Holyrood/Mt. Royal Kalendar

For those following the Western Rite who may find this helpful or of interest, here is our "Kalendar" with rubrics as to its use.

T h e K a l e n d a r

According to the Use of the Monastery of

O u r L a d y o f M o u n t R o y a l

These NOTES and the GENERAL RUBRICS below were adapted from the KALENDAR of the Russian Orthodox Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Royal , (1962) with comparisons to Christ the Saviour Monastery (Christminster).

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N O T E S

Dates have been taken from THE BOOK OF SAINTS, 4^th edition, 1947, edited by the Monks of Saint Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate, and based on the researches of the English Benedictine Congregation.

In conformity with the theological standards of the Orthodox Church, only those Western Saints who antedated the Great Schism of 1054 have been included in this Kalendar.

ABBREVIATIONS: Ab – Abbot. Bp - Bishop. Com – Commemoration. Dn – Deacon. K – King. M – Martyr. P – Priest. Q – Queen. Theo – Theologian. V – Virgin. W – Widow.

OBSERVANCES IN RED CAPITAL LETTERS ----- Solemnities. (I)

OBSERVANCES IN BLACK CAPITAL LETTERS----Greater Feasts (II)

Observances in Ordinary Type ----- Simple Feasts. (III)

(Observances in Parentheses ----- Commemorations.) (IV)

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X	J A N U A R Y	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD, AND OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY	14
2	S Seraphim of Sarov, Monk, 19th C	15
3	[Votive Office of S Benedict, 1st Tue]	16
4	(Com S Titus, Bp of Crete, 1st C)	17
5	Vigil of Epiphany	18
6	EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD	19
7	Of the Octave. (Com SS Lucian & Companions, MM at Antioch, 312)	20
8	Of the Octave	21
9	Of the Octave	22
10	Of the Octave. (Com S Paul, First Hermit of Thebes, c.341)	23
11	Of the Octave	24
12	S Benedict Biscop, Ab of Wearmouth 690, (Com the Octave)	25
13	Octave of Epiphany	26
14	S Hilary, Bp of Poitiers, 368	27
15	Mass & Office of the Dead, on 1st vacant Feria of the Month after Octave	28
16		29
17	S Anthony, Ab in Egypt, 356	30
18	(Com S Prisca, V M at Rome, 3rd C), Earliest Day for Septuagesima	31
19	(Com S Mark of Ephesus, Bp)	1 Fb
20	(Com SS Fabian & Sebastian, MM at Rome, 3rd C)	2 Fb
21	S Agnes, V M at Rome, c.304	3 Fb
22	(Com S Vincent, Dn M at Saragossa, 304)	4 Fb
23		5 Fb
24	S Xenia of S Petersburg, W 18th C (Com S Timothy, Bp M of Ephesus, 97)	6 Fb
25	CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL, APOSTLE	7 Fb
26	(Com S Polycarp, BpM 155)	8 Fb
27	S John Chrysostom, Bp of Constantinople, Theo, 407	9 Fb
28		10 Fb
29		11 Fb
30		12 Fb
31	ALL NEW RUSSIAN MARTYRS, 20th C	13 Fb

X	F E B R U A R Y	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	S Ignatius, Bp M of Antioch, c.110 . (Com S Bridget, Ab 9th C)	14
2	PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY	15
3	(Com S Blaise Bp M of Sebaste, c.316)	16
4	[Office of Dead, on 1st vacant Feria of the Month, outside of Lent.] Earliest Day fo Ash Wednesday.	17
5	S Agatha, V M at Catania, c.250 (In Lent, Commemoration only)	18
6		19
7	S Romuald, Ab of Camaldoli, 1027. (In Lent, Commemoration only)	20
8		21
9	(Com S Cyril, Bp of Alexandria, Theo 444)	22
10	S SCHOLASTICA, VIRGIN, ABBESS OF CASSINO, c.550	23
11	(Com S Benedict of Aniane, Ab 821)	24
12		25
13		26
14	(Com S Valentine, P M in Italy, c 269)	27
15		28
16	(Com S Colman of Llindisfarne, Mk 676) 1 Reg	Lp 29
17	2 Mr	Lp 1
18	(Com S Simeon, Bp M of Jerusalem, c.107) 3 Mr	Lp 2
19	4 Mr	Lp3
20	5 Mr	Lp4
21	6 Mr	Lp5
22	Latest Day for Septuagesima. 7 Mr	Lp6
23	(Com S Polycarp, Bp M of Smyrna, c 156) 8 Mr	Lp7
24	* SAINT MATTHIAS, APOSTLE & MARTYR 9 Mr	Lp8
25	10 Mr	Lp9
26	11 Mr	Lp10
27	12 Mr	Lp11
28	(Com S Oswald, Bp of York, 992) 13 Mr	Lp12
(29)		Lp13

