monastery near Redon (868), and Tedwin, priest-monk ♦ Third Nocturn: Nm 224:15-25 2K 6:1-7 ♦ Liturgy: Is 49:8-13 2Co 4:6-7 Lk 3:23-38 ♦ Vespers: Ps 67:29-36 Ps 71 ♦ Liturgy: Wis 4:14b-20 Eph 4:1-16 Lk 7:1-10

Tuesday, 6 January 2015 Epiphany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (The Three Kings) Melanius, Bishop of Rennes (530)

♦ Third Nocturn: Nm 24:15-25 ♦ Liturgy: Is 60:1-16 Ap 21:9-11, 23-27 Mt 2:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Wis 5:1-5 Eph 4:17-25a Lk 7:11-16

Wednesday, 7 January 2015 Theodosius, Archbishop of Chernigov (1696) Tillo, Abbot of Solignac (702) Kentigerna, hermitess of Loch Lomond (734) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 5:6-14 Eph 4:25-32 Lk 7:31-35

Thursday, 8 January 2015 Agathon, hermit in Egypt (c. 435) Frodobert, monk of Luxeuil, Founder of Moutier-la-Celle (673) Albert and Erhard, of Ireland, Bishop-missionary en Bavaria (686) Lucian, 1st Bishop, Maximian and Julian, martyrs at Beauvais (286)

♦ Liturgy: Wis 5:15-23 Eph 5:1-8a Lk 7:36-50

Friday, 9 January 2015 Peter II, Bishop of Sebaste (391) Fillan, abbot of Stathfillan, hermit at Pittenween (750) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 6:1-11 Eph 5:8b-21 Lk 8:5-15

Forefeast of the Theophany Saturday, 10 January 2015 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, Father of the Church (394) Sethrida, 2nd abbess of Faremoutiers (660) ♦ Liturgy: Is 12:3-6 Ac 13:25-33 Jn 1:29-34 ♦ Vespers: Ps 28 Ps 113 ♦ First Nocturn: Ps 26 Ex 15:22-16:1 Jos 3:7-8, 15-17 Theophany Sunday, 11 January 2015 (Closing of the Nativity) Theodosius the Cenobiarch, Abbot-Hermit in Palestine (529) Theodosius, Abbot-Founder in Cilicia (412) ♦ Second Nocturn: Ps 73 2K 2:19-22 Is 12:3-6 Ac 13:25-33

♦ Third Nocturn: Ps 22 1Co 10:1-4 ♦ Matins: Is 35:1-10 Mk 1:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: 2K 5:9-14 Rm 6:3-11 Mt 3:13-17

Closing of Theophany Monday, 12 January 2015 Tatiana, deaconess at Rome, martyr (225) Caesaria, Abbess at Arles (540) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 6:12-25 Eph 5: 25-33 Lk 8:16-21

Tuesday, 13 January 2015 Theophany (Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ) James, Bishop of Nisibis, Father of the Church (350) Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Father of the Church (368) Kentigern, Bishop-Abbot of Glasgow (603) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 7:1-14 Eph 6:1-9 Lk 8:22-25

Wednesday, 14 January 2015 Nina, hermit in Georgia (325) Sava I, Patriarch of Serbia (1237) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 7:15-21 Eph 6:10-17 Lk 8:26-39

Thursday, 15 January 2015 Paul, The First Hermit in Thebes (342) Ita, princess of Ireland, abbess of Killeedy (570) John Calabytes (“the Hut-Dweller”), monk of the Acemetes (450) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 7:22-8:1 Eph 6:18-24 Lk 9:37-43a

Friday, 16 January 2015 Fursey, from Ireland, Bishop-Founder of Lagny (650) Honoratus, abbot of Lerins, Bishop of Arles (429) James of Syria, 1st Bishop of Tarentaise (429) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 8:2-8 Phil 1:1-11 Lk 9:43b-48

Saturday, 17 January 2015 Anthony the Great, abbot-founder in the Thebaid (356) Mildgytha, princess of Mercia, abbess of Wenlock (676) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 8:9-16 Phil 1:12-20a Lk 9:49-56

Sunday, 18 January 2015 Beginning of the Week of Christian Unity Deicola (also called Desle), Abbot-Founder of Lure (625) Prisca, martyr at Rome (250) Sunday for Christian Unity

♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Nm 20:1-13 Rm 8:22-27 Jn 2:1-11

Monday, 19 January 2015 Macarius the Great, priest-monk of Scetes (391) Blathmac and companions, monks at Iona, martyrs (824) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 8:17-21 Phil 1:20b-30 Lk 9:57-62

Tuesday, 20 January 2015 Euthymius the Great, abbot in Palestine (471) Sebastian, martyr at Rome (288) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 9:1-18 Phil 2:1-11 Lk 10:1-15

Wednesday, 21 January 2015 Agnes, martyr at Rome (304) Patroclus, 1st Bishop of Troyes, martyr (259) Meinrad, monk of Reichenau, hermit at Einsiedeln (861) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 10:1-8 Phil 2:12-18 Lk 10:16-24

Thursday, 22 January 2015 Solen or Solemnis, from Ireland, Bishop of Chartres (509)

Timothy, disciple, Bishop of Ephesus, martyr (97) Vincent, deacon of Saragossa, martyr (304) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 10:9-14 Phil 2:19-30 Lk 10:24-37

Friday, 23 January 2015 Maimbod, from Ireland, martyr at Dampierre (c. 880) John the Almoner, Pope of Alexandria (619) Barnard, founder of Romans-sur-Isère, Bishop of Vienne (842) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 10:15-11:3 Phil 3:1-8a Lk 10:38-42

Saturday, 24 January 2015 Cadoc, hermit at Etel, abbot-founder of Llancarfan, martyr (588) Ebertram, monk of Luxeuil, founder of Saint Quentin (7th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 11:4-14 Phil 3:8b-19 Lk 11:1-8

Sunday, 25 January 2015 Conversion of Saint Paul Gregory the Theologian (also called Gregory Nazianzus), Patriarch of Constantinople, Father of the Church (380) Conversion of Saint Paul ♦ Liturgy: Si 2:1-11 Ac 9:1-22 Jn 13:34-35; 14:2-4 Gregory the Theologian, Patriarch of Constantinople, Father of the Church ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8

♦ Liturgy: Is 6:1-10 1Co 1:26-31 Lk 4:16-22

Monday, 26 January 2015 Theofrid, monk of Luxeuil, 1st Bishop-Abbot of Corbie (690) Ausille, Bishop of Fréjus, martyr (5th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 11:15-20 Phil 3:20 – 4:9 Lk 11:9-13

Tuesday, 27 January 2015 Julian, 1st Bishop of Le Mans (3rd c.) Peter the Egyptian, hermit in Syria (400) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 11:21 – 12:2 Phil 4:10-23 Lk 11:14-23

Wednesday, 28 January 2015 Ephrem the Syrian, Father of the Church (378) Isaac the Syrian, Bishop of Nineveh, Father of the Church (7th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 12:3-11a Col 1:1-12 Lk 11:23-28

Thursday, 29 January 2015 Gildas the Wise, founder of Rhuys (570) Valerius, 2nd Bishop of Trèves (320) Sulpicius, Bishop of Bourges (7th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Wis 12:11b-18 Col 1:13-20 Lk 11:29-32

Friday, 30 January 2015 Bathildis, Queen of France, nun-foundress of Chelles (680) Aldegonde, foundress of Maubeuge (684) Jean, Bishop of Saint-Denis (1970) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 12:19-22 Col 1:21-29 Lk 11:33-41

Saturday, 31 January 2015 Maedoc, founder of Ferns (632) Marcella, martyr at Rome (410) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 13:1-9 Col 2:1-7 Lk 11:42-54

Sunday, 1 February 2015 (Pre-feast of the Purification of the Virgin) Brigid of Ireland, Foundress of Cill-Dara (Kildare) (524) Sigebert, King of Austrasia (656) Eubert, 1st Bishop of Lille (294) ♦ Vespers: Ps 96 Ps 97 ♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Ez 37-19-26 Gal 5:26-6:6 Jn 4: 46-54

Monday, 2 February 2015 Purification of the Virgin – Candlemas Adalbald, Duke of Flanders, martyr at Ostrevant (652) Erlulf, 4th Abbot of Werden, martyr (830) ♦ Third Nocturn: 1Co 7:25-40 ♦ Liturgy: Si 24:23-31 Rm 8:3-11 Lk 2:22-40

Tuesday, 3 February 2015 Symeon the Just (1st c.) Anne the Prophetess (1st c.) Blaise, Bishop of Sebastea, martyr (320) Barsauma, Father of Syrian monasticism (491) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 14:1-11 Col 2:13b-19 Lk 12:13-21

Wednesday, 4 February 2015 Rabanus Maurus, of Ireland, Bishop of Mainz (856) Vulgis, abbot of Lobbes (760) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 14:12-21 Col 2:20-3:4 Lk 12: 22-32

Thursday, 5 February 2015 Bertulf, abbot-founder of Renty (705) Agatha, martyr in Sicily (251) Avitus, Bishop of Vienne (520)

♦ Liturgy: Wis 14:22-26 Col 3:5-11 Lk 12:32-40

Friday, 6 February 2015 Barsanuphius the Great, hermit at Gaza (563) Amand, Bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht, founder de Tournai (684) Vedast, Bishop of Arras and Cambrai (540) Mel, Bishop-Abbot of Ardagh (488) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 14:27-31 Col 3:12-17 Lk 12:41-48

Saturday, 7 February 2015 Meldon, from Ireland, priest at Peronne (6th c.) Tressan, prince of Ireland, hermit at Avenay (550) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 15:1-6 Col 3:18-4:1 Lk 12:49-53

Sunday, 8 February 2015 Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, Father of the Syrian Church (538) Nicetius, Bishop of Besancon (613) Paul, Bishop of Verdun, hermit (469) ♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 16:9-15 1Co 10:1-13 Mt 22:36-23:12

Monday, 9 February 2015

(Closing of the Purification of the Virgin)

Ansbert, Bishop of Rouen, 3rd Bishop of Fontenelle (695) Teilo, 2nd Bishop-Abbot of Llandaff (560) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 15:7-13 Col 4:2-9 Lk 12:54-59

Tuesday, 10 February 2015 Austreberta, foundress of Pavilly (704) Fagan, Bishop of Glastonbury Scholastica, abbess of Nursia (543) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 15:14-19 1Thes 1:1-10 Lk 13:1-9

Wednesday, 11 February 2015 Gobnait, abbess of Ballyvourney (6th c.) Jarlath, Bishop of Armagh (480) Benedict, abbot of Aniane (821) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 16:1-4 1Thes 2:1-12 Lk 13:10-17

Thursday, 12 February 2015 Meletius the Great, Patriarch of Antioch, Father of the Church (381) Ludan le Pilgrim, prince of Scotland (1202) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 16:5-14 1Thess 2:13-20 Lk 13:18-21

Friday, 13 February 2015 Aquila and Priscilla, disciples, martyrs en Asia Minor (1st c.) Martinian, hermit of Caesarea, in Palestine (ca. 398) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 16:15-20 1Thes 4:1-12 Lk 13: 22-30

