For Venerables
(women).
Gal. III. 23-29.
Matt. XXV. 1-13.
Or, Luke VII.
36-50.
For Confessors.
Eph. VI. 10-17.
Luke XII. 8-12.
For the Un-
mercenary.
I Cor. XII. 27-
XIII. 8.
Matt. X. 1, 5-8.
AT MATINS.
The XI Gospels on the Resurrection read successively on Sundays beginning on the Sunday of All Saints.
I. Matt, XXVIII. 16-20. VI. Luke XXIV. 36-53. II. Mark XVI. 1-8. VII. John XX. 1-10.
III. Mark XVI. 9-20. VIII. John XX. 11-18.
IV. Luke XXIV. 1-12. IX. John XX. 19-31.
V. Luke XXIV. 12-35. X. John XXI. 1-14.
XI. John XXI. 15-25.
NOTE:'ÄîOn the Sunday of S. Thomas No. I is read; on that of the Myrrh-bearing Women, No. III; on that of the Paralytic, No. IV; on that of the Samaritan Woman, No. VII; on that of the Blind Man, No. VIII, and on the Sixth Sunday after Pascha, No. X.
Gospels for Festivals.
Palm Sunday. Matt. XXI. 1-11, 15-17.
Ascension. Mark XVI. 9-20.
Pentecost. John XX. 19-23.
TABLE OF LESSONS. 480
Exaltation. John XII.. 28-36.
Christmas. Matt. I. 18-25.
Circumcision. John X. 1-9.
Epiphany. Mark I. 9-11.
Presentation. Luke II. 25-32.
Transfiguration. Luke IX. 28-36.
Common for the
Mother of God. Luke I. 39-49, 56.
XXIX. THE KALENDAR.
SEPTEMBER.
A. I. The Beginning of the Indict, i. e., of the New Year. Our venerable Father Simeon the Sty lite, A. D. 460. And his mother Martha. And the Council of the Mother of God at Miasin?¶.
g. 2. The Martyr Mamas, A. D. 260. And our ven. Father, John, the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople, A. D. 619.
f. 3. The Priest-martyr Anthimus, Bp. of Nicomedia, A. D. 288. And our ven. Father Theoctistus, A. D. 451.
e. 4. The Priest-martyr Babylas, Archbp. of Antioch the Gt., and three young men, his disciples, A. D. 253. And the Prophet and Seer of God, Moses.
d. 5. The Prophet Zacharias, father of the honourable John, the Forerunner. And the ven. Elizabeth.
SEPTEMBER. 491
c. '> 6. The Miracle wrought at Colosse in
Chon?¶ by the Archangel Michael.
b. '> 7. Vigil of the Nativity of the most
holy Mother of God. The Martyr Sozon,
A. D. 288.
A. 8. THE NATIVITY OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY, THE MOTHER OF GOD AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY.
g. 9. The righteous Progenitors of God, Joakim and Anna.
f. 10. The Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora, A. D. 304.
e. 11. Our venerable Mother Theodora of Alexandria, A. D. 472.
d. '> 12. The Priest - martyr Autonomus,
A. D. 292.
His Office is sung on the IIth., for today is the Octave of the Nativity of the Mother of God.
c. '> 13. The Memory of the Dedication of
the Qiurch of the Resurrection of Christ our
God.* Vigil of the Exaltation of the honour-
able and life-effecting Cross. The Priest-
martyr Cornelius the Centurion.
b. 14. THE EXALTATION OF THE HONOURABLE AND LIFE-EFFECTING CROSS.
Festival commemorative of the finding of the Lord'Äôs Cross at Jerusalem, A. D. 325.
* At Jerusalem, A. D. 330.
492 THE KALENDAR.
A. 15. The Gt. Martyr Nicetas, burnt at Gotha, A. D. 370.
g. 16. The Gt. Martyr Euphemia, the all-praised, who suffered, A. D. 288.
f. '> 17. The Martyr Sophia, and her three
daughters, Faith, Hope and Charity, A. D. 122.
e. '> 18. Our ven. Father Eumenius, Bp. and
Wonderworker of Gortyna.
d. '> 19. The Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius
and Dorymedon, who suffered at Antioch,
A. D. 281.
c. '> 20. The Gt. Martyr Eustace, and his
wife Tatiana, and their children, Agapius and
Theopistus, A. D. 100.
b. 21. The Apostle Cordatus.
His Office is sung on the 22nd., for today is the Octave of Exaltation.
A. 22. The Priest-martyr Phocas, A. D. 102.
g. '> 23. The Conception of the honourable,
glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist of
the Lord, John.
f. '> 24. The Proto-martyr and equal of the
Apostles, Thecla.
e. '> 25. Our ven. Mother Euphrosyne, A. D.
430. And the Decease of our ven. Father,
Sergius the Wonderworker, Abbot of the Mon-
astery of the life-originating Trinity, which
is at Macovst, A. D. 1392.
d. '> 26. THE DECEASE OF THE APOSTLE AND
EVANGELIST, JOHN THE DIVINE.
OCTOBER. 493
c. 27. The Martyr Callistratus and his companions, A. D. 288.
b. 28. Our ven. Father Chariion, Confessor, who suffered A< D. 276.
A. 29. Our ven. Father Cyriacus, Anchoret, A. D. 401.
g. 30. The Priest-martyr Gregory, Bp. of Gt. Armenia, A. D. 290. And Michael, First Metropolitan of Kiev.
OCTOBER.
f. '> I. THE PROTECTION OF OUR MOST
HOLY LADY, THE MOTHER OF GOD AND
EVER-VIRGIN MARY.
Festival instituted in the days of King Leo the Wise, A. D. 911.
And the Apostle Ananias, one of the 70. And our ven. Father Roman the Melodist, A. D. 496.
e. 2. The Priest-martyr Cyprian. And the Martyr Justina, A. D. 255.
d. 3. The Priest-martyr Dionysius the Areopagite.
c. 4. The Priest-martyr Hierotheus, Bp. of Athens.
b. 5. The Martyr Charitina, A. D. 290.
