Liturgical Year 2018-2019 of the Celtic Orthodox Church
5th Week of Lent Monday 1st April
Mary of Egypt, penitent (421) Valerius (Walric), Abbot-Founder of Leuconay (622) Melito, Bishop of Sardis, apologist (180) Cellach, Archbishop of Armagh (1129) Agilbert, Bishop of Dorchester (673)
♦ Liturgy: Is 1:1-4, 24-26 2P 1:12-21 Jn 8:3-11
Tuesday 2 April
Nicetius, Bishop of Lyons (579) Flodobertha, and Landeberga, nuns of Faremoutiers (7th c.) Urban, Bishop of Langres (390) Ebba the Younger, Abbess of Coldingham, England (870) Bronach of Glen-Seichis (unknown) Constantine II, early King of Scotland (952)
♦ Liturgy: Is 5:20, 23-27 1Jn 1:1-4 Jn 8:21-30
Wednesday 3 April
Florentius, monk of Ireland, Bishop of Strasbourg (693) Urbitius, Bishop of Clermont (724) Nicetas, Abbot of Medicion (824) Joseph the Hymnographer, one of greatest liturgical poets and hymnographers (886) Comman, monk at Iona (688)
♦ Liturgy: Ho 5:10; 7:13-16; 13:4 1Jn 1:10 – 2:2 Jn 8:31-45
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Thursday 4 April
Isidore, Bishop of Seville (636) Zosimas, monk-hermit in Palestine (560) Gweirir of Liskeard, hermit of Cornwall (unknown) Merryn, missionary in Cornwall and Brittany (6th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Jer 9:7-9, 12 1Jn 2:3-11 Jn 8:52-59 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Friday 5 April
Tigernach, Bishop-Abbot of Cluain-Eois (549) Ethelburga, Abbess-Foundress of Lyminge (647) Theodora, nun at Thessalonica, martyr (892) Derferl-Gadarn of Llanderfel (5th or 6th c.) Becan, Founder of monastery at Kill-Beggan (6th c.) Probus and Grace, husband and wife, from Cornwall (unknown)
♦ Liturgy: Jer 12:7-10, 14-15 1Jn 2:12-17 Jn 10:20-28
Saturday 6 April
Methodius, Archbishop of Moravia, Apostle of the Slavs (9th c.) Brec’han (or Brychan), King of Brecknock, Wales (unknown) Gennard, 3rd Abbot of Saint-Germer-de-Flay (720) Berthane, Bishop of Kirkwall in the Orkneys, Scotland, monk of Iona (840) Ulched, patron saint of Anglesey, Wales (unknown) Elstan of Abingdon, Bishop of Winchester (981)
♦ Liturgy:
2 Is 50:8-10 1Jn 2:18-25 Jn 7:33-38
Fifth Sunday of Lent Sunday 7 April
Gibardus, Abbot of Luxeuil, martyr (888) Aphraates, hermit at Antioch (345) Finan of Kinnitty, Offaly, Ireland (6th c.) Goran, missionary of the district of Cornwall (6th c.)
♦ 2nd Nocturn: Lam 3:1-21, 24-31, 52-66 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1P 4:13-19 ♦ Matins: Jn 65:28-29; 8:51-53, 58-59 ♦ Liturgy: 1K 17:17-24 1Jn 5:16-20 Jn 11:1-52
6th Week of Lent Monday 8 April
Apostles of the Seventy, Rufus, Agabus, Asyncritus, Herodion, Phlegon and Hermes, martyrs (1st c.) Perpetuus, Bishop of Tours (490)
♦ Liturgy: Hab 1:2-4; 2:4 1Jn 2:26-29 Jn 10:27-31
Tuesday 9 April
Mary of Cleopas, disciple in Palestine (1st c.) Hugh, Bishop of Paris, of Rouen, and of Bayeux (730) Prochorus, deacon of Antioch (1st c.) Dotto, Abbot of a monastery in the Orkney Islands of Scotland (6th c.)
3 Hedda of Peterborough and 84 monks, martyrs, slain by the Danes (870) Theodore, Abbot of Croyland, martyr (869) Madrun of Wales, Queen of Gwent, widow (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Lam 1:9-10, 12; 3:21-22 1Jn 3:1-12 Jn 10:32-39
Wednesday 10 April
Palladius, Bishop of Auxerre (661) Paternus, hermit at Abdinghof, martyr (1058) Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres (1028) Beocca of Chertsey, martyred by the Danes with other monks (870) The Prophetess Huldah (600’s B.C.)