Saturday, 14 February 2015 Cyril, apostle of the Slavs (869) Valentine, Bishop of Terni, martyr (269) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 16:21-29 1Thes 5:1-11 Lk 13:31-35

Sunday before Ash Wednesday Sunday, 15 February 2015 Waningus, Founder of Fécamp Faustinus, priest of Brescia, martyr (120) ♦ Third Nocturn: Si 2:7-18 ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 7:1-7 1Co 1:3-9 Mt 17:1-13

Monday, 16 February 2015 Tanco (also called Tancho), of Ireland, 3rd Bishop of Werden, martyr (ca. 800) Armentarius, Bishop of Antibes (460) ♦ Liturgy:

Wis 17:1-8 1Thes 5:12-28 Lk 14:1-11

Tuesday, 17 February 2015 Finan, 2nd Bishop-Abbot of Lindisfarne (661) Silvin, of Ireland, Bishop-missionary around Therouanne (718) Mariamne, disciple (1st c.) ♦ Liturgy: Wis 17:9-21 2Thes 1:1-5 Lk 14:12-15 ♦ First Nocturn: Ex 19:3-20

Ash Wednesday Wednesday, 18 February 2015 First day of fasting. Placing of ashes at the beginning of Liturgy and at the beginning of the Prayer of Saint Ephrem the Syrian. Colman, 3rd Bishop-Abbot of Lindisfarne (675) Angilbert, abbot of Centula (814) Leontius, Bishop of Metz (451) ♦ Third Nocturn: Ex 20:1-17 ♦ Liturgy: Jl 2:12-13 Gal 4:21-31 Mt 6:16-21 ♦ Sext: Wis 12:12-22 ♦ None: Prov 1:23-32; 7:1-2

Thursday, 19 February 2015 Mesrob Mashdots the Translator, prince of Armenia (5th c.) Valerius, Bishop of Antibes, martyr (450) Leu, Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saone (610)

♦ Liturgy: Is 38:1-6 Jas 1:2-12 Jn 1:1-14 ♦ First Nocturn: 1st part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

Friday, 20 February 2015 Bessarion, hermit at Skete (ca. 400) Eucherius, monk of Jumiege, Bishop of Orleans (743) Eleutherius, Bishop of Tournai, martyr (532) ♦ Liturgy: Is 56:1-12 Jas 1:13-21 Jn 1:15-29

Saturday, 21 February 2015 Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch (377) Germanus, Founder de Moutier-Grandval, martyr (677) Emebert, Bishop of Cambrai (710) ♦ Liturgy: Is 58:9b-14 Jas 1:22-27 Jn 1:29-34

1st Sunday of Lent Sunday, 22 February 2015 Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch ♦ Liturgy: Is 32:1:3-9, 15-18 Ac 12:1-17 Mt 16:13-19 Abilius, 2nd Pope of Alexandria (97) Aristion, disciple (1st c.) Paschasius, Bishop of Vienne (312) ♦ Third Nocturn:

Prov 1:23-2:9 ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: 1K 19:3b-15 2Co 6:1-10 Mt 4:1-11

2nd Week of Lent Monday, 23 February 2015 Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr (167) Milburga, 2nd Abbess of Wenlock (722) Alexander, Abbot of the Acemetes (430) ♦ Liturgy: Is 1:16-19 Jas 2:1-5 Jn 1:35-51

Tuesday, 24 February 2015 Matthias, Apostle, martyr (63) Ethelbert, King of Kent (616) ♦ Liturgy: Is 45:6-11 Jas 2:6-13 Jn 2:12-23 Matthias: ♦ Liturgy: Ac 1:15-26

Wednesday, 25 February 2015 Leonhard, monk of Bangor, abbot-founder of Marmoutier (618) Adeltruda, 2nd abbess of Maubeuge (696) ♦ Liturgy: Is 30:15-18 Jas 2:14-21 Jn 3:22-36

Thursday, 26 February 2015 Alexander, Pope of Alexandria (328) Agricola, Bishop of Nevers (596) Porphyry, Bishop of Gaza (420) ♦ Liturgy: Is 18:1-7 Jas 3:1-9 Jn 4:43-54 ♦ First Nocturn: 2nd part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

Friday, 27 February 2015 Leander, Bishop of Seville, Father of the Church (596) Honorina, martyr in Normandy (393) ♦ Liturgy: Is 50:6-7 Jas 3:10-13 Jn 5:1-18

Saturday, 28 February 2015 Ruellinus, 2nd Bishop-abbot of Treguier (6th c.) Romanus, abbot-founder of Condat (ca. 460)

♦ Liturgy: Jer 3:2-14 Jas 4:1-6 Jn 5:19-27 ♦ First Nocturn: Ho 14:2-10

2nd Sunday of Lent Sunday, 1 March 2015 David, 1st Bishop of Menevia (589) Albinus, Bishop of Angers (550) Eudokia, martyr at Heliopolis (107) ♦ Second Nocturn:

Dn 2:1-25 ♦ Third Nocturn: 1P 3:5-9 ♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Dn 2:26-27, 31-47 Jas 2:21-26 Jn 4:5-24

3rd Week of Lent Monday, 2 March 2015 Chad of Mercia, Bishop of Lichfield (672) Fergna the White, 2nd abbot of Iona (637) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 3:20-22 Jas 4:7-10 Jn 5:28-30

Tuesday, 3 March 2015 Winwaloe, Abbot-Founder of Landévennec (532) Calupan, priest-monk of Meallot (575) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 17:8-16 Jas 4:11-17 Jn 5:31-38

Wednesday, 4 March 2015 Gerasimus the Hermit, Abbot-Founder of the Saint Gerasimus Laura (475) Adrian, apostle of the Picts, Bishop of Saint-Andrew, martyr (875) Leodovaldus, Bishop of Avranches (2nd half 6th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 18:7-11 Jas 5:1-11 Jn 5:39 – 6:2

Thursday, 5 March 2015 Virgilius, of Lerins, Bishop of Arles (610) Ciaran (or Kieran) the Elder, abbot of Saighir, 1st Bishop of Ossory (530) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 17:5-10 Jas 5:12-15 Jn 6:5-14 ♦ First Nocturn: 3rd part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

Friday, 6 March 2015 Fridolin, of Ireland, Founder of Sackingen (540) Cadroe, of Ireland, Abbot of Waul (971) Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz (766) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 25:1-7 Jas 5:16-20 Jn 6:15-23

Friday, 7 March 2015 Paul the Simple, monk in the Thebaid (340) Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs at Carthage (203) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 6:6-21 1P 1:1-9 Jn 6:24-29

3rd Sunday of Lent Sunday, 8 March 2015 Senan, Bishop of Scattery Island (560) Julian, Bishop of Toledo (690) ♦ Second Nocturn: Dn 9:4-19 ♦ Third Nocturn:

Nm 22:2 – 23:10 1Jn 2:8-12 ♦ Matins:    Jn 9:39 – 10:9 ♦ Liturgy: Dn 4:16-24, 30-34 1Jn 1:5-9 Jn 9:1-38

4th Week of Lent Monday, 9 March 2015 Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (320) Constantine, King of Cornwall, martyr (576) ♦ Liturgy: J; 2:12-13 1P 1:10-16 Jn 6:30-3

Tuesday, 10 March 2015 Attalas, 2nd Abbot of Bobbio (627) Himelin, of Ireland, Priest at Vissemaeken (750) Anastasia the Patrician, hermitess at Skete (6th c.) ♦ Liturgy: 2K 4:1-7 1P1:16-21 Jn 6:35-40

Wednesday, 11 March 2015 Mid-Lent Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (644) Aengus, the Culdee, Abbot of Cluain-eidneach (824) Ceratius, Bishop of Eauze (5th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Jl 2:15-17 1P 3:10-15 Jn 6:41-47

Thursday, 12 March 2015 Symeon the New Theologian (1021) Paul Aurelian, 1st Bishop-Abbot in Léon (573) Tanguy, Founder of Monastery at Gerber (594) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 20:12-24 1P 4:7-11 Jn 6:47-55 ♦ First Nocturn: 4th part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

Friday, 13 March 2015 Euphrasia of Constantinople, nun of the Thebaid (410) Mochoemoc, of Ireland (565) ♦ Liturgy: Mi 7:18-20 1P 5:6-11 Jn 6:56-59

Saturday, 14 March 2015 Leobinus, Bishop of Chartres (556) Kyrin, 1st Bishop of Ross (ca. 630) ♦ Liturgy: Am 5:14-15 2P 1:5-11 Jn 6:60-66

4th Sunday of Lent Sunday, 15 March 2015 Aristobulus, Disciple Bishop of great Britain, martyr (1st c.) Longinus the Centurion, martyr à Caesarea of Palestine (1st c.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 42:1-4

1P 5:1-11 Jn 3:1-11 ♦ Second Nocturn: Dn10:12 – 11:2; 12:1-13 ♦ Third Nocturn: Jas 4:11-17 ♦ Matins: Jn 8:15-20 ♦ Liturgy: Dn 10:2-12, 15-16a, 19b Jas 3:14-18 Jn 7:14-30

5th Week of Lent Monday, 16 March 2015 Gregory of Armenia, Bishop of Nicopolis, hermit at Pithiviers (3rd c.) Eusebia, Abbess de Hamage (680) Abraham the Solitary, hermit near Edessa (6th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 1:1-4, 24-26 2P 1:12-21 Jn 8:3-11

Tuesday, 17 March 2015 Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, Bishop of Armagh (461) Gertrude, Abbess of Nivelles (659) Agricola, Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saone (580) ♦ Liturgy: Is 5:20, 23-27 1Jn 1:1-4 Jn 8:21-30

Wednesday, 18 March 2015 Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Father of the Church (386) Fridianus, of Ireland, Bishop-Abbot of Lucca (588) ♦ Liturgy:

Ho 5:10; 7:13-16; 13:4 1Jn 1:10 – 2:2 2Jn 8:31-45

Thursday, 19 March 2015 Leontius, Bishop of Saintes (640) Lachtnan, Founder of Clonfert Landoald, Abbot-Founder of Wintershaven and Amance (668) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 9:7-9, 12 1Jn 2:3-11 Jn 8:52-59 ♦ First Nocturn: Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

Friday, 20 March 2015 Cuthbert, Bishop-Abbot of Lindisfarne (687) Wulfram, Bishop of Sens, apostle of Frisia (720) Remigius, Bishop of Strasbourg (783) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 12:7-10, 14-15 1Jn 2:12-17 Jn 10:20-28

Saturday, 21 March 2015 Benedict, Abbot-Founder of Nursia (547) Enda, Founder of Cashel (ca. 530) Nicolas, hermit at Flue (1487) ♦ Liturgy: Is 50:8-10 1Jn 2:18-25 Jn 7:33-38  

5th Sunday of Lent

Sunday, 22 March 2015 Lazarus Sunday Paul Sergius, 1st Bishop of Narbonne (290) Ruff, 1st Bishop of Avignon Darerca, Queen in Scotland (5th c.) ♦ Second Nocturn:    La 3:1-21, 24-31, 52-66 ♦ Third Nocturn: 1P 4:13-19 ♦ Matins: Jn 5:28-29; 8:51-53, 58-59 ♦ Liturgy: 1K 17:17-24 1Jn 5:16-20 Jn 11:1-52

