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calendar of holy days and commemorations in the anglican church in north america january optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical The Circumcision 1 and Holy Name of Our Lord Christ Vedanayagam 2 Azariah, in South , Evangelist, 1945 3 4 5 The 6 of Our Lord Jesus Christ 7 8 9 , of 10 , , 1645 11 12 , Bishop 13 and Teacher of the , 367 Kentigern, Missionary to 14 Strathclyde and , 603 15

holy days and commemorations 699 january optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 16 Anthony, in , 17 356 Confession 18 of Peter the Apostle , Bishop of 19 Worcester, 1095 Fabian, Bishop of and 20 Martyr, 250 21 Agnes, Martyr at Rome, 304 Vincent, of Saragossa, 22 Martyr, 304 23 24 Conversion of 25 Timothy and Titus, 26 Companions of Paul the Apostle Lydia, Dorcas, and , 27 Helpers of the Apostles ,, 28 , and Teacher of the Faith, 1274 Lesslie Newbigin, Bishop 29 and Ecumenist, 1998 Charles, King and Martyr, 30 1649 Samuel Shoemaker, Priest 31 and Renewer of Society, 1963

700 calendars & lectionaries february optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 1 Brigid, of Kildare, 523 The Presentation of Our Lord 2 Jesus Christ in the Temple Anskar, Bishop and 3 Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 4 Cornelius the Centurion 5 of , 1597 6 7 8 9 10 Scholastica, Abbess, 543 11 12 Absalom Jones, First 13 African-American Priest, 1818 Cyril and Methodius, 14 Apostles to the Slavs, 869, 885 Thomas Bray,Priest and 15 Missionary, founder of SPG and SPCK, 1730 16 Janani Luwum, Archbishop of 17 Uganda and Martyr, 1977 , Reformer of 18 the Church, 1546

holy days and commemorations 701 february optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 19 20 William “Billy” Graham, 21 Evangelist, 2018 22 , Bishop of Smyrna, 23 Martyr, 156 Matthias the 24 Apostle 25 26 George Herbert, Priest and 27 Poet, 1633 , and 28 Teacher of the Faith, 453 march , Bishop and Apostle of 1 Wales, 601 Chad, Bishop of and 2 Missionary, 672 John and Charles Wesley, 3 and Reformers of the Church, 1791, 1788 4 5 6 Perpetua and Her 7 Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 Felix, Bishop and Missionary 8 to the Angles, 647

702 calendars & lectionaries march optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 9 Robert Machray, First 10 of , 1904 11 Gregory the Great, Bishop 12 of Rome and Teacher of the Faith, 604 13 14 15 16 Patrick, Bishop and Apostle to 17 the Irish, 461 Cyril, Bishop of and 18 Teacher of the Faith, 386

Joseph, Husband of the 19 Mary and Guardian of Jesus

Cuthbert, Bishop- of 20 and Missionary, 687 , 21 and Martyr, 1556 James DeKoven, Priest, 22 1879 , 23 Missionary to Armenia, 333 24

holy days and commemorations 703 march optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical The Annunciation of 25 our Lord Jesus Christ to the Virgin Mary 26 Charles Henry Brent, 27 Bishop and Missionary to the , 1929 28 John Keble, Priest and 29 Reformer of the Church, 1866 30 John Donne, Priest and Poet, 31 1631 april Frederick Denison Maurice, 1 Priest and Renewer of Society, 1872 Henry Budd, First Native 2 Priest in Canada, 1850 James Lloyd Breck, Priest 3 and Missionary, 1879 Martin Luther King, Jr., 4 Renewer of Society, 1968 5 6 Tikhon, Bishop and 7 Ecumenist, 1925 William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 8 Reformer of the Church, and Renewer of Society, 1877

704 calendars & lectionaries april optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 9 William Law, Priest and 10 Teacher of the Faith, 1761 George Augustus Selwyn, 11 Bishop and Missionary to New Zealand, 1878 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Alphege, Archbishop of 19 Canterbury and Martyr, 1012 20 Anselm, Archbishop of 21 Canterbury and Teacher of the Faith, 1109 22 23 George, Martyr, c. 304 Arthur Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 24 Ecumenist, and Teacher of the Faith, 1988 Mark 25 the Evangelist 26 27 28

holy days and commemorations 705 april optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical , 29 Reformer of the Church, 1380 30 may Philip and 1 James, Apostles Athanasius, Bishop of 2 and Teacher of the Faith, 373 3 4 5 6 7 of Norwich, 8 Anchoress, c. 1417 , 9 Bishop of Constantinople and Teacher of the Faith, 389 10 11 12 13 14 Pachomius, Abbot and 15 Organizer of , 346 The Martyrs of the , 16 2011 17