* In Leap Year, the Feast is on 25 February

X	M A R C H	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	S David, Bp in Wales, 6th	14
2	(Com S Chad, Bp of Lichfild, 673)	15
3	[Office of Dead, on 1st vacant Feria of the Month, outside of Lent]	16
4		17
5		18
6		19
7	(Com SS Perpetua & Felicity, MM at Carthage, 203)	20
8		21
9	S Gregory Bp of Nyssa, Theo, c.395	22
10	(Com Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, 320) Latest Day for Ash Wednesday	23
11	S Constantine, Protomartyr of Scotland, Bp 576	24
12	SAINT GREGORY THE GREAT, POPE OF ROME, THEOLOGIAN, 604	25
13		26
14		27
15	(Com S Aristobulus of the 70, Bp M in Britain)	28
16		29
17	S Patrick, Bp in Ireland, c.461	30
18	S Edward the Martyr, KM 978. (Com S Cyril, Bp of Jerusalem, Theo, 387)	31
19	S Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary (In Lent, Commemoration only)	1 Ap
20	S Cuthbert, Bp of Llindisfarne 687	2 Ap
21	PASSING OF OUR HOLY FATHER BENEDICT, ABBOT, c.550	3 Ap
22	Earliest Day for Easter	4 Ap
23		5 Ap
24		6 Ap
25	ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY	7 Ap
26		8 Ap
27	S Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, Bp C 1925	9 Ap
28		10 Ap
29		11 Ap
30		12 Ap
31		13 Ap

X	A P R I L	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1		14
2		15
3		16
4	S Ambrose Bp of Mian, Theo, 397 (In Lent Commemoration only)	17
5		18
6		19
7		20
8		21
9		22
10		23
11	S Leo the Great, Pope of Rome, Theo, 461. (In Lent, Commemoration only)	24
12		25
13	(Com S Justin, M at Rome, Theo, c.165)	26
14		27
15		28
16		29
17		30
18		1 My
19	(Com S Alphege, Bp M of Canterbury, 1012)	2 My
20		3 My
21		4 My
22		5 My
23	S George, M in the East, c.300	6 My
24		7 My
25	SAINT MARK, APOSTLE, EVANGELIST & MARTYR. [Rogation Day with Greater Litanies] Latest Day for Easter.	8 My
26	(Com S Cletus, Pope M of Rome, c.91)	9 My
27		10 My
28		11 My
29	All Holy Abbots	12 My
30	Earliest Day for Ascension.	13 My

X	M A Y	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES AND MARTYRS	14
2	S Athanasius, Bp of Alexandria, Theo	15
3	FINDING OF THE HOLY CROSS BY SAINT HELENA (with Octave)	16
4	(Com S Monica, W at Carthage, 387)	17
5	[Votive Office of S Benedict, 1st Tue]	18
6	S John Before the Latin Gate (Com S John, Monk of Damascus, Theo, c.748)	19
7		20
8		21
9	(Com S Gregory Nazianzen, Bp of Constantinople, Theo, 390)	22
10	Octave Day of the Finding of the Holy Cross(Com S Pachomius, Ab in Egypt, 346). Earliest day for Pentecost	23
11		24
12		25
13		26
14		27
15		28
16		29
17		30
18	[Office of Dead, on 1st vacant Feria of the Month, outside of Eastertide]	31
19	S Dunstan, Bp of Canterbury, 988	1 Je
20		2 Je
21	S Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome	3 Je
22		4 Je
23		5 Je
24	(Com S Vincent, Pr of Lerins, Theo, c.445)	6 Je
25		7 Je
26	S Augustine 1st Bp of Canterbury, 604	8 Je
27	S Bede the Venerable, Monk of Jarrow, Theo, 735	9 Je
28	(Com S Germanus, Bp of Paris, 576)	10 Je
29		11 Je
30		12 Je
31		13 Je