6th Week of Lent Monday, 23 March 2015 Ethelwald, hermit at Lindisfarne (699) Victorian and Fromentius, martyrs at Adrumentum (484) Eusebius II, Bishop of Tricastin (600) ♦ Liturgy: Hab 1:2-4, 2:4 1Jn 2:26-29 Jn 10:27-31

Fore-Feast of the Annunciation Tuesday, 24 March 2015 Gabriel, Archangel Sara, hermitess at Skete (4th c.) Hildelitba, nun of Chelles, 2nd Abbess of Barking (717) Fore-Feast of the Annunciation ♦ Third Nocturn: Ez 43:27 – 44:4 Prov 9:1-11 ♦ Vespers: Ps 44 and 84 ♦ First Nocturn: Akathist Hymn

Gabriel, Archangel: Gn 9:21-26 ♦ Liturgy: La 1:9-10, 12; 3:21-22 1Jn 3:1-12 Jn 10:32-39

Wednesday, 25 March 2015 Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God Hermenland, Abbot-Founder of Aindre (720) Dismas the Good Thief (33)

Annunciation: ♦ Third Nocturn: Ex 3:1-8 ♦ Matins: Lk 1:39-4-, 56 ♦ Liturgy: Prov 9:1-11 Hb 2:11-18 Lk 1:24-38 ♦ Liturgy: La 1:19-22; 3:25,32 1Jn 3:13-17 Jn 15:1-5

Thursday, 26 March 2015 (Closing of the Annunciation) Ludger, of Zuilen, 1st Bishop of Munster (809) Larissa and companions, martyrs en Crimea (ca. 375) ♦ Liturgy:

La 1:16; 3:54-56 1Jn 3:18-24 Jn 15:12-16  

Friday, 27 March 2015 Rupert of Ireland, 1st Bishop of Salzburg (717) John the Anchorite, monk in the Thebaid (394) ♦ Liturgy: La 1:13,18; 3:24 1Jn 4:1-6 Jn 12:44, 46-50

Saturday, 28 March 2015 Gundelindis, 2nd Abbess of Niedermunster (750) Justin, 1st Bishop of Tarbes, martyr (5th c.) Guntram, King of Burgundy (593) ♦ Liturgy: Jb 30:13, 20-21, 23-24 1Jn 4:7-16 Jn 7:1-10, 30 ♦ Vespers: Ps 23 Ps 46 ♦ First Nocturn: Gn 48:1-2, 8-12  

Palm Sunday Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem Sunday, 29 March 2015 Eustace, 2nd Abbot of Luxeuil (625) Jonas and Barachisius, martyrs in Persia (327)

♦ Second Nocturn: Gen 49:1,10-11 ♦ Third Nocturn: Zep 3:14-19 ♦ Matins: Zec 9:9-17 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 31:31-34 1P 2:21-25 Jn 11:55 – 12, 25 ♦ Vespers: Ps 23 and 136

Holy Week Monday, 30 March 2015 John Climacus, Abbot of Mount Sinai, Father of the Church (606) Patto of Ireland, 2nd Bishop of Werden (788) ♦ Liturgy: Is 57:1-4, 13 1Jn 4:17 – 5:4 Jn 7:43 – 8:2

Holy Tuesday Tuesday, 31 March 2015 Acatius, Patriarch of Antioch (250) Amos, Prophet (745 B.C.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 50:5-8 1Jn 5:5-14 Jn 8:46-51

Ash Wednesday Wednesday, 1 April 2015 Mary of Egypt, penitent (421) Valerius (Walric), Abbot-Founder of Leuconay (622) Melito, Bishop of Sardis, apologist (180) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 26:13-15 Jdg 1:20-25 Mt 26:1-16 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Tenebrae Office

Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) Thursday, 2 April 2015 Nicetius, Bishop of Lyons (579) Flodobertha, and Landeberga, nuns of Faremoutiers (7th c.) Urban, Bishop of Langres (390) ♦ Liturgy: Zec 2:13-3:5; 11:7-14; 13:7-9 1Co 11:23-32 Composed Gospel ♦ 1st Nocturn: Tenebrae Office

Good Friday Friday, 3 April 2015 Florentius, monk of Ireland, Bishop of Strasbourg (693) Urbitius, Bishop of Clermont (724) Nicetas, Abbot of Medicion (824)

♦ 2nd Nocturn: Ps 3 Is 52:13-53:13 Ps 8 Rm 5:6-21 Ps 30 Rm 6:1-14 Ps 38 Hb 2:5-18 Jn 16, 29-17, 11 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ps 39 Hb 9:6-14 Ps 40 Hb 9:15-28 Ps 48 Col 2:8-15 Ps 54 1P 2:21-25 ♦ Matins: Ps 50 and 21 Jn 17:12-26 ♦ Office of the Passion: Jer 11:15-20; 12:7-9 Am 8:4-11 Zec 8:14-15; 12:10 1Co 1:18-2, 2 Is 53:9-12 Composed Gospel Ps 50 and 21

Holy Saturday Saturday, 4 April 2015 Isidore, Bishop of Seville (636) Zosimas, monk-hermit in Palestine (560)

♦ Matins: At the Tomb Dn 3:26-45 (7th Ode) Ez 36, 24-28 Mt 27, 62-67 Paschal Vigil: New Fire Office of the Readings Baptismal Office Procession of the Resurrection ♦ Night Liturgy: Ap 1:1-8 Rm 6:3-11 Mt 28:1-7

Holy, Luminous and Great Easter Sunday Sunday, 5 April 2015 Tigernach, Bishop-Abbot of Cluain-Eois (549) Ethelburga, Abbess-Foundress of Lyminge (647) Theodora, nun at Thessalonica, martyr (892) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 1:9-18 1Co 15:1-11, 20-22 Mt 28:8-20 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

Bright Week – 1st Week after Easter Monday, 6 April 2015 Methodius, Archbishop of Moravia, Apostle of the Slavs (9th c.) Brec’han (or Brychan), King of Brecknock, Wales (death unknown) Gennard, 3rd Abbot of Saint-Germer-de-Flay (720) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 2:1-7 Ac 2:14, 22b-32 Mk 16:1-7 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

Tuesday, 7 April 2015 Gibardus, Abbot of Luxeuil, martyr (888) Aphraates, hermit at Antioch (345) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 2:8-11 Ac 2:36-41 Lk 24:13-35 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

Wednesday, 8 April 2015 Rufus, Agabus, Asyncritus, Herodion, Phlegon and Hermes, disciples, martyrs (1st c.) Perpetuus, Bishop of Tours (490) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 3:7-13 Ac 3:1-10 Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

Thursday, 9 April 2015 Mary of Cleopas, disciple in Palestine (1st c.) Hugh, Bishop of Paris, of Rouen, and of Bayeux (730) Prochorus, deacon of Antioch (1st c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 2:12-17 Ac 3:11-26 Jn 20:1-9 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

Friday, 10 April 2015 Palladius, Bishop of Auxerre (661) Paternus, hermit at Abdinghof, martyr (1058) Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres (1028)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 2:18-19 Ac 4:1-12 J Jn 20:11-18 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

Saturday, 11 April 2015 Godebertha, Abbess of Tournai et Noyon (700) Isaac, hermit at Monteluco (6th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 3:1-6 Ac 4:13-21 Jn 21:1-14 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

1st Sunday after Easter – Thomas Sunday Sunday, 12 April 2015 Erkemboden, Bishop of Therouanne (714) Zeno, Bishop of Verona, martyr (371) Florentinus, 1st Abbot of Arles ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-5 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 7:2-12 Ac 8:26-40 Jn 20:19-31 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

2nd Week after Easter Monday, 13 April 2015 Hermengild, King of Seville, martyr at Saragossa (586) Martius, Abbot of Clermont

♦ Liturgy: Ap 3:14-22 Ac 4:23-31 Mt 20:17-28

Tuesday, 14 April 2015 Lambert, 2nd Abbot of Fontenelle, Bishop of Lyons (688) Thomais, martyr at Alexandria (476) Praetextatus, Bishop of Rouen, martyr (586) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 5:1-5 Ac 4:32-37 Mt 22:23-33

Wednesday, 15 April 2015 Paternus (Padarn), Founder of Llanbadarn Fawr (482) Basilissa and Anastasia, martyrs at Rome (68) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 5:6-10 Ac 5:17-26 Mk 9:30-37

Thursday, 16 April 2015 Paternus, 1st Bishop of Vannes (564) Fructuosus, Bishop of Braga (665) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 5:11-14 Ac 5:27-33 Lk 6:17-23

Friday, 17 April 2015 Donan (or Donnan), Abbot of Eigg, martyr (617) Wando, Abbot of Fontenelle (756) Landericus, Bishop of Meaux (7th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 6:1-6 Ac 5:34-42 Lk 8:40-42, 49-56

Saturday, 18 April 2015 Apollonius, apologist, martyr at Rome (185) Hiduiphus, Abbot-Founder of Lobbes (707) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 6:7-12 Ac 6:1-7 Lk 9:18-22 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

2nd Sunday after Easter – Sunday of the Paralytic Sunday, 19 April 2015 Ursmar, 1st Bishop-Abbot of Lobbes (713) Vincent, martyr at Collioure (304) ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 21:9-23 Ac 9:1-22 Jn 5:1-18

3rd Sunday after Easter Monday, 20 April 2015 Marcellinus, 1st Bishop of Embrun Anastasius I, Patriarch of Antioch (598) Theotimus the Philosopher, Bishop at Tomi on the Black Sea (307) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 6:13-7, 1 Ac 6:8-15 Lk 9:23-27

Tuesday, 21 April 2015 Beuno, Founder of Clynnog Fawr (640) Anastasius the Sinaite, Abbé of Mount Sinai (700) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 7:13-17 Ac 7:51-8, 1a Lk 14:7-14

Wednesday, 22 April 2015 Opportuna, Abbess at Montreuil (770) Alexander and Epidodius, martyrs at Lyons (178) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 8:1-5 Ac 8:1b-8 Lk 16:19-31

Thursday, 23 April 2015 George, martyr at Nicomedia (3rd c.) Ibar, Bishop-Founder of Beggery (5th c.) Felix, priest, Fortunatus and Achilleus, deacons of Valence, martyrs at Lyons (212) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 8:6-13 Ac 10:1-23a Jn 3:1-8

Friday, 24 April 2015 Dyfnan, Founder at Anglesey, Wales (date unknown) Dye, Abbot of Blois (date unknown) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 9:1-6 Ac 10:23b-33 Jn 3:7-15

Saturday, 25 April 2015 Mark, evangelist, Founder of the Church of Alexandria, martyr (1st c.) Anianus, 2nd Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.) Erminus, 2nd Bishop-Abbot of Lobbes (737)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 9:7-12 Ac 10:34-48 Jn 3:16-21 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117 Mark: ♦ Liturgy: Ps 18 and 118 ♦ Matins: Lk 10:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Ez 1:10-14 1P 5:6-14 Lk 10:16-21

3rd Sunday after Easter – New Commandment Sunday, 26 April 2015 Riquier, Abbot-Founder of Celles (645) Trudpert, of Ireland, hermit at Saint Trudpert, martyr (644) ♦ Matins: Lk 24, 1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 4:1-10a Ac 8:14-25 Jn 13:33-14:13

