2021: a Western Rite Calendar for the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

2021: A Western Rite Calendar for the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

Carolingian & Ottonian Illuminated Manuscripts from the 10th & 11th Centuries

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The Circumcision Octave Day of St. Adoration of the Magi, 1of Our Lord and 2Stephen; St. Gospel Book of Otto III, Octave Day of the Fulgentius, BC, 533 Reichenau, Germany, Nativity January 2021 c. 1020 (New Years Day)

The Second Octave Day of the Vigil of the The Epiphany of of the Octave of of the Octave of of the Octave of 3Sunday after the 4Holy Innocents, 5Epiphany 6Our Lord 7Epiphany; St. 8Epiphany; St. 9Epiphany Nativity; Oct. Day of Mm; St. Titus, BC, c. Cedd, BC, 664 Lucius & comp., St. John, Ap. Ev.; St. 96 Mm, c. 290; St. Genevieve, V, 512 Severinus, Ab, 482 W W

First Sunday of the Octave St. Benedict Octave Day of St. Hilary, St. Maurus, St. Marcellus, 10after Epi- 11of Epiphany; 12Biscop, Ab, 13Epiphany; St. 14BCD, 367; St. 15Ab, 584 16PM, 309, St. phany; St. Paul the St. Hyginus, PM, 690 Kentigern, BC, 603 Nina, V, 335 Honoratus, BC, 429 First Hermit, 342 c.142; St. Theodosius, W Ab, c. 529

Second Chair of St. St. Mark of Ss. Fabian, St. Agnes, St. Vincent, M, St. Emeren- 17Sunday after 18Peter in Rome; 19Ephesus, BC, 20BM & 21VM, 304 22304; St. Ana- 23tiana, VM, c. Epiphany; St. St. Prisca, VM, c. 144 Sebastian, M, 3rd c. stasius, M, 628 304; St. John the Anthony, Ab, 356 270 Almoner, BC, c. 619

W (MLK Birthday)

Third Sunday Conversion of St. Polycarp, St. John The Second St. Martina, 24after Epi- 25St. Paul 26BM, 156 27Chrysostom, 28Feast of St. 29 30VM, 228; St. phany; St. Timothy, BCD, 407 Agnes, VM Bathildes, QMa, 680 BM, 97

Fourth Sunday 31after Epiphany

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Presentation in the Temple, Benedictional, Regensburg, Germany February 2021 about 1030–1040

St. Ignatius of Presentation of St. Blaise, BM, c. New Martyrs of St. Agatha, VM, St. Photius, BCD, 1Antioch, BM, c. 2Our Lord: 3316; St. Anskar of 4Russia, 1917 and 5c. 250 6891; St. Dorothy, 107; St. Bridget, V, Candlemas Hamburg, BC, 865 following; St. Joseph VM c. 313 523 of Aleppo, M, 1686

Fifth Sunday after St. Cyril of St. Scholastica, St. Gregory II, 7Epiphany; St. 8 9Alexandria, BCD, 10V, 543 11PC, 731; St. 12 13 Romuald, Ab, 1027 444; St. Apollonia, Benedict of Aniane, VM, c. 248 Ab, 821

Sixth Sunday Ss. Faustinus St. Nicholas of St. Simeon of 14after Epi- 15& Jovita, Mm, 16Japan, BC, 17 18Jerusalem, 19 20 phany; St. Valentine, 120 1912 BM, 1st c. PrM, 3rd C

G (President’s Day)

Seventh Chair of St. Vigil of St. St. Matthias, St. Walburga St. Porphyrius St. Raphael of 21Sunday after 22Peter at 23Matthias 24Apostle, 1st c. 25of Heiden- 26of Gaza, BC, 27Brooklyn, Epiphany Antioch heim, V, 779 420; St. Ethelbert, BC,1915; St. KC, 616 Alexander, BC, 326; St. Leander, BC, 600 G

Septuagesima; 28St. Oswald of Worcester, BC, 992

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St. Gregory the Great, Registrum Gregorii, March 2021 Trier, Germany, c. 983

St. David of St. Chad, BC, 672 St. Lucius, BM, Ss. Perpetua & 1Wales, BC, 544 2 3 4 5254 6Felicitas, Mm, 203

Sexagesima St. Gregory of Forty Martyrs St. Sophronius St. Gregory the 7 8 9Nyssa, BCD, 394 10of Sebaste, 11of Jerusalem, 12Great, BCD, 13 Mm, 320 BC, c. 369 604

