JANUARY 31 Departed priests St. Matthew 24:42-51 1 Circumcision of our Lord; New Year St. John 15:8-19 2 3 St. Matthew 2:19-23 4 5 6 Epiphany St. Luke 3:15-22 7 Beheading of John the Baptist St. Matthew 14:1-12 8 St. Stephanos, chief among the deacons and first of the martyrs St. Matthew 23:34-39 9 10 St. Matthew 4:12-22 11 12 13 14 15 Intercession of Virgin Mary for Seeds 16 17 St. John 1:43-51 18 Mor Shmuel, Mor Shem`un, Monks of Qartmin Dayro and Mor Anthonius 19 20 21 22 23 24 St. John 3:1-12 25 26 27 St. Matthew 12:38-50 28 Thursday of the Fast of Nineveh St. Luke 12:54-13:9 29 30 1 Circumcision of our Lord; New Year; Baselius of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Gregory of Nyssa (c. 330-395), all holy fathers and teachers. 3 2nd Sunday after Christmas. 6 Epiphany. 7 Beheading of John the Baptist. 8 St. Stephanos, chief among the deacons and first of the martyrs. 10 1st Sunday after Epiphany. 12 Mor Theophilos Thomas, Udayagiri (1992). 15 Intercession of Virgin Mary for Seeds; Mor Ahathulla, Koonan Kurishu Sathyam at Mattanchery (1653). 17 2nd Sunday after Epiphany; Mor Philexinos Samuel, Meenangadi (1985). 18 Mor Shmuel, Mor Shem`un, Monks of Qartmin Dayro and Mor Anthonius; Mor Dionysius Mikhael, Panampady (1956). 24 3rd Sunday after Epiphany; Mor Yulius Ya`qub, Manjinikkara (1992). 25 Fast of Nineveh begins. 26 Tuesday of the Fast of Nineveh; Mor Athanasius Paulose Pynadathu, Thrikkunathu Seminary, Alwaye (1953). 28 Thursday of the Fast of Nineveh. 31 Departed priests.
FEBRUARY 1 2 Presentation at the Temple, Mor Shem`un (cf. St. Luke 2:25) St. Luke 2:36-40 3 St. Luke 6:20-32 4 5 6 7 All Departed St. Luke 12:32-49 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Sunday of the feast of Cana St. John 2:1-11 15 16 17 18 19 20 Mor Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373), Mor Theodoros St. John 4:46-54 21 Sunday of the leper St. Luke 5:12-16, 4:40-41 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Sunday of the Paralytic St. Mark 2:1-12 2 Presentation at the Temple, Mor Shem`un (cf. St. Luke 2:25). 3 Mor Barsawmo (c. 457), the chief among mourners. 7 All Departed. 8 Mor Severios, Patriarch of Antioch (c. 460-538). 10 Mor Timotheos Ya`qub, Thrikkothamangalam. 13 Feast of St. Ignatius Elias III, Manjanikkara (1932). 14 Sunday of the feast of Cana. 19 Mor Yulius Elias Qoro, Manjanikkara (1962). 20 Mor Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373), Mor Theodoros. 21 Sunday of the leper. 22 St. Peter establishes the church at Antioch (AD 37); Mor Gregorius Gewargis Parapallil, Perumpilly (1999). 24 Apostle Matthew, the Evangelist. 28 Sunday of the Paralytic.
MARCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sunday of the Canaanite woman St. Matthew 15:12-31 8 9 Forty Martyrs of Sebastia St. Mark 8:34-38 10 Mid-Lent, Holy Cross, King Abgar St. John 7:14-15, 3:13-21 11 12 13 14 Sunday of the hunch-back woman St. Luke 13:10-17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Sunday of the healing of the blind man St. John 9:1-41 22 23 24 25 Annunciation to Virgin Mary St. Luke 1:26-38 26 Fortieth Friday St. Matthew 4:1-11 27 Saturday of La`azar of Bethania St. John 11:28-46 28 Palm Sunday St. John 12:12-19 29 30 31 7 Sunday of the Canaanite woman. 9 Forty Martyrs of Sebastia. 10 Mid-Lent, Holy Cross, King Abgar. 14 Sunday of the hunch-back woman. 19 Mor Ostatheos Sleebo, Kunnamkulam (1930). 21 Sunday of the healing of the blind man; Mor Koorilose Kuriakose, Adoor (1995). 22 Mor Yulius Gheevarghese, Pampakkuda. 25 Annunciation to Virgin Mary. 26 Fortieth Friday. 27 Saturday of La`azar of Bethania. 28 Palm Sunday.
