Liturgical Year 2018 of the Celtic Orthodox Church
Thursday 1st March 2018
David, 1st Bishop of Menevia [Mynyw] (589) Albinus, Bishop of Angers (550) Eudokia, martyr at Heliopolis (107) Marnock of Annandale, missionary bishop (ca. 625) Monan, monk of St Andrew’s, Scotland (unknown)
♦ Liturgy: Jer 17:5-10 Jas 5:12-15 Jn 6:5-14 ♦ 1st Nocturn: 3rd Part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Friday 2 March 2018
Chad of Mercia, Bishop of Lichfield (672) Fergna the White, 2nd abbot of Iona (637) Slebhene, monk from Ireland, Abbot of Iona (767) Joavan of Leon, Romano-Briton, bishop (ca. 570)
♦ Liturgy: Jer 25:1-7 Jas 5:16-20 Jn 6:15-23
Saturday 3 March 2018
Winwaloe, Abbot-Founder of Landévennec (532) Calupan, priest-monk of Meallot (575) Non, mother of St David, patron saint of Wales (5th c.) Owen of Lichfield, monk (680) Foila of Galway, nun, sister of St Colgan (6th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Jer 6:6-21 1P 1:1-9
1 Jn 6:24-29
3rd Sunday of Lent Sunday 4 March 2018
Gerasimus the Hermit, Abbot-Founder of the Saint Gerasimus Laura (475) Adrian, apostle of the Picts, Bishop of Saint-Andrew, martyr (875) Leodovaldus, Bishop of Avranches (2nd half 6th c.) Gerasimus the Righteous of the Jordan, abbot (5th c.) Adrian of Stalbrand, Bishop on the Isle of May, martyred with companions (ca. 875)
♦ 2nd Nocturn: Dn 9:4-19 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Nm 22:2 – 23:10 1Jn 2:8-12 ♦ Matins: Jn 9:39 – 10:9 ♦ Liturgy: Dn 4:16-24, 30-34 1Jn 1:5-9 Jn 9:1-38
4th Week of Lent Monday 5 March 2018
Virgilius of Lerins, Bishop of Arles (610) Ciaran (or Kieran) the Elder, abbot of Saighir, 1st Bishop of Ossory (530) Piran of Padstowe, hermit in Cornwall (ca. 480) Colman of Armagh, disciple of St Patrick (5th c.) Caron, Bishop of Tregaron, Dyfed, Wales (unknown)
♦ Liturgy: Jl 2:12-13 1P 1:10-16 Jn 6:30-34
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Fridolin, of Ireland, Founder of Sackingen (540) Cadroe, of Ireland, Abbot of Waul (971)
2 Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz (766) Fridolin of Ireland, founded monastery at Sackingen (ca. 540) Kyneburga, Kynewide Abbesses of Castor, and Tibba (ca. 680) Baldred of Glasgow, priest and hermit (756)
♦ Liturgy: 2K 4:1-7 1P 1:16-21 Jn 6:35-40
Mid-Lent Wednesday 7 March 2018
Paul the Simple, monk in the Thebaid (340) Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs at Carthage (203) Enodoch of Cornwall (ca. 520) Esterwine, Abbot of Weamouth, England (688)
♦ Liturgy: Jl 2:15-17 1P 3:10-15 Jn 6:41-47
Thursday 8 March 2018
Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, defender of Uncreated Light (1359) Senan, Bishop of Scattery Island (560) Julian, Bishop of Toledo (690) Felix of Dunwich, Apostle of East Anglia (7th c.) Duthac of Ross, Scotland (unknown)
♦ Liturgy: Ex 20:12-24 1P 4:7-11 Jn 6:47-55 ♦ 1st Nocturn: 4th Part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Friday 9 March 2018
3 Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (320) Constantine, King of Cornwall, martyr (576) Bosa, Bishop of York (705)
♦ Liturgy: Mi 7:18-20 1P 5:6-11 Jn 6:56-59
Saturday 10 March 2018
Attalas, 2nd Abbot of Bobbio (627) Himelin, of Ireland, Priest at Vissemaeken (750) Anastasia the Patrician, hermitess at Skete (6th c.) Kessog of Lennox, bishop in Scotland (ca. 560) Emilian, born in Ireland, Abbot of Lagny (675)
♦ Liturgy: Am 5:14-15 2P 1:5-11 Jn 6:60-66
4th Sunday of Lent Sunday 11 March 2018
Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (644) Aengus of Keld, the Culdee, Abbot of Cluain-eidneach (824) Ceratius, Bishop of Eauze (5th c.) Constantine, Scotland’s first martyr (unknown)
♦ 2nd Nocturn: Dn 10:12 – 11:2; 12:1-13 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Jas 4:11-17 ♦ Matins: Jn 8:15-20 ♦ Liturgy: Dn 10:2-12, 15-16a, 19b Jas 3:14-18 Jn 7:14-30
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Symeon the New Theologian (1021) Paul Aurelian, 1st Bishop-Abbot in Léon (573) Tanguy, Founder of Monastery at Gerber (594) Mura McFeredach, Abbot of Fahan in County Derry (ca. 654)
♦ Liturgy: Is 1:1-4, 24-26 2P 1:12-21 Jn 8:3-11
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Euphrasia of Constantinople, nun of the Thebaid (410) Mochoemoc, of Ireland, founded Liath-Mochoemoc (656) Gerald of Ireland, Abbot of Mayo (732) Kevoca, honored in Kyle in Scotland (7th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Is 5:20, 23-27 1Jn 1:1-4 Jn 8:21-30
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Leobinus, Bishop of Chartres (556) Kyrin, 1st Bishop of Ross (ca. 630) Talmach of Lough Erc, founder of a monastery (7th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Ho 5:10; 7:13-16; 13:4 1Jn 1:10 – 2:2 Jn 8:31-45
Thursday 15 March 2018
Aristobulus of the Seventy, 1st Bishop of Britain, martyr (1st c.) Longinus the Centurion, martyr à Caesarea of Palestine (1st c.)
