THE LUTHERAN CALENDAR
SUNDAYS AND PRINCIPAL FESTIVALS
(Liturgical colors are provided to the right of the entry for the day)

Advent

First Sunday in Advent - Blue
Second Sunday in Advent - Blue
Third Sunday in Advent - Blue
Fourth Sunday in Advent - Blue

Baptism of Our Lord - White
      First Sunday after Epiphany
Sundays after Epiphany - Green
Transfiguration of Our Lord - White
      Last Sunday after Epiphany

Ash Wednesday - Purple
First Sunday in Lent - Purple
Second Sunday in Lent - Purple
Third Sunday in Lent - Purple
Fourth Sunday in Lent - Purple
Fifth Sunday in Lent - Purple
Sunday of the Passion - Scarlet/Purple
      Palm Sunday
Monday in Holy Week - Scarlet/Purple
Tuesday in Holy Week - Scarlet/Purple
Wednesday in Holy Week - Scarlet/Purple

Maundy Thursday - Scarlet/White
Good Friday
Saturday in Holy Week
Resurrection of Our Lord - White/Gold
      Vigil of Easter
      Easter Day

Resurrection of Our Lord - White/Gold
Second Sunday of Easter-- White
Third Sunday of Easter - White
Fourth Sunday of Easter - White
Fifth Sunday of Easter - White
Sixth Sunday of Easter - White
The Ascension of Our Lord - White
Seventh Sunday of Easter - White
Pentecost - Red
      Vigil of Pentecost
      Day of Pentecost

Time after Pentecost  

The Holy Trinity - White
      First Sunday after Pentecost
Sundays after Pentecost-- Green
Christ the King - White
      Last Sunday after Pentecost - Green

LESSER FESTIVALS AND COMMEMORATIONS
(FESTIVALS are in capitals, commemorations lower case)
 

 January

 1  NAME OF JESUS - White
 2  Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe, pastor, 1872 - White
15  Martin Luther King Jr., renewer of society, martyr, 1968 - Scarlet/Red
17  Antony of Egypt, renewer of the church, c. 356 - White
      Pachomius, renewer of the church, 346 - White
18  CONFESSION OF PETER - White
      Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
19  Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, martyr, 1156 - Scarlet/Red
21  Agnes, martyr, c.304 - Scarlet/Red
25  CONVERSION OF PAUL - White
      Week of Prayer for Christian unity ends
26  Timothy, Titus and Silas, missionaries - White
27  Lydia, Dorcas and Phoebe, witnesses to the faith - White
28  Thomas Aquinas, teacher, 1274 - White

 2  PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD - White
 3  Ansgar, Bishop of Hamburg, missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 - White
 5  The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 - Scarlet/Red
14  Cyril, monk, 869; Methodius, bishop, 885; missionaries to the Slavs - White
18  Martin Luther, renewer of the church, 1546 - White
23  Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr, 156 - Scarlet/Red
25  Elizabeth Fedde, deaconess, 1921 - White

March

 1  George Herbert, hymnwriter, 1633 - White
 2  John Wesley, 1791; Charles Wesley, 1788; renewers of the church - White
 7  Perpetua and Felicity and companions, martyrs at Carthage, 202 - Scarlet/Red;
10  Harriet Tubman, 1913; Sojourner Truth, 2883; renewers of society - White
12  Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604 - White
17  Patrick, bishop, missionary to Ireland, 461 - White
19  JOSEPH, GUARDIAN OF JESUS - White
21  Thomas Cranmer, Bishop of Canterbury, martyr, 1556 - Scarlet/Red
22  Jonathan Edwards, teacher, missionary to American Indians, 1758 - White
24  Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Bishop of El Salvador, martyr, 1980 - Scarlet/Red
25  ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD - White
29  Hans Nielsen Hauge, renewer of the Church, 1824 - White
31  John Donne, poet, 1631 - White

April

 4  Benedict the African, confessor, 1589 - White
 6  Albrecht Durer, painter, 1528; Matthias Grunewald, 1529; Lucas Cranach, 1553; artists - White
 9  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, 1945 - White
10  Mikael Agricola, Bishop of Turku, 1557 - White
19  Olavus Petri, priest, 1552; Laurentius Petri, Bishop of Uppsala, 1573; renewers of the Church - White
21  Anselm, Bishop of Canterbury, 1109 - White
23  Toyohiko Kagawa, renewer of society, 1960 - White
25  MARK, EVANGELIST - Scarlet/Red
29  Catherine of Siena, theologian, 1380 - White

May

 1  PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES, - Scarlet/Red
 2  Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373 - White
 4  Monica, mother of Augustine, 387 - White
 8  Julian of Norwich, renewer of the church, c. 1416 - White
 9  Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, renewer of the church, hymnwriter, 1760 - White
14  MATTHIAS, APOSTLE - Scarlet/Red
18  Erik, King of Sweden, martyr, 1160 - Scarlet/Red
21  Helena, mother of Constantine, c. 330 - White
24  Nicolaus Copenucus, 1543; Leonhard Euler, 1783; scientists - White
27  John Calvin, renewer of the church, 1564 - White
29  Jiri Tranovsk , hymnwriter, 1637 - White
31  VISIT OF MARY TO ELIZABETH - White