4th Sunday after Easter Monday, 27 April 2015 Simeon, 2nd Bishop of Jerusalem, martyr (c.107 or 117) Theodore the Sanctified, 2nd Abbot of Tabenna (368) Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia, martyr (303 or 311-312) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 9:13-21 Ac 11:1-18 Jn 8:1-11

Tuesday, 28 April 2015 Aphrodisius, of Egypt, 1st Bishop of Béziers, martyr (1st c.) Theodora and Didymus, martyrs at Alexandria (4th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 10:1-7 Ac 11:19-26 Jn 8:12-19

Wednesday, 29 April 2015 Tychicus and Jason, disciples (1st c.) Endellion, princess of Cornwall, recluse (6th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 10:8-11 Ac 12:24-13:5 Jn 10:1-10

Thursday, 30 April 2015 Eutropius, 1st Bishop of Saintes, martyr (1st c.) Onenne, of Tréhorenteuc, virgin (7th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 11:1-13 Ac 13:13-25 Jn 10:11-18

Friday, 1 May 2015 Jacques the Minor and Philip, apostles, martyrs (1st c.) Brieuc, of Wales, 1st Bishop-Abbot of Saint-Brieuc (510) Ultan, of Ireland, abbot-founder of Fosses (657) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 11:14-19 Ac 13:26-33 Jn 12:19-36 James and Philip: ♦ 1st Nocturn: 1Jn 1:1-7 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Jas 1:1-12 ♦ Matins: Jn 21:15-25 ♦ Liturgy: Wis 10:10-14 1Co 4:9-16 Jn 1:43-51

Saturday, 2 May 2015 Athanasius, pope of Alexandria, Father of the Church (373) Waldebert, 3rd Abbot of Luxeuil, founder of Moutier-Grandval (668) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 12:1-6 Ac 13:44-52 Jn 13:16-20 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

4th Sunday after Easter – True Vine Sunday, 3 May 2015 Conleth [Conlaed], 1st Bishop of Kildare (519) Scannal, monk of Iona (563) ♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 14:1-7 Ac 4:32-5:11 Jn 15:1-15

5th Week after Easter Monday, 4 May 2015 Florian, martyr at Lorsch (304) Monica, mother of Saint Augustin (387) Sacerdos, Bishop of Limoges (720) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 12:7-12 Ac 14:5-18 Jn 14:1-6

Tuesday, 5 May 2015 Hilaire, Bishop of Arles (449) Nicetius, Bishop of Vienne (449) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 12:13-17 Ac 14:19-28 Jn 14:7-14

Wednesday, 6 May 2015 Evodius, 1st Patriarch Antioch, martyr (69) Eadbert, Abbot-Bishop of Lindisfarne (698) Valerius, 3rd Bishop of Auxerre (366) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 13:1-10 Ac 15:1-6 Jn 14:21-26

Thursday, 7 May 2015 John Zedazneli, of Syria, Georgian Church Father, martyr (6th c.) Flavius, martyr on the Isle of Pandateria (300) Nil of Sora, Abbot-Founder de Sorsk (1508) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 13:11-18 Ac 15:7-21 Jn 14:27-31a

Friday, 8 May 2015 Arsenius the Great, monk of Scetis (445) Ita, foundress of Nivelles (652) Michael the Archangel at Monte Gargano (ca. 490) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 14:8-13 Ac 15:22-31 Jn 15:12-17

Saturday, 9 May 2015 Pachomius, father of cenobitic monasticism, Abbot-Founder of Tabenna (346) Beatus, of Ireland, hermit at Thun (112) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 15:1-8 Ac 16:1-10 Jn 15:18-21 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

5th Sunday after Easter – Perfect Joy Sunday, 10 May 2015 Comgall, Abbot-Founder of Bangor (601) Solange, martyr at Villemont (880) ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 19:5-16 Ac 9:32-42 Jn 16:16-33

6th Week after Easter Monday, 11 May 2015

Mamertius, Bishop of Vienne (475) Possessor, Bishop of Verdun (486) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 16:1-7 Ac 16:11-15 Jn 15:26-16, 4

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, Church Father (403) Richrudis, Abbess of Marchiennes (688) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 16:8-14 Ac 16:22-34 Jn 16:5-11

Wednesday, 13 May 2015 Servatus, Bishop of Tongres and Maastricht (383) Disciole, nun of Holy Cross Convent, Poitiers (583) Agnes, 1st Abbess of Holy Cross Convent, Poitiers (588) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 16:15-21 Ac 18:1-8 Jn 16:12-15

Thursday, 14 May 2015 Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Carthach the Younger, Bishop of Lismore (637) Pontius, martyr at Cimiez (257) ♦ Matins: Mk 6:14-20 ♦ Liturgy: 2K 2:1-15 Ac 1:1-11 Lk 24:36-53

Friday, 15 May 2015 Waldalenus, monk of Luxeuil, founder of Beze (7th c.) Dionysia, Peter and Andrew, martyrs at Lampsacus (1st c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 19:1-4 Ac 18:9-18 Jn 16:23b-28

Saturday, 16 May 2015 Brendan the Navigator, founder of Clonfert (577) Peregrinus, 1st Bishop of Auxerre, martyr at Bouhy (304) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 20:1-6 Ac 19:1-8 Jn 16:29-33 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

6th Sunday after Easter – The Disciples sent on mission Sunday, 17 May 2015 Andronicus and Junia, disciples (1st c.) Maiduif, of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Malmesbury (?) ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 4:2-4, 10-11 Eph 4:7-10 Mk 16:15-20

7th Sunday after Easter Monday, 18 May 2015 Dioscorus, martyr at Alexandria, Father of the Church (305) Merililaun, of Ireland, monk-martyr in the Ardennes (8th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 20:7-15 Ac 20:17-27 Jn 17:1-11a

Tuesday, 19 May 2015 Ivo of Kermartin, priest at Treguier (1303) Pudens and Pudentiana, martyrs at Rome (2nd c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 21:1-8 Ac 20:28-38 Jn 17:11b-19

Wednesday, 20 May 2015 Austregisilus, Bishop of Bourges (624) Baudelius, apostle of Nimes, martyr (295) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 21:24-27 Ac 22:30-23:6-11 Jn 17:20-26

Thursday, 21 May 2015 Silaüs, bishop in Ireland Hospice of Egypt, hermit at Villefranche-sur-Mer (580) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 22:16-21 Ac 25:13-21 Jn 21:15-19

Friday, 22 May 2015 Ausonius, 1st Bishop of Angouleme, martyr (ca. 300) Julia of Carthage, martyr in Corsica (480) Quiteria, martyr in Landes (477) ♦ Liturgy: Ap 22:16-21 Ac 15:1-4 Jn 21:20-25

Saturday, 23 May 2015 (Forefeast of the Pentecost) Didier and companions, Bishop of Langres, martyrs (407) Siacre, Bishop of Cimiez (787) ♦ Liturgy: Is 61:1-5 1Co 12:2-13 Jn 14:23-31 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

Pentecost Sunday, 24 May 2015 Pentecost Vincent, monk of Lérins (450) Donatian and Rogatian, martyrs at Nantes (299) ♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Jl 2:21-3, 2 Ac 2:1-21 Jn 15:26-16:12-15 – 17:1-3, 11, 21-23

1st Week after Pentecost Monday, 25 May 2015 Mary of Cleopas, Marie-Salome, disciples, and Sara, their servant (1st c.) Dunchadh (or Donkad), Abbot of Iona (717) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 1:1-19 Rm 1:1-7 Mk 1:14-22

Tuesday, 26 May 2015 Carpus, Bishop of Bereia and Alpheus, disciples (1st c.) Godo, monk of Fontenelle, founder of Oyes (690) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 1:20-2:4a Rm 1:8-17 Mk 1:23-28

Wednesday, 27 May 2015 Eutropius, Bishop of Orange (475) Therapont, Bishop of Sardis, martyr (ca.259) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17 Rm 1:18-32 Mk 1:29-34

Thursday, 28 May 2015 Eutychius, disciple, Bishop of Melitene, martyr (1st c.) Germain, Bishop of Paris (576) William, Abbot of Gellone (755) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 2:18-25 Rm 2:1-11 Mk 1:35-45

Friday, 29 May 2015 Ragnacharius, monk of Luxeuil, Bishop of Augst (ca. 630) Maximinus, Bishop of Trier (347) Maxentius (or Maixent), Bishop of Poitiers (515) Theodosia of Constantinople, nun, martyr for the defense of icons (745) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 3:1-8 Rm 2:12-29 Mk 2:1-12

Saturday, 30 May 2015 Cadoc, Ireland, monk in Ponthieu (7th c.) Mac Cuil, of Ireland, hermit at Centula (685) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 4:1-15, 25 Rm 3:1-8 Mk 2:13-17

1st Sunday after Pentecost Sunday 31 May 2015

Cantius and companions, martyrs at Aquileia (304) Petronilla, martyr at Rome (1st c.) ♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Is 6:1-13 1Co 15:31-38 Mt 9:14-17

2nd Week after Pentecost Monday, 1 June 2015 Justin the Philosopher, martyr at Rome, Church Father (166) Ronan, Bishop in Ireland, hermit at Locronan (5th c.) Florus, 1st Bishop of Lodeve (390) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 Rm 3:9-20 Mk 2:23-3, 6

Tuesday, 2 June 2015 Pothinus, Bishop of Lyon, martyr (177) Blandina and Attalus, martyrs at Lyons (177) Erasmus, Bishop of Formia, martyr (ca. 303) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 8:6-13, 20-22 Rm 3:21-31 Mk 3:7-12

Wednesday, 3 June 2015 Clotilde, Queen of the Francs (545) Kevin [Coemgen], Bishop-Founder de Glendalough (618) Lyfard, Abbot-Founder of Meung-sur-Loire (565) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 9:1-13 Rm 4:1-12 Mk 3:13-21

Thursday, 4 June 2015 Optatus, Bishop of Milevis, Church Father (384) Petroc, Founder of Padstow (564) Metrophanes, Bishop of Byzantium (325) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 11:1-9 Rm 4:13-25 Mk 3:22-35

Friday, 5 June 2015 Eoban, of Ireland, Bishop of Utrecht, martyr at Dokkum (754) Winfrith [Boniface], Bishop of Cologne, martyr at Mainz Porcarius, Abbot at Poitiers (595) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 12:1-9 Rm 5:1-11 Mk 4:1-9

Saturday, 6 June 2015 Gudwall, of Wales, Bishop of Aleth (625) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 13:2, 5-18 Rm 5:12-21 Mk 4:10-23

2nd Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 7 June 2015 Colman [Mocholmog], Abbot-Founder of Terryglass, (549) Meriadoc, of Wales, Bishop-hermit of Vannes (1302) ♦ Matins: Mt 28, 1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Is 66:5-14 Gal 5:16-26 Mt 5:17-20

3rd Week after Pentecost Monday, 8 June 2015 Maximinus, disciple, 1st Bishop of Aix, in Provence (1st c.) Medardus (or Medard), Bishop of Tournai and Noyon (560) Eustadiola, Abbess-Foundress of Moyenmoutier (684) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 15:1-12, 17-18a Rm 6:1-11 Mk 4:24-34