A. 6. The glorious Apostle Thomas.
g. '> 7. The Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus,
A. D. 296.
THB KALENDAR.
f. 8. Our ven. Mother Pelagia.
e. '> 9. The Apostle James, the son of Al-
phceus. And our ven. Father Andronicus,
and his wife Athanasia, A. D. 501.
d. '> 10. The Martyrs Eulampius and his
sister Eulampia, who suffered A. D. 296.
c. '> 11. The Apostle Philip, one of the
7 Deacons. And our ven. Father Theophany,
Confessor, Bp. of Nic?¶a, and composer of
Canons, A. D. 808.
Sunday of the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Synod, held at Nic?¶a, A. D. 787.
b. 12. The Martyrs Probus, Tarachus and Andronicus, A D. 296. And our ven. Father Cosmas of the Holy City, the composer of Canons.
A. 13. The Martyrs, Carpus, Bp. of the Church at Thyatira, and Papylas the Deacon, and with them Agathodora and Agathonica, the sisters of Papylas, who suffered A. D. 255.
g. '> 14. The Martyrs Nazarius, Gervase,
Protasius and Celsus, who suffered A. D. 57.
And our ven. Mother Parasceva, whose Re
lics were translated to Tirnova, A. D. 1201.
f. '> 15. Our ven. Father Euthymius the
New. And the Ven. Martyr Lucian, Pres
byter of Antioch the Gt., A. D. 290.
e. 16. The Martyr Longinus the Centurion.
d. '> 17. The Prophet Hosea. And the Ven.
Martyr Andrew of Crete, who suffered A.D. 761.
OCTOBER. 495
c. 18. The Apostle and Evangelist Luke.
b. '> ig. The Prophet Joel. And the Martyr
Varus, who suffered in Egypt, A. D. 304.
And our ven. Father, John of Rilsk, A. D. 954.
And the Priest-martyr Sadothus, A. D. 1280.
A. 20. The Gt. Martyr Artemius, A. D. 352.
g. 21. Our ven. Father Hilarion the Gt., A. D. 333.
f. 22. The equal of the Apostles, Aber-cius, Bp. of Hierapolis, A. D.
186. And the Seven Children of Ephesus, Maximilian, Ex-acustodianus, Iamblichus, Martinian, Diony-sius, John and Constantine, who fell asleep in the reign of Decius and awoke in the time of Theodosius the Less.
e. 23. The Apostle James, the Brother of God, First Bp. of Jerusalem., who wrote the Divine Liturgy, which was abbreviated by Basil the Gt., and still further by John Chrysostom.
d. '> 24. The Martyr Arethas, and those
with him, who suffered A. D. 542. And our
Father in the Saints, Athanasius, Patriarch
of Constantinople, A. D. 362.
c. '> 25. The Martyrs and Notaries, Martian
and Martyrius, A. D. 346.
b. 26. The glorious Gt. Martyr, Demetrius the Myroblete, A. D. 296. And the remembrance of the Great Earthquake at Constantinople, A. D. 758.
496 THE KALENDAR
A. 27. The Martyr Nestor. And the Martyr Capitolina, and her slave Erotiata, A. D. 296.
g. 28. The Martyrs Terence and Neonilla, and their children. And our ven. Father Stephen the Sabbaite, the composer of Canons, A. D. 780. And the Martyr Parasceva, A. D. 290.
f. 29. The Ven. Martyr Anastasia of Rome, A. D. 256. And our ven. Father Abram the Recluse, A. D. 350.
e. 30. The Martyrs, Zenobius and his sister Zenobia, who suffered A. D. 290.
d. 31. The Apostles, Stachys, Amplius, Urban, Narcissus and Aristobulus. And the Martyr Epimachus, A. D. 251.
NOVEMBER.
c. 1. The wonderworking and unmercenary Cosmas and Damian of Asia, and their ven. mother Theodotia.
b. 2. The Martyrs, Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidiphorus and Anempodistus, who suffered in Persia, A. D. 320.
A. 3. The Martyrs, Acepsimas, Bp., Joseph, Presbyter, and Aethalas, Deacon, who suffered in Persia, A. D. 313. And the Dedication of the Church of the Gt. Martyr George at Lydda,* where his honourable body is laid.
* In the days of Constantine the Great.
NOVEMBER. 497
g. 4, Our ven. Father Ioannicius the Gt., A. D. 758.
f. 5. The Martyrs Galaction and Episteme, A. D. 285.
e. 6. Our Father in the Saints, Paul, Archbp. of Constantinople, A. D. 351.
d. 7. The 33 Martyrs at Melite, A. D. 290. And our ven. Father, Lazarus the Wonderworker.
c. 8. THE COUNCIL OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, AND THE OTHER HEAVENLY BODILESS HOSTS.
b. 9. The Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyry, A. D. 290. And our ven. Mother Matrona, A. D. 466.
A. 10. The Apostles, Erastus, Olympus, Rhodion, Sosipater, Tertius and Quartus.
g. 11. The Martyrs, Menas, Victor and Vincent, A. D. 296. And our ven. Father and Confessor, Theodore of the Studium, A. D. 804.
f. 12. Our Father in the Saints, John the Almoner, Patriarch of Constantinople, A. D. 615. And our ven. Father Nilus of Egypt, A. D. 602.
e. 13. OUR FATHER IN THE SAINTS, JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE, A. D. 402.
d. 14. The all-praised Apostle Philip.
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498 THE KALENDAR.
c. '> 15. The Martyrs and Confessors, Gurias,
Samon and Abibus.
NOTE:'ÄîTo-day beginneth the Fast of the Nativity of the Lord.
b. 16. The Apostle and Evangelist Matthew.
