December

S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
ADVENT I S. John Damascene, P S. Barbara. V. M. Vigil S. AMBROSE,
S. Nicholas, B.C. B.C.D.

Purple/Blue Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F Purple/Blue F/A Red F Purple/White F/A* White

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
CONCEPTION OF S. Damascas I Pope. S. Lucy, V. M.
B.V.M.
ADVENT II

White Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F Red F/A Purple/Blue A*

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 /8
A D V E N T I I I (Lætare) Ember Day Vigil S. THOMAS, AP.
Ember Day Ember Day

Purple/Rose/Blue Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A* Red

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 /15
ADVENT IV Vigil NATIVITY Octave Octave Octave
S. STEPHEN, DN.M. S. JOHN, AP. HOLY INNOCENTS

Purple/Blue Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A* White Red White Red

29 30 31
SUNDAY WITHIN Octave Octave
THE OCTAVE OF S. Sylvester I Pope.
NATIVITY
S. David, K.P.
White White White
 January
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
CIRCUMCISION S. Seraphim of Sarov, Vigil
Mk., SS Basil and
Gregory, B

White White White F/A Purple A*

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY Octave Octave Octave Octave Octave
CIRCUMCISION S. Alopen and Jingjing,
Enlighteners of China,

White White White White White White White

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF S. Anthony, Mk.
THE OCTAVE EPIPHANY
Baptism of Christ S. Kentigern, B.C.
S. Hilary of Poitiers, B.C.
White White Green Green F/A Green White F/A Green

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
EPIPHANY II S. Fabian Pope M S. Agnes, V. S. Vinvent D.M. S. Timothy, B.M. CONVERSION OF S.
S Sebastian M S. Xenia, W. PAUL

Green Red White Green F/A Green Red /White F/A White

26 27 28 29 30 31
EPIPHANY III S. John Chrysostom, S. Cyril of Alexandria,
B.C.D. B.C.D.

Green White White White F/A White White F/A

 February
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Vigil
S. Ignatius of Antioch,
B.M
S. Bridget, Ab.
Purple/Red/White A*

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
PURIFICATION S. Blaise B.M S. Agatha, V.M.
EPIPHANY IV S.Ansgar B.
All Russian New Martyrs

White/Blue Green Green Red Green Green F/A Green

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
EPIPHANY V S. Scholastica, Ab. S. Cyril, Mk
S Methodius, B

Green White Green Green F/A Green Green F/A Green

16 17 18 19 20 21 2
SEPTUAGESIMA Vigil

Purple Purple Purple Purple F/A Purple Purple F/A Purple F*

23 24 25 26 27 28
SEXAGESIMA S. MATTHIAS, AP. The Chair of S. Peter at
Antioch

Purple Red White Purple F/A Purple Purple F/A

 March
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
S. David of Wales, B.C.
S. Eudocia

White

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
QUINQUAGESIMA ASH WEDNESDAY SS. Perpetua & Felicity
MM

Purple Purple Purple Purple F/A Purple F Purple F/A Purple A*

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
LENT I S. GREGORY THE Ember Day Ember Day
S. Gregory of Nyssa, GREAT, B.C.D.
B.C.D. Ember Day

Purple Purple F/A Purple F White Purple F Purple F/A Purple A*

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
LENT II S. Patrick, B.C. S. JOSEPH SPOUSE S. Cuthbert, B.C. S. Benedict, Ab.
OF THE B.V.M.

Purple White F/A Purple F White White F White F/A Purple A*

23 24 25 4 27 28 29
LENT III Vigil ANNUNCIATION S. Rupert of Salzburg S. Gregory Palamas,
S. Gabriel the Archangel B.C.D.

Purple White F/A* White/Blue Purple F/A Purple F White F/A Purple A*

30 31
L E N T I V (Lætare)

Purple/Rose
 April
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5
S. Isidore, B. D.

Purple F/A Purple F/A Purple F/A White F/A Purple A*

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
PASSION SUNDAY S. TIKHON, PATRON S. Stanislaus. B.M.
OF WESTERN RITES

Red White Purple F/A Purple F/A Purple F/A Purple F/A Purple A*

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
PALM SUNDAY MONDAY IN HOLY TUESDAY IN HOLY WEDNESDAY IN MAUNDY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY HOLY SATURDAY
WEEK WEEK HOLY WEEK

Red Purple F/A Purple F/A Purple F/A Purple F/A Black F/A Black F/A*

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
EASTER EASTER MONDAY EASTER TUESDAY EASTER EASTER THURSDAY EASTER FRIDAY EASTER SATURDAY
WEDNESDAY
S. George, M.