X	J U N E	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	[Office of Dead, on 1st vacant Feria of the Month, outside of Eastertide]	14
2	SS Marcellinus & Peter, MM at Rome, 304	15
3	Latest Day for Ascension.	16
4	(Com S Petroc of Cornwall , Bp 6th C)	17
5	S Boniface, Bp M of Mainz, 755	18
6		19
7	(Com Our Lady of Glastonbury)	20
8		21
9	S Columba, Ab of Iona, 597	22
10	Vigil of S Barnabas	23
11	SAINT BARNABAS, APOSTLE AND MARTYR	24
12		25
13	Latest Day for Pentecost	26
14	S Basil the Great. Bp of Caesarea, Theo, 397	27
15	ALL SAINTS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND	28
16		29
17	(Com S Botolph, Ab, c.680)	30
18	S Ephrem, Dn in Syria, Theo, c.379	1 Jy
19	SAINT JOHN MAXIMOVITCH, BISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO 1966. (Com SS Gervase & Protase, MM at Milan, 2nd C)	2 Jy
20		3 Jy
21		4 Jy
22	S Alban, Protomartyr of Britain 303	5 Jy
23	Vigil of S John. (Com S Etheldreda, V, Abbess of Ely, 679)	6 Jy
24	NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN BAPTIST	7 Jy
25		8 Jy
26	(Com SS John & Paul, MM at Rome, 362)	9 Jy
27		10 Jy
28	Vigil of SS Peter & Paul. (Com S Irenaeus, Bp M of Lyons, c.202)	11 Jy
29	SAINTS PETER & PAUL, APOSTLES & MARTYRS	12 Jy
30		13 Jy

X	J U L Y	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	[Office of Dead, on 1st vacant Feria of the Month]	14
2	VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY	15
3		16
4	[Annual Retreat of Holyrood begins]	17
5		18
6		19
7	SS Cyril & Methodius, Apostles to the Slavs, 9th C	20
8	(Com S Procopius, M in Palestine, 303)	21
9		22
10	Vigil of the Solemnity of S Benedict	23
11	SOLEMNITY OF OUR HOLY FATHER BENEDICT	24
12	[Annual chapter of Holyrood begins]	25
13		26
14		27
15	St. Vladimir Enlightener of Russia, K 1015. (Com S Swithun, Bp of Winchester, 862)	28
16		29
17	(Com S Alexis of Edessa c. 5th C)	30
18		31
19		1 Ag
20	(Com S Margaret, V M at Antioch, c.304)	2 Ag
21		3 Ag
22	SAINT MARY MAGDELENE, PENITENT	4 Ag
23	S John Cassian, Ab of Lerins, c.433. (Com S Appolinaris, Bp M 1st C)	5 Ag
24	Vigil of S James	6 Ag
25	SAINT JAMES THE GREATER, APOSTLE AND MARTYR	7 Ag
26	SS Joachim & Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary	8 Ag
27		9 Ag
28	S Panteleon, M 303	10 Ag
29		11 Ag
30	(Com SS Abdon & Sennen, MM at Rome, 3rd C)	12 Ag
31		13 Ag

X	A U G U S T	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	Chains of S Peter. (Com Holy Maccabbees)	14
2		15
3	(Com S Nicodemus, M at Jerusalem, 1st C)	16
4		17
5	(Com S Oswald, K M of Northumbria, 642)	18
6	TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD	19
7	HOLY NAME OF JESUS	20
8		21
9	Vigil of S Laurence	22
10	SAINT LAURENCE, DEACON MARTYR AT ROME 258	23
11		24
12		25
13	(Com SS Hypolytus & Cassian, MM at Rome c.256)	26
14	Vigil of the Assumption	27
15	ASSUMPTION (DORMITION) OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY	28
16	Of the Octave	29
17	Of the Octave	30
18	S Helena, Empress of Rome, W, 330; (Com S Fiacre, Ab M 7th C) (Com of the Octave)	31
19	Of the Octave	1 Sp
20	Of the Octave	2 Sp
21	Of the Octave	3 Sp
22	OCTAVE DAY OF THE ASSUMPTION	4 Sp
23	Vigil of S Bartholomew	5 Sp
24	SAINT BARTHOLOMEW, APOSTLE AND MARTYR	6 Sp
25		7 Sp
26		8 Sp
27		9 Sp
28	S Augustine, Bp of Hippo, Theo, 430	10 Sp
29	BEHEADING OF SAINT JOHN BAPTIST, MARTYR	11 Sp
30		12 Sp
31	S Aidan, Bp of Llindisfarne, 651	13 Sp