♦ Liturgy: Lam 1:19-22; 3:25, 32 1Jn 3:13-17 Jn 15:1-5
Thursday 11 April
Godebertha, Abbess of Tournai and Noyon (700) Isaac, hermit at Monteluco (6th c.) Guthlac of Croyland, monk of Repton Abbey, then hermit (714) Aid, Abbot of Achad-Finglas, Ireland (unknown) Machai, Abbot-Founder of a monastery on the isle of Bute in Scotland (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Lam 1:16; 3:54-56 1Jn 3:18-24 Jn 15:12-16
Friday 12 April
Erkemboden, Bishop of Therouanne (714) Zeno, Bishop of Verona, martyr (371) Florentinus, 1st Abbot of Arles (553)
4 Wigbert of Ireland, missionary (690)
♦ Liturgy: Lam 1:13, 18; 3:24 1Jn 4:1-6 Jn 12:44, 46-50
Saturday 13 April
Hermengild, King of Seville, martyr at Saragossa (586) Winnoc, Bishop of Scotland (ca. 838) Martius, Abbot of Clermont in the Auvergne, Gaul (ca. 530)
♦ Liturgy: Jb 30:13, 20-21, 23-24 1Jn 4:7-16 Jn 7:1-10, 30 ♦ Vespers: Ps 23 and 46 ♦ Liturgy: Gn 48:1-2, 8-12
Sunday 14 April
Palm Sunday – Entrance of Our Lord in Jerusalem Lambert, 2nd Abbot of Fontenelle, Bishop of Lyons (688) Thomais, martyr at Alexandria (476) Praetextatus, Bishop of Rouen, martyr (586) Tassach, 1st Bishop of Raholp, Ireland (495) Apostles of the Seventy Aristarchus, Pudens and Trophimus, martyrs (1st c.)
♦ 2nd Nocturn: Gn 49:1, 10-11 ♦ 3rd Nocturn:
5 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 – Great and Holy Monday Monday 15 April
Paternus (Padarn), Founder of Llanbadarn Fawr (482) Basilissa and Anastasia, disciples of St Paul, martyrs at Rome (68)
♦ Liturgy: Is 57:1-4, 13 1Jn 4:17 – 5:4 Jn 7:43 – 8:2
Great and Holy Tuesday Tuesday 16 April
Paternus, 1st Bishop of Vannes (564) Fructuosus, Bishop of Braga (665) Withburga, princess, Foundress of Monastery at Dereham (743) Elias, Abbot of the Gaelic abbey of Saint Martin the Great at Cologne, Germany (1042)
♦ Liturgy: Is 50:5-8 1Jn 5:5-14 Jn 8:46-51
Great and Holy Wednesday Wednesday 17 April
Donan (or Donnan), Abbot of Eigg, martyr (617) Wando, Abbot of Fontenelle (756) Landericus, Bishop of Meaux (7th c.)
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Great and Holy Thursday Commemoration of the Last Supper Thursday 18 April
Apollonius, apologist, martyr at Rome (185) Hiduiphus, Abbot-Founder of Lobbes (707) Cogitosus, monk of Kildare, biographer of St Brigid (8th c.) Laserian, Abbot of Leighlin (639)
♦ Liturgy: Zac 2:13 – 3:5; 11:7-14; 13:7-9 1Co 11:23-32 Composed Gospel ♦ 1st Nocturn: Tenebrae Service
Great and Holy Friday Friday 19 April
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Ursmar, 1st Bishop-Abbot of Lobbes (713) Vincent, martyr at Collioure (304) Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (1012)
♦ 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 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 11:15-20; 12:7-9 Am 8:4-11 Zac 8:14-15; 12:10 1Co 1:18 – 2:2 Is 53:9-12
8 Composed Gospel Ps 50 and 21
Great and Holy Saturday Saturday 20 April
Marcellinus, 1st Bishop of Embrun (ca. 374) Anastasius I, Patriarch of Antioch (598) Theotimus the Philosopher, Bishop at Tomi on the Black Sea (307) Caedwalla of Wales, King of Wessex in England (689) Gundebert, Bishop of Sens, Founder of Abbey of Senores (676)
♦ Matins: Paschal Vigil 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 1:18 Rm 6:3-11 Mt 28:1-7
Holy, Bright and Great Easter Sunday Sunday 21 April
Beuno, Founder of Clynnog Fawr (640) Anastasius the Sinaite, Abbot of Mount Sinai (700)