A. 17. Our Father in the Saints, Gregory,
Bp. and Wonderworker of Neoc?¶sarea, A. D. 275.
g. 18. The Martyrs Plato and Roman, the former, A. D. 296, and the other, A. D. 305.
f. 19. The Prophet Obadias. And the Martyr Barlaam. And our ven. Fathers of Indian ascetic life, Barlaam and Prince Joasaph.
e. 20. Vigil of the Presentation of the Mother of God. And our ven. Father, Gregory of Decapolis, A. D. 837. And our Father in the Saints, Proclus, Archbp. of Constantinople, A. D. 441.
d. '> 21. THE PRESENTATION IN THE
TEMPLE OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY, THE
MOTHER OF GOD AND EVER-VIRGIN
MARY.
c. '> 22. The Apostle Philemon, and those
with him, who suffered A. D. 68.
b. 23. Our Fathers in the Saints, Amphi-lochius, Bp. of Iconium, and Gregory, Bp. of Acragas, the former, A. D. 374, and the other, A. D. 721.
DECEMBER. 499
A. 24. THE GT. MARTYR KATHARINE A. D. 304. And the Gt. Martyr Mercurius, A. D. 255.
g. 25. Our Fathers in the Saints, the Priest-martyrs, Clement, Pope of Rome, and Peter of Alexandria. Clement suffered A. D. 79, and Peter, A.
D. 296. Octave of the Presentation of the Mother of God.
f. '> 26. Our ven. Father Alypius the Stylite,
A. D. 608.
e. '> 27. The Gt. Martyr James the Persian,
A. D. 396.
d. '> 28. The Ven. Martyr Stephen the New,
A. D. 766.
c. '> 29. The Martyr Paramon, A. D. 255.
And the Martyr Philumenus, A. D. 276.
b. 30. THE ALL-PRAISED APOSTLE ANDREW, THE FIRST-CALLED,
DECEMBER.
A. 1. The Prophet Nahum.
g. 2. The Prophet Abbacum.
f. '> 3. The Prophet Sophonius. And our
ven. Father Theodulus.
e. '> 4. The Gt. Martyr Barbara, A. D. 290.
And our ven. Father, John Damascene,
A. D. 735.
d. '> 5. Our ven. and God-bearing Father,
Sabbas the Sanctified, A. D. 524.
32*
5OO THE KALENDAR.
c. '> 6. OUR FATHER IN THE SAINTS, NIC
OLAS, ARCHBP. OF MYRA IN LYCIA, THE
WONDERWORKER.
b. '> 7. Our Father in the Saints, Ambrose,
Bp. of Milan, A. D. 374.
A. 8. Our ven. Father Patapius.
g. 9. The Conception of Anna, when she conceived the Mother of God.
f. '> 10. The Martyrs, Menas, Hermogenes
and Eugraphus, A. D. 304.
e. '> 11. Our ven. Father Daniel the Stylite,
A. D. 467.
Sunday of holy Forefathers.
d. '> 12. Our ven. Father, Spyridon the
Wonderworker, Bp. of Trimythus, A. D. 343.
c. '> 13. The Martyrs, Eustratius, Auxence,
Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes, A. D. 296.
b. 14. The Martyrs, Thyrsus, Leucius, Philemon, Apollonius, Arian and Callinicus, A. D. 256 and A. D. 296,
A. 15. The Priest-martyr Eleutherius, A. D. 120. And our ven. Father, Paul of Latra, A. D. 882.
g. 16. The Prophet Aggeus.
f. '> 17. The Prophet Daniel. And the Three
Children, Ananias, Azarias and Misael.
e. '> 18. The Martyr Sebastian, and his com
panions, who suffered A. D. 292.
Sunday before the Nativity of Christ, Of holy Fathers.
DECEMBER. 5O1
d. 19. The Martyr Boniface, A. D. 290.
c. 20. Preparation for the Nativity of our
Lord, God, and Saviour, Jesus Christ. And
the Priest-martyr, Ignatius Theophorus,
A. D. 109.
b. 21. The Martyr Juliana, A. D. 299.
And the Decease of our Father in the Saints,
Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev, A, D. 1334.
A. 22, The Gt. Martyr Anastasia, A. D. 290.
g. 23. The 10 Martyrs of Crete, A. D. 252.
f. '> 24. The Ven. Martyr Eugenia, A.D.270.
e. '> 25. THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD,
GOD, AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST.
d. 26. The Council of the Mother of God.
Sunday after the Nativity of Christ, Of Joseph the Spouse, David the King, and James the Lord'Äôs Brother.
c. 27. The Apostle, Proto-martyr, and
Archdeacon, Stephen. And our ven. Father
and Confessor, Theodore the Scribe.
b. 28. The 2000 Martyrs burned in a Church in Nicomedia, A. D. 286.
A. 29. The Innocents massacred by Herod at Bethlehem. And our ven. Father, Marcel, Abbot of the Monastery of Vigilance, A. D. 459.
g. 30. The Martyr Anysia, A. D. 298.
f. 31. The Ven. Melania of Rome, A. D. 400.
Her Office is sung on the 30th., for today is the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord.
5O2 THE KALENDAR.
JANUARY.
e. '> I. THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST,
And our Father in the Saints, Basil the Great, Archbp. of C?¶sarea in Cappadocia, A. D. 353.
d. '> 2. Preparation for the Epiphany. And
our Father in the Saints, Silvester, Pope of
Rome, A. D. 332.
c. '> 3. The Prophet Malachias. And the
Martyr Gordias, A. D. 320.
b. '> 4. The Council of the 70 Apostles.
And our ven. Father Theoctistus, Abbot of
Cucum in Sicily.
A. 5. The Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas, who suffered A. D. 290.
g. 6. THE EPIPHANY, THAT IS, THE DIVINE MANIFESTATION OF OUR LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST.
f. '> 7. The Council of the glorious Prophet,
Forerunner and Baptist, John.
e. '> 8. Our ven. Father George Chosevite.
And Emilian, Confessor, A. D. 820.
d. 9. The Martyr Polyeuctus, A. D. 255.
c. '> 10. Our Father in the Saints, Gregory,
Bp. of Nyssa, A. D. 374.
b. 11. Our ven. Father Theodosius, Founder of Community Life, A. D. 485.