X	S E P T E M B E R	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	S Giles, Ab in Provence, c.712	14
2	[Office of Dead, on 1st vacant Feria of the Month]	15
3		16
4		17
5		18
6		19
7		20
8	NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY	21
9		22
10		23
11	(Com SS Protus & Hyacinth, MM at Rome, 257)	24
12		25
13	Vigil of the Holy Cross	26
14	EXALTATION OF THE MOST HOLY CROSS	27
15	(Com SS Cornelius & Cyprian, Bps & MM, c258)	28
16	(Com S Ninian, Bp of Whithorn, c.432)	29
17	(Com S Lambert, Bp M of Maestricht, 709)	30
18		1 Oc
19	(Com S Theodore, Bp of Canterbury, 690)	2 Oc
20	Vigil of S Matthew	3 Oc
21	SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE, EVANGELIST & MARTYR	4 Oc
22	(Com SS Maurice and Companions, MM at Thebes, c.287)	5 Oc
23	(Com S Linus, Pope of Rome, M 1st C)	6 Oc
24	(Com S Thecla, V M at Lyconia, 1st C)	7 Oc
25		8 Oc
26		9 Oc
27	SS Cosmas & Damian, MM in Cilicia, c.305	10 Oc
28	(Com S Wenceslas, KM 938)	11 Oc
29	SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS (Michaelmas)	12 Oc
30	S Jerome, Pr in Bethlehem, c.420	13 Oc

X	O C T O B E R	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	(Com S Remigius, Bp of Rheims, c.533)	14
2	HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS	15
3	[Office of Dead, on 1st vacant Feria of the Month]	16
4		17
5	SS Maurus & Placid, Disciples of S Benedict, 6th C	18
6		19
7		20
8		21
9	SS Denys & Companions, MM at Paris, c.286	22
10	(Com S Paulinus, Bp of York, 644)	23
11		24
12	(Com S Wilfred, Bp of York, 709)	25
13		26
14	(Com S Callistus, Bp M of Rome, c.222)	27
15	Our Lady of Walsingham	28
16	S Gall, Ab of Bern, c640	29
17	Vigil of S Luke	30
18	SAINT LUKE, EVANGELIST AND MARTYR	31
19	S John of Kronstadt, P, 1908 (Com S Frideswide, V, Abbess of Oxford, 735)	1 Nv
20		2 Nv
21	(Com S Hilarion, Ab of Gaza, 371), (Com S Ursula & Companions, VV MM at Cologne, 3rd C)	3 Nv
22		4 Nv
23		5 Nv
24		6 NV
25	(Com SS Crispin and Crispinian, MM at Soissons, c.287)	7 Nv
26		8 Nv
27	Vigil of SS Simon & Jude	9 Nv
28	SAINTS SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES AND MARTYRS	10 Nv
29		11 Nv
30		12 Nv
31	Vigil of All Saints	13 Nv

X	N O V E M B E R	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	ALL SAINTS	14
2	ALL SOULS [if Sunday transfer to 3rd]	15
3	(Com S Winifred, V M in Wales, c.650)	16
4	[Votive Office of S Benedict, 1st Tue]	17
5	(Com S Elizabeth, Mother of S John Baptist, 1st C)	18
6		19
7	(Com S Willibrord, 1st Bp of Utrecht, 739)	20
8		21
9	(Com S Theodore, M at Pontus c.306)	22
10		23
11	S Martin, Bp of Tours, 397	24
12		25
13	ALL SAINTS OF THE MONASTIC ORDER	26
14	ALL SOULS OF THE MONASTIC ORDER [if Sunday transfer to 15th]	27
15		28
16		29
17	S Gregory the Wonderworker, Bp of Neocaesarea, c.270	30
18	(Com S Hilda, V Abbess of Whitby, 680)	1 Dc
19		2 Dc
20	(Com S Edmund, K M of East Anglia, 870)	3 Dc
21	PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY	4 Dc
22	S Cecilia, V M at Rome, 2nd C	5 Dc
23	S Clement , Pope of Rome, c.100	6 Dc
24		7 Dc
25	S Catherine, V M at Alexandra, c.310	8 Dc
26		9 Dc
27		10 Dc
28		11 Dc
29	Vigil of S Andrew [not observed in Advent]	12 Dc
30	SAINT ANDREW, APOSTLE AND MARTYR	13 Dc