White White White White White White White

27 7 29 30
LOW SUNDAY S. MARK, EV.
(trans. from 25th)

White Red White White

 May
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
Vigil SS. PHILIP AND FINDING OF THE
JAMES, APS. HOLY CROSS
S. Athanasius, B.C.D.

Purple A* Red Red

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
EASTER III S. Gregory Nazianzen,

White White White White A White White A White

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
EASTER IV S. Matthias, AP S. Brendan the Navigator

White White White White A White White A White

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
EASTER V S. Dunstan, B.C. S. Constantine, Emperor

White White White White A White White A White

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
EASTER VI Rogation Rogation Rogation ASCENSION Octave Octave
S. Augustine of S. Bede, Mk. Our Lady Queen of
Canterbury, B.C. Angels.

White White A White A White A White White White

 June
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SUNDAY AFTER Octave Octave Octave Octave Vigil
ASCENSION Our Lady of S. Boniface, B.
S. Justin Martyr, M. Glastonbury

White White White White White White A Purple A*

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
PENTECOST Octave Octave Octave Octave Octave Octave
S. Cyril of Alexandria, S. Basil the Great,
B.C.D. B.C.D.

Red Red Red Red Red Red Red

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
TRINITY SUNDAY S. BARNABAS, AP. S. Nectan, M. Ember Day Corpus Christi. Ember Day Ember Day
(PENTECOST I) ALL MARTYRS OF S. Botolph, Ab.
CHINA
(trans. from 11th)
White Red Red /White Purple F/A Green Purple F/A Purple A*

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
PENTECOST II Vigil NATIVITY OF S. Vigil
JOHN BAPTIST

Green Purple A* White Green F/A Green Green F/A Purple A*

29 30
PENTECOST III ALL HOLY
APOSTLES

Green White
 July
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5
SS. PETER & PAUL, VISITATION OF S. Thomas, AP S. JOHN
AP. B.V.M. MAXIMOVITCH
(trans. from June 29th)

Red White/Blue Red Green F/A White

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
PENTECOST IV S. Benedict, Ab

Green Green Green Green F/A Green Green F/A Green

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
PENTECOST V Holy Royal Russian
Martyrs

Green Green Green Green F/A Red F/A Green F/A Green

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
PENTECOST VI S. MARY S. Bridget,N S. James, AP SS. Joachim and Anna,
S. Apollinaris of Ravenna, MAGDALENE Parents of the B.V.M.
B.M. Vigil

Green Green White Green F/A Green Red F/A White

27 28 29 30 31
PENTECOST VII S. JAMES THE S. Martha, Mary &
S. Pantaleon, M. GREATER, AP. Lazarus of Bethany

Green Red White Green F/A Green

 August
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
Chains of S. Peter
S. Joseph Arimathea, B.

White Green

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
PENTECOST VIII Vigil TRANSFIGURATION S. Sixtus II Pope.M

Green Green Purple F/A* White Red Green F/A Green

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
PENTECOST IX SS. Pontian Pope. & Vigil DORMITION OF
S. Lawrence, Dn.M. Hipolytus,Priest. M. B.V.M.

Green Green Green Green F/A Purple F/A* White/Blue Green

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
PENTECOST X S. Helena, Empress Vigil

Green White Green Green F/A Green Green F/A Purple A*

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
PENTECOST XI S. BARTHOLOMEW, S. Monica, W. S. Augustine, B.C.D.
AP. S. Moses, P.M.
(trans. from 24th)

Green Red Green White F/A White/Red Green F/A Green

31
PENTECOST XII
S. Aidan of Lindisfarne,
B.C.
S. Eanswythe
Green
 September
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6

Green Green Green F/A Green Green F/A Green

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
PENTECOST XIII NATIVITY OF
B.V.M.