JANUARY. 503
A. 12. The Martyr Tatiana, the Deaconess, A. D. 208. And our Father in the Saints, Sabbas, Archbp. of Serbia.
g. 13. The Martyrs Hermylus and Strato-nicus.
f. '> 14. Our ven. Fathers massacred at
Sinai and Raitha, A. D. 296.
Their Office is sung on the 13th., for to-day is the Octave of Epiphany.
e. '> 15. Our ven. Fathers Paul of Thebes
and John the Cotter. Paul passed away
A. D. 343, and John about A. D. 450.
d. '> 16. The Veneration of the Bonds of
the Apostle Peter.
c. '> 17. Our venerable and God-bearing
Father, Antony the Great, A. D. 366.
b. 18. Our Fathers in the Saints, Athan-asius and Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria, the former, A.D. 318, and the latter, A.D. 415.
A. 19. Our ven. Father, Macarius of Egypt, A. D. 373.
g. '> 20. Our ven. and God-bearing Father,
Euthymius the Great, A. D. 465.
f. '> 21. Our ven. Father and Confessor,
Maximus, A. D. 653. And the Martys, Eugene,
Canidius, Valerian and Aquilas, burnt A.D.292.
e. '> 22. The Apostle Timothy. And the
Ven. Martyr Anastasius the Persian, A. D. 619.
d. '> 23. The Priest-martyr, Clement, Bp. of
Ancyra.
504 THE KALENDAR.
c. 24. Our ven. Mother Xenia.
b. '> 25. Our Father in the Saints, Gregory
the Divine, Archbishop of Constantinople,
A.D. 374.
A. 26. Our ven. Father Xenophon, A. D. 520.
g. 27. The Translation of the Relics of our Father in the Saints, John Chrysostom, A. D. 435.
f. '> 28. Our ven. Father Ephrem the Syrian,
A. D. 373.
e. 29. The Translation of the Relics of the Priest-martyr Ignatius Theophorus.
d. '> 30. The Priest-martyr Hippolyte, Pope
of Rome, A. D. 261.
AND OUR FATHERS IN THE SAINTS, BASIL THE GT., GREGORY THE DIVINE, AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM.
c. '> 31. The wonderworking and unmercen-
ary, Cyrus and John, A. D. 292.
FEBRUARY.
b. 1. Vigil of the Presentation of our Lord, God, and Saviour, Jesus Christ. And the Martyr Tryphon, A. D. 256.
A. 2. THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
g. '> 3. The righteous Simeon, the Receiver
of God, and Anna the Prophetess.
FEBRUARY. 505
f. '> 4. Our ven. Father Isidore of Pelusium,
A. D. 415.
e. 5. The Martyr Agatha, A. D. 256.
d. '> 6. Our ven. Father Bucolus, Bp. of
Smyrna.
c. '> 7. Our ven. Father Parthenius, Bp. of
Lampsacus, A. D. 318. And our ven. Father
Luke.
b. '> 8. The Gt. Martyr Theodore the General,
A. D. 320.
A. 9. The Martyr Nicephor, A. D. 260.
To-day is the Octave of the Presentation of the Lord, and the Office of the Martyr is sung on the 1Oth.
g. 10. The Martyr Charalampes, A. D. 198.
f. 11. The Priest-martyr Blasius, A.D. 320.
e. '> 12. Our Father in the Saints, Meletius,
Archbp. of Antioch the Gt., A. D. 375. And
our Father in the Saints, Alexis, Metro-
politan and Wonderworker of All Russia,
A. D. 1386.
d. '> 13. Our ven. Father Martinian, A. D.
415. And our Father in the Saints, Simeon
of Serbia, the new Myroblete.
c. '> 14. Our ven. Father Auxence, A. D.
440. And our Father in the Saints, Cyril,
Bp. of Catana, A. D. 866.*
* Teacher of the Slavs and Bulgarians, and Inventor of their Alphabet.
506 THE KALENDAR.
b. 15. The Apostle Onesimus.
A. 16. The Martyrs, Pamphilus, Valentius, Paul, Seleucus, Porphyry, Julian and Theo-dulus. And 5 Egyptians, Elias, Jeremias, Esaias, Samuel and Daniel, who suffered A. D. 292.
g. 17. The Gt. Martyr Theodore Tyro, A. D. 297.
f. '> 18. Our Father in the Saints, Leo, Pope
of Rome, A. D. 460.
e. 19. The Apostle Archippus.
d. '> 20. Our Father in the Saints, Leo, Bp.
of Catana, A. D. 780.
c. '> 2r. Our ven. Father Timothy of Sym-
boli. And our Father in the Saints, Eusta-
thius, Archbp. of Antioch, A. D. 368.
b. '> 22. The Invention of the Relics of the
Martyrs of Eugenia, A. D. 384.
A. 23. The Priest-martyr Polycarp, Bp. of Smyrna, A. D. 143.
g. '> 24. The First and Second Inventions of
the honourable Head of the Forerunner.
f. '> 25. Our Father in the Saints, Tarasius,
Archbishop of Constantinople, A. D. 808.
e. '> 26. Our Father in the Saints, Porphyry,
Archbp. of Gaza, A. D. 451.
d. '> 27. Our ven. Father and Confessor,
Procopius of Decapolis.
c. '> 28. Our ven. Father and Confessor.
Basil, co-ascetic with Procopius, A. D. 740.
MARCH. 507
d. '> 29. Our ven. Father, Cassian of Rome,
A. D. 431.
MARCH.
c. 1. The Ven. Martyr Eudocia, A. D. 160.
b. '> 2. The Priest-martyr Theodotus, Bp. of
Cyrene, A. D. 320.