X	D E C E M B E R	X
JUL	OBSERVANCE	GREG
1	[Office of Dead, on 1st vacant Feria of the Month, outside of Advent]	14
2	(Com S Peter Chrysologus, Bp of Ravenna, Theo, c.450)	15
3		16
4	(Com S Barbara, VM 306)	17
5	(Com S Sava, Ab in Jerusalem, 582)	18
6	S Nicholas, Bp of Myra, c.350	19
7	S Ambrose of Milan, Bp & Theo 397	20
8	CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY	21
9		22
10		23
11	(Com S Damasus, Pope of Rome, 384)	24
12	S Herman of Alaska, C 1837; (Com S Peter the Aleut, M 1815)	25
13	S Lucy, V M at Syracuse, 304	26
14		27
15		28
16	“O Sapientia”	29
17		30
18		31
19		1 Ja
20		2 Ja
21	SAINT THOMAS, APOSTLE AND MARTYR	3 Ja
22		4 Ja
23		5 Ja
24	Vigil of the Nativity	6 Ja
25	NATIVITY OF OUR LORD	7 Ja
26	SAINT STEPHEN PROTOMARTYR. (Com the Octave)	8 Ja
27	SAINT JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST. (Com the Octave)	9 Ja
28	HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS, (Com the Octave)	10 Ja
29	Of the Octave	11 Ja
30	Of the Octave	12 Ja
31	Of the Octave. (Com S Sylvester, Pope of Rome, 335)	13 Ja

G E N E R A L R U B R I C S

CONCERNING THE KALENDAR AND PRECEDENCE OF OBSERVANCES

1. LITURGICAL DAY: The Liturgical Day, with its Office and Mass, is of a Sunday, or of a Feast, or of a Feria; according to the Kalendar and the rank of the Observance falling on that Day. The celebration of a Liturgical Day ordinarily begins with Vespers and ends with None or Noon Office on the Day itself; but Sundays, Solemnities and Greater Feasts have Second Vespers.

2. PRECEDENCE: The precedence of all Observances is determined by their position on the following Table:

A: Primary Solemnities: Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Solemnity of Saint Benedict.

B: Principal Sundays: The Sundays of Advent, of Septuagesima, of Lent, Low Sunday.

C: The Octave Days of Easter and of Pentecost.

D: Privileged Ferias: Ash Wednesday, the Days of Holy Week, the Vigil of Pentecost, All Souls’ Days of the Church and of the Monastic order.

E: Other Solemnities (Printed in red CAPITAL LETTERS in the Kalendar).

F: Greater Feasts(Printed in Black CAPITAL LETTERS in the Kalendar).

G: Ordinary Sundays throughout the Year.

H: The Days of Lent, including the Lenten Ember Days.

I: Simple Feasts (printed in Ordinary Type), commemorated only during Lent.

J: The Octaves of Christmas, Epiphany, and Ascension.

K: The other Ember Days, and Rogation Days.

L: Vigils (not observed during Advent and Lent).

M: The Ferias of Advent and Septuagesima (always commemorated when another Observance has precedence).

N: Commemorations (in (Parentheses)) in the Kalendar).

When two Observances fall on the same Day, that higher on the Table has precedence. Both the Office and Mass are of this ranking Observance (except for those Observances designated COMMEMORATIONS, for the celebration of which see Par. 8 below); and the outranked Observances are commemorated in descending order of precedence unless otherwise directed.

3. SUNDAYS: the Office of a Sunday begins with Vespers of the preceding Saturday and ends with Compline of Sunday. There are two classes of Sundays: PRINCIPAL and ORDINARY. Principal Sundays are the Sundays of Advent, of Septuagesima, of Lent and Passiontide, Easter Sunday, Low Sunday, Pentecost and Trinity Sunday. These Sundays have precedence over all other Observances; and Solemnities and Greater Feasts falling there upon are transferred to the next unhindered Feria (Par. 9 below). Lesser Observances falling on Principal Sundays are not transferred, but are commemorated ; except on Easter, Low Sunday and Pentecost, when they are omitted altogether for that Year. Ordinary Sundays are the remaining Sundays of the Year.

