calendar of holy days and commemorations in the anglican church in north america january optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical The Circumcision 1 and Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ Vedanayagam Samuel 2 Azariah, Bishop in South India, Evangelist, 1945 3 4 5 The Epiphany 6 of Our Lord Jesus Christ 7 8 9 William Laud, Archbishop of 10 Canterbury, Martyr, 1645 11 12 Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop 13 and Teacher of the Faith, 367 Kentigern, Missionary to 14 Strathclyde and Cumbria, 603 15 holy days and commemorations 699 january optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 16 Anthony, Hermit in Egypt, 17 356 Confession 18 of Peter the Apostle Wulfstan, Bishop of 19 Worcester, 1095 Fabian, Bishop of Rome and 20 Martyr, 250 21 Agnes, Martyr at Rome, 304 Vincent, Deacon of Saragossa, 22 Martyr, 304 23 24 Conversion of 25 Paul the Apostle Timothy and Titus, 26 Companions of Paul the Apostle Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe, 27 Helpers of the Apostles Thomas Aquinas, Friar, 28 Priest, and Teacher of the Faith, 1274 Lesslie Newbigin, Bishop 29 and Ecumenist, 1998 Charles, King and Martyr, 30 1649 Samuel Shoemaker, Priest 31 and Renewer of Society, 1963 700 calendars & lectionaries february optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 1 Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, 523 The Presentation of Our Lord 2 Jesus Christ in the Temple Anskar, Bishop and 3 Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 4 Cornelius the Centurion 5 Martyrs of Japan, 1597 6 7 8 9 10 Scholastica, Abbess, 543 11 12 Absalom Jones, First 13 African-American Priest, 1818 Cyril and Methodius, 14 Apostles to the Slavs, 869, 885 Thomas Bray, Priest and 15 Missionary, founder of SPG and SPCK, 1730 16 Janani Luwum, Archbishop of 17 Uganda and Martyr, 1977 Martin Luther, Reformer of 18 the Church, 1546 holy days and commemorations 701 february optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 19 20 William “Billy” Graham, 21 Evangelist, 2018 22 Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, 23 Martyr, 156 Matthias the 24 Apostle 25 26 George Herbert, Priest and 27 Poet, 1633 John Cassian, Monk and 28 Teacher of the Faith, 453 march David, Bishop and Apostle of 1 Wales, 601 Chad, Bishop of Lichfield and 2 Missionary, 672 John and Charles Wesley, 3 Priests and Reformers of the Church, 1791, 1788 4 5 6 Perpetua and Her 7 Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 Felix, Bishop and Missionary 8 to the Angles, 647 702 calendars & lectionaries march optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 9 Robert Machray, First 10 Primate of Canada, 1904 11 Gregory the Great, Bishop 12 of Rome and Teacher of the Faith, 604 13 14 15 16 Patrick, Bishop and Apostle to 17 the Irish, 461 Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem and 18 Teacher of the Faith, 386 Joseph, Husband of the 19 Virgin Mary and Guardian of Jesus Cuthbert, Bishop-Abbot of 20 Lindisfarne and Missionary, 687 Thomas Cranmer, 21 Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr, 1556 James DeKoven, Priest, 22 1879 Gregory the Illuminator, 23 Missionary to Armenia, 333 24 holy days and commemorations 703 march optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical The Annunciation of 25 our Lord Jesus Christ to the Virgin Mary 26 Charles Henry Brent, 27 Bishop and Missionary to the Philippines, 1929 28 John Keble, Priest and 29 Reformer of the Church, 1866 30 John Donne, Priest and Poet, 31 1631 april Frederick Denison Maurice, 1 Priest and Renewer of Society, 1872 Henry Budd, First Native 2 Priest in Canada, 1850 James Lloyd Breck, Priest 3 and Missionary, 1879 Martin Luther King, Jr., 4 Renewer of Society, 1968 5 6 Tikhon, Bishop and 7 Ecumenist, 1925 William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 8 Reformer of the Church, and Renewer of Society, 1877 704 calendars & lectionaries april optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 9 William Law, Priest and 10 Teacher of the Faith, 1761 George Augustus Selwyn, 11 Bishop and Missionary to New Zealand, 1878 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Alphege, Archbishop of 19 Canterbury and Martyr, 1012 20 Anselm, Archbishop of 21 Canterbury and Teacher of the Faith, 1109 22 23 George, Martyr, c. 304 Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 24 Ecumenist, and Teacher of the Faith, 1988 Mark 25 the Evangelist 26 27 28 holy days and commemorations 705 april optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Catherine of Siena, 29 Reformer of the Church, 1380 30 may Philip and 1 James, Apostles Athanasius, Bishop of 2 Alexandria and Teacher of the Faith, 373 3 4 5 6 7 Julian of Norwich, 8 Anchoress, c. 1417 Gregory of Nazianzus, 9 Bishop of Constantinople and Teacher