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, 4th 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 |
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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 16th 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.