Tuesday, 9 June 2015 Columba, Abbot-Founder of Iona (521-597) Baithin, 2nd Abbot of Iona (598) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 16:1-12, 15-16 Rm 6:12-23 Mk 4:35-41

Wednesday, 10 June 2015 Landericus [Landry], Bishop of Paris (656) Evermund, Abbot-Founder of Fontenay-Louvet (720) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15a, 16-22 Rm 7:1-13 Mk 5:1-20

Thursday, 11 June 2015 Barnabas, apostle, martyr (61) Blitharius [Blier], of Ireland, hermit at Verde-en-Brie (7th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 18:1-15 Rm 7:14-25 Mk 5:21-24a, 35 – 6, 1

Friday, 12 June 2015

Onouphrius the Great, hermit in Thebes (4th c.) Ternan [Torannan], Bishop of the Picts, founder of Banchory-Ternan (431) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 18:16-33 Rm 8:1-13 Mk 5:24b-34

Saturday, 13 June 2015

Aventinus, hermit at Luchon, martyr (813) Rambert [Ragnebert], martyr at Rambert-en-Bugey (680) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 19:15-29 Rm 8:14-27 Mk 6:2-6

3rd Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 14 June 2015

Euspicius, Abbot-Founder of Micy Abbey (6th c.) Methodius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (847) Elisha, prophet (8th c. B.C.) ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: Is 5:18-27 Rm 6:19-23 Mt 8:1-13

4th Week after Pentecost Monday, 15 June 2015

All the Saints and Righteous of the C.O.C. Landelinus, Bishop-Founder of Lobbes (686) Psalmodius, of Ireland, hermit at Eymoutiers (7th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 21:3, 8-21 Rm 8:28-39 Mk 6:7-13 Restoration of the C.O.C. and all its Saints and Righteous ♦ Liturgy: Dt 30:5b, 9b-10, 16 Ap 3:7b-8, 10-13 Jn 15:12-17

Tuesday, 16 June 2015 Berthaldus [Bertaud], of Ireland, Abbot of Chaumont-Porcien (540) Aurelian, Bishop of Arles (551) Ferreolus, bishop, and Ferrutio, deacon of Besancon, martyrs (211) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 22:1-13, 15-19 Rm 9:1-13 Mk 6:30-45

Wednesday, 17 June 2015 Herve [Harvey], Abbot of Plouvien (575) Ours, of Ireland, deacon of Aosta (?) Veredemus, Bishop of Avignon (720) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67 Rm 9:14-24 Mk 6:46-56

Thursday, 18 June 2015 Amandus, Bishop of Bordeaux (431) Fortunatus, Bishop of Meaux (569) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29 Rm 9:25-33 Mk 7:1-13

Friday, 19 June 2015 Paisios the Great [Pishoy], Abbot of Nitria (417) Deodatus, of Ireland, Founder of Jointures (ca. 680) Gervase and Protase, martyrs at Milan (96) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 28:10-22a Rm 10:1-13 Mk 7:14-24a

Saturday, 20 June 2015 Gobain of Ireland, hermit in the Aisne region of Picardy, martyr (670) Latuinus of Great Britain, 1st Bishop of Sées (5th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 32:23-32 Rm 10:14-21 Mk 7:24b-30

4th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 21 June 2015 Meen, of Wales, Abbot-Founder of St-Jean de Gaël Abbey (617) Leutfridus [Leufroy], Abbot-Founder of La Croix Saint-Ouen (738) ♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Is 40:27-31 Rm 11:32-36 Mt 8:18-26

5th Week after Pentecost Monday, 22 June 2015 Alban, martyr at Verulam (254) Lambert, 4th Abbot of Sithiu (ca. 709 ?)) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 41, 55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a Rm 11, 1-10 Mk 7, 31-37

Tuesday, 23 June 2015 Ethelreda, Abbess of Ely (679) Martin des Ormeaux, Bishop of Tricastin (ca. 680) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5 Rm 11:11-24 Mk 8:1-10

Wednesday, 24 June 2015 Nativity of John the Baptist the Forerunner (1st c.) Rumold, of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Malines, martyr (775) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 46:1-7, 28-30 Rm 11:25-36 Mk 8:11-21 Nativity of John the Baptist: ♦ 2nd Nocturn: Jdg 13:2-8, 13-14, 17-18, 21

♦ 3rd Nocturn: Is 40:1-3, 9; 41:17-18; 45: 8; 48:20-21; 54:1 ♦ Liturgy: Is 49:1-7 Gal 4:22-31 Lk 1:1-25 57-68, 76-80

Thursday, 25 June 2015 Prosper, Bishop in Aquitaine, Church Father (455) Moluag, Bishop-Founder of Lismore (592) ♦ Liturgy: Gn 49:29-33; 50:15-24 Rm 12:1-8 Mk 8:22-26

Friday, 26 June 2015 Babolein, of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (670) Saulve, Bishop-missionary at Angouleme, martyr at Valenciennes (768) Maxentius, Abbot in Poitou (515) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 1:8-14, 22 Rm 12:9-21 Mk 8:27-9, 1

Saturday, 27 June 2015 John of Chinon, priest-hermit (6th c.) Soil and companions, martyrs at Cordoba (31) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 2:1-15a Rm 13:1-7 Mk 9:11-29

5th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 28 June 2015 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, martyr, Church Father (202) Maelvon, of Ireland, Bishop-Abbot of Aleth (?) Geofroi, [Godefroi] 2nd Bishop-Abbot of Aleth (ca. 656)

♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Is 48:16-21 Rm 6:12-18 Lk 14:16-24

Maelvon: ♦ Vespers: Ps 18 and 111 ♦ Liturgy: Wis 10:17-21 Col 3:12-17 Jn 15:12-17

6th Week after Pentecost Monday, 29 June 2015 Peter and Paul, Apostles, martyrs at Rome (1st c.) Colfin, Bishop of Aleth (?) Marcel and Anastasius, martyrs at Argenton sur Creuse (274) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12 Rm 13:8-14 Mk 9:38-50 Peter and Paul: ♦ Vespers: Ps 18 and 111 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1P 1:3-9, 13-19; 2:11-24 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 10:8-10; 11:1, 3-4, 15 2Co 11:1b; 12:9 Mt 16:13-19

Tuesday, 30 June 2015 Council of the Holy Apostles (70) Martial, bishop, Alpinian and Austriclinian, priests of Limoges, martyrs (3rd c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 3:13-20 Rm 14:1-9 Mk 10:1-12

Wednesday, 1 July 2015 Cosmas and Damian, Holy Unmercenaries (ca. 287) Thierry, 1st Abbot of Mont-d’Hor (533) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 11:10-12, 14 Rm 14:10-23 Mk 10:13-22

Thursday, 2 July 2015 Visitation of the Most Holy Mother of God (1st c.) Géroche, Monk of Faremoutiers (ca. 680) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 12:37-42 Rm 15:1-6 Mk 10:23-31 Visitation: ♦ Liturgy: Cant 2:8-14 Hb 9:1-7 Lk 1:39-47

Friday, 3 July 2015 Anatolius, Bishop of Laodicea, Church Father, Patriarch of Constantinople (282) Germanus of Man, Bishop of the Isle of Man (ca. 474) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 14:5-18 Rm 15:7-13 Mk 10:32-45

Saturday, 4 July 2015 Andrew, Archbishop of Crete (712) Bertha of Artois, Abbess of Blangy (725) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 14:21-15:1a Rm 15:14-22 Mk 10:46-52

6th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 5 July 2015 Athanasius, Deacon at Jerusalem, martyr (452) Athanasius the Athonite (1000) ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Is 48:12-15 Rm 12:1-16 Mt 7:12-21

7th Week after Pentecost Monday, 6 July 2015 Sisoës the Great, hermit in Egypt (429) Modwenna, 2nd Abbess of Whitby (ca. 695) Sexburga, Abbess of Ely (699) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 16:1-5, 9-15 Rm 15:23-33 Mk 11:12-19

Tuesday, 7 July 2015 Ethelburga, 2nd Abbess of Faremoutiers (663) Maolruain, Founder of Tallaght (792) Pantaenus the Philosopher, from Sicily, catechetical school at Alexandria (ca. 200) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20 Rm 16:1-16 Mk 11:20-26

Wednesday, 8 July 2015 Kilian, bishop, Colman, priest and Totnan, deacon, of Wurzburg, martyrs (689) Auspicius, Bishop of Toul (end of 5th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 20:1-17 Rm 16:17-27 Mk 11:27-33

Thursday, 9 July 2015 Heracles, Bishop of Sens (515) Agrippinus, Bishop of Autun (538) Auremonde (?), Abbot of Mairé-l’Evescault (?) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 24:3-8 1Co 1:1-9 Mk 12:1-12

Friday, 10 July 2015 Etto, of Ireland, Founder at La Fayne (670) Pascharius, Bishop of Nantes (680) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 32:15-24, 30-34 1Co 1:10-16 Mk 12:13-17

Saturday, 11 July 2015 Sigebert, Monk of Luxeuil, Abbot-Founder of Disentis, and Placidus, martyr (6th c. ?) Hidulphus, of Ireland, Bishop of Trèves, Abbot-Founder of Moyenmoutier (707) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 33:7-11, 18-23; 34:4-9, 28 1Co 1:17-25 Mk 12:18-27

7th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 12 July 2015 Menulphus, of Ireland, Bishop of Quimper (680) Kare, hermit at Lanvellec (?) Viventiolus, Bishop of Lyons (524) ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: Is 30:15-18 Gal 6:7-10 Lk 15:1-10

8th Week after Pentecost Monday, 13 July 2015 Turiaf, 4th Bishop-Abbot of Dol (750) Mildred, 2nd Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet (700) Eugene, Bishop of Carthage, martyr with his companions (505) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 34:29-35 1Co 1:26-31 Mk 12:28-34

Tuesday, 14 July 2015 Heraclas, Pope of Alexandria (247) Cyrus, Bishop of Carthage (unknown) ♦ Liturgy: Ex 40:16-21, 34-38 1Co 2:1-9 Mk 12:35-40

Wednesday, 15 July 2015 Donald, Founder of Ogilvy (ca. 660) Vladimir I, of Kiev (1015) ♦ Liturgy: Lv 19:1-2, 11-18 1Co 2:10-16 Mk 12:41-44

Thursday, 16 July 2015 Helier, hermit at Jersey, martyr (6th c.) Raineldis, Grimoald and Gundulf, martyrs at Hal (680) ♦ Liturgy: Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37 1Co 3:1-9 Mk 13:1-8

Friday, 17 July 2015 Marina, the Great Martyr at Antioch (304) Fredegand, of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Deurne (ca. 700) Alexis the Beggar, fool for Christ at Rome (404) ♦ Liturgy: Lv 25:1, 8-17 1Co 3:10-23 Mk 13:9-13

Saturday, 18 July 2015 Pambo, Abbot in the Nitrian Desert (375) Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, hermit at Remiremont (614) Arnoud, Bishop of Tours, martyr in the Yveline Forest (?) ♦ Liturgy: Nm 11:4b-15 1 Co 4:1-8 Mk 13:14-23

8th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 19 July 2015 Epaphras, disciple, Bishop of Colossae (1st c.) Aurea, martyr at Cordoba (856) ♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Is 49:1-6 Rm 16:17-20 Mk 5:21-24, 35b-43