706 calendars & lectionaries may optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 18 , Archbishop of 19 Canterbury and Reformer of the Church, 988 , Deacon and Abbot of 20 , 804 Helena, Mother of 21 Constantine and Protector of the Holy Places, 330 22 23 Jackson Kemper, First 24 Missionary Bishop in the , 1870 , Priest 25 and Monk of Jarrow, Teacher of the Faith, 735 Augustine, First Archbishop 26 of Canterbury and Missionary, 605 , Reformer of the 27 Church, 1564 28 29 Josephine Butler, Renewer of 30 Society, 1906 The Visitation of the 31 Virgin Mary to Elizabeth and Zechariah

holy days and commemorations 707 june optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Justin, Teacher of the Faith 1 and Martyr at Rome, c. 165 Blandina and Her 2 Companions, Martyrs at , 177 The Martyrs of Uganda, 3 1886, 1977 John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 4 Ecumenist, and Reformer of the Church, 1963 Boniface, Archbishop of 5 Mainz, Missionary to the Germans, and Martyr, 754 William Grant Broughton, 6 Bishop and Missionary to Australia, 1853 7 Thomas Ken,Bishop of Bath 8 and Wells, Non-juror, 1711 Columba, Abbot of Iona and 9 Missionary to the Scots, 597 Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon 10 and Teacher of the Faith, 373 the 11 Apostle 12 13 Basil the Great, Bishop of 14 Caesarea and Teacher of the Faith, 379 Evelyn Underhill, Teacher of 15 the Faith, 1941

708 calendars & lectionaries june optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 16 17 Bernard Mizeki, Catechist 18 and Martyr in , 1896 Sundar Singh, Evangelist 19 in India and Teacher of the Faith, 1929 20 21 Alban, First Martyr of 22 Britain, c. 250 23 The Nativity of 24 25 26 Cyril , Bishop 27 and Teacher of the Faith, 444 , Bishop of Lyons and 28 Teacher of the Faith, 200 Peter and Paul, 29 Apostles 30 july 1 Canada Day 2 3 4 Independence Day (USA) 5

holy days and commemorations 709 july optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 6 7 8 9 10 , Abbot 11 and Founder of the Benedictine Order, c. 550 Nathan Soderblom, 12 Archbishop of Uppsala and Ecumenist, 1931 13 , Friar, Bishop, 14 and Teacher of the Faith, 1274 Olga and Vladimir, Patrons 15 of the Church in Russia, 969, 1016 16 William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania and First 17 Presiding Bishop of the Church in the USA, 1836 Macrina, and Teacher of 18 the Faith, 379 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa and 19 Teacher of the Faith, 396 Margaret of , 20 Martyr, 4th c. 21 Mary 22 Magdalene 23 710 calendars & lectionaries july optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Thomas à Kempis,Priest and 24 Teacher of the Faith, 1471 James the Elder, 25 Apostle The Parents of the Virgin 26 Mary William Reed Huntington, 27 Priest and Ecumenist, 1909 28 Lazarus, Mary, and Martha 29 of Bethany, Companions of our Lord William Wilberforce, 30 Renewer of Society, 1833 31 august 1 of Arimathea 2 3 4 Oswald, King of 5 and Martyr, 642 The Transfiguration 6 of Our Lord Jesus Christ John Mason Neale, Priest 7 and Reformer of the Church, 1866 Dominic, Priest and Friar, 8 1221

holy days and commemorations 711 august optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Mary Sumner, Founder 9 of the Mothers’ Union and Renewer of Society, 1921 Laurence, Deacon and 10 Martyr at Rome, 258 11 Clare, Abbess of Assisi, 1253 Charles Inglis, First Bishop 12 of Canada, 1787 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of 13 Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667 Roger Schutz, Monk of Taizé 14 and Ecumenist, 2005 The Virgin Mary, Mother of 15 Our Lord Jesus Christ 16 17 18 19 Bernard, Abbot of 20 Clairvaux and Teacher of the Faith, 1153 Jonathan Myrick Daniels, 21 Martyr, 1965 22 23 Bartholomew 24 the Apostle 25 Louis, King of , 1270 26