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Friday 16 March 2018
Gregory of Armenia, Bishop of Nicopolis, hermit at Pithiviers (3rd c.) Eusebia, Abbess de Hamage (680) Abraham the Solitary, hermit near Edessa (6th c.) Abban, Abbot of Kill-Abban, Ireland (620) Finnian of Lobhar, Abbot of Swords, near Dublin (560)
♦ Liturgy: Jer 12:7-10, 14-15 1Jn 2:12-17 Jn 10:20-28
Saturday 17 March 2018
Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, Bishop of Armagh (461) Joseph of Arimathea, disciple, built first church in Glastonbury (1st c.) Gertrude, Abbess of Nivelles (659) Agricola, Bishop of Chalon-sur-Saone (580) Llinio of Llandinam, Abbot and Founder of Llandinam, Powys, Wales (520)
♦ Liturgy: Is 50:8-10 1Jn 2:18-25 Jn 7:33-38
5th Sunday of Lent Sunday 18 March 2018
6 Raising of Lazarus (1st c.) Edward the Martyr, King of England (978) Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Father of the Church (386) Fridianus, of Ireland, Bishop-Abbot of Lucca (588) Frigidian, Bishop of Lucca, hermit (588) Egbert of Ripon, Bishop of Lindesfarne (ca. 720) Finan of Aberdeen, Bishop of Lindesfarne (7th c.)
♦ 2nd Nocturn: La 3:1-21, 24-31, 51-66 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1P 4:13-19 ♦ Matins: Jn 5:18-19 – 8:51-53, 58-59 ♦ Liturgy: 1K 17:17-24 1Jn 5:16-20 Jn 11:1-52
6th Week of Lent Monday 19 March 2018
Joseph the Just, Spouse of Mary (1st c.) Leontius, Bishop of Saintes (640) Lachtnan, Founder of Clonfert, Ireland Landoald, Abbot-Founder of Wintershaven and Amance (668) Alkmund of Northumbria, martyred in Shropshire (ca. 800)
♦ Liturgy: Hab 1:2-4 – 2:4 1Jn 2:26-29 Jn 10:27-31 Saint Joseph the Just: ♦ Matins: Mt 1:18-21 ♦ Liturgy: Si 45:1-4 Col 3:14-15, 17 Mt 2:19-23 ♦ Vespers: Ps 111 and 112 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ps 2 and 96
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Tuesday 20 March 2018
Cuthbert, Bishop-Abbot of Lindisfarne (687) Wulfram, Bishop of Sens, apostle of Frisia (720) Remigius, Bishop of Strasbourg (783) Herbert, hermit of Derwentwater (687)
♦ Liturgy: La 1:9-10, 12; 3:21-22 1Jn 3:1-12 Jn 10:32-39
Wednesday 21 March 2018
Benedict, Abbot-Founder of Nursia (547) Enda of Arranmore, Founder of Cashel (ca. 530) Nicolas, hermit at Flue (1487) Isenger, Irish Bishop of Verdun (9th c.)