9th Week after Pentecost Monday, 20 July 2015 Joseph the Just called Barsabas, Disciple (1st c.) Ansegisel, monk of Luxeuil, Abbot of Fontenelle (833) Aurelius, Bishop of Carthage (429) Elijah, prophet (9th c. BC) ♦ Liturgy: Nm 12:1-13 1Co 4:9-13 Mk 13:24-32

Elijah: ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1K 17:1-23 1K 19:19-21 2K 2:1, 6-14

Tuesday, 21 July 2015 Victor and companions, martyrs at Marseille (290) Arbogast, Bishop of Strasbourg (678) ♦ Liturgy: Nm 13:1-2a, 25 – 14:1, 26-29, 34-35 1Co 4:14-21 Mk 13:33-37

Wednesday, 22 July 2015 Mary of Magdala, disciple (1st c.) Wandrille, Abbot-Founder of Fontenelle (668) ♦ Liturgy: Nm 20:1-13 1Co 5:1-8 Lk 5:12-16 Mary Magdalen: ♦ Liturgy: Ct 3:2-5; 8:6-7 Phil 2:1-7 Jn 20:11-18

Thursday, 23 July 2015 John Cassian, Abbot-Founder at Marseille (433) Apollinaris, from Syria, 1st Bishop of Ravenna, martyr (ca. 200) Ezekiel, prophet (ca. 570 B.C.) ♦ Liturgy: Nm 21:4b-9 1Co 5:9-13 Lk 5:17-26

Friday, 24 July 2015 Christina, martyr in Tuscany (300) Boris and Gleb, princes of Kiev, martyrs (1015-1019) ♦ Liturgy: Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a 1Co 6:1-11 Lk 5:27-32

Saturday, 25 July 2015 James the Greater, apostle, martyr (44) Christopher, in Lycia, martyr (250) ♦ Liturgy: Dt 4:1, 5-9 1Co 6:12-20 Lk 5:33-39 James the Great: ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Jas 1:1-27; 2:1-13 ♦ Matins: Lk 10:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Wis 10:10-14 1Co 4:9-15 Mt 20:20-23

9th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 26 July 2015 Anna, grandmother of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1st c.) Erastus, Bishop of Philippi (1st c.)

♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Is 5:8-16 Rm 13:10-14 Mk 10:17-31 Anna: ♦ Vespers: Ps 112 and 127 ♦ Liturgy: Prov 31:10-31 Gal 4:22-31 Lk 8:16-21

10th Week after Pentecost Monday, 27 July 2015 Pantaleon, doctor, martyr at Nicomedia (303) Seven Sleepers, martyrs at Ephesus (4th-5th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Dt 4:32-40 1Co 7:1-12 Lk 6:1-5

Tuesday, 28 July 2015 Samson, from Wales, 1st Bishop-Abbot of Dol (565) Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, deacons, martyrs (1st c.) Nazarius and Celsius, martyrs at Milan (68) ♦ Liturgy: Dt 6:4-13 1Co 7:2-24 Lk 6:5-11

Wednesday, 29 July 2015 Martha, disciple (1st c.) Olaf II, King of Norway, martyr (1030) Lupus [Loup], Bishop of Troyes (479) ♦ Liturgy: Dt 10:12-22 1Co 7:25-31 Lk 6:24-36

Thursday, 30 July 2015 Jacob Burd’aya [the Rag], Monk of Syria (578) Silas, Crescent, Bishop in Galatia, martyr (1st c.) Épainette, Silvanus and Andronicus, disciples (1st c.) Germoc’h, prince of Ireland, hermit near Reims (?) ♦ Liturgy: Dt 26:16-19 1Co 7:32-40 Lk 6:46-49

Friday, 31 July 2015 Joseph of Arimathea, founder of the Church in Celtic lands, disciple (1st c.) Germain, Bishop of Auxerre (448)

♦ Liturgy: Dt 31:1-8 1Co 8:1-6 Lk 7:1-10 Joseph of Arimathea: ♦ Vespers: Ps 18 and 45 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1Co 4:9-16 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 3:7-8, 10-13 Ac 8:1b, 11, 19-21 Lk 23:50-54

Saturday, 1st August 2015 Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelli, martyr (371) Peregrinus of Ireland, hermit (643) ♦ Liturgy: Dt 34:1-12 1Co 8:7-13 Lk 7:11-16

10th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 2 August 2015 Stephen I, Bishop of Rome, martyr (257) Betharius, Bishop of Chartres (625) ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 31:31-34 1Co 3:16-23 Lk 5:1-11

11th Week after Pentecost Monday, 3 August 2015 Nicodemus, Abidon, Gamaliel and Lydia, disciples (1st c.) Joseph, Bishop of Glastonbury (1st c.) ♦ Liturgy: Jos 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17 1Co 9:1-12 Lk 7:18-23 Nicodemus: ♦ Liturgy: Is 42:1-4 1P 5:1-11 Jn 3:1-11

Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Aristarchus, Bishop of Thessalonika (1st c.) Euphronius, Bishop of Tours (573) ♦ Liturgy: Jos 24:1-13 1Co 9:13-18 Lk 7:24-30

Wednesday, 5 August 2015 (Forefeast of the Transfiguration) Abel, of Ireland, Bishop of Reims (751) Oswald of Northumbria (642) ♦ Liturgy: Jos 24:1-13 1Co 9:13-18 Lk 7:31-35 ♦ Vespers: Ps 66 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Ex 24:12-18

Thursday, 6 August 2015 Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ Justus and Pastor, schoolboy martyrs near Alcala de Henares, Spain (ca. 304) ♦ Liturgy: Jdg 2:11-19 1Co 10:1-12 Lk 7:36-50 Transfiguration: ♦ Vespers: Ps 88 ♦ 2nd Nocturn: Ex 33:11-23; 34:4, 6-8 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1Kg 14:3-9, 11-13, 15-16 ♦ Matins: Lk 9:28-36 ♦ Liturgy: Ex 19:3-20 2P 1:10-19 Mt 17:1-9

Friday, 7 August 2015 Donatus, Abbot-Founder of Bèze, Bishop of Besancon (660) Victricius, Bishop of Rouen (407) ♦ Liturgy: Jdg 6:11-24a 1Co 10:13-22 Lk 8:5-15

Saturday, 8 August 2015 Leobald, Founder of Fleury (650) Sigrada, widow of Autun (678) ♦ Liturgy: Jdg 9:6-15 1Co 10:23-11, 1 Lk 8:16-21

11th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 9 August 2015 Phelim, Bishop-Founder of Kilmore (6th c.) Romanus Ostiarius, martyr à Rome (258) Auspicius, 1st Bishop of Apt (1st c.) ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 8:4-6, 11; 9:22-23 1Co 6:12-20 Lk 10:25-37

12th Week after Pentecost Monday, 10 August 2015 Laurence, Deacon of Rome, Martyr (258) Blane, Bishop-Founder of Dunblane (590) ♦ Liturgy: Jdg 11:29-39a 1Co 11:2-16 Lk 8:22-25

Tuesday, 11 August 2015 Tugdual, Bishop-Abbot at Saint-Dolay, hermit (1917-1968) Susanna, martyr in Rome (295) ♦ Liturgy: Jdg 13:2-7, 24-25a 1Co 11:17-22 Lk 8:26-39

Tugdual: ♦ Vespers: Ps 15 and Ps 111 ♦ Liturgy: Ex 34:28-35 1Co 3:9-10 2Co 4:5-8a, 9a, 13-14, 16-17 Jn 15:12-16a; 17:5a, 6-8a

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Clare, Abbess-Foundress of San Damiano (1253) Cecilia, 2nd Abbess of Remiremont (670) ♦ Liturgy: Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22 1Co 11:23-34 Lk 9:37-43a Clare: ♦ Vespers: Ps 44 ♦ Liturgy: Ho 2:16b, 17b, 21-22 2Co 4:6-10, 16-18 Jn 15:4-10

Thursday, 13 August 2015 Maximus the Confessor, Doctor of the Church (662) Seridos, Dorotheus et Dositheus, Monastic school of Gaza (6th c.) Radegunda, Queen of the Franks, Foundress de Sainte-Croix de Poitiers (587) ♦ Liturgy: Ru 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17 1Co 12:1-11 Lk 9:43b-48

Friday, 14 August 2015 (Forefeast of the Dormition)

Fachtna, Bishop-Founder Ross-Carbery (ca. 580) Eberhard, Abbot of Einsiedeln (958) Micah the Elder, prophet (8th c. B.C.) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 1:1-8 1Co 12:12-21 Lk 9:49-56 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Akathist Hymn

Saturday, 15 August 2015 Dormition-Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God Tarcisius, martyr at Rome (257) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 1:9-20 1Co 12:22-30 Lk 9:57-62 Dormition: ♦ Vespers: Ps 45 and 86 ♦ 2nd Nocturn: Gn 28:10-17 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ez 43:27-44 Prov 9:1-11 ♦ Matins: Ps 44 Lk 1:39-49, 56 ♦ Liturgy: Jdt 13:18-20; 16:9b Phil 2:5-11 Lk 1:41-50

12th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 16 August 2015 The Most Holy Face of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Theodore, Apostle of the Valais (4th c.) Armagillus [Armel], from Wales, Founder of Saint Armel (570) ♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 3:14-23 1Co 12:27 – 13:8 Lk 6:1-10 The Most Holy Face: ♦ Vespers Ps 26 and 66 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Dt 5:1-7, 9-10, 23-26, 28; 6:1-5, 13, 18 ♦ Liturgy: Ex 33:9-11 Col 1:12-18 Lk 9:51-57; 10:22-24

13th Week after Pentecost Monday, 17 August 2015 Liberatus and companions, martyrs at Carthage (484) Mamet, Deacon at Saint-Flour, martyr (3rd c.) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 1:24 – 2:1a 1Co 12:31 – 13:3 Lk 10:1-15

Tuesday, 18 August 2015 Evan, hermit in Ayrshire, Scotland (9th c.) Agapitus, martyr at Palestrina (272) Firminus, Bishop of Metz (496) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 3:1-10, 19 – 4:1a 1 Co 13:4-13 Lk 10:16-24

Wednesday, 19 August 2015 Bertulf, of Ireland, 3rd Abbot of Bobbio (640) Mochta, Bishop-Founder of Louth (535) Donatus, hermit in the Luberon Region (535) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 4:1c-11 1Co 14:1-9 Lk 10:24-37

Thursday, 20 August 2015 Bernard de Fontaine, Abbot-Founder of Clairvaux (1153) Philibert, Abbot-Founder of Jumieges and Noirmoutier (687) Samuel, prophet (ca. 1000 B.C.) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 8:4-7, 10-22a 1Co 14:10-19 Mt 4:1-11

Friday, 21 August 2015 Privatus, 1st Bishop of Mende, martyr (260) Avitus I, Bishop of Clermont (600) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 9:1-4, 17-19a; 10:1a 1Co 14:20-25 Mt 4:23 – 5:1a

Saturday, 22 August 2015 Hippolytus of Rome, martyr (236) Symphorian, martyr at Autun (180) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 15:16-23 1Co 14:26-40 Mt 5:13-20