9 Eingan of Bangor, Welsh prince, built hermitage at Llanengan (6th c.) Maelruhba, Founder of monastic community of Applecross in Ross, Scotland (722)
♦ Liturgy: Ap 1:9-18 1Co 15:1-11, 20-22 Mt 28:8-20 Vespers: Ps 117
Bright Monday – 1st Week after Easter Monday 22 April
Opportuna, Abbess at Montreuil (770) Alexander and Epidodius, martyrs at Lyons (178) Arwald and Rufus of Glendalough, martyrs (686)
♦ Liturgy: Ap 2:1-7 Ac 2:14, 22b-32 Mk 16:1-7 ♦ Liturgy: Ps 117
Bright Tuesday Tuesday 23 April
George, Great Martyr and Wonderworker at Nicomedia (3rd c.) Ibar, Bishop-Founder of Beggery (5th c.) Felix, priest, Fortunatus and Achilleus, deacons of Valence, martyrs at Lyons (212) Ethelbert, King of Kent (616)
♦ Liturgy: Ap 2:8-11 Ac 2:36-41 Lk 24:13-35 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117
Wednesday 24 April
10 Dyfnan, Founder at Anglesey, Wales (unknown) Dye, Abbot of Blois (unknown) Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury (624) Egbert, monk of Lindisfarne (729) Ivo of Huntingdonshire, Cornish bishop and abbot (ca. 1000)
♦ Liturgy: Ap 3:7-13 Ac 3:1-10 Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117
Thursday 25 April
Mark, Apostle and Evangelist, Founder of the Church of Alexandria, martyr (1st c.) Anianus, 2nd Bishop of Alexandria (1st c.) Erminus, 2nd Bishop-Abbot of Lobbes (737) Macaille, Bishop of Croghan, Offaly, Ireland (489) Keby of Cornwall, bishop (4th c.) Maughold of Man, bishop (ca. 488)
♦ Liturgy: Ap 2:12-17 Ac 3:11-26 Jn 20:1-9 ♦ Liturgy: Ps 117
Mark: ♦ Vespers: Ps 18 and 118 ♦ Matins: Lk 10:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Ez 1:10-14 1P 5:6-14 Lk 10:16-21
Friday 26 April
Riquier, Abbot-Founder of Celles (645)
11 Trudpert of Ireland, hermit at Saint Trudpert, martyr (644)
♦ Liturgy: Ap 2:18-19 Ac 4:1-12 Jn 20:11-18 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117
Saturday 27 April
Symeon, kinsman of the Lord, 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) Assic [Asicus], 1st Abbot-Archbishop of Elphin Monastery in Roscommon, Ireland (490) Enoder of Wales, abbot (6th c.) Winewald, 2nd Abbot of Beverley Monastery in England (731)
♦ Liturgy: Ap 3:1-6 Ac 4:13-21 Jn 21:1-14 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117
1st Sunday after Easter – Thomas Sunday Sunday 28 April
Aphrodisius, of Egypt, 1st Bishop of Béziers, martyr (1st c.) Theodora and Didymus, martyrs at Alexandria (4th c.) Cronan, Founder-Abbot of Roscrea Monastery, founder of fifty monasteries (640) Gerard the Pilgrim (1120) Probe and Germaine, martyrs (ca. 5th c.)
♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-5 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 7:2-12 Ac 8:26-40 Jn 20:19-31 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117
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2nd Week after Easter Monday 29 April
Tychicus and Jason, disciples (1st c.) Endellion, princess of Cornwall, recluse (6th c.) Wilfrid, Abbot-Bishop of York (746) Senan of North Wales, hermit (7th c.) Fiachan, monk in Lismore Abbey, Ireland (7th c.) Dichu of Ulster, 1st convert of St Patrick (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Ap 3:14-22 Ac 4:23-31 Mt 20:17-28
Tuesday 30 April
Onenn, of Tréhorenteuc (Brittany), virgin (7th c.) Eutropius, 1st Bishop of Saintes, martyr (1st c.) Erkenwald, Bishop of London (693) Cynwl of Wales, hermit (6th c.) Swithbert the Younger, English missionary, Bishop of Werden, Germany (807)
♦ Liturgy: Ap 5:1-5 Ac 4:32-37 Mt 22:23-33
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