Liturgical Year 2018 of the Celtic Orthodox Church

Tuesday 1st May 2018

James the Minor and Philip (the Less), apostles, martyrs (1st c.) Brieuc, of Wales, 1st Bishop-Abbot of Saint-Brieuc (510) Ultan, of Ireland, abbot-founder of Fosses (657) Asaph, 1st Bishop of Llanelwy (600) Ceallach, Bishop of Killala, Ireland (6th c.) Kevoca of Kyle, Scottish (7th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 12:13-17 Ac 14:19-28 Jn 14:7-14 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

Wednesday 2 May 2018

Athanasius, pope of Alexandria, Father of the Church (373) Waldebert, 3rd Abbot of Luxeuil, founder of Moutier-Grandval (668) Gennys of Cornwall, hermit (perhaps 10th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 13:1-10 Ac 15:1-6 Jn 14:21-26

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Thursday 3 May 2018

Conleth [Conlaed], 1st Bishop of Kildare (519) Scannal, monk of Iona (563) Ethelwin, 2nd Bishop of Lindsey, England (700)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 13:11-18 Ac 15:7-21 Jn 14:27-31a

Friday 4 May 2018

Florian, martyr at Lorsch (304) Monica, mother of Saint Augustin (387) Sacerdos, Bishop of Limoges (720) Ethelred, King of Mercia, Abbot at Bardney, England (716) Chad of Lichfield, bishop, abbot of several monasteries (7th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 14:8-13 Ac 15:22-31 Jn 15:12-17

Saturday 5 May 2018

St Hilary of Poitiers

Hilary, Bishop of Arles (449) Nicetius, Bishop of Vienne (449) Diuma, founded monastery in Peterborough, England, missionary and evangelizing

2 bishop (658) Echa, hermit of Crayk, near York, England (767) Hydroc of Lanhydroc, Cornwall, England (5th c.) Gibrian of Ireland, priest (509)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 15:1-8 Ac 16:1-10 Jn 15:18-21 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

5th Sunday after Easter – Perfect Joy Sunday 6 May 2018

Evodius, 1st Patriarch Antioch, martyr (69) Eadbert, Abbot-Bishop of Lindisfarne (698) Valerius, 3rd Bishop of Auxerre (366) Colman Mac Ui Cluasigh, professor at Cork (7th c.)

♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 19:5-16 Ac 9:32-42 Jn 16:16-33

6th Week after Easter Monday 7 May 2018 (Rogation Monday)

John Zedazneli, of Syria, Georgian Church Father, martyr (6th c.) Flavius, martyr on the Isle of Pandateria (300) Nilus of Sora, Abbot-Founder of Sorsk (1508) John of Beverley, Bishop of York, Founder of Beverly Abbey (721) Liudhard of Canterbury, bishop (600)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 16:1-7 Ac 16:11-15 Jn 15:26 – 16:4

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Tuesday 8 May 2018 (Rogation Tuesday)

Arsenius the Great, monk of Scetis (445) Ita, foundress of Nivelles (652) Michael the Archangel at Monte Gargano (ca. 490) Catald, Bishop of Taranto (ca. 480) Odrian, Bishop of Waterford (5th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 16:8-14 Ac 16:22-34 Jn 16:5-11

Wednesday 9 May 2018 (Rogation Wednesday)

Pachomius, father of cenobitic monasticism, Abbot-Founder of Tabenna (346) Beatus, of Ireland, hermit at Thun (112) Holy Prophet Isaiah (8th c. BC) Gofor of Llanover, Welsh (unknown) Tudy [Tedwin], Abbot of Landevennec, Brittany (5th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 16:15-21 Ac 18:1-8 Jn 16:12-15

Thursday 10 May 2018

Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Comgall, Abbot-Founder of Bangor (601)

4 Solange, martyr at Villemont (880)

♦ Matins: Mk 16:14-20 ♦ Liturgy: 2K 2:1-15 Ac 1:1-11 Lk 24:36-53

Friday 11 May 2018

Mamertius, Bishop of Vienne (475) Possessor, Bishop of Verdun (486) Credan, Abbot of Evesham, England (780) Fremund of Dunstable, martyr (ca. 866)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 19:1-4 Ac 18:9-18 Jn 16:23b-28

Saturday 12 May 2018

Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, Church Father (403) Richrudis, Abbess of Marchiennes (688) Ethelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury (806) Pancras, martyr, beheaded during Diocletian persecution (304) Diomma of Kildim, Ireland (5th c.)

♦ 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 13 May 2018

Servatus, Bishop of Tongres and Maastricht (383) Disciole, nun of Holy Cross Convent, Poitiers (583)

5 Agnes, 1st Abbess of Holy Cross Convent, Poitiers (588) Abban of Abingdon, Irish hermit in England (520) Erconwald, Bishop of London (693) Mael, Welsh hermit on the island Bardsey (8th c.) Merewenna, Abbess of Rumsey Abbey (970)

♦ 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 14 May 2018

Carthach the Younger, Bishop of Lismore (637) Pontius, martyr at Cimiez (257) Leontius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1175)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 20:7-15 Ac 20:17-27 Jn 17:1-11a

Tuesday 15 May 2018

Waldalenus, monk of Luxeuil, founder of Beze (7th c.) Dionysia, Peter and Andrew, martyrs at Lampsacus (1st c.) Dympna of Glee, Irish martyr in Belgium (7th c.) Gereburnus of Sonsbeck, martyr in Geel, Belgium (7th c.) Britwin, Abbot of Beverley (733)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 21:1-8 Ac 20:28-38 Jn 17:11b-19