Quinqua- Ash St. Cyril of St. Joseph, St. Cuthbert, 14gesima 15 16 17Wednesday; 18Jerusalem, 19Spouse of the 20BC, 687 St. Patrick, BC, 461; BCD, 386; St. Blessed Virgin; 1st c. St. Joseph of Edward, KM 979 Arimathea, C, 1st c. V V

First Sunday in Repose of St. St. Gabriel the The Annunci- Ember Friday Ember 21Lent (Sunday 22Benedict, c. 23 24Archangel; 25ation of the 26 27Saturday; St. of Orthodoxy) 550 (tr.) Ember Wednesday Blessed Virgin Mary John of Damascus, CD, 749

V W

Second Sun- St. John of the St. Innocent of 28day in Lent 29 30Ladder, Ab, 31Alaska, BC, 649 1879

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Te igitur Fulda Sacramentary, April 2021 Corvey Abbey, Germany, c. 960

St. Melito of St. Mary of St. Sixtus I, PM, 1Sardis, BC, 177 2Egypt, Penitent, c. 3127 421

Third Sunday in St. Notker, C, 912 St. Tikhon of 4Lent; St. Isidore 5 6 7Moscow, BC, 8 9 10 of Seville, BCD, 636 Patron of the Western Rite, 1925

Fourth Sunday St. Hermene- St. Justin, M, St. Anicetus, 11in Lent; St. 12 13gild, M, 583 14167 15 16 17BM, 168 Leo the Great, PCD, 461

Passion Ss. Soter & St. George, 18Sunday 19 20 21 22Caius, PpMm, 23Martyr, 303 24 174

Palm Sunday Monday in Tuesday in Wednesday in Maundy Good Friday 25 26Holy Week; 27Holy Week 28Holy Week 29Thursday 30 St. Cletus, 89 & Marcellinus, 304, PpMm R/V V V W W B

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Holy Saturday The Empty Tomb, 1 Sacramentary, May 2021 Mainz, Germany, about 1025-1050 V/W

Pascha: The Monday in the Tuesday in the Wednesday in the Thursday in Friday in the Saturday in the 2Resurrection of 3Octave of Easter 4Octave of Easter 5Octave of Easter 6the Octave of 7Octave of Easter; 8Octave of Easter; Our Lord Easter; St. John St. Alexis Toth, C, The Apparition of St. before the Latin Gate 1909 Michael the Archangel

Low Sunday: First St. Mark the Ss. Philip and Finding of the St. Boniface of St. Pachomius, 9Sunday after 10Evangelist, 1st 11James, 12Holy Cross 13 14Tarsus, M, 290 15Ab, 346 Easter; St. Gregory c. (tr.); Ss. Gordian, Apostles, 1st c. (tr.) (tr.); St. Epiphanius, Nazianzen, BCD, 390 362 & Epimachus, BC, c. 403 250, Mm W

Second St. Venantius, St. Dunstan, St. Constan- 16Sunday after 17 18M, 250; St. 19BC, 988; St. 20 21tine, C, 337 22 Easter; St. Brendan Theodotus & comp., Pudentiana, V, 2nd c. the Navigator, 577, Mm, c. 303 Ab W

Third Sunday St. Vincent of St. Urban, PM, St. Augustine St. Bede, CD, St. Germanus 23after Easter 24Lerins, C, 450 25230; St. 26of Can- 27735; St. John 28of Paris, BC, 29 Aldhelm, BC, 709 terbury, BC, 605 I, PM, 526 576

Fourth Sunday St. Petronilla, 30after Easter; 31VM, c. 100 St. Felix I, PM, 274

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The Ascension of Christ, The Four Gospels Abbey of St Willibrord, June 2021 Echternach, Luxembourg mid-11th century

Ss. Marcellinus, St. Kevin of Glen- St. Petroc, C, 564 St. Boniface, BM, 1 2Peter and 3dalough, Ab, c. 4 5754 Erasmus, Mm, 304 618

Fifth Sunday after Rogation Monday Rogation Tuesday St. Columba of Ascension St. Barnabas, of the Octave of 6Easter 7 8 9Iona, Ab, 597; 10Day; St. 11Apostle, 1st c.; 12the Ascension Vigil of the Margaret of Scotland, of the Octave of the Ascension QW, 1092 Ascension

W W

Sunday after St. Basil the of the Octave of the Octave Octave Day of St. Ephrem the Vigil of 13the Ascension 14Great, BCD, 15of the 16of the 17the Ascension 18Syrian, DnCD, 19Pentecost; Ss. 379; of the Octave of Ascension; Ss. Vitus, Ascension 373 Gervase & Protase, the Ascension Modestus & Mm, 2nd. c. Crescentia, Mm, c. W 303

