Liturgical Year 2018-2019 of the Celtic Orthodox Church

Wednesday 1st May 2019

James the Minor and Philip (the Less), apostles, martyrs (1st c.) Brieuc, of , 1st Bishop-Abbot of Saint-Brieuc (510) Ultan, of , 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 5:6-10 Ac 5:17-26 Mk 9:30-37

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

Thursday 2 May 2019

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

♦ Liturgy: Ap 5:11-14 Ac 5:27-33 Lk 6:17-23

Friday 3 May 2019

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

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

Saturday 4 May 2019

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 6:7-12 Ac 6:1-7 Lk 9:18-22 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

2nd Sunday after Easter – Sunday of the Paralytic Sunday 5 May 2019

Hilary, Bishop of Arles (449) Nicetius, Bishop of Vienne (449) Diuma, founded monastery in Peterborough, England, missionary and evangelizing bishop (658) Echa, hermit of Crayk, near York, England (767) Hydroc of Lanhydroc, Cornwall, England (5th c.) Gibrian of Ireland, priest (509)

♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 21:9-23 Ac 9:1-22 Jn 5:1-18 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

3rd Week after Easter Monday 6 May 2019

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.)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 6:13 – 7:1 Ac 6:8:15 Lk 9:23-27

Tuesday 7 May 2019

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 7:13-17 Ac 7:51 – 8:1a Lk 14:7-14

Wednesday 8 May 2019

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 8:1-5 Ac 8:1b-8 Lk 16:19-31

Thursday 9 May 2019

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, (5th c.)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 8:6-13 Ac 10:1-23a Jn 3:1-8

Friday 10 May 2019

Comgall, Abbot-Founder of Bangor (601) Solange, martyr at Villemont (880)

♦ Liturgy: Ap 9:1-6 Ac 10:23b-33 Jn 3:7-15

Saturday 11 May 2019

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

♦ Liturgy: Ap 9:7:12 Ac 10:34-48 Jn 3:16-21 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

3rd Sunday after Easter – New Commandment Sunday 12 May 2019

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.)

♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 4:1-10a Ac 8:14-25 Jn 13:33 – 14:13

4th Week after Easter Monday 13 May 2019

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

♦ Liturgy: Ap 9:13-21 Ac 11:1-18 Jn 8:1-11

Tuesday 14 May 2019

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

♦ Liturgy: Ap 10:1-7 Ac 11:19-26 Jn 8:12-19

Wednesday 15 May 2019

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 10:8-11 Ac 12:24 – 13:5 Jn 10:1-10

Thursday 16 May 2019

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 11:1-13 Ac 13:13-25 Jn 10:11-18

Friday 17 May 2019

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 11:14-19 Ac 13:26-33 Jn 12:19-36

Saturday 18 May 2019

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: Ap 12:1-6 Ac 13:44-52 Jn 13:16-20 ♦ Vespers: Ps 117

4th Sunday after Easter – True Vine Sunday 19 May 2019

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)

♦ Matins: Jn 20:1-18 ♦ Liturgy: Ap 14:1-7 Ac 4:32 – 5:11 Jn 15:1-15

5th Week after Easter Monday 20 May 2019

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

♦ Liturgy: Ap 12:7-12 Ac 14:5-18 Jn 14:1-6

Tuesday 21 May 2019

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

Wednesday 22 May 2019

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

Thursday 23 May 2019

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

Friday 24 May 2019

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

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

Saturday 25 May 2019

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

5th Sunday after Easter – Perfect Joy Sunday 26 May 2019

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

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

6th Week after Easter Monday 27 May 2019 (Rogation Monday)

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

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

Tuesday 28 May 2019 (Rogation Tuesday)

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

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

Wednesday 29 May 2019 (Rogation Wednesday)

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

Thursday 30 May 2019

Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ , Ireland, monk in Ponthieu (7th c.) Mac Cuil, of Ireland, hermit at Centula (685) Walstan the Generous, penitent from Bawburgh, near Norwich (1016)

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

Friday 31 May 2019

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