A. 3. The Martyr Eutropius, and his companions, Cleonicus and Basiliscus, who suffered A. D. 296.
g. 4. Our ven. Father Gerasimus of Jordan, A. D. 450.
f. 5. The Martyr Conon, A. D. 256.
e. '> 6. The 42 Martyrs of Amorium, Theo-
dore, Constantine, Callistus, Theophilus, and
the rest, A. D. 849.
d. '> 7. The Priest-martyrs of Cherson, the
Bps. Basil, Ephrem, Eugene, Ether, and the
rest, A. D. 296.
c. '> 8. Our ven. Father and Confessor,
Theophylact, Bp. of Nicomedia, A. D. 832.
b. 9. The 40 Martyrs of Sebastia, A. D. 320.
A. 10. The Martyr Cordatus, and his companions, Cyprian, Anectus, and Criscentus, who suffered A. D. 256.
g. '> 11. Our Father in the Saints, Sophron-
ius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, A. D. 636. And
Gregory, Pope of Rome, A. D. 644.
508 THE KALENDAR.
f. '> 12. Our ven. Father and Confessor,
Theophany of Syngriana, A. D. 832.
e. '> 13. The Translation of the Relics of
our Father in the Saints, Nicephor, Patriarch
of Constantinople, A. D. 771.
d. 14. Our ven. Father Benedict, A. D. 433.
c, '> 15. The Martyr Agapius, and his six
companions, who suffered A. D. 290.
b, '> 16. The Martyrs Sabinus and Papas,
A. D. 292.
A. 17. Our ven. Father Alexis, the man of God, A. D. 406.
g. '> 18. Our Father in the Saints, Cyril,
Archbishop of Jerusalem, A. D. 374.
f. '> 19. The Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria,
A. D. 284.
e. '> 20. Our ven. Fathers of the Monastery
of S. Sabbas, murdered by the Saracens.
d. '> 21. Our Father in the Saints, James,
Bp. and Confessor.
c. '> 22. The Priest-martyr Basil, Presbyter
of the Church of Ancyra, A. D. 353.
b. 23. The Ven. Martyr Nicon, and his 200 disciples who suffered with him.
A. 24. Vigil of the Annunciation of the most holy Mother of God.
g. '> 25. THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR
MOST HOLY LADY, THE MOTHER OF GOD
AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY.
style=" APRIL. 509
f. 26. The Council of the Archangel Gabriel.
e. 27. The Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica.
d. '> 28. Our ven. Father Hilarion the New,
and Stephen the Wonderworker, A. D. 832.
c. '> 29. Our ven. Father Mark, Bp. of
Arethusa, and Cyril, Deacon, and those with
them, who suffered A. D. 352.
b. '> 30. Our ven. Father John, writer of
the work entitled, Climax of virtues, A. D. 570.
A. 31. The ven. and wonderworking Hyp-atius, Bp. of Gangra.
APRIL.
g. '> 1. Our ven. Mother Mary of Egypt,
A. D. 520.
f. '> 2. Our ven. Father Titus the Wonder-
worker.
e. '> 3. Our ven. Father and Confessor,
Nicetas, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicius,
A. D. 821.
d. '> 4. Our ven. Fathers, Joseph the Hymno-
graphist, and George of Mal?¶um. Joseph
was of A. D. 838.
c. '> 5. The Martyrs Theodulus and Agatha-
podus, and those with them, who suffered
A. D. 300.
b. 6. Our Father in the Saints, Eutyches, Archbishop of Constantinople, A. D. 546.
51O THE KALENDAR.
A. 7. Our ven. Father George, Bp. of Melite, A. D. 850.
g. 8. The Apostles, Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes, and those with them.
f. 9. The Martyr Eupsychius, A. D. 353.
e. '> 10. The Martyrs, Terence, Africanus,
Maximus, Pompey, and 36 others, A. D. 255.
d. '> 11. The Priest-martyr Antypas, Bp. of
Pergamus in Asia, A. D. 85.
c. '> 12. Our Father in the Saints, Basil, Bp.
and Confessor of Parium, A. D. 736.
b. 13. The Priest-martyr Artemon, A. D. 290.
A. 14. Our Father in the Saints and Confessor, Martin, Pope of Rome, A. D. 645. And the Martyrs, Antony, John and Eustace of Vilna, A. D. 1342.
g. '> 15. The Apostles, Aristarchus, Pudens
and Trophimus, who suffered A. D. 69.
f. '> 16. The Martyrs, Agapia, Irene and
Chionia, A. D. 296.
e. '> 17. Our Father in the Saints, Simeon,
Bp. of Persia, who suffered A. D. 343. And
our Father in the Saints, Acacius, Bp. of
Melite, A. D. 415.
d. '> 18. Our ven. Father John, disciple of
Gregory of Decapolis, A. D. 849.
c. '> 19. Our ven. Father John of the Old
Caves.
b. 20. Our ven. Father Theodore Trichinas.
style=" MAY. 511
A. 21. The Priest-martyr Januarius, Bp. and the Deacons, Proculus, Faustus, and the rest, who suffered A. D. 305. And the Priest-martyr Theodore of Pergia, A.D. 141.
g. 22. Our ven. Father Theodore Syceotes, A. D. 541.
f. '> 23. The glorious Gt. Martyr and victor-
ious Wonderworker George.
e. '> 24. The Martyr Sabbas the General,
A. D. 278.
d. '> 25. The Ap. and Evangelist Mark, who
suffered A. D. 64.
c. '> 26. The Priest-martyr Basil, Bp. of
Amasia, A. D. 320.
b. '> 27. The Priest-martyr Simeon, the Lord'Äôs
kinsman, A. D. 109.
A. 28. The Apostles Jason and Sosipater.
g. 29. The 9 Martyrs of Cysicum.
f. '> 30. The Apostle James, the brother of
John the Divine.
MAY.
e. 1. The Prophet Jeremias.
d. '> 2. Our Father in the Saints, Athanasius
the Gt., Patriarch of Alexandria, A. D. 362.
c. '> 3. The Martyrs Timothy and Maura.
And the Decease of our ven. Father, Theo-
dosius, Abbot of the Monastery of Pechersky
and Founder of Community Life in the land
of Russia, A. D. 1082.
