January |
2 | J. K. Wilhelm Loehe, Pastor |
10 | Basil the Great of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, Pastors and Confessors |
20 | Sarah |
27 | John Chrysostom, Preacher |
February |
5 | Jacob (Israel), Patriarch |
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 |
March |
7 | Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs |
17 | Patrick, Missionary to Ireland |
31 | Joseph, Patriarch |
April |
6 | Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Dürer, Artists |
20 | Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor |
21 | Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian |
24 | Johann Walter, Kantor |
May |
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 |
June |
1 | Justin, Martyr |
5 | Boniface of Mainz, Missionary to the Germans |
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 |
July |
6 | Isaiah |
16 | Ruth |
20 | Elijah |
21 | Ezekiel |
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 |
16 | Isaac |
17 | Johann Gerhard, Theologian |
19 | Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian |
20 | Samuel |
27 | Monica, Mother of Augustine |
28 | Augustine of Hippo, Pastor and Theologian |
September |
1 | Joshua |
2 | Hannah |
3 | Gregory the Great, Pastor |
4 | Moses |
5 | Zechariah and Elizabeth |
16 | Cyprian of Carthage, Pastor and Martyr |
22 | Jonah |
30 | Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture |
October |
7 | Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor |
9 | Abraham |
11 | Philip the Deacon |
17 | Ignatius of Antioch |
25 | Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women |
26 | Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters |
November |
8 | Johannes von Staupitz, Luther’s 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 |
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 |
29 | David |