4. FEASTS: There are two classes of Feasts: HIGH (Solemnities and Greater Feasts)and SIMPLE . The Office of a High Feast (Solemnity or Greater Feast) begins with I Vespers and ends with Compline of the Feast Day. On High Feasts, Proper Psalms and Te Deum are recited in the Office, and the Creed is recited at Mass. Certain Solemnities are celebrated with an Octave (Par. 7 below). The Office of a Simple Feast begins with Vespers on the evening preceding and ends with None on the Feast itself. On Simple Feasts, the occurent Ferial Psalms are retained, and Te Deum and the Creed are not said.

5. FERIAS: The Office of a Feria ordinarily begins with the Night Office and ends with Compline; but before a Sunday or Solemnity, the Ferial Office ends with None. There are three classes of Ferias: PRIVILEGED, MAJOR, and COMMON. Privileged Ferias are Ash Wednesday, the Days of Holy Week, the Vigil of Pentecost, and the two All Souls’ Days of the Church and of the Monastic Order, over which no other Observance may have precedence. Major Ferias are Vigils, Ember Days, Rogation Days, and all the days of Lent. Common Ferias are the remaining Days of the Year, on which the Ordinary Ferial Office of the Psalter is recited, and Mass is said of the preceding Sunday, of a Commemorated Observance, or otherwise ad Libitum.

6. VIGILS: These are preparatory Observances before certain High Feasts. Their celebration begins with the Night Office and ends with None of the Feria preceding the Solemnity; so that when the feast falls on Monday, the Vigil is anticipated on the previous Saturday; except the Vigils of Christmas and Epiphany, which rank as Simple Feasts and so are not anticipated. Vigils are not observed in Advent and Lent.

7. OCTAVES: An Octave is the celebration of a Feast for eight successive Days, the first being the Feast-Day itself. The Days within an Octave rank as Simple Feasts, But yield precedence to Simple Feasts falling on such Days of their own right. The Octaves of Easter and Pentecost are Special: Solemnities falling in these Octaves are transferred, and lesser Observances are omitted or commemorated as specially directed in the Proper. All Octaves cease in Lent, and from 16^th December until Christmas.

8. COMMEMORATIONS: Lesser Observances designated as Commemorations do not have full celebration; but are observed by Collect, Secret and Postcommunion at Mass, while in the Office (at Lauds and Vespers) commemoration is made as directed in the Breviary (i.e. Antiphon, Versicle and Response, followed by Collect). On Ferias, Mass may be celebrated of the Commemoration; but on Sundays Mass may not be celebrated of a Commemoration. This same procedure is used to commemorate outranked Observances; except that a Sunday, when outranked by a Solemnity, is always commemorated at both I and II Vespers. It is to be noted that the total number of Collects may never exceed three; any Commemorations in excess of that number are simply omitted.

9. TRANSFERRENCE: When a Solemnity or Greater Feast would fall on a Principal Sunday, a Privileged Feria, or a Day within a Special octave, it is transferred to the next unhindered Feria following: where it retains the same rank and privileges as before. Lesser Observances are not transferred, but are commemorated or omitted, according to these Rubrics. When several Feasts are transferred successively,they are reassigned in the same order n which they originally stood in the Kalendar.

10. VOTIVE OBSERVANCES: These constitute separate devotions apart from the Liturgical Day. Where ecclesiastical Authority enjoins or allows, such Observances may be celebrated on Common Ferias in place of the Ordinary Ferial Office, and Mass. Commemorations are made in the usual manner except that in the Office and Mass for the Departed no Commemorations of any kind are permitted. Votives are not observed during Advent and Lent.

11. LOCAL OBSERVANCES: With ecclesiastical approval the superiors of diocesan and local congregations may add to the general Kalendar, for celebration within their respective territories, the following Observances (and these only); or if they be already in the Kalendar, may raise the same in rank; provided that such additions are among the Saints or Mysteries recognised by the Orthodox Church: (a) the feast of the Patron or Titular of a congregation – Solemnity with Octave; (b) the Anniversary of the Dedication of any church or congregation – Solemnity; (c) the Feasts of Saints who lived in or who were members of a congregation – Simple Feasts. Once determined and approved by proper Authority, all such Observances become permanent items of the local Kalendars, subject to the operation of these Rubrics regarding precedence and transference.