512 THE KALENDAR.
b. 4. The Martyr Pelagia, A. D. 288.
A. 5. The glorious Martyr Irene, A. D. 315. g. 6. The righteous and much afflicted Job.
f. '> 7. The Commemoration of the apparition
in the heavens of the sign of the honourable
Cross at Jerusalem, A. D. 346.
e. '> 8. THE GLORIOUS AND ALL-PRAISED
APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST, THE BELOVED
VIRGIN, JOHN THE DIVINE.
d. '> 9. The Prophet Esaias. And the Mar-
tyr Christopher, A. D. 256. And the Trans-
lation of the honourable Relics of our Father
in the Saints Nicolas the Wonderworker from
Myra to the city of Bari, A. D. 1096.
c. 1O. The Apostle Simon Zelotes.
b. 11. The Priest-martyr Mocius, A. D. 288.
A. 12. Our Fathers in the Saints, Epi-
phanius, Bp. of Cyprus, and Germanus, Patriarch of Constantinople. The former, A. D. 402, and the latter, A. D. 730.
g. 13. The Martyr Glyceria, A. D. 141.
f. '> 14. The Martyr Isidore of Chios, who
suffered A. D. 251.
e. '> 15. Our ven. Father Pachomius the
Great, A. D. 323.
d. '> 16. Our ven. Father Theodore the
Sanctified, disciple of Pachomius.
c. '> 17. The Apostle Andronicus, and Junia,
and those with them.
style=" MAY. style=" 513
b. '> 18. The Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra.
And the Martyrs, Peter, Dionysius, Andrew,
Paul, Christina, Hercules, Paulinus and Bene-
dimus. And the seven Virgins, Alexandra,
Thecusa, Claudia, Phauna, Euphrasia, Matrona
and Julia.
A. 19. The Priest-martyr Patrick, Bp. of Prusa, and his companions.
g. 20. The Martyr Thalaleus, and those with him, who suffered A. D. 284,
f. '> 21. The great Sovereigns and equals of
the Apostles, Constantine and Helen.
e. 22. The Martyr Basiliscus, A. D. 307.
d. '> 23. Our Father in the Saints, Michael,
Bp. and Confessor of Synnada, A. D. 833.
c. '> 24. Our ven. Father Simeon of the hill
of marvels, A. D. 584.
b. 25. The Third Invention of the Head of the Forerunner.
A. 26. The Apostle Carpus, one of the Seventy.
g. '> 27. The Priest-martyr Therapontus,
A. D. 259.
f. '> 28. Our ven. Father Nicetas, Bp. of
Chalcedon, A. D. 836. The 318 holy Fathers
of the 1st. Synod.
e. '> 29. The Ven. Martyr Theodosia, Virgin,
who suffered A. D. 305.
d. '> 30. Our ven. Father Isaac, of the
Monastery of Dalmatia. A. D. 374.
33
514 THE KALENDAR.
c. '> 31. The Apostle Hermes. And the
Martyr Hermes, A. D. 141.
JUNE.
b. '> 1. The Martyr Justin the Philosopher,
and another Martyr Justin, who suffered
A. D. 142.
A. 2. Our Father in the Saints, Nicephor, Patriarch of Constantinople, A. D. 844. And the Gt. Martyr, John of Belgrade, A. D. 1492.
g. 3. The Martyr Lucillian, and those with him, Claudius, Hypatius, Paul and Dionysius, A. D. 278.
f. '> 4. Our Father in the Saints, Metro-
phanes, Patriarch of Constantinople, A. D. 307.
e. 5. The Priest-martyr Dorotheus, Bp. of Tyre, A. D. 352.
d. '> 6. Our ven. Father Besarion the Wonder-
worker, A. D. 466. And our ven. Father
Hilarion the New, of the Monastery of Dal-
matia, A. D. 864.
c. '> 7. The Priest-martyr Theodotus, Bp. of
Ancyra.
b. 8. The Gt. Martyr Theodore the General.
A. 9. Our Father in the Saints, Cyril, Archbp. of Alexandria, A. D. 415.
g. '> 10. The Priest-martyr Timothy, Bp. of
Prusa, A. D. 362.
JUNE. 515
f. 11, The Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas.
e. '> 12. Our ven. Father Onyphrius, A. D.
345. And our ven. Father Peter of Athos.
d. '> 13. The Martyr Aquilina. And Tri-
phyllius, Bp. of Cyprus.
c. '> 14. The Prophet Eliss?¶us. And our
Father in the Saints, Methodius, Patriarch of
Constantinople, A. D. 865.
b. 15. The Prophet Amos.
A. 16. The wonderworking Tychon, Bp. of Amathus, A. D. 854.
g. '> 17. The Martyrs, Manuel, Sabel and
Ismael of Persia, A. D. 362.
f. 18. The Martyr Leontius, A. D. 73.
e. '> 19. The Apostle Jude, the Lord'Äôs
Brother,
d. '> 20. The Priest-martyr Methodius, Bp.
of Patara, A. D. 275.
c. 21. The Martyr Julian of Tarsus.
b. 22. The Priest-martyr Eusebius, Bp. of Samosata, A. D. 360.
A. 23. The Martyr Agrippina, A. D. 275.
g. '> 24. THE NATIVITY OF THE HONOUR
ABLE, GLORIOUS PROPHET, FORERUNNER,
AND BAPTIST, JOHN.
f. 25. The Ven. Martyr Febronia, A. D. 286.
e. '> 26. Our ven. Father David of Thessa-
lonica.
d. '> 27. Our ven. Father Sampson, the
entertainer of strangers, A. D. 541.
33*
516 style='mso-tab-count:2'> THE KALENDAR.
c. '> 28. The Translation of the Relics of
the unmercenary Wonderworkers, Cyrus and
John, A. D. 400.
b. '> 29. THE GLORIOUS AND ALL-PRAISED
LEADERS OF THE APOSTLES, PETER AND
PAUL.
