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FEASTS, FESTIVALS & Commemorations

The “Lutheran” Sanctoral calendar established with the advent of Lutheran Service Book in 2006.

January

• 1     Circumcision and Name of Jesus  W
• 2    J. K. Wilhelm Loehe, Pastor
• 10    Basil the Great of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, Pastors and Confessors
• 18     The Confession of St. Peter  W
• 20    Sarah
• 24     St. Timothy, Pastor and Confessor  W
• 25     The Conversion of St. Paul  W
• 26     St. Titus, Pastor and Confessor  W
• 27    John Chrysostom, Preacher

February

• 2     The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord  W
• 10    Silas, Fellow Worker of St. Peter and St. Paul
• 13    Aquila, Priscilla, Apollos
• 14    Valentine, Martyr
• 15    Philemon and Onesimus
• 16    Philipp Melanchthon (birth), Confessor
• 18    Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor
  
• 23    Polycarp of Smyrna, Pastor and Martyr
• 24     St. Matthias, Apostle  R

March

• 7    Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs
• 17    Patrick, Missionary to Ireland
• 19     St. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus  W
• 25     The Annunciation of Our Lord  W
• 31    Joseph, Patriarch

April

• 6    Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Duerer, Artists
• 20    Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor
• 21    Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian
• 24    Johann Walter, Kantor
• 25     St. Mark, Evangelist  R

May

• 1     St. Philip and St. James, Apostles  R
• 2    Athanasius of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor
  
• 4    Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary
• 5    Frederick the Wise, Christian Ruler
• 7    C. F. W. Walther, Theologian
• 9    Job
• 11    Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs
• 21    Emperor Constantine, Christian Ruler, and Helena, Mother of Constantine
• 24    Esther
• 25    Bede the Venerable, Theologian
• 31     The Visitation (3-Year Lectionary)  W

June

• 1    Justin, Martyr
• 5    Boniface of Mainz, Missionary to the Germans
• 11     St. Barnabas, Apostle  R
• 12    The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, AD 325
• 14    Elisha
• 25    Presentation of the Augsburg Confession
• 26    Jeremiah
• 27    Cyril of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor
• 28    Irenaeus of Lyons, Pastor
• 24     The Nativity of St. John the Baptist  W
• 29     St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles  R

July

• 2     The Visitation (1-Year Lectionary)  W
• 6    Isaiah
  
• 16    Ruth
  
• 20    Elijah
  
• 21    Ezekiel
  
• 22     St. Mary Magdalene  W
• 25     St. James the Elder, Apostle  R
• 28    Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantor
  
• 29    Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany
  
• 30    Robert Barnes, Confessor and Martyr
  
• 31    Joseph of Arimathea

August

• 3    Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrhbearers
  
• 10    Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
  
• 15     St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord  W
• 16    Isaac
  
• 17    Johann Gerhard, Theologian
  
• 19    Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian
  
• 20    Samuel
  
• 24     St. Bartholomew, Apostle  R
• 27    Monica, Mother of Augustine
  
• 28    Augustine of Hippo, Pastor and Theologian
  
• 29     The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist  R

September

• 1    Joshua
  
• 2    Hannah
  
• 3    Gregory the Great, Pastor
  
• 4    Moses
  
• 5    Zacharias and Elizabeth
  
• 14     Holy Cross Day  R
• 16    Cyprian of Carthage, Pastor and Martyr
• 21     St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist  R
• 22    Jonah
• 29     St. Michael and All Angels  W
• 30    Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture

October

• 7    Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor
  
• 9    Abraham
  
• 11    Philip the Deacon
  
• 17    Ignatius of Antioch, Pastor and Martyr
  
• 18     St. Luke, Evangelist  R
• 23     St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr  R
• 25    Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women
• 26    Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters
• 28     St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles  R
• 31     Reformation Day  R

November

• 1     All Saints’ Day  W
• 8    Johannes von Staupitz, Luther’s Father Confessor
  
• 9    Martin Chemnitz (birth), Pastor and Confessor
  
• 11    Martin of Tours, Pastor
  
• 14    Emperor Justinian, Christian Ruler and Confessor of Christ
  
• 19    Elizabeth of Hungary
  
• 23    Clement of Rome, Pastor
  
• 29    Noah
  
• 30    St. Andrew, Apostle  R

December

• 4    John of Damascus, Theologian and Hymnwriter
  
• 6    Nicholas of Myra, Pastor
  
• 7    Ambrose of Milan, Pastor and Hymnwriter
  
• 13    Lucia, Martyr
  
• 17    Daniel the Prophet and the Three Young Men
  
• 19    Adam and Eve
  
• 20    Katharina von Bora Luther
  
• 21    St. Thomas, Apostle  R
• 26    St. Stephen, Martyr  R
• 27    St. John, Apostle and Evangelist  W
• 28    The Holy Innocents, Martyrs  R
• 29    David
• 31    Eve of the Circumcision and Name of Jesus  W
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