January 17
Venerable and Godbearing Father Anthony the Great
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January 18
SS Athanasius the Great and Cyril, Archbishops of Alexandria
January 19
31st Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 6
Venerable Macarius the Great of Egypt
January 21
Venerable Maximus the Confessor
January 25
St Gregory the Theologian
January 26
32nd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone 7
Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
January 27
Translation of the Relics of St John Chrysostom
January 30
Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian,
and John Chrysostom
February 2
33rd Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 8
Meeting of our Lord in the Temple
Sunday of Zacchaeus
February 9
34th Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 1
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
(Beginning of the Lenten Triodion)
Leavetaking of the Meeting of the Lord
February 16
35th Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 2
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Martyr Pamphilius and those with him
February 22
Memorial Saturday
Saturday of Meatfare
February 23
Meatfare Sunday
Sunday of the Last Judgment
Hieromartyr Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
February 24
Monday of Cheesefare
First and Second Finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, John
February 26
Wednesday of Cheesefare
St. Prophyrius, Bishop of Gaza
Vespers (sung on Tuesday)
February 27
Thursday of Cheesefare
Repose of St Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn
Vespers (sung on Wednesday)
Divine Liturgy
February 28
Friday of Cheesefare
Ven. Basil the Confessor, Companion of Ven. Procopius at Decapolis
Vespers (sung on Thursday)
February 29
Saturday of Cheesefare
Commemoration of All Righteous Monastics
Ven. John Cassian the Roman
March 1
Sunday of Cheesefare/Tone 4
Expulsion of Adam from Paradise
Forgiveness Sunday
Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis
March 2
Monday of the First Week of the Great Fast
Forgiveness Vespers (sung on Sunday)
March 5
Martyr Conon of Isauria
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (sung on Wednesday)
March 7
First Saturday of the Great Fast
Commemoration of St Theodore the Recruit
Liturgy of the Presanctifed Gifts (sung on Friday)
Vespers alone
March 8
First Sunday of Great Lent/Tone 5
Sunday of Orthodoxy
St. Theophylactus, Bishop of Nicomedia
March 9
Monday of the Second Week of the Great Fast
Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers (sung on Sunday)
Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (sung on Monday)
March 12
Ven. Theophanes the Confessor, of Sigriane
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (served on Wednesday)
March 14
Second Saturday of Great Lent – Memorial Saturday
Ven. Benedict of Nursia
Liturgy of the Presanctifed Gifts (sung on Friday)
Vespers alone
March 15
Second Sunday of Great Lent/Tone 6
St Gregory Palamas
Martyr Agapius and those with him
March 16
Monday of the Third Week of the Great Fast
Martyr Sabinus of Egypt
Vespers (sung on Sunday)
March 19
Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria and those with them at Rome
Liturgy of the Presanctified gifts (sung on Wednesday)
March 21
Third Saturday of Great Lent – Memorial Saturday
St. James the Confessor, Bishop of Catania
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (sung on Friday)
Vespers alone
March 22
Third Sunday of Great Lent/Tone 7
Veneration of the Cross
Hieromartyr Basil of Ancyra
March 23
Monday of the Fourth Week of the Great Fast
Ven. Martyr Nikon and 199 disciples with him in Sicily
Vespers (sung on Sunday)
March 25
Annunciation of our Most-holy Lady, Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary
Vespers (sung on Tuesday)
Vespers and Divine Liturgy (sung on Wednesday)
March 28
Fourth Saturday of Great Lent – Memorial Saturday
Ven. Hilarion the New
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (sung on Friday)
Vespers alone
March 29
Fourth Sunday of Great Lent/Tone 8
St. John Climacus
Hieromartyr Mark, Bishop of Arethusa
March 30
Monday of the Fifth Week of the Great Fast
Ven. John Climacus of Sinai, author of The Ladder
Vespers (sung on Sunday)
March 31
Repose of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas
Vespers (sung on Monday)
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (sung on Tuesday)