Pentecost Monday after Tuesday after Ember Wed- Thursday after Ember Friday Ember Sat. in 20 21Pentecost 22Pentecost; St. 23nesday in the 24Pentecost 25in the Octave 26the Octave of Alban, Proto-martyr Oct. of Pentecost; St. of Pentecost Pentecost; Ss. John & of England, 209 Etheldreda, QV, 679 Paul, Mm, c. 362

Trinity Nativity of St. Ss. Peter & Comm. of St. 27Sunday; 1st 28John the 29Paul, Apostles, 30Paul the Sunday after Baptist (tr.); St. 1st c. Apostle Pentecost Irenaeus of Lyons, BM, 202 W

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Calming the Storm, Hitda Gospels, St. Walburga Abbey, July 2021 Meschede, Germany, c. 1000

Corpus Christi Visitation of the of the Octave of Ss. 1 2BVM; St. John 3Peter & Paul Maximovitch, BC, 1966; of the Octave of Ss. Peter & Paul

Sunday in the of the Octave of Octave Day of Ss. Cyril & St. Kilian of Seven Holy 4Octave of Corpus 5Ss. Peter & Paul 6Ss. Peter & Paul 7Methodius (B), 8Wurzburg, BM, 9 10Brothers, Mm, Christi; 2nd Sunday CC, 9th c. 689 c. 165; St. Joseph of after Pentecost Damascus, 1860 (Independence Day) W

Third Sunday Ss. Nabor & St. Anacletus, St. Vladimir of Our Lady of St. Alexis, C, 11after Pente- 12Felix, Mm, 13PM, 1st c. 14 15Kiev, KC, 16Einsiedeln 175th c. cost; Solemnity of St. 303 1015; St. Henry, C, Benedict, Ab, c. 540; 1024 St. Pius I, PM, c. 154 G

Fourth Sunday St. Seraphim St. Elias the St. Praxedes of St. Mary St. John Vigil of St. 18after Pente- 19of Sarov, PrC, 20Prophet, 9th c. 21Rome, V, 2nd c. 22Magdalene, 23Cassian, Ab, 24James; St. cost; St. Sergius, 1833 BC; St. Margaret of Penitent, 1st c. 433; St. Appollinaris, Christina, VM, 3rd c.; Ab, 1392; Ss. Sym- Antioch, VM, 304 BM, 1st c. Ss. Romanus & David, phorosa & her Seven Mm, 1015 Sons, Mm, c. 138 G

St. James the St. Anne, St. Pantelei- Ss. Nazarius, St. Martha of Ss. Abdon & St. Germanus of 25Greater, 26Mother of the 27mon, c. 305 28Celsus Mm, 29Bethany, V, 30Sennen, Mm, 31Auxerre, BC, Apostle, 44; Fifth BVM, 1st c.; St. Ss. Victor, PM & 1st c. c. 303 448 Sunday after Pente- Jacob Netsvetov, C, Innocent PC, 5th c cost; St. Christopher, 1864 C, 251 R

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Abbess Uta dedicating the codex to the Virgin and Child, Uta Codex, August 2021 Regensburg, Germany, c. 1025

Sixth Sunday after St. Stephen I, PM, Finding of St. Ste- Our Lady of the Transfiguration of Holy Name Day; 1Pentecost; St. 2257 3phen the Proto- 4 5Snows, 435; St. 6Our Lord; Ss. 7St. Donatus of Peter's Chains; Holy martyr, 415; St. Oswald, KM, 642 Sixtus II PM & Arezzo, BM, 362 Maccabees, Mm, c. Nicodemus, M, 1st. c. Felicissimus, 285 160 BC G W

Seventh Sunday St. Romanus, M, St. Laurence, Ss. Tiburtius & St. Maximus Vigil of the 8after Pentecost; 9258 10Deacon M, 11Susanna, Mm, 12 13the Confessor, 14Assumption; St. Ss. Cyriacus, Largus 258 3rd c.; St. Philomena, CD, 662; Ss. Eusebius, PrC, c. 300 & Smaragdus, Mm, VM, c. 304 Hippolytus & comp., 304 Mm, 235 G