13th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 23 August 2015 (Closing of the Dormition) Apollinaris Sidonius, Bishop of Clermont (480) Lupus, martyr à Nobes (unknown) ♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 5:20 – 6:1 2Co 6:11 – 7:1 Lk 6:36-42

14th Sunday after Pentecost Monday, 24 August 2015 Bartholomew, apostle, martyr (1st c.) Ouen, Bishop of Rouen (686) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 16:1-13 1Co 15:1-11 Mt 5:21-32 Bartholomew: Jn 1:45-51

Tuesday, 25 August 2015 Titus, disciple (1st c.) Æbbe the Elder, Foundress of Coldingham (683) Gurloes, Abbot-Founder Langroaz (1057) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 1Co 15:12-19 Mt 5:33-41

Wednesday, 26 August 2015 Zacchaeus the Publican, disciple (1st c.) Amadour, hermit at Cahors (418) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 18:6-9; 19:1-7 1Co 15:20-28 Mt 5:42-48

Thursday, 27 August 2015 Caesarius, Bishop of Arles (543) Poemon, Abbot of Skete (450) ♦ Liturgy: 1Sm 24:3-21 1Co 15:29-38 Mt 6:1-15

Friday, 28 August 2015 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Church Father (430) Moses the Ethiopian, priest of Sketis (410) Julian of Auvergne, martyr at Brioude (304) ♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 1Co 15:39-44 Mt 6:16-23 Forefeast of the Beheading of John the Baptist: ♦ Vespers: Ps 15 and 65 ♦1st Nocturn: Is 40:1-3, 9; 41:17-18; 45:8; 48:20-21; 54:1

Saturday, 29 August 2015 Beheading of John the Baptist, the Precursor (31) Tekle Haymanot, Founder of Debre Libanos, (13th c.)

♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 5:1-7, 10 1Co 15:45-58 Mt 6:24-33 Beheading of John the Baptist: ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Wis 4:7, 16-17, 19-20 ♦ Matins: Mt 14:1-13 ♦ Liturgy: Ml 3:1-2, 5-7, 12-17, 22-24 Ac 13:25-33a Mk 6:14-30, 24

14th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 30 August 2015 Fiacre, of Ireland, hermit at Saint-Fiacre (475) Theodulph, 1st Abbot of Agaune ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Is 63:15 – 64:5 Col 3:16-17; 4:2-6 Mt 21:33-44

15th Week after Pentecost Monday, 31 August 2015 Aidan, Bishop-Founder of Lindisfarne (651) Agilus, monk of Luxeuil, Founder of Rebais (650)

Paulinus, Bishop of Trier (358) Babolinus, 4th Abbot of Bobbio (640) ♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 6:12b-15, 17-19 1Co 16:1-12 Mt 7:1-12

Tuesday, 1st September 2015 Simeon the Stylite, hermit at Antioch (459) Vincent of Brittany, 1st Bishop of Dax (unknown) Giles, Abbot of Saint-Gilles (720) ♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 7:1-17 1Co 16:13-24 Mt 7:13-23

Wednesday, 2 September 2015 Viator, monk of Scetes (389) Agricolus, Bishop of Avignon (704) Justus, Bishop of Lyon (390) ♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 7:18-19, 24-29 Gal 1:1-10 Mt 7:28 – 8:1-4

Thursday, 3 September 2015 Remaclus, 1st Abbot of Solignac, Founder of Stavelot and Malmedy (663) Mansuetus [Mansuy] of Ireland, 1st Bishop of Toul (375) ♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17 Gal 1:11-24 Mt 8:14-22

Friday, 4 September 2015 Moses, Prophet at Mount Nebo (1271 B.C.) Babylas, Patriarch of Antioch, martyr (253) ♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 12:1-7a, 10-17 Gal 2:1-10 Mt 8:23-27

Saturday, 5 September 2015 Zachary and Elizabeth (1st c.) Bertinus, 2nd Abbot of Sithiu, Bishop of Tournai and Noyon (709) Genebaud, 1st Bishop of Laon (555) ♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13a Gal 2:11-16 Mt 8:28-34

15th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 6 September 2015 Cagnoald, Bishop of Laon (635) Magnus of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Füssen (7th or 8th c.) ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: Jr 30:3, 7-17 Gal 2:16-20 Lk 15:11-32

16th Week after Pentecost Monday, 7 September 2015 (Forefeast of the Nativity of the Mother of God) Diuma, monk of Lindisfarne, 1st Bishop of Mercia (7th c.) Cloud, Abbot-Founder of Saint Cloud (560) Regina, martyr at Alesia (3rd c.) ♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30 – 19:4 Gal 2:17-21 Mt 9:1-8

Tuesday, 8 September 2015 Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Disibod, Bishop in Ireland, Founder of Disibodenberg (700) Corbinian, 1st Bishop of Freising (730) ♦ Liturgy: 2Sm 24:2, 9-16a, 17 Gal 3:1-9 Mt 9:9-13 Nativity of the Mother of God: ♦ Vespers: Ps 9 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Gn 28:10-17 ♦ 2nd Nocturn: Ez 43:27 – 44, 4 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Pr 9, 1-11 ♦ Matins: Lk 1:39-49, 56 ♦ Liturgy: Proto-Gospel of Jas 5:1-2; 6:1 Hb 9:1-5a Lk 11:27-28

Wednesday, 9 September 2015 (Post-feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God)

Joachim and Anna, grandparents of the Lord (1st c.) Omer [Audomarus], monk of Luxeuil, 1st Bishop of Therouanne, Abbot-Founder of Sithiu (670) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 2:1-4, 10-12 Gal 3:10-14 Mt 9:14-17

Thursday, 10 September 2015 Luke, Bishop of Laodicea, Clement, Bishop of Sardis (1st c.) Apellus, Bishop of Smyrna, disciples (1st c.) Finian, Bishop-Founder of Moville (579) Salvius, Bishop of Albi (584) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 3:4-13 Gal 3:15-22 Mt 9:18-26

Friday, 11 September 2015 Paphnutius the Great, Bishop in the Upper Thebaid (4th c.) Deiniol the Elder, Bishop-Founder of Bangor-Dee (584) Adelphus, 3rd Abbot of Remiremont (670) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 8:1-7, 9-13 Gal 3:23-29 Mt 9:32-38

Saturday, 12 September 2015 (Closing of the Nativity of the Mother of God) Moses, Prophet at Mount Nebo (1271 B.C.) Babylas, Patriarch of Antioch, martyr (253) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 8:22-23, 27-30 Gal 4:1-7 Mt 10:5-10

16th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 13 September 2015 (Forefeast of the Cross) Amatus, Monk of Agaune, 1st Abbot of Remiremont (570) Amatus, Bishop of Sion (690) ♦ Matins: Lk 24, 1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 31:10-14 1Co 1:17-22 Lk 16:19-31 ♦ Vespers: Ps 4 and 98 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Ex 15:22 – 16:1

17th Week after Pentecost Monday, 14 September 2015 Exaltation of the Most Holy Cross of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Maternus of Cologne, 1st Bishop of Trier (325) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 10:1-10 Gal 4:8-20 Mt 10:11-16 Exaltation of the Cross: ♦ Vespers: Ps 4 and 98 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Is 60:11-16 ♦ Matins: Jn 12:28-36 ♦ Liturgy: Prov 3:11-18 1Co 1:18-24 Jn 19:6-11, 13 – 20:25-28, 30-35 ♦ Vespers: Ps 4 and 74

Tuesday, 15 September 2015 (After-feast of the Cross)

Ribert, Bishop of Varennes (7th c.) Aichardus, 2nd Abbot of Jumieges (687) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 11:4-13 Gal 4:21-31 Mt 10:17-31

After-feast of the Cross: ♦ Liturgy: Ex 15:22 – 16:1 1 Gal 2:16-20 Mk 8:34-9, 1

Wednesday, 16 September 2015 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, Church Father (258) Ninian, Bishop-Founder of Whitehorn, apostle of Scotland (432) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 11:29-32; 12:19 Gal 5:1-10 Mt 10:32 – 11:1

Thursday, 17 September 2015 Lambert of Maastricht, Bishop of Tongres, martyr (700) Rodingus [Rouin] of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Wasloi (690) Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi (1224) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 12:26-32; 13:33-34 Gal 5:11-21 Mt 11:20-24 Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi ♦ Liturgy: 1Co 1:17-25 Lk 9:23-26

Friday, 18 September 2015 Richardis of Scotland, Empress of the West (893) Ferreolus, martyr at Vienne (304) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 17:1-6 Gal 5:22-26 Mt 11:25-30

Saturday, 19 September 2015

Sequanus [Seine] of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Segreste (580) Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, martyr (304) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 17:7-16 Gal 6:1-10 Mt 12:1-8

17th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 20 September 2015 Eustachius, Theopista and their son, martyrs at Rome (118) ♦ Matins: Jn 20: 1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 32:37-42 Eph 1:16-23 Lk 14:1a, 12-14

18th Week after Pentecost Monday, 21 September 2015 Matthew, apostle, evangelist, martyr (1st c.) Lô, Wales, 1st Bishop of Coutances (6th c.) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 18:20-39 Gal 6:11-18 Mt 12:9-13 Matthew: ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1P 1:1-6; 2:21-3, 9; 4:1-11 ♦ Liturgy: Ez 1:10-14 1Co 4:9-16 Mt 9:9-13

Tuesday, 22 September 2015 Maurice, Candidus, Victor and companions of the Theban Legion, martyrs at Agaune (287) Salaberga, Abbess-Foundress of Saint Jean de Laon (665) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 18:41-46 Ti 1:1-9 Mt 12:15-21

Wednesday, 23 September 2015 Adamnan, Abbot of Iona (703) Linus, 1st Bishop of Rome (79) Sanctinus, 1st Bishop of Meaux and of Verdun (300) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 19:9a, 11-16 Ti 1:10-16 Mt 12:22-30

Thursday, 24 September 2015 Thecla, disciple de Saint Paul (1st c.) Germer, Abbot-Founder of Fly (658) Silouan the Athonite, staretz of Mont Athos (1938) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 19:16b, 19-21 Ti 2:1-10 Mt 12:31-37

Friday, 25 September 2015 Cleophas, disciple (1st c.) Firminus, of Ireland, 1st Bishop of Amiens, martyr (303) Finbar, 1st Bishop-Abbot of Cork (620) Ermenfridus, Abbot-Founder of Causance (670) Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh (1392) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 21:1-16 Ti 3:1-7 Mt 12:38-45

Saturday, 26 September 2015 Meugant [Mawghan], of Ireland, Bishop-Abbot in Wales (6th c.) Eugenia, 2nd Abbess of Hohenberg (735) ♦ Liturgy: 1K 21:17-29 Ti 3:8-15 Mt 12:46-13, 3a

18th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 27 September 2015 Parchus and Zenas, disciples (1st c.) Lupita, Foundress of Na-Fearta (5th c.) Ceraunus, Bishop of Paris (614) ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Prov 1:20-33 Rm 3:28-4, 8 Lk 18:9-14

19th Week after Pentecost Monday, 28 September 2015 Faustus, 3rd Abbot of Lerins, Bishop of Riez (490) Lioba, Abbess at Bischofheim (782) ♦ Liturgy: 2K 2:1-14 2Co 1:1-7 Mt 13:3b-17