Green White/Blue Green Green F/A Green Green F/A Green

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
EXALTATION OF THE S. Cyprian of Carthage, S. Ninian of Scotland, B. Ember Day S. Theodore of Tarsus, B. Vigil
HOLY CROSS B. S. Januarius, B.M. Ember Day
PENTECOST XIV

Red White White Purple F/A Green Purple/White F/A Purple A*

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
PENTECOST XV S. MATTHEW, AP & SS Cosmas & Damian M Vigil
EV.
(trans. from 21st)

Green Red Green Green F/A Green Green F/A Purple A*

28 29 30
PENTECOST XVI S. MICHAEL & ALL S. Jerome, Ab.D.
S. Wenceslaus, K.M. ANGELS

Green White White

 October
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
S. Romanos the Melodist HOLY GUARDIAN
ANGELS

White F/A White Green F/A Green

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
PENTECOST XVII Establishment of the MOTHERHOOD OF
Western Rite Vicariate B.V.M.

Green Green Green Green F/A Green White F/A White/Blue

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
PENTECOST XVIII S. Edward Confessor, K. S. Callistus I Pope. M Our Lady of Vigil S. LUKE, EV.
S. Wilfrid, B. Walsingham S. Ignatius of Antioch BM

Green White Green White F/A Green Purple F/A* Red

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
PENTECOST XIX
S. John of Kronstadt

Green Green Green Green F/A Green Green F/A Green

26 27 28 29 30 31
PENTECOST XX Vigil SS. SIMON & JUDE, Vigil
APS. S. Wolfgang, B.

Green Green Purple F/A* Red Green Purple/White F/A*

 November
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
ALL SAINTS
SS. Cosmas and Damian

White

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
PENTECOST XXI ALL SOULS SS. Zacharias & S. Daniil Sysoev, M. S. Willibrord, B. PATRIARCHS &
S. Edward Confessor, K. (trans. from 2nd) Elizabeth PROPHETS OF OLD
TESTAMENT

Green Black Green White F/A Red White F/A White

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
PENTECOST XXII S. Leo the Great, Pope. S. Martin of Tours, B.C.
S. Nectarios, B.

Green Green White Green F/A Green Green F/A Green

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
PENTECOST XXIII S. Edmund, K.M. Vigil PRESENTATION OF
S. Cecilia. V.M. B.V.M.

Green Green Green Green F/A Red Purple F/A* White/Blue

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
CHRIST THE KING S. Katherine of Vigil
PENTECOST XXIV Alexandria, V.M.

White Green Red Green F/A Green Green F/A Purple A*

30
ADVENT I

Purple/Blue
 December
S UN D A Y Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6
S. ANDREW, AP. S. Barbara. V. M. Vigil
(trans. from Nov. 30th) S. Nicholas, B.C.

Red Purple/Blue F Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F Red F/A Purple/White A*

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
ADVENT II CONCEPTION OF S. AMBROSE, S. Damascas I Pope. S. Lucy, V. M.
B.V.M. B.C.D.
(trans. from 7th)

Purple/Blue White White Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F Purple/Blue F/A Red A*

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A D V E N T I I I (Lætare) Ember Day Ember Day Vigil
Ember Day

Purple/Rose/Blue Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A Purple/White A*

21 /8 22 23 24 25 26 27
ADVENT IV S. THOMAS, AP. Vigil NATIVITY Octave Octave
(trans. from 21st) S. STEPHEN, DN.M. S. JOHN, AP.

Purple/Blue Red Purple/Blue F/A Purple/Blue F/A* White Red White

28 /15 29 30 31
SUNDAY WITHIN Octave Octave Octave
THE OCTAVE OF HOLY INNOCENTS
NATIVITY (trans. from 28th)
S. David, K.P.
White Red White White
 R ANKS :
I. S OLEMNITY IV. Commemoration
II. G REATER F EAST
III. Lesser Feast

Ranks I & II always have first and second Vespers; take precedence over Sundays ranked II ;
suspend fasting & abstinence from First Vespers through Second Vespers.
Rank III has First Vespers only and uses the psalms of the occurring feria, with proper antiphons
(or antiphons from the Common).
Rank IV are commemorated only at First Vespers and Lauds, though the Mass may be of the
commemorated saint(s).

A BBREVIATIONS :
Ab. Abbot, Abbess K. King
Ap. Apostle M. Martyr
Aps. Apostles Mk. Monastic
B. Bishop MM. Martyrs
C. Confessor P. Priest, Prophet
Dn. Deacon V. Virgin
D. Doctor VV. Virgins
Ev. Evangelist W. Widow