Assumption of St. Joachim, of the Octave of the Oct. of of the Oct. of of the Oct. of of the Oct. of 15the BVM; 16Father of the 17of the 18the Assump- 19the 20the 21the Assumption Eighth Sunday after BVM, C, 1st c; of the Assumption tion; St. Helena, Ma, Assumption Assumption Pentecost Oct. of the 330; St. Agapitus, M, Assumption 272 W

Ninth Sunday Vigil of St. St. Bartholo- St. Zephyrinus, St. Caesarius St. Augustine of 22after Pente- 23Bartholomew 24mew, Apostle, 25 26PM, 219 27of Arles, BC, 28Hippo, BCD, cost; Oct. Day of the 1st c. 542 430; St. Moses the Assumption; Ss. Black, C, 405 Timothy, M, Hip- polytus, BM G

Tenth Sunday Ss. Felix & St. Aidan of 29after Pente- 30Adauctus, 31Lindisfarne, cost; Beheading of Mm, 304; St. Fiacre BC, 651 St. John the Baptist; the Hermit, C, 670 St. Sabina, M, c. 125 G

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Crucifixion, Sacramentary of Henry II, Regensburg, September 2021 Germany, before 1014

St. Giles, Ab, 708; St. Stephen of St. Gorazde of 1Twelve Holy 2Hungary, KC, 3 4Prague, BM, 1942 Brothers, Mm, c. 303 1038

11th Sunday after St. Cloud, C, 560; Nativity of the St. Gorgonius, M, Ss. Protus & 5Pentecost 6 7St. Sergius I, PC, 8Blessed Virgin 9304 10 11Hyacinth, Mm, 701 Mary c. 257; St. Paphnutius, BC, 4th c.

G (Labor Day) W 12th Sunday Exaltation of Ember Wed- Ss. Cornelius, Ember Friday Ember Satur- 12after Pentecost 13 14the Holy Cross 15nesday; St. 16PM, 254 & 17St. Lambert, 18day Nicomedes, M, 4th c. Cyprian, BM 258; St. BM, 705 Ninian, BC, 5th c.

G R 13th Sun. after Ss. Eustace & St. Matthew, St. Maurice & St. Thecla of Ss. Juvenaly, 19Pentecost; St. 20comp., Mm, c. 21Evangelist & 22comp., Mm, 23Iconium, VM, 24PrM, 1796 & 25 Theodore of Canter- 118 Apostle, 1st c. 3rd c. 1st c.; St. Linus, PM, Peter the Aleut, M, bury, BC, 690; Ss. c. 80 1815 Januarius & comp., Mm, c. 305 G

14th Sunday Ss. Cosmas & St. Wenceslas, Dedication of St. Jerome 26after Pente- 27Damian, Mm, 28M, 938 ; St. 29St. Michael the 30PrCD, 420; St. cost; Ss. Cyprian, c. 303 Lioba of Mainz, V, Archangel Gregory the Illumi- BM & Justina, VM, 781 nator, BC, c. 323 c. 303 G W

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St. Remigius of Holy Guardian Christ the King, 1Rheims, BC, c. 2Angels Prayer Book of Otto III, 530; St. Bavo, C, 659 October 2021 Mainz, Germany, c. 984

15th Sunday after St. Placid & his St. Faith of Agen, St. Mark, PC, Ss. Denys, BM, 3Pentecost 4 5Companions, Mm, 6VM, c. 303 7336; Ss. Sergius 8 9Rusticus, & Eleu- 6th c. & Bacchus, Mm, 303 therius, Mm, 3rd c.

16th Sunday St. Kenneth, St. Wilfred of St. Edward the St. Callistus, Our Lady of St. Gall, Ab., 10after Pente- 11Ab, 599 12York, BC, 709; 13Confessor, 14PM, c. 222 15Walsingham 16646 cost; St. Paulinus of St. Edwin, KM, 633 KC, 1066 York, BC, 644

17th Sunday St. Luke the St. Frideswide St. Andrew of St. Hilarion of 17after Pentecost 18Evangelist, 19of Oxford, V, 20Crete, BC, 740 21Gaza, Ab., c. 22 23 1st c. 735 371; Ss. Ursala & comp., Mm, 453

18th Sunday Ss. Crysanthus St. Evaristus, St. Frumentius Ss. Simon Vigil of All 24after Pente- 25& Daria, Mm, 26PM, c. 197 27of Ethiopia, 28& Jude, 29 30Saints cost; St. Raphael the 283 BC, 4th c. Apostles, 1st c. (anticipated) Archangel

Christ the 31King; comm. 19th Sunday after Pentecost

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Christ enthroned with Elders, Bamberg Apocalypse, Reichenau, Germany, November 2021 before 1020

All Saints Day All Souls Day of the Oct. of All of the Oct. of All of the Oct. of All of the Oct. of All 1 2 3Saints; St. 4Saints; Ss. Vitalis 5Saints; Ss. 6Saints; St. Leonard Winifred, VM, c. 660 & Agricola, Mm, c. Zachariah, M, and of Noblac, Ab, c. 559 304 Elizabeth, Ma, 1st C.