June

 1  Justin, martyr at Rome, c. 165 - Scarlet/Red
 3  The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 - Scarlet/Red; John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 1963 - White
 5  Boniface, Bishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, martyr, 754 - Scarlet/Red
 7  Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Confederacy, 1866 - White
 9  Columba, 597; Aidan, 651; Bede, 735; renewers of the church - White
11  BARNABAS, APOSTLE - Red
14  Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379; Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 385; Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, c. 389; Macrina, teacher; - White
21  Onesimos Nesib, translator, evangelist, 1931 - White
24  JOHN THE BAPTIST - White
25  Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 1530; Philipp Melanchthon, renewer of the Church, 1560 - White
28  Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202 - White
27  Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, 444 - White
29  PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES - Scarlet/Red

July

 1  Catherine Winkworth, 1878; John Mason Neale, 1866; hymn translators - White
 3  THOMAS, APOSTLE - Scarlet/Red
 6  Jan Hus, martyr, 1415 - Scarlet/Red
11  Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540 - White
12  Nathan Soderblom, Bishop of Uppsala, 1931 - White
17  Bartolomé‚ de Las casas, missionary to the Indies, 1566 - White
22  MARY MAGDALENE, APOSTLE - White
23  Birgitta of Sweden, renewer of the Church 1373 - White
25  JAMES THE ELDER, APOSTLE - Scarlet/Red
28  Johann Sebastian Bach, 1750; Heinrich Schutz, 1672; George Frederick Handel, 1759; musicians - White
29  Mary, Martha and Lazarus of Bethany - White; Olaf, King of Norway, martyr, 1030 - Scarlet/Red

August

 8  Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), 1221 - White
10  Lawrence, deacon, martyr - Scarlet/Red
11  Clare, Abbess of San Damiano, 1253 - White
13  Florence Nightingale, 1910; Clara Maass, 1901; renewers of society - White
14  Maximilian Kolbe, 1941; Kaj Munk, 1944; martyrs - Scarlet/Red
15  MARY, MOTHER OF OUR LORD - White
20  Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153 - White
24  BARTHOLOMEW, APOSTLE - Red
28  Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430 - White; Moses the Black, monk, martyr, c. 258 - Scarlet/Red

September

 2  Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, bishop, renewer of the Church, 1872 - White
 9  Peter Claver, priest, missionary to Colombia, 1654 - White
13  John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 - White
14  HOLY CROSS DAY - Scarlet/Red
16  Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, c. 258 - Scarlet/Red
17  Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, 1179 - White
18  Dag Hammarskjold, renewer of society, 1961 - White
21  MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST - Scarlet/Red
29  MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS - White
30  Jerome, translator, teacher, 420 - White

October

 4  Francis of Assisi, renewer of the Church, 1226; Theodor Fliedner, renewer of society, 1864 - White
 6  William Tyndale, translator, martyr, 1536 - Scarlet/Red
 7  Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, pastor in North America, 1787 - White
15  Teresa of Avila, teacher, renewer of the church, 1582 - White
17  Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, martyr, c. 115 - Scarlet/Red
18  LUKE, EVANGELIST - Scarlet/Red
23  James of Jerusalem, martyr, c. 62 - Scarlet/Red
26  Philipp Nicolai, 1608; Johann Heermann, 1647; Paul Gerhardt, 1676; hymnwriters - White
28  SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES - Scarlet/Red
31  REFORMATION DAY - Red

November

 1  ALL SAINTS DAY - White
 3  Martin de Porres, renewer of society, 1639 - White
 7  John Christian Frederick Heyer,1873; Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, 1719; Ludwig Nommensen, 1918; missionaries - White
11  Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397; Soren Aabye Kierkegaard, teacher, 1855 - White
17  Elizageth of Hungary, renewer of society, 1231 - White
23  Clement, Bishop of Rome, c. 100 - White; Miguel Agustin Pro, martyr, 1927 - Scarlet/Red
24  Justus Falckner, 1723; Jehu Jones, 1852; William Passavant, 1894; pastors in North America - White
25  Isaac Watts, hymnwriter, 1748 - White
30  ANDREW, APOSTLE - Scarlet/Red

December

 3  Francis Xavier, missionary to Asia, 1552 - White
 4  John of Damascus, theologian and hymnwriter, c. 749 - White
 6  Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342 - White
 7  Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397 - White
13  Lucy, martyr, 304 - Scarlet/Red
14  John of the Cross, 1591, renewer of the Church - White
20  Katharina von Bora Luther, renewer of the church, 1552 - White
26  STEPHEN, DEACON AND MARTYR - Scarlet/Red
27  JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST - White
28  THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS - Scarlet/Red

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