The Lutheran Church Year

Commemorations
January
2J. K. Wilhelm Loehe, Pastor
10Basil the Great of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, Pastors and Confessors
20Sarah
27John Chrysostom, Preacher
February
5Jacob (Israel), Patriarch
10Silas, Fellow Worker of St. Peter and St. Paul
13Aquila, Priscilla, Apollos
14Valentine, Martyr
15Philemon and Onesimus
16Philipp Melanchthon (birth), Confessor
18Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor
23Polycarp of Smyrna
March
7Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs
17Patrick, Missionary to Ireland
31Joseph, Patriarch
April
6Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Dürer, Artists
20Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor
21Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian
24Johann Walter, Kantor
May
2Athanasius of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor
4Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary
5Frederick the Wise, Christian Ruler
7C. F. W. Walther, Theologian
9Job
11Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs
21Emperor Constantine, Christian Ruler, and Helena, Mother of Constantine
24Esther
25Bede the Venerable, Theologian
June
1Justin, Martyr
5Boniface of Mainz, Missionary to the Germans
12The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, AD 325
14Elisha
25Presentation of the Augsburg Confession
26Jeremiah
27Cyril of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor
28Irenaeus of Lyons, Pastor
July
6Isaiah
16Ruth
20Elijah
21Ezekiel
28Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantor
29Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany
30Robert Barnes, Confessor and Martyr
31Joseph of Arimathea
August
3Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrhbearers
10Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
16Isaac
17Johann Gerhard, Theologian
19Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian
20Samuel
27Monica, Mother of Augustine
28Augustine of Hippo, Pastor and Theologian
September
1Joshua
2Hannah
3Gregory the Great, Pastor
4Moses
5Zechariah and Elizabeth
16Cyprian of Carthage, Pastor and Martyr
22Jonah
30Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture
October
7Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor
9Abraham
11Philip the Deacon
17Ignatius of Antioch
25Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women
26Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters
November
8Johannes von Staupitz, Luther’s Father Confessor
9Martin Chemnitz (birth), Pastor and Confessor
11Martin of Tours, Pastor
14Emperor Justinian, Christian Ruler and Confessor of Christ
19Elizabeth of Hungary
23Clement of Rome, Pastor
29Noah
December
4John of Damascus, Theologian and Hymnwriter
6Nicholas of Myra, Pastor
7Ambrose of Milan, Pastor and Hymnwriter
13Lucia, Martyr
17Daniel the Prophet and the Three Young Men
19Adam and Eve
20Katharina von Bora Luther
29David