Wednesday 16 May 2018

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St Brendan the Navigator

Brendan the Navigator, Abbot-Founder of Clonfert (577) Peregrinus, 1st Bishop of Auxerre, martyr at Bouhy (304) Carantoc, Welsh Founder-Abbot at Cernach, Wales (6th c.) Primael of Quimper, hermit (ca. 450)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 21:24-27 Ac 22:30 – 23:6-11 Jn 17:20-26

Thursday 17 May 2018

Andronicus and Junia, disciples (1st c.) Maiduif, of Ireland, Abbot-Founder of Malmesbury (7th c.) Madern of Cornwall, monk and hermit (ca. 545) Cathan, Bishop on the isle of Bute, Scotland (6th or 7th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 22:15-16 Ac 25:13-21 Jn 21:15-19

Friday 18 May 2018

Dioscorus, martyr at Alexandria, Father of the Church (305) Merililaun, of Ireland, monk-martyr in the Ardennes (8th c.) Conval of Strathclyde, Irish evangelizer in Scotland (ca. 630) Feradarius, Irish Abbot of Iona, Scotland (863) Elgiva of Shaftesbury, Queen of the Saxons, nun (944)

♦ Liturgy:

7 Ap 22:16-21 Ac 15:1-4 Jn 21:20-25

Saturday 19 May 2018 (Forefeast of the Pentecost)

Ivo of Kermartin, priest at Treguier (1303) Pudens and Pudentiana, martyrs at Rome (2nd c.) Dunstan of Canterbury, reviver of monasticism in England (10th c.) Alcuin of York, Benedictine scholar (804)

♦ Liturgy: Is 61:1-5 1Co 12:2-13 Jn 14:23-31 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

Sunday 20 May 2018

Pentecost Austregisilus, Bishop of Bourges (624) Baudelius, apostle of Nimes, martyr (295) Ethelbert, King of East Anglia, martyr (794)

♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Jl 2:21 – 3:2 Ac 2:1-21

8 Jn 15:26; 16:12-15; 17:1-3, 11, 21-23

1st Week after Pentecost Monday 21 May 2018

Silaüs, bishop in Ireland (unknown) Hospice of Egypt, hermit at Villefranche-sur-Mer (580) Barrfoin of Kilbarron, Irish missionary (6th c.) Collen of Denbighshire, Welsh (7th c.) Godric of Finchale, hermit in County Durham, England (1170)

♦ Liturgy: Gn 1:1-19 Rm 1:1-7 Mk 1:14-22

Tuesday 22 May 2018

Ausonius, 1st Bishop of Angouleme, martyr (ca. 300) Julia of Carthage, martyr in Corsica (480) Quiteria, martyr in Landes (477) Boethian, built the Pierrepont Abbey near Laon, martyr (7th c.) Conall, Abbot of Inniscoel Monastery, County Donegal, Ireland (7th c.) Helen of Carnarvon, virgin martyr, foundress of churches in Wales (418)

♦ Liturgy: Gn 1:20 – 2:4a Rm 1:8-17 Mk 1:23-28

Wednesday 23 May 2018

Didier and companions, Bishop of Langres, martyrs (407) Siacre, Bishop of Cimiez (787) Gobain of Old-Leighlin, abbot from Ireland (6th c.) Petroc of Cornwall, Welsh founder of monasteries (ca. 594)

♦ Liturgy: Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17 Rm 1:18-32 Mk 1:29-34

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Thursday 24 May 2018

Vincent, monk of Lérins (450) Donatian and Rogatian, martyrs at Nantes (299)

♦ Liturgy: Gn 2:18-25 Rm 2:1-11 Mk 1:35-45

Friday 25 May 2018

Mary of Cleopas, Marie-Salome, disciples, and Sara, their servant (1st c.) Dunchadh [Donkad], Abbot of Iona (717) Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, Abbot of Malmesbury (709)

♦ Liturgy: Gn 3:1-8 Rm 2:12-29 Mk 2:1-12

Saturday 26 May 2018

Carpus, Bishop of Bereia and Alpheus, disciples (1st c.) Godo, monk of Fontenelle, founder of Oyes (690)

♦ Liturgy: Gn 4:1-15, 25 Rm 3:1-8 Mk 2:13-17

1st Sunday after Pentecost Sunday 27 May 2018

Eutropius, Bishop of Orange (475) Therapont, Bishop of Sardis, martyr (ca.259) Augustine, Bishop of Canterbury (605) Bede the Venerable, scholar, father of English history (735)

10 Melangell, Abbess at Pennant Melangell, virgin and hermitess in Wales (590)

♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Is 6:1-13 1Co 15:31-38 Mt 9:14-17

2nd Week after Pentecost Monday 28 May 2018

Eutychius, disciple, Bishop of Melitene, martyr (1st c.) Germanus, Bishop of Paris (576) William, Abbot of Gellone (755)

♦ Liturgy: Gn 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 Rm 3:9-20 Mk 2:23 – 3:6

Tuesday 29 May 2018

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) Theodosia of Tyre, virgin martyr with companions at Caesarea, Palestine (303 Dyfrig [Dubricius] of Caerleon, founder of monastic life in Wales (612)

♦ Liturgy: Gn 8:6-13, 20-22 Rm 3:21-31 Mk 3:7-12

Wednesday 30 May 2018

Cadoc, Ireland, monk in Ponthieu (7th c.) Mac Cuil, of Ireland, hermit at Centula (685) Walstan the Generous, penitent from Bawburgh, near Norwich (1016)

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Thursday 31 May 2018

Cantius and companions, martyrs at Aquileia (304) Petronilla, martyr at Rome (1st c.) Hermas, Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of Philippolis, martyr (1st c.) Winnow, Mancus and Myrbad, from Ireland (6th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Gn 11:1-9 Rm 4:13-25 Mk 3:22-35

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