Sunday in the Patriarchs & Dedication of the Ss. Tryphon, St. Martin of St. Martin I, St. Britius of 7Oct. of All Saints; 8Prophets of the 9Basilica of St. 10Respicius & 11Tours, BC, 12PC, 655 13Tours, BC, 444 20th Sun. after Pente- Old Law (Oct. Day Savior in Rome, 324; Nympha Mm, c. 250 397; St. Theodore the cost; St. Wilibrord of of All Saints); Four St. Benignus, BC, c. Studite, Ab, 826 Echternach, BC, 739 Crowned Martyrs 468 W (Veteran’s Day)

21st Sun. after St. Hilda of Dedication of St. Pontianus, St. Edmund, 14Pentecost; 15 16 17Whitby, V, 18Basilica of Ss. 19PM, 235 20KM, 870 St. Gregory Palamas, 680; St. Gregory the Peter & Paul, 4th c.; BCD, 1359 Wonder-worker, BC, St. Odo of Cluny, c. 270; St. Gregory of Ab, 942 G Tours, BC, 594

22nd & Last St. Cecilia, St. Clement, St. Chryso- St. Katherine St. Peter of 21Sunday after 22VM, c. 230 23PM, 96; St. 24gonus of 25of Alexandria, 26Alexandria, 27 Pentecost; Presen- Felicity of Rome, M, Aquileia, M., c. 304 VM, 4th c. BM, 311 tation of the BVM; 165 St. Gelasius, PC, 496 G (Thanksgiving Day

First Sunday in St. Saturninus, St. Andrew the 28Advent 29M, 309 30Apostle, 1st c.

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Nativity of Christ, Sacramentary of Reichenau, December 2021 Germany, c. 1020

St. Eligius of St. Peter St. Barbara, VM, 1Tournai, BC, 660 2Chrysologus, 3 4c. 306 BCD, c. 450; St. Bibiana of Rome, VM, 363

Second Sunday in St. Nicholas of St. Ambrose of Conception of the St. Melchia- St. Damasus, 5Advent; St. 6Myra, BC, c. 342 7Milan, BCD, 397 8Blessed Virgin 9 10des, PM, 314 11PC, 384 Sabbas of Palestine, Mary Ab, 532

Third Sunday St. Lucy, VM, Ember Wed- St. Eusebius of Ember Friday Ember Saturday 12in Advent; St. 13304; St. 14 15nesday St. 16Vercelli, BM, 17St. Lazarus of 18 Spiridon, BC, 348 Herman of Alaska, C, Maurus, Ab, 6th c. 371 Bethany, BC, 1st c. 1837

V O Sapientia O Adonnay O Radix Jesse

Fourth Sunday St. John of St. Thomas, Vigil of the The Nativity of 19in Advent 20Kronstadt, C, 21Apostle, 1st c. 22 23 24Nativity 25Our Lord Jesus 1908 Christ; St. Anastasia, VM., c. 304 V O Clavis David O Oriens O Rex gentium O Emmanuel O Virgo virginum W W

St. Stephen, St. John, Holy Inno- of the Octave of the Octave St. Sylvester, 26Proto-martyr, 27Evangelist & 28cents, Mm, 1st 29of the Nativity 30of the Nativity 31PC, 335; of the 1st c.; Sun. after the Apostle, 1st c.; of the c.; of the Octave of Octave of the Nativity; of the Oct. Octave of the the Nativity Nativity of the Nativity Nativity W Key for Calendar

Ab Abbot B Bishop C Confessor D Doctor K King M Martyr Mm Martyrs Ma Matron P Pope Pr Priest Q Queen V Virgin

Fasting Days are shaded in grey. The color of vestments for Sundays & major feasts (mostly on the eves of the feasts) has been marked in this manner: W - white, V - violet, R - red, G - green, B - black.

This Calendar has been prepared with illustrations in the public domain by St. Gregory the Great Orthodox Church 13407 Roxbury Rd., Silver Spring, MD stgregoryoc.org

Cover: Codex Aureus Epternacensis, Luxembourg, c. 1035