FEASTS AND FESTIVALS & Commemorations

January
	1 	Circumcision and Name of Jesus  W
	2	J. K. Wilhelm Loehe, Pastor
      10	Basil the Great of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus,
 		and Gregory of Nyssa, Pastors and Confessors
      18 	The Confession of St. Peter  W
	20	Sarah
	24 	St. Timothy, Pastor and Confessor  W
	25 	The Conversion of St. Paul  W
	26 	St. Titus, Pastor and Confessor  W
	27	John Chrysostom, Preacher

February
	2 	The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord  W
	10	Silas, Fellow Worker of St. Peter and St. Paul
	13	Aquila, Priscilla, Apollos
	14	Valentine, Martyr
	15	Philemon and Onesimus 
	16	Philipp Melanchthon (birth), Confessor
	18	Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor
	23	Polycarp of Smyrna, Pastor and Martyr
	24 	St. Matthias, Apostle  R

March
	7	Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs
	17	Patrick, Missionary to Ireland
	19 	St. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus  W
	25 	The Annunciation of Our Lord  W
	31	Joseph, Patriarch

April
	6	Lucas Cranach and Albrecht D9Frer, Artists
	20	Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor
	21	Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian
	24	Johann Walter, Kantor
	25 	St. Mark, Evangelist  R

May
	1 	St. Philip and St. James, Apostles  R
	2	Athanasius of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor
	4	Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary
	5	Frederick the Wise, Christian Ruler
	7	C. F. W. Walther, Theologian
	9	Job
	11	Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs
21	Emperor Constantine, Christian Ruler, and Helena, 
Mother of Constantine
      24	Esther
	25	Bede the Venerable, Theologian
	31 	The Visitation (3-Year Lectionary)  W
	
June
	1	Justin, Martyr
	5	Boniface of Mainz, Missionary to the Germans
	11 	St. Barnabas, Apostle  R
	12	The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, AD 325
	14	Elisha
	25	Presentation of the Augsburg Confession
	26	Jeremiah
	27	Cyril of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor
	28	Irenaeus of Lyons, Pastor
	24 	The Nativity of St. John the Baptist  W
	29 	St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles  R

July
	2 	The Visitation (1-Year Lectionary)  W
	6	Isaiah
	16	Ruth
	20	Elijah
	21	Ezekiel
	22 	St. Mary Magdalene  W
	25 	St. James the Elder, Apostle  R
	28	Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantor
	29	Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany
	30	Robert Barnes, Confessor and Martyr
	31	Joseph of Arimathea

August
	3	Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrhbearers
	10	Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
	15 	St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord  W
	16	Isaac 
	17	Johann Gerhard, Theologian
	19	Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian
	20	Samuel
	24 	St. Bartholomew, Apostle  R
	27	Monica, Mother of Augustine
	28	Augustine of Hippo, Pastor and Theologian
	29 	The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist  R

September
	1	Joshua
	2	Hannah
	3	Gregory the Great, Pastor
	4	Moses
	5	Zacharias and Elizabeth
	14 	Holy Cross Day  R
	16	Cyprian of Carthage, Pastor and Martyr
	21 	St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist  R
	22	Jonah 
	29 	St. Michael and All Angels  W
	30	Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture

October
	7	Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor
	9	Abraham 
	11	Philip the Deacon
	17	Ignatius of Antioch, Pastor and Martyr
	18 	St. Luke, Evangelist  R
	23 	St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr  R
	25	Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women
	26	Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters
	28 	St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles  R
	31 	Reformation Day  R

November
	1 	All SaintsŐ Day  W
	8	Johannes von Staupitz, LutherŐs Father Confessor
	9	Martin Chemnitz (birth), Pastor and Confessor
	11	Martin of Tours, Pastor
	14	Emperor Justinian, Christian Ruler and Confessor of Christ
	19	Elizabeth of Hungary
	23	Clement of Rome, Pastor
	29	Noah 
	30	St. Andrew, Apostle  R

December
	4	John of Damascus, Theologian and Hymnwriter
	6	Nicholas of Myra, Pastor
	7	Ambrose of Milan, Pastor and Hymnwriter
	13	Lucia, Martyr
	17	Daniel the Prophet and the Three Young Men
	19	Adam and Eve
	20	Katharina von Bora Luther
	21	St. Thomas, Apostle  R
	26	St. Stephen, Martyr  R
	27	St. John, Apostle and Evangelist  W
	28 	The Holy Innocents, Martyrs  R
	29	David
	31 	Eve of the Circumcision and Name of Jesus  W
		New YearŐs Eve