A. 30. The Council of the glorious and all-praised 12 Apostles.
JULY.
g. 1. The unmercenary Wonderworkers, Cosmas and Damiah, who suffered A. D. 284.
f. '> 2. The Deposition of the honourable
Robe of the Mother of God at Blachern?¶,
A. D. 454.
e. 3. The Martyr Hyacinth, A. D. 108.
d. '> 4. Our Father in the Saints, Andrew,
Archbp. of Crete, the Jerusalemite, A. D. 686.
And the ven. Martha, mother of S. Simeon
of the hill of marvels.
c. '> 5. Our ven. Father Athanasius of Athos,
A. D. 988.
b. 6. Our ven. Father Sisoes the Gt. A. 7. Our ven. Fathers, Thomas of Maleum. and Acacius, who testified to the Climax,
g. 8. The Gt. Martyr Procopius.
f. '> 9. The Priest-martyr Pancratius, Bp. of
Tauromenia.
e. 10. The 45 Martyrs of Nicopolis in
style=" JULY. style='mso-tab-count:2'> style=" 517
Armenia, who suffered A. D. 317. And the Commemoration of our ven. Father, Antony of Pechersky, which is at Kiev, who became the Head of all Russian Monks.
d. '> 11. The Martyr, the greatly esteemed
Euphemia, called, The Landmark of the
Fathers, who suffered A. D. 288. And the
Decease of the blessed Olga, Princess of
Russia, called in holy Baptism, Helen,
A. D. 976.
c. '> 12. The Martyrs Proclus and Hilary,
A. D. 106. And our ven. Father Michael
Malenna, A. D. 931.
b. 13. The Council of the Archangel Gabriel. And our ven. Father Stephen the Sabbaite.
Sunday of holy Fathers of the first Six Synods.
A. 14. The Apostle Aquilas, A. D. 65.
g. 15. The Martyrs Cyriacus and Julitta, who suffered A. D. 296. And the equal of the Apostles, the Gt. Prince Vladimir, called in holy Baptism, Basil, who passed away A. D. 1015.
f. 16. The Priest-martyr Athenogenes, and his 10 disciples, who suffered A. D. 296.
e. 17. The Gt. Martyr Marina, A. D. 270.
d. '> 18. The Martyr Hyacinth of Araastrida.
And the Martyr Emilian, A. D. 351.
518 THE KALENDAR.
c. '> 19. Our ven. Mother Macrina, the sister
of the great Basil, A. D. 380. And our ven.
Father Dius, A. D. 384.
b. 20. The glorious Prophet Elias.
A. 21. Our ven. Father Simeon, for Christ'Äôs sake mad, and his co-ascetic, John, A. D. 508. And the Prophet Iezekiel.
g. 22. The Myrrh-bearer and equal of the-Apostles, Mary Magdalene. And the Recovery of the Relics of the Priest-martyr Phocas.
f. '> 23. The Martyrs Trophimus and Theo-
philus, and those with them, A. D. 296.
e. '> 24. The Martyr Christina, A. D. 200.
And the Martyrs Boris and Gleb, called in
holy Baptism, Roman and David.
d. '> 25. The Repose of Anna, the mother of
the most holy Mother of God.
c. '> 26. The Priest-martyr Hermolaus, and
those with him, Hermippus and Hermocrates,
who, suffered A. D. 304.
b. 27. The Gt. Martyr and Physician, Pantelimon, A. D. 304.
A. 28. The Apostles and Deacons, Pro-chorus, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenas.
g. 29. The Martyr Callinicus, A. D. 290.
f. '> 30. The Apostles, Silus and Silvanus,
Crescent, Epenetus and Andronicus.
e. '> 31. Vigil of the Procession of the honour-
able Cross. And Eudocimus the Just, A. D. 808.
AUGUST. 519
AUGUST.
d. '> I. The Procession of the honourable
and life-effecting Cross. And the Memory
of the 7 Martyrs Maccabees, and their mother
Salomone, and their teacher Eleazar.
On this day beginneth the Fast of the Mother of God, which continueth until the 15th. of the month, the Day of her Repose.
c. '> 2. The Translation of the Relics of the
Proto-martyr and Archdeacon Stephen from
Jerusalem to Constantinople, A. D. 312.
b. '> 3. Our ven. Fathers, Isaac, Dalmatus
and Faustus.
A. 4. The 7 Children of Ephesus.
g. 5. The Vigil of the Transfiguration of the Lord. And the Martyr Eusignius, A.D. 361.
f. '> 6. THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR
LORD, GOD, AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.
e. '> 7. The Ven. Martyr Dometius, A. D. 363.
d. '> 8. The Confessor Emilian,Bp.ofCyzicum,
A. D. 836.
c. '> 9. The Apostle Matthew.
b. 10. The Martyr and Archdeacon Laurence, A. D. 285.
A. 11. The Martyr and Archdeacon Euplus, A. D. 296.
g. '> 12. The Martyrs Photius and Anicetus,
who suffered A. D. 288.
520 THE KALENDAR.
f. '> 13. Our ven. Father and Confessor
Maximus, A. D..655.
His Office is sung on the 12th., to-day being the Octave of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
e. '> 14. Vigil of the Repose of the most
holy Mother of God. And the Prophet
Michseus. And the Translation of the hon
ourable Relics of our ven. Father Theodostus,
Abbot of Pechersky, A. D. 1091.
d. 15. THE REPOSE OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY, THE GOD-BEARING EVER-VIRGIN MARY.
c. '> 16. The Translation from Edessa to
Constantinople of the Image not made by
hands of our Lord Jesus Christ, called, The
Holy Kerchief, A. D. 908.
b. 17. The Martyr Myron, A. D. 255.
A. 18. The Martyrs Floras and Laurus, A. D. 320.
g. '> 19. The Martyr Andrew the General,
and with him 2593 others, A. D. 304.
f. 20. The Prophet Samuel.
e. 21. The Apostle Thadd?¶us. And the Martyr Bassa, and her children, Theognius, Agapius, and Pistus.
d. '> 22. The Martyr Agathonicus, and those
with him, Zoticus, Theoprepius, Acindinus
and Severian.
