Liturgical Calendar
For the year of salvation 2011
Month | Day | Gospel | Apostle | Tone | Eoth. | Kontakion | Katavasia | |
JAN | 1 | Circumcision of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ | St. Basil the Great | 4 | 7 | Circumcision | Theophany | |
8 | Sunday after Theophany | 5(Pl. 1) | 8 | Theophany | Theophany (the second) | |||
15 | 12th Sunday of Luke | 29th Sunday after Pentecost | 6(Pl. 2) | 9 | The Meeting of the Lord | The Meeting of the Lord | ||
22 | 15th Sunday of Luke | 32th Sunday after Pentecost | 7(Grave) | 10 | The Meeting of the Lord | The Meeting of the Lord | ||
29 | 17th Sunday of Matthew | 17th Sunday after Pentecost | 8(Pl. 4) | 11 | The Meeting of the Lord | The Meeting of the Lord | ||
FEB | 5 | The Publican and the Pharisee | 1 | 1 | The Meeting of the Lord | The Meeting of the Lord | ||
12 | The Prodigal Son | 2 | 2 | Triodion "I have foolishly run away" | Triodion | |||
19 | Of Meat Fare Sunday | 3 | 3 | Triodion "when thou, God, shalt come" | Triodion | |||
26 | Of Cheese Fare Sunday | 4 | 4 | Triodion "Teacher of wisdom" | Triodion | |||
MARCH | 4 | 1st Sunday of the Fast (Sunday of Orthodoxy) | 5 (Pl. 1) | 5 | "To thee the champion leader" | Triodion | ||
11 | 2nd Sunday of the Fast | 6(Pl. 2) | 6 | "To thee the champion leader" | "I shall open my mouth" | |||
18 | 3rd Sunday of the Fast (Veneration of the Cross) | 7(Grave) | 7 | "To thee the champion leader" | Triodion | |||
25 | Annunciation of the Theotokos | 8(Pl. 4) | Festal | "To thee the champion leader" | "I shall open my mouth" | |||
APRIL | 1 | 5th Sunday of the Fast | 1 | 9 | "To thee the champion leader" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
8 | Palm Sunday | To the Feast | Festal | Palm Sunday "Seated upon the throne in Heaven" | Palm Sunday | |||
15 | HOLY PASCHA | To the Feast | Festal | PASCHA | PASCHA | |||
22 | Sunday of Thomas | 1 | 1 | PASCHA | PASCHA | |||
29 | Sunday of the Myrrh bearers | 2 | 4 | PASCHA | PASCHA | |||
MAY | 6 | Sunday of the Paralytic | St. George | 3 | 5 | PASCHA | PASCHA | |
13 | Sunday of the Samaritan Woman | 4 | 7 | PASCHA | PASCHA | |||
20 | Sunday of the Blind Man | 5(Pl. 1) | 8 | PASCHA | Ascension | |||
27 | Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Council | 6(Pl. 2) | 10 | Ascension "When thou didst fulfill the dispensation" | Pentecost (1) | |||
JUNE | 3 | PENTECOST | To the Feast | Festal | Pentecost "when the most high came down" | Pentecost (the second) | ||
10 | 1st Sunday of Matthew (All Saints) | 1st Sunday after Pentecost (All Saints) | 8(Pl. 4) | 1 | "Unto thee, O Lord, the Author of creation" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
17 | 2nd Sunday of Matthew | 2nd Sunday after Pentecost | 1 | 2 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
24 | Nativity of John the Baptist | Nativity of John the Baptist | 2 | 3 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
JULY | 1 | 4rd Sunday of Matthew | St. Cosmas and Damian | 3 | 4 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | |
8 | 5th Sunday of Matthew | 5th Sunday after Pentecost | 4 | 5 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
15 | Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council | 5(Pl. 1) | 6 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | |||
22 | 7th Sunday of Matthew | 7th Sunday after Pentecost | 6(Pl. 2) | 7 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
29 | 8th Sunday of Matthew | 8th Sunday after Pentecost | 7(Grave) | 8 | Transfiguration "Thou wast transfigured on the mountain" | Transfiguration | ||
AUG | 5 | 9th Sunday of Matthew | 9th Sunday after Pentecost | 8(Pl. 4) | 9 | Transfiguration "Thou wast transfigured on the mountain" | Transfiguration | |
12 | 10th Sunday of Matthew | 10th Sunday after Pentecost | 1 | 10 | Transfiguration "Thou wast transfigured on the mountain" | The Holy Cross | ||
19 | 11th Sunday of Matthew | 11th Sunday after Pentecost | 2 | 11 | The Dormition | The Dormition (the first) | ||
26 | 12th Sunday of Matthew | 12th Sunday after Pentecost | 3 | 1 | Nativity of the Theotokos | The Holy Cross | ||
SEPT | 2 | 13th Sunday of Matthew | 13th Sunday after Pentecost | 4 | 2 | Nativity of the Theotokos | The Holy Cross | |
9 | Sunday before the Elevation of the Cross | 5(Pl. 1) | 3 | Nativity of the Theotokos | The Holy Cross | |||
16 | Sunday after the Elevation of the Cross | 6(Pl. 2) | 4 | The Holy Cross | The Holy Cross | |||
23 | 1st Sunday of Luke | The Conception of St. John the Baptist | 7(Grave) | 5 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
30 | 2nd Sunday of Luke | 17th Sunday after Pentecost | 8(Pl. 4) | 6 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
OCT | 7 | 3rd Sunday of Luke | 18th Sunday after Pentecost | 1 | 7 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | |
14 | (4th of Luke) Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council | 2 | 8 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | |||
21 | 6th Sunday of Luke | 20th Sunday after Pentecost | 3 | 9 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
28 | 7th Sunday of Luke | 21th Sunday after Pentecost | 4 | 10 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | ||
NOV | 4 | 5th Sunday of Luke | 22st Sunday after Pentecost | 5(Pl. 1) | 11 | "O protection of Christians" | "I shall open my mouth" | |
11 | 8th Sunday of Luke | 23rd Sunday after Pentecost | 6(Pl. 2) | 1 | The Entrance of the Theotokos | The Entrance of the Theotokos | ||
18 | 9th Sunday of Luke | 24rd Sunday after Pentecost | 7(Grave) | 2 | The Entrance of the Theotokos | The Entrance of the Theotokos | ||
25 | 13th Sunday of Luke | St. Catherine | 8(Pl. 4) | 3 | The Entrance of the Theotokos | The Nativity of Christ | ||
DEC | 2 | 14th Sunday of Luke | 26rd Sunday after Pentecost | 1 | 4 | The Paramon of the Nativity of Christ | The Nativity of Christ | |
9 | 10th Sunday of Luke | The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos | 2 | 5 | St. Anna | The Nativity of Christ | ||
16 | 11th Sunday of Luke (Sunday of the Forefathers) | 29th Sunday after Pentecost (Sunday of the Forefathers) | 3 | 6 | The Paramon of the Nativity of Christ | The Nativity of Christ | ||
23 | Sunday before the Nativity of Christ | 4 | 7 | The Paramon of the Nativity of Christ | The Nativity of Christ | |||
30 | Sunday after the Nativity of Christ | 5 | 8 | The Nativity of Christ | The Nativity of Christ (the second) | |||