♦ Liturgy: La 1:19-22; 3:25, 32 1Jn 3:13-17 Jn 15:1-5
Thursday 22 March 2018
Paul Sergius, 1st Bishop of Narbonne (290) Ruff, 1st Bishop of Avignon Darerca, Queen in Scotland (5th c.) Failbhe, Abbot of Iona (ca. 680) Trien, Abbot of Killelga (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy: La 1:16; 3:54-56 Jn 15:12-16
Friday 23 March 2018
Ethelwald, hermit at Lindisfarne (699) Victorian and Fromentius, martyrs at Adrumentum (484)
8 Eusebius II, Bishop of Tricastin (600) Gwinear, Phiala and companions, martyrs near Penzance, Cornwall (460) Maidoc [Mo-Mhaedog], Abbot of Fiddown (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy: La 1:13, 18; 3:24 1Jn 4:1-6 Jn 12:44, 46-50
Saturday 24 March 2018 (Forefeast of the Annunciation)
Gabriel the Archangel Sara-o-Kali, hermitess at Skete (4th c.) Hildelitba, nun of Chelles, 2nd Abbess of Barking (717) Caimin of Inneskeltra, hermit on island of Lough Derg, Ireland (653) Macartin, Bishop of Clogher (ca. 505)
♦ Liturgy: Jb 30:13, 20-21, 23-24 1Jn 4:7-16 Jn 7:1-10, 30 ♦ Vespers: Ps 23 and 46 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Gn 48:1-2, 8-12 Forefeast of the Annunciation: ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ez 43:27 – 44:4 ♦ Vespers: Ps 44 and 84 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Akathist Hymn Gabriel the Archangel: Dn 9:21-26
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Sunday 25 March 2018
Palm Sunday – Entrance of Our Lord in Jerusalem Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God (1st c.) Hermenland, Abbot-Founder of Aindre (720) Dismas the Repentant Thief (33) Kennocha, nun in Fife, Scotland (1007) Alfwold, Bishop of Sherborne (1058) Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow (1925)
♦ 2nd Nocturn: Gn 49:1, 10-11 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Zep 3:14-19 ♦ Matins: Jer 31:31-34 ♦ Liturgy: Zec 9:9-17 1P 2:21-25 Jn 11:55 – 12:25 ♦ Vespers: Ps 23 and 136 Annunciation: ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ex 3:1-8 ♦ Matins: Lk 1:39-49, 56 ♦ Liturgy: Prov 9:1-11 Hb 2:11-18 Lk 1:24-38
Holy Week – Great and Holy Monday Monday 26 March 2018
10 Ludger, of Zuilen, 1st Bishop of Munster (809) Larissa and companions, martyrs en Crimea (ca. 375) Sincheall, Founder of monastery in Killeigh, Ireland (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Is 57:1-4, 13 1Jn 4:17 – 5:5 Jn 7:43 – 8:2
Great and Holy Tuesday Tuesday 27 March 2018
Rupert of Ireland, 1st Bishop of Salzburg (717) John the Anchorite, monk in the Thebaid (394) Alkeld, holy woman martyred by Danes (10th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Is 5:5-8 1Jn 5:5-14 Jn 8:46-51
Great and Holy Wednesday Wednesday 28 March 2018
Gundelindis, 2nd Abbess of Niedermunster (750) Justin, 1st Bishop of Tarbes, martyr (5th c.) Guntram, King of Burgundy (593) Tuthal [Tutilo], gifted artistic monk of St Gall (ca. 915)
♦ Liturgy: Jer 26:13-15 Jude 1:20-25 Mt 26:1-16 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Tenebrae Service
Great and Holy Thursday Commemoration of the Last Supper Thursday 29 March 2018
Eustace, 2nd Abbot of Luxeuil (625)
11 Jonas and Barachisius, martyrs in Persia (327) Lasar, nun in Ireland (6th c.) Gwynllyw of Wales, husband of St Gladys, father of St Cadoc, hermit in Wales (ca. 500) Gwladys [Gladys], mother of St Cadoc, Wales (5th c.)
♦ Liturgy: Zec 2:13 – 3:5; 11:7-14; 13:7-9 1Co 11:23-32 Composed Gospel ♦ 1st Nocturn: Tenebrae Prayers
Great and Holy Friday Friday 30 March 2018
John Climacus, Abbot of Mount Sinai, Father of the Church (606) Patto of Ireland, 2nd Bishop of Werden (788) Rule [Regulus], 1st Bishop of Senlis, France (ca. 260) Fergus, Bishop of Downpatrick, Ireland (6th c.) Tola, Abbot and Bishop of Disert Iola, Ireland (ca. 733)
♦ 2nd Nocturn: Ps 3 Is 52:13 – 53:13 Ps 8 Rm 5:6-21
12 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: Jer 11:15-20; 12:7-9 Am 8:4-11 Zec 8:14-15; 12:10 1Co 1:18 – 2:2 Is 53:9-12 Composed Gospel Ps 50 Ps 21
Great and Holy Saturday Saturday 31 March 2018
Acatius, Patriarch of Antioch (250) Amos, Prophet (745 B.C.) Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, Abbot of Malmesbury (709)
♦ Matins: Paschal Vigil Dn 3:26-45 (7th Ode) Ez 36:24-28
13 Mt 27:62-67 ♦ Paschal Vigil: New Fire Office the Readings Baptismal Office Procession of the Resurrection ♦ Night Liturgy: Ap 1:18 Rm 6:3-11 Mt 28:1-7
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