of the Faith, 389 10 11 12 13 14 Pachomius, Abbot and 15 Organizer of Monasticism, 346 The Martyrs of the Sudan, 16 2011 17 706 calendars & lectionaries may optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 18 Dunstan, Archbishop of 19 Canterbury and Reformer of the Church, 988 Alcuin, Deacon and Abbot of 20 Tours, 804 Helena, Mother of 21 Constantine and Protector of the Holy Places, 330 22 23 Jackson Kemper, First 24 Missionary Bishop in the United States, 1870 Bede the Venerable, Priest 25 and Monk of Jarrow, Teacher of the Faith, 735 Augustine, First Archbishop 26 of Canterbury and Missionary, 605 John Calvin, Reformer of the 27 Church, 1564 28 29 Josephine Butler, Renewer of 30 Society, 1906 The Visitation of the 31 Virgin Mary to Elizabeth and Zechariah holy days and commemorations 707 june optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Justin, Teacher of the Faith 1 and Martyr at Rome, c. 165 Blandina and Her 2 Companions, Martyrs at Lyons, 177 The Martyrs of Uganda, 3 1886, 1977 John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 4 Ecumenist, and Reformer of the Church, 1963 Boniface, Archbishop of 5 Mainz, Missionary to the Germans, and Martyr, 754 William Grant Broughton, 6 Bishop and Missionary to Australia, 1853 7 Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath 8 and Wells, Non-juror, 1711 Columba, Abbot of Iona and 9 Missionary to the Scots, 597 Ephrem of Edessa, Deacon 10 and Teacher of the Faith, 373 Barnabas the 11 Apostle 12 13 Basil the Great, Bishop of 14 Caesarea and Teacher of the Faith, 379 Evelyn Underhill, Teacher of 15 the Faith, 1941 708 calendars & lectionaries june optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 16 17 Bernard Mizeki, Catechist 18 and Martyr in Rhodesia, 1896 Sundar Singh, Evangelist 19 in India and Teacher of the Faith, 1929 20 21 Alban, First Martyr of 22 Britain, c. 250 23 The Nativity of 24 John the Baptist 25 26 Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop 27 and Teacher of the Faith, 444 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons and 28 Teacher of the Faith, 200 Peter and Paul, 29 Apostles 30 july 1 Canada Day 2 3 4 Independence Day (USA) 5 holy days and commemorations 709 july optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical 6 7 8 9 10 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot 11 and Founder of the Benedictine Order, c. 550 Nathan Soderblom, 12 Archbishop of Uppsala and Ecumenist, 1931 13 Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, 14 and Teacher of the Faith, 1274 Olga and Vladimir, Patrons 15 of the Church in Russia, 969, 1016 16 William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania and First 17 Presiding Bishop of the Church in the USA, 1836 Macrina, Nun and Teacher of 18 the Faith, 379 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa and 19 Teacher of the Faith, 396 Margaret of Antioch, 20 Martyr, 4th c. 21 Mary 22 Magdalene 23 710 calendars & lectionaries july optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Thomas à Kempis, Priest and 24 Teacher of the Faith, 1471 James the Elder, 25 Apostle The Parents of the Virgin 26 Mary William Reed Huntington, 27 Priest and Ecumenist, 1909 28 Lazarus, Mary, and Martha 29 of Bethany, Companions of our Lord William Wilberforce, 30 Renewer of Society, 1833 31 august 1 Joseph of Arimathea 2 3 4 Oswald, King of 5 Northumbria and Martyr, 642 The Transfiguration 6 of Our Lord Jesus Christ John Mason Neale, Priest 7 and Reformer of the Church, 1866 Dominic, Priest and Friar, 8 1221 holy days and commemorations 711 august optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Mary Sumner, Founder 9 of the Mothers’ Union and Renewer of Society, 1921 Laurence, Deacon and 10 Martyr at Rome, 258 11 Clare, Abbess of Assisi, 1253 Charles Inglis, First Bishop 12 of Canada, 1787 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of 13 Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667 Roger Schutz, Monk of Taizé 14 and Ecumenist, 2005 The Virgin Mary, Mother of 15 Our Lord Jesus Christ 16 17 18 19 Bernard, Abbot of 20 Clairvaux and Teacher of the Faith, 1153 Jonathan Myrick Daniels, 21 Martyr, 1965 22 23 Bartholomew 24 the Apostle 25 Louis, King of France, 1270 26 712 calendars & lectionaries august optional optional red-letter day commemorations commemorations holy days anglican ecumenical Monica, Mother of 27 Augustine of Hippo, 387 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo 28 and Teacher of the Faith, 430 The Beheading of John the 29 Baptist Charles Chapman 30 Grafton, Bishop of Fond du Lac and Ecumenist, 1912 Aidan, Abbot-Bishop of 31 Lindisfarne, Missionary to Northumbria, 651 september 1 The Martyrs of Papua New 2 Guinea, 1901 and 1942 3 Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester 4 and Evangelist to Wessex, 650 Mother