APRIL 1 Passover St. Luke 22:14-30 2 Veneration of the Cross, Friday of the Week of Passion 3 Saturday of Good Tidings St. Matthew 27:57-61 4 Resurrection St. Mark 16:1-8 5 6 7 8 9 Confessors St. Mark 9:9-15 10 11 St. John 20:19-31 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 St. John 21:1-14 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 St. John 4:31-38 26 27 28 29 30 1 Passover. 2 Veneration of the Cross, Friday of the Week of Passion. 3 Saturday of Good Tidings. 4 Resurrection. 9 Confessors. 11 New Sunday. 16 Mor Athanasius Y. Samuel, First Archbishop of USA and Canada, Holland (1995).. 18 1st Sunday after New Sunday; Mor Chrysostom Moshe Salam, First Archbishop of South America (1996). 21 Patriarch Mor Ignatius Peter IV of Antioch (1894). 23 St. George the Martyr. 25 St. Mark the Evangelist; 2nd Sunday after New Sunday. 27 Mor Gregorius of Jerusalem, North Parur (1671).
MAY 30 St. John 6:26-35 31 1 2 St. John 6:47-58 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 St. Mark 9:51-62 10 11 12 13 Ascension St. Mark 16:14-20 14 15 Intercession of Virgin Mary for the crops 16 St. John 6:35-46 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pentecost St. John 15: 1-14 24 25 26 27 28 St. Luke 22:24-30 29 1 Mor Ya`qub, son of Zebedee, the disciple. 2 3rd Sunday after New Sunday. 8 Apostle John, the Evangelist. 9 4th Sunday after New Sunday. 10 St. Simon, the Disciple. 13 Ascension. 15 Intercession of Virgin Mary for the crops. 16 Sunday before Pentecost. 20 Four Evangelists, Fathers of the three Holy Synods. 23 Pentecost. 24 Mor Aharon, chief among the mourners. 28 Golden Friday. 30 1st Sunday after Pentecost.
JUNE 1 2 3 4 5 6 St. Matthew 10:34-11:1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 St. John 6:35-46 14 15 First church founded in the name of the Mother of God 16 17 18 19 20 St. Matthew 14:14-23 21 22 23 24 25 26 Fast of the Apostles 27 St. Luke 9:10-17 28 29 Apostles Peter and Paul (AD 67); Fast of the Apostles ends St. Matthew 20:1-16 30 St. Luke 6:12-23 6 2nd Sunday after Pentecost. 11 St. Bartholomew, the disciple. 13 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. 15 First church founded in the name of the Mother of God. 19 Apostle Mor Ya`qub, First bishop of Jerusalem and martyr. 20 4th Sunday after Pentecost. 23 Patriarch Mor Ignatius Ephrem I, Homs (1957). 24 Birth of St. John the Baptist. 25 Patriarch Mor Ignatius Ya`qub III, Damascus (1980). 26 Fast of the Apostles. 27 5th Sunday after Pentecost. 29 Apostles Peter and Paul (AD 67); Fast of the Apostles ends. 30 Twelve Apostles.
JULY 1 2 3 Apostle Thomas, remains transferred to Edessa (AD 394) 4 St. Matthew 15:32-39 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 St. Mark 3:20-30 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 St. Mark 8:1-10 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 St. Luke 14:7-11 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 Apostle Thomas, remains transferred to Edessa (AD 394). 4 6th Sunday after Pentecost. 5 Seventy-two disciples. 11 7th Sunday after Pentecost; Mor Dionysius Joseph Pulikkottil, Kottayam Old Seminary (1909); Mor Severius, Kottayam Valiya Pally. 15 Mor Quryaqos and his mother Mort Yuliti, martyrs; Mor Abahay of Nicea (AD 455). 18 8th Sunday after Pentecost. 20 Prophet Eliyo. 22 St. Mary Magdalene. 25 9th Sunday after Pentecost. 27 Mor Shem`un the Stylite (c. 390-459). 28 Mor Ostatheos Thomas, Thiruvankulam (2000). 30 Maphryono Mor Gregorius Bar `Ebroyo (1286).
AUGUST 1 St. Matthew 18:1-14 2 3 4 5 6 Transfiguration, Feast of the booths St. Luke 9:27-36 7 8 St. Matthew 21:28-32 9 10 Fast of Assumption begins 11 12 13 14 15 Assumption, Intercession of Mother of God for the vines St. Luke 10:38-42; St. John 19:25-27 22 St. Mark 10:35-45 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 St. Luke 11:9-20 30 31 1 Mort Shmuni, her seven sons and their teacher, Eleazar; 10th Sunday after Pentecost. 3 Mor Ivanius Hidayatullah, Mulanthuruthy (1694). 6 Transfiguration, Feast of the booths. 8 1st Sunday after Transfiguration. 10 Fast of Assumption begins. 12 Mor Ozazoel, martyr. 15 Assumption, Intercession of Mother of God for the vines. 19 Mor Laby, the disciple. 22 1st Sunday after Assumption. 24 St. Mathias, the Apostle. 29 Beheading of St. John the Baptist; 2nd Sunday after Assumption.
SEPTEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 St. Matthew 17:22-27 6 7 8 Birth of Virgin Mary 9 10 11 12 St. Mark 6:1-6 13 14 Holy Cross St. Luke 21:5-28 15 16 17 18 19 St. Mark 13:30-37 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 St. Matthew 16:5-12 27 28 29 30 1 Catholicos H. B. Baselius Paulose II, Malekurishu (1996). 2 Mor Koorilos Yuyakim, Reesh Episcopa of Malankara, Mulanthuruthy (1874). 5 3rd Sunday after Assumption. 8 Birth of Virgin Mary. 9 Yuyakim and Hannah, parents of Virgin Mary. 12 4th Sunday after Assumption. 14 Holy Cross; Patriarchal day, Consecration of Patriarch H.H. Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas. 19 1st Sunday after Sleebo. 24 Mor Dimet. 26 2nd Sunday after Sleebo. 28 Mor Clemis Abraham Vayala, Knanaya Chief Metropolitan of the East (2002).
OCTOBER 31 Consecration of the Church St. Mark 8:27-33 1 2 3 St. Mark 2:23-28 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 St. Luke 16:13-18 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 St. Matthew 23:1-12 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 St. Luke 18:18-27 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 Mor Aday, the disciple, Mor Abahay, the martyr and Mor Malke. 2 St. Baselius Yaldo, Kothamangalam (1685). 3 3rd Sunday after Sleebo. 7 Mor Sarghis and Mor Bakhos, martyrs. 10 4th Sunday after Sleebo. 15 Mor Ossyo the hermit. 17 5th Sunday after Sleebo. 18 St. Luke the Evangelist. 22 Mor Baselius Shakralla, Kandanad (1764). 23 Mor Ya`qub, son of Alphaeus. 24 6th Sunday after Sleebo. 29 Mor Yulius Yeshu Çiçek, First Archbishop of Europe, Mor Ephrem Monastery, Netherlands (2005). 31 Consecration of the Church.
NOVEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Renewal of the Church St. Luke 19:47-20:8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Annunciation to Zachariah St. Luke 11:45-51 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Annunciation to Mary Entrance of Virgin Mary into the Temple St. Luke 1:26-38 28 Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth St. Luke 1:39-56 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 1 All Saints and Martyrs. 2 St. Gregorius Gewargis of Parumala (1902). 3 Mor Athanasius Poulose Kadavil, First bishop of Kottayam, Thrikkunnathu Seminary (1907). 6 Mor Gregorius Gewargis Vayaliparambil, Thrikkunathu Seminary, Alwaye (1966). 7 Renewal of the Church. 13 John Chrysostom 'Gold-Mouthed', Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 347-407). 14 Annunciation to Zachariah; St. Philip, the disciple. 21 Annunciation to Mary; Entrance of Virgin Mary into the Temple. 24 Mor Clemis (Clement of Rome, c. 30-100). 28 Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth; Mor Ya`qub Burd`ono (c. 500-578); Mor Dionysius Bar Salibi (d. 1171). 29 Mor Ya`qub of Sarugh (c. 451-521). 30 St. Andrew, the disciple.
DECEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 Birth of John the Baptist St. Luke 1:57-80 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Annunciation to Joseph St. Matthew 1:18-25 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Sunday before Christmas St. Matthew 1:1-17 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas St. Matthew 2:1-12 26 Lullabies, Glorification of the Mother of God St. Luke 8:16-21 St. Luke 2:40-52 27 Slaughter of the Holy Infants St. Matthew 2:13-23 28 29 30 31 2 Mor Shabor and Mor Aphroth, Akapparampu. 4 Mort Barbara and Mort Yuliana, martyrs. 5 Birth of John the Baptist. 6 St. Nicholos (Mor Sokhe), Epsicopus of Moora. 10 Mor Philoxenos of Mabbug (c. 450-523); Mor Behnam and his sister Mort Sarah, martyrs. 12 Annunciation to Joseph. 15 Beginning of Advent. 18 St. Thomas wounded by the spear. 19 Sunday before Christmas. 20 Mor Ignatios Nuhrono of Antioch (c. 35-107). 21 Martyrdom of St. Thomas. 25 Christmas. 26 Lullabies, Glorification of the Mother of God; 1st Sunday after Christmas. 27 Slaughter of the Holy Infants.