AUGUST. 521
c. 23. The Martyr Luppus.
His Office is sung On the 22nd., for today is the Octave of the Festival of the Repose of the most holy Mother of God.
b. '> 24. The Priest-martyr Eutyches, disciple
of John the Divine. And the Translation of
the honourable Relics of our Father in the
Saints, Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev and
Wonderworker of All Russia, A. D. 1471.
A. 25. The Recovery of the Relics of the Apostle Bartholomew. And the Memory of the Apostle Titus.
g. 26. The Martyrs Adrian and Natalia, A. D. 304.
f. 27. Our ven. Father Poemen, A. D. 415.
e. 28. Our ven. Father Moses the Ethiopian.
d. '> 29. THE BEHEADING OF THE HONOUR
ABLE, GLORIOUS PROPHET, FORERUNNER,
AND BAPTIST, JOHN.
c. '> 30. Our Fathers in the Saints, the
Patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexander, John
and Paul.
b. 31. The Deposition of the honourable Girdle of the most holy Mother of God at Constantinople, A. D. 908.
XXX. AN ALMANACK FOR
FIFTY YEARS,
FROM A. D. 1891 TO A. D. 1940.
A.M.
A.D.
Indict.
Cycle of
the Sun.
Cycle of
The Moon.
Dominical
Letter.
The
Triodion
Beginneth,
Pascha.
7399
I89I
4
7
8
A
Feb. I0.
Apl. 2I.
7400
I892
5
8
9
C
Jan. 26.
Apl.5.
740I
I893
6
9
I0
D
Jan. I7.
Mch. 28.
7402
I894
7
I0
II
E
Feb. 6.
Apl. I7.
74O3
I895
8
II
I2
F
Jan. 22.
Apl. 2.
7404
I896
9
I2
I3
A
Jan. I4.
Mch. 24.
74O5
I897
I0
I3
I4
B
Feb. 2.
Apl. I3.
7406
I898
II
I4
I5
C
Jan. 25.
Apl. 5.
7407
I899
I2
I5
I6
D
Feb. 7.
Apl. I8.
7408
I9OO
I3
I6
I7
F
Jan. 30.
Apl. 9.
7409
I9OI
I4
I7
I8
G
Jan. 2I.
Apl. I.
AN ALMANACK FOR FIFTY YEARS. 523
A.M.
A.D.
Indict.
Cycle of
the Sun.
Cycle of
The Moon.
Dominical
Letter.
The
Triodion
Beginneth,
Pascha.
74IO
I902
15
18
19
A
Feb. 3.
Apl. 14.
7411
I903
I
I9
I
B
Jan. 26.
Apl. 6.
7412
I904
2
20
2
D
Jan. I8.
Mch. 28.
74I3
I905
3
2I
3
E
Feb. 6.
Apl. I7.
74I4
I906
4
22
4
F
Jan. 22.
Apl. 2.
74I5
I907
5
23
5
G
Feb. II.
Apl. 22.
74I6
I908
6
24
6
B
Feb. 3.
Apl. I3.
74I7
I909
7
25
7
C
Jan. I8.
Mch. 29.
74I8
I9I0
8
26
8
D
Feb. 7.
Apl. I8.
74I9
I9II
9
27
9
E
Jan. 30.
Apl. I0.
7420
I9I2
I0
28
I0
G
Jan. I5.
Mch. 25.
742I
I9I3
II
I
II
A
Feb. 3.
Apl. I4.
7422
I9I4
I2
2
I2
B
Jan. 26
Apl. 6.
7423
I9I5
I3
3
I3
C
Jan. II.
Mch. 22.
7424
I9I6
I4
4
I4
E
Jan. 3I.
Apl. I0.
7425
I9I7
I5
5
I5
F
Jan. 22.
Apl. 2.
7426
I9I8
I
6
I6
G
Feb. II.
Apl. 22.
7427
I9I9
2
7
I7
A
Jan. 27.
Apl. 7.
7428
I920
3
8
I8
C
Jan. I9.
Mch. 29.
7429
I92I
4
9
I9
D
Feb. 7.
Apl. I8.
7430
I922
5
I0
I
E
Jan. 23.
Apl. 3.
743I
I923
6
II
2
F
Jan. I5.
Mch. 26.
7432
I924
7
I2
3
A
Feb. 4.
Apl. I4.
7433
I925
8
I3
4
B
Jan. 26.
Apl. 6.
7434
I926
9
I4
5
C
Feb. 8.
Apl. I9.
524 AN ALMANACK FOR FIFTY YEARS.
A.M.
A.D.
Indict.
Cycle of
the Sun.
Cycle of
The Moon.
Dominical
Letter.
The
Triodion
Beginneth,
Pascha.
7435
I927
I0
I5
6
D
Jan. 3I.
Apl. II.
7436
I928
II
I6
7
F
Jan. 23.
Apl. 2.
7437
I929
I2
I7
8
G
Feb. II.
Apl. 22.
7438
I930
I3
I8
9
A
Jan. 27.
Apl. 7.
7439
I93I *
I4
I9
I0
B
Jan. I9.
Mch. 30.
7440
I932
I5
20
II
D
Feb. 8.
Apl. I8.
744I
I933
I
2I
I2
E
Jan. 23.
Apl. 3.
7442
I934
2
22
I3
F
Jan. I5.
Men. 26.
7443
I935
3
23
I4
G
Feb. 4.
Apl. I5.
7444
I936
4
24
I5
B
Jan. 20.
Mch. 30.
7445
I937
5
25
I6
C
Feb. 8.
Apl. I9.
7446
I938
6
26
I7
D
Jan. 3I.
Apl. II.
7447
I939
7
27
I8
E
Jan, I6.
Mch. 27.
7448
I940
8
28
I9
G
Feb. 5.
Apl. I5.
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