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Liturgical Year 2018-2019 of the Celtic Orthodox Church Friday 1st March 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: Si 8:1-9 1Th 1:1-10 Lk 17:20-25 Saturday 2 March 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: Si 8:10-19 1Th 2:1-12 Lk 17:26-37 Sunday 3 March 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.) ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Si 2:7-18 ♦ Matins: Mt 28:1-15 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 7:1-7 1 1Co 1:3-9 Mt 17:1-13 Monday 4 March 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) ♦ Liturgy: Si 8:1-9 1Th 2:13-20 Lk 18:1-8 Tuesday 5 March 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: Si 9:10-18 1Th 4:1-12 Lk 18:9-14 Wednesday 6 March (Called Ash Wednesday) First day of Lenten Fast Imposition of the ashes at the beginning of the Liturgy and at the beginning of the Prayer of Saint Ephrem the Syrian Fridolin, of Ireland, Founder of Sackingen (540) Cadroe, of Ireland, Abbot of Waul (971) 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) 2 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ex 20:1-17 ♦ Liturgy: Jl 2:12-13 Gal 4:21-31 Mt 6:16-21 ♦ Sext: Wis 12:12-22 ♦ None: Prov 1:23-32; 7:1-2 Thursday 7 March 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: Is 38:1-6 Jas 1:2-12 Jn 1:1-14 ♦ 1st Nocturn: 1st part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete Friday 8 March 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: Is 56:1-12 Jas 1:13-21 Jn 1:15-29 Saturday 9 March 3 Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (320) Constantine, King of Cornwall, martyr (576) Bosa, Bishop of York (705) ♦ Liturgy: Is 58:9b-14 Jas 1:22-27 Jn 1:29-34 1st Week of Lent Sunday 10 March 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) ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Prov 1:23 – 2:9 ♦ Matins: Mk 16:1-8 ♦ Liturgy: 1K 19:3b-15 2Co 6:1-10 Mt 4:1-11 2nd Week of Lent Monday 11 March 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) ♦ Liturgy: Is 1:16-19 Jas 2:1-5 Jn 1:35-51 4 Tuesday 12 March 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 45:6-11 Jas 2:6-13 Jn 2:12-23 Wednesday 13 March 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 30:15-18 Jas 2:14-21 Jn 3:22-36 Thursday 14 March Leobinus, Bishop of Chartres (556) Kyrin, 1st Bishop of Ross (ca. 630) Talmach of Lough Erc, founder of a monastery (7th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 18:1-7 Jas 3:1-9 Jn 4:43-54 ♦ 1st Nocturn: 2nd part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete Friday 15 March 5 Aristobulus of the Seventy, 1st Bishop of Britain, martyr (1st c.) Longinus the Centurion, martyr à Caesarea of Palestine (1st c.) ♦ Liturgy: Is 50:6-7 Jas 3:10-13 Jn 5:1-18 Aristobulus: ♦ Liturgy: Is 42:1-4 1P 5:1-11 Jn 3:1-11 Saturday 16 March 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) ♦ 1st Nocturn: Ho 14:2-10 ♦ Liturgy: Jer 3:12-14 Jas 4:1-6 Jn 5:19-27 2nd Sunday of Lent Sunday 17 March 6 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) ♦ 2nd Nocturn: Dn 2:1-25 ♦ 3rd Nocturn: 1P 3:5-9 ♦ Matins: Lk 24:1-12 ♦ Liturgy: Dn 2:26-27, 31-47 Jas 2:21-26 Jn 4:5:42 3rd Week of Lent Monday 18 March 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.) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 3:20-22 Jas 4:7-10 Jn 5:28-30 Tuesday 19 March 7 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: 1K 17:8-16 Jas 4:11-17 Jn 5:31-38 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 2:96 Wednesday 20 March 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: Jer 18:7-11 Jas 5:1-11 Jn 5:39 – 6:2 8 Thursday 21 March 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: Jer 17:5-10 Jas 5:1-11 Jn 6:5-14 ♦ 1st Nocturn: 3rd part of the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete Friday 22 March 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: Jer 25:1-7 Jas 5:16-20 Jn 6:15-23 Saturday 23 March Ethelwald, hermit at Lindisfarne (699) Victorian and Fromentius, martyrs at Adrumentum (484) Eusebius II, Bishop of Tricastin (600) Gwinear, Phiala and companions, martyrs near Penzance, Cornwall (460) Maidoc [Mo-Mhaedog], Abbot of Fiddown (5th c.) ♦ Liturgy: Jer 6:6-21 1P 1:1-9 9 Jn 6:24-29 3rd Sunday of Lent Sunday 24 March (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) ♦ 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 Forefeast of the Annunciation ♦ 3rd Nocturn: Ez 43:27 – 44:4 Prov 9:1-11 ♦ Vespers: Ps 44 and 84 ♦ 1st Nocturn: Akathist Hymn Gabriel the Archangel Dn 9:21-26 10 4th Week of Lent Monday 25 March 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) ♦ Liturgy: Jl 2:12-13 1P 1:10-16 Jn 6:30-34 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 Tuesday 26 March Ludger, of Zuilen, 1st Bishop of Munster (809) Larissa and companions, martyrs en Crimea (ca. 375) Sincheall, Founder of monastery in Killeigh, Ireland (5t ♦ Liturgy: 2K 4:1-7 1P 1:16-21 Jn 6:35-40 11 Mid-Lent Wednesday 27 March 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: Jl 2:15-17 1P 3:10-15 Jn 6:41-47 Thursday 28 March 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.