Tuesday, 29 September 2015 Michael the Archangel Bouin, hermit near Troyes (570) Fraternus, Bishop of Auxerre, martyr (450) ♦ Liturgy: 2K 4:18b-21, 32-37 2Co 1:8-14 Mt 13:18-23

Michael ♦ Vespers: Ps 33 (v. 17) and 90 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Dn 10:1-21 ♦ Liturgy: Jos 5:13-15 Hb 2:2-10 Lk 10:16-21

Wednesday, 30 September 2015 Gregory the Enlightener, Apostle of Armenia (ca. 328) Vartan and Hussik, martyrs (451) Sahag I, Catholicos of Armenia (437) Nersess the Great, martyr in Persia (4th c.) Therese of Lisieux, nun (1897) ♦ Liturgy: 2K 5:1-15a 2Co 1:15-24 Mt 13:24-30

Thursday, 1st October 2015

Remigius [Remi], Bishop of Reims (533) Therese, nun of Lisieux (1897) ♦ Liturgy: 2K 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 2Co 2:1-11 Mt 13:31-36a

Friday, 2 October 2015

Holy Guardian Angels Leger, Bishop of Autun, martyr (679)

♦ Liturgy: 2K 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18 2Co 2:12-17 Mt 13:36b-43 Holy Guardian Angels ♦ Vespers: Ps 33 and 90 ♦ Liturgy: Ex 23:20-23

Saturday, 3 October 2015

Ewald the Fair and Ewald the Dark, apostles of Westphalia (692) Abba Ghebre Michael, priest-monk in Ethiopia, martyr (1855) Dionysius the Areopagite, Bishop of Athens, martyr (1st c.) ♦ Liturgy: 2K 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36 2Co 3:1-11 Mt 13:44-52 Dionysius: ♦ Liturgy: Ac 17:16-34

19th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 4 October 2015 Francis, Abbot-Founder at Assisi (1226) Feast of Creation Aurea, of Syria, 1st Abbess of Saint Martial in Paris (667) Ammon, 1st Hermit of Nitria (ca. 412) ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: Ba 4:21-29 Col 3:5-11 Jn 8:1-11

Francis of Assisi: ♦ Vespers: Ps 18 and 21 ♦ 2nd Nocturn: Ps 32 2Co 8:9; 9:6-11 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ps 64 Phil 2:2-5; 4:4-7 ♦ Matins: Lk 6:17-23 Ps 32 and 150 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Ps 8 Gn 2:5-9 Rm 8:18-22 ♦ Liturgy: Si 50:1, 3-11a, 13 Gal 6:14-18 Mt 11:25-30 ♦ Vespers Ps 132, 133, 145 Feast of Creation: ♦ Vespers Ps 32 and 64 ♦ Liturgy: Wis 13:1-5 Rm 8:18-27 Mt 6:25-35

20th Week after Pentecost Monday, 5 October 2015 Charitina, martyr at Amisus in Pontus (304) Apollinaris, Bishop of Vienne (520) ♦ Liturgy: 2K 22:8, 10-13; 23:1-3 2Co 3:12-18 Mt 13:53-58

Tuesday, 6 October 2015 Bruno, Abbot-Founder of the Grande Chartreuse (1101) Pardulphus, Abbot of Gueret (738) ♦ Liturgy: 2K 24:8-17 2Co 4:1-6 Mt 14:14-21

Wednesday, 7 October 2015 Dubtach, Abbot of Iona, Bishop of Armagh (513) Palladius, Bishop of Saintes (590) Armentarius, Bishop of Aix-en-Provence (450) ♦ Liturgy: 2K 25:1-12 2Co 4:7-18 Mt 14:22-34

Thursday, 8 October 2015 Thais the Penitent, hermitess in Egypt (4th c.) Pelagia, martyr at Antioch (457) Benedicta, martyr at Origny (362) ♦ Liturgy: 2Ch 24:17-25 2Co 5:1-10 Mt 14:34 – 15:11

Friday, 9 October 2015 Eleutherius and Rusticus, deacons at Paris, martyrs (250) Denis, Bishop of Paris, martyr (250) Ghislain, Founder of The Cell, apostle of Hainaut (681) ♦ Liturgy: Ezr 1:1-6 2C 5:11-15 Mt 15:12-21

Saturday, 10 October 2015 Clair, 1st Bishop of Nantes (ca. 290) Telchide, 1st Abbess of Jouarre (660) ♦ Liturgy: Ezr 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20 2Co 5:16-21 Mt 15:22-29a

20th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 11 October 2015 Philip, the Deacon (1st c.) Zenaida and Philonella, disciples at Tarsus (ca. 100) Agilbert, Bishop of Paris (673) ♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Ezk 28:25-26 Rm 15:4-7 Lk 7:11-16 Philip: Ac 6:1-6; 8:5-13

21st Week after Pentecost Monday, 12 October 2015 Edwin, King of Northumbria, martyr (683) [[633]] Gérin of Aureilhan, priest in Bigorre, martyr at Tarbes (during invasion of Arian Goths) ♦ Liturgy: Ezr 9:5-9 2Co 6:1-10 Mt 16:1-4

Tuesday, 13 October 2015 Theophilus, Patriarch of Antioch, apologist (181) Comgan [Cowan], prince du Leinster, Founder of Lochaise (8th c.) Venantius, Abbot at Tours (410) ♦ Liturgy: Ne 2:1-8 2Co 6:11-18 Mt 16:5-12

Wednesday, 14 October 2015 Burchard of Ireland, 1st Bishop of Würzburg (754) Menehould, nun of Bienville (490) ♦ Liturgy: Ne 8:1-4a, 5-6, 8-12 2Co 7:1-7 Mt 16:13-20

Thursday, 15 October 2015 Lucian, exegete at Antioch, martyr at Nicomedia (312) Conogon of Ireland, 2nd Bishop of Quimper (460) ♦ Liturgy: Tb 1:1a, 2; 2:1-9 2Co 7:8-16 Mt 17:14-21

Friday, 16 October 2015 Gall, Abbot-Founder of St. Gall (645) Bercharius, monk of Luxeuil, Abbot-Founder of Moutier-en-Der, martyr (636) Mummolinus, monk of Luxeuil, Cofounder of Sithiu, Bishop of Noyon-Tournai (686) ♦ Liturgy: Tb 2:10-23 2Co 8:1-6 Mt 17:24-27

Saturday, 17 October 2015 Herodion, Bishop of Antioch, martyr (136) Anstrudis, 2nd Abbess of Laon (668) ♦ Liturgy: Tb 3:1-11, 24-25 2Co 8:7-15 Mt 18:1-10

21th Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 18 October 2015 Luke, Evangelist, martyr (1st c.) Monon of Ireland, hermit and martyr at Nassogne (645) Asclepiades, Patriarch of Antioch, martyr (217)

♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 30:18; 31:1 Eph 5:1-8 Mk 10:35-45 Luke: ♦ Vespers: Ps 118 (vv. 97-112) ♦ Matins: Lk 1:1-4 ♦ Liturgy: Ezk 1:10-14 2Co 8:16-24 Lk 10:16-21

22nd Week after Pentecost Monday, 19 October 2015 Frideswide, Abbess-Foundress of St. Mary’s in Oxford (735) Veranus of Cavaillon, Bishop of Orleans (ca. 590) Aquilinus, Bishop of Evreux (695) ♦ Liturgy: Tb 6:10-11a; 7:1, 9-17; 8:4-10 2Co 8:16-24 Mt 18:15-20

Tuesday, 20 October 2015 Caprasius, Faith, Alberta and companions, martyrs at Agen (303) Vitalis, Bishop of Salzburg (745) ♦ Liturgy: Tb 11:5-17 2Co 9:1-5 Mt 18:21 – 19:1

Wednesday, 21 October 2015 Hilarion, hermit in Palestine (371) Condedus, of Ireland, hermit on the Isle of Belcinae (685) ♦ Liturgy: Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20 2Co 9:6-15 Mt 19:2-15

Thursday, 22 October 2015 Mellon, of Wales, 1st Bishop of Rouen (314) Donatus, of Ireland, Bishop-Abbot of Fiesole (874) Maroveus, monk of Bobbio, Founder of Precipiano Abbey (ca. 650) ♦ Liturgy: Es 14:1, 3-5, 12-14 2Co 10:1-6 Mt 20:1-16

Friday, 23 October 2015 James, 1st Bishop of Jerusalem (1st c.) Syra, nun of Faremoutiers, Abbess of Chalons-sur-Marne (ca. 660) ♦ Liturgy: Hg 1:1-8 2Co 10:7-18 Mt 20:29-34

Saturday, 24 October 2015 Raphael, the Archangel Magloire, 2nd Bishop-Abbot of Dol (586) Martin, Abbot-Founder of Vertou (601) ♦ Liturgy: Hg 1:15b – 2:9 2Co 11:1-11 Mt 21:1-10 Raphael: ♦ Vespers: Ps 90 ♦ Liturgy: Tb 12:6-21 Hb 2:2-10 Jn 5:1-4

22nd Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, 25 October 2015 Clothilde of California, nun (1912-1993) Hildemarca, Abbess-Foundress of Fecamp (670) Tabitha, disciple (1st c.) Fronto, 1st Bishop of Perigueux (1st c.) Crispin and Crispinian, martyrs at Soissons (286) ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 31:27-28 Eph 1:16-23 Lk 17:11-19

23rd Week after Pentecost Monday, 26 October 2015 Alor, 3rd Bishop of Quimper (462) Cedd, Bishop-Founder of Lastingham (664) Eata, of Ireland, Abbot of Melrose, Bishop of Hexham (686) ♦ Liturgy: Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a 2Co 11:12-21a Mt 21:12-22

Tuesday, 27 October 2015 Breage [Breaca], nun of Kildare (5th c.) Desiderius, Bishop of Auxerre (621) ♦ Liturgy: Zec 8:1-8 2Co 11:21b-33 Mt 21:33-46

Wednesday, 28 October 2015 Simon and Jude, Apostles, martyrs in Persia (1st c.) Faro, Bishop of Meaux (678) ♦ Liturgy: Zec 8:20-23 2Co 12:1-10 Mt 22:1-14 Simon and Jude: ♦ Vespers: Ps 18 ♦ Matins: Jn 14:21-24 ♦ Liturgy: Si 46:11-12 Eph 4:4-7 Mt 13:54 -58

Thursday, 29 October 2015 Zenobius, martyr at Antioch (310) Bond, hermit at Sens (604) ♦ Liturgy: Jon 1:1 – 2:1,11 2Co 12:11-18 Mt 22:15-22

Friday, 30 October 2015 Foillan, of Ireland, Founder of Fosses, martyr (652) Talacrian, Bishop of the Picts (6th c.) Marcellus the Centurion, martyr at Tangier (298) ♦ Liturgy: Jon 3:1-10 2Co 12:19 – 13:4 Mt 23:13-22

Saturday, 31 October 2015 Urban, Bishop of Macedonia, disciple (1st c.) Narcissus, Bishop of Athens, disciple (1st c.) Quentin, monk at Amiens, martyr (303) ♦ Liturgy: Jon 4:1-11 2Co 13:5-13 Mt 23: 23-28