712 calendars & lectionaries august optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Monica, Mother of 27 Augustine of , 387 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo 28 and Teacher of the Faith, 430 The Beheading of John the 29 Baptist Charles Chapman 30 Grafton, Bishop of Fond du Lac and Ecumenist, 1912 Aidan, Abbot-Bishop of 31 Lindisfarne, Missionary to Northumbria, 651 september 1 The Martyrs of Papua New 2 Guinea, 1901 and 1942 3 , 4 and Evangelist to Wessex, 650 of Calcutta, 5 Renewer of Society, 1997 Alan Gardiner, Missionary 6 and Founder of SAMS, 1851 Hannah More, Renewer of 7 Society and Founder of Sunday Schools, 1833 8 Constance and her 9 Companions, Martyrs of Memphis, 1878 Alexander Crummell, Priest 10 and Missionary to Liberia, 1898

holy days and commemorations 713 september optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 11 John Henry Hobart, Bishop 12 of New and Reformer of the Church, 1830 , Bishop of 13 Constantinople and Teacher of the Faith, 407 14 Holy Day , Bishop of Carthage 15 and Martyr, 258 , Bishop of Galloway 16 and Missionary to the Picts, 432 Edward Bouverie Pusey, 17 Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 1882 18 , 19 Archbishop of Canterbury, 690 John Coleridge Patteson, 20 Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871 Matthew, 21 Apostle and Evangelist 22 23 24 Sergius, Monk and Reformer 25 of the Church in Russia, 1392 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop 26 of and Teacher of the Faith, 1626

714 calendars & lectionaries september optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Wilson Carlile, Evangelist 27 and Founder of the , 1942 28 Holy Michael 29 and All , Monk of 30 and Translator of the Bible, 420 october Remigius, Bishop of Reims 1 and Missionary to the , 533 2 , Advocate for 3 the Confessing Church, Bishop and Ecumenist, 1958 , Friar 4 and Deacon, Reformer of the Church, 1226 5 , Priest, 6 Translator of the Bible, and Martyr, 1536 7 8 , Bishop 9 of Lincoln, 1253 Paulinus, Bishop of York and 10 Missionary, 644 Philip, Deacon and 11 Evangelist

holy days and commemorations 715 october optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Cecil Frances Alexander, 12 -writer and Teacher of the Faith, 1895 Edward the , King 13 of , 1066 Samuel Joseph 14 Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906 Teresa of Ávila, Nun and 15 Reformer of the Church, 1582 Hugh Latimer and 16 , and Martyrs, 1555 Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch 17 and Martyr, ca. 115 and 18 Companion of Paul Henry Martyn, Priest and 19 Missionary to India and Persia, 1812 20 21 22 James of Jerusalem, 23 Bishop and Martyr, of Our Lord 24 25

716 calendars & lectionaries october optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Alfred the Great, King of the 26 West and Reformer of the Church, 899 27 Simon and Jude, 28 Apostles James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, 29 and his Companions, Martyrs, 1885 30 31 november 1 All ’ Day of the 2 Faithful Departed Richard Hooker, Priest and 3 Teacher of the Faith, 1600 4 Elizabeth and Zechariah, 5 Parents of John the Baptist , 6 Archbishop of Canterbury and Teacher of the Faith, 1944 , Archbishop of 7 and Missionary to Frisia, 739 8 9 Leo the Great, Bishop of 10 Rome and Teacher of the Faith, 461

holy days and commemorations 717 november optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 11 Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397 12 Charles , Priest and 13 Evangelist, 1836 of Samuel 14 Seabury, First Bishop in the United States, 1784 Herman, Monk and 15 Missionary to the Native Alaskans, 1837 Margaret, Queen of , Reformer of the 16 Church, and Renewer of Society, 1093 Hugh, and 17 Renewer of Society, 1200 , 18 Renewer of Society, 1231 19 Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Edmund, King of East 20 Anglia and Martyr, 870 21 Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, 22 c. 230 Clement, Bishop of Rome and 23 Martyr, c. 100 24 , 25 Martyr, c. 305 26 27 28

718 calendars & lectionaries november optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Clive Staples Lewis, 29 Teacher of the Faith, 1963 Andrew the 30 Apostle december Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon and 1 Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637 Channing Moore 2 Williams, Missionary Bishop in and Japan, 1910 3 , Priest 4 and Teacher of the Faith, 760 , 5 Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 210 Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, 6 c.326 , Bishop of Milan 7 and Teacher of the Faith, 397 Richard Baxter, and 8 Teacher of the Faith, 1691 9 10 11 12 13 Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 14 15

holy days and commemorations 719 december optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical O Sapientia* 16 O Wisdom from on high O Adonai 17 O Lord of Might O Radix Jesse 18 O Root of Jesse O Clavis David 19 O Key of David O Oriens 20 O Dayspring Thomas the O Rex Gentium 21 Apostle O Desire of Nations O Emmanuel 22 O Come, Emmanuel O Virgo Virginum 23 O Virgin of Virgins 24 The Nativity of our Lord 25 Jesus Christ Stephen, 26 Deacon and Martyr John, Apostle 27 and Evangelist The Holy 28 Innocents Thomas ,Archbishop 29 of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 30 John Wyclif, Priest and 31 Translator of the Bible into English, 1384 * These traditional Advent antiphons are the basis for the hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.”

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