2023/2024 Calendar
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Advent Season | |||
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Sun | Dec. 3 | First Sunday in Advent |
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Mon | Dec. 4 | John of Damascus, Theologian and Hymnwriter (Commemoration) |
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Tue | Dec. 5 | ||
Wed | Dec. 6 | Nicholas of Myra, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Dec. 7 | Ambrose of Milan, Pastor and Hymnwriter (Commemoration) |
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Fri | Dec. 8 | ||
Sat | Dec. 9 | ||
Sun | Dec. 10 | Second Sunday in Advent |
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Mon | Dec. 11 | ||
Tue | Dec. 12 | ||
Wed | Dec. 13 | Lucia, Martyr (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Dec. 14 | ||
Fri | Dec. 15 | ||
Sat | Dec. 16 | ||
Sun | Dec. 17 | Third Sunday in Advent
Also: Daniel the Prophet and the Three Young Men (Commemoration)
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Mon | Dec. 18 | ||
Tue | Dec. 19 | Adam and Eve (Commemoration) |
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Wed | Dec. 20 | Katharina von Bora Luther (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Dec. 21 | St. Thomas |
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Fri | Dec. 22 | ||
Sat | Dec. 23 | ||
Christmas Season | |||
Sun | Dec. 24 | Fourth Sunday in Advent
Also: Christmas Eve
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Mon | Dec. 25 | Christmas Day |
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Tue | Dec. 26 | St. Stephen |
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Wed | Dec. 27 | St. John |
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Thu | Dec. 28 | The Holy Innocents |
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Fri | Dec. 29 | David (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Dec. 30 | ||
Sun | Dec. 31 | First Sunday after Christmas
Also: Eve of the Circumcision and Name of Jesus
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Mon | Jan. 1 | Circumcision and Name of Jesus |
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Tue | Jan. 2 | J. K. Wilhelm Loehe, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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Wed | Jan. 3 | ||
Thu | Jan. 4 | ||
Fri | Jan. 5 | ||
Epiphany Season | |||
Sat | Jan. 6 | The Day of Epiphany |
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Sun | Jan. 7 | The Day of the Baptism of our Lord |
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Mon | Jan. 8 | ||
Tue | Jan. 9 | ||
Wed | Jan. 10 | Basil the Great of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, Pastors and Confessors (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Jan. 11 | ||
Fri | Jan. 12 | ||
Sat | Jan. 13 | ||
Sun | Jan. 14 | Second Sunday after Epiphany |
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Mon | Jan. 15 | ||
Tue | Jan. 16 | ||
Wed | Jan. 17 | ||
Thu | Jan. 18 | The Confession of St. Peter |
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Fri | Jan. 19 | ||
Sat | Jan. 20 | Sarah (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Jan. 21 | Third Sunday after Epiphany |
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Mon | Jan. 22 | ||
Tue | Jan. 23 | ||
Wed | Jan. 24 | St. Timothy |
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Thu | Jan. 25 | The Conversion of St. Paul |
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Fri | Jan. 26 | St. Titus |
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Sat | Jan. 27 | John Chrysostom, Preacher (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Jan. 28 | Fourth Sunday after Epiphany ("Septuagesima") |
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Mon | Jan. 29 | ||
Tue | Jan. 30 | ||
Wed | Jan. 31 | ||
Thu | Feb. 1 | ||
Fri | Feb. 2 | The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord |
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Sat | Feb. 3 | ||
Sun | Feb. 4 | Fifth Sunday after Epiphany ("Sexagesima") |
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Mon | Feb. 5 | Jacob (Israel), Patriarch (Commemoration) |
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Tue | Feb. 6 | ||
Wed | Feb. 7 | ||
Thu | Feb. 8 | ||
Fri | Feb. 9 | ||
Sat | Feb. 10 | Silas, Fellow Worker of St. Peter and St. Paul (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Feb. 11 | Transfiguration Sunday ("Quinquagesima") |
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Mon | Feb. 12 | ||
Tue | Feb. 13 | Aquila, Priscilla, Apollos (Commemoration) |
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Lent Season | |||
Wed | Feb. 14 | Ash Wednesday
Also: Valentine, Martyr (Commemoration)
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Thu | Feb. 15 | Philemon and Onesimus (Commemoration) |
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Fri | Feb. 16 | Philipp Melanchthon (birth), Confessor (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Feb. 17 | ||
Sun | Feb. 18 | First Sunday in Lent ("Invocati")
Also: Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor (Commemoration)
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Mon | Feb. 19 | ||
Tue | Feb. 20 | ||
Wed | Feb. 21 | ||
Thu | Feb. 22 | ||
Fri | Feb. 23 | Polycarp of Smyrna (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Feb. 24 | St. Matthias |
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Sun | Feb. 25 | Second Sunday in Lent ("Reminiscere") |
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Mon | Feb. 26 | ||
Tue | Feb. 27 | ||
Wed | Feb. 28 | ||
Thu | Feb. 29 | ||
Fri | Mar. 1 | ||
Sat | Mar. 2 | ||
Sun | Mar. 3 | Third Sunday in Lent ("Oculi") |
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Mon | Mar. 4 | ||
Tue | Mar. 5 | ||
Wed | Mar. 6 | ||
Thu | Mar. 7 | Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs (Commemoration) |
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Fri | Mar. 8 | ||
Sat | Mar. 9 | ||
Sun | Mar. 10 | Fourth Sunday in Lent ("Laetare") |
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Mon | Mar. 11 | ||
Tue | Mar. 12 | ||
Wed | Mar. 13 | ||
Thu | Mar. 14 | ||
Fri | Mar. 15 | ||
Sat | Mar. 16 | ||
Sun | Mar. 17 | Fifth Sunday in Lent ("Judica")
Also: Patrick, Missionary to Ireland (Commemoration)
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Mon | Mar. 18 | ||
Tue | Mar. 19 | St. Joseph |
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Wed | Mar. 20 | ||
Thu | Mar. 21 | ||
Fri | Mar. 22 | ||
Sat | Mar. 23 | ||
Sun | Mar. 24 | Palm Sunday |
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Mon | Mar. 25 | Monday in Holy Week
Also: The Annunciation of Our Lord
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Tue | Mar. 26 | Tuesday in Holy Week |
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Wed | Mar. 27 | Wednesday in Holy Week |
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Thu | Mar. 28 | Holy (Maundy) Thursday |
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Fri | Mar. 29 | Good Friday |
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Sat | Mar. 30 | Holy Saturday |
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Easter Season | |||
Sun | Mar. 31 | Easter Day
Also: Joseph, Patriarch (Commemoration)
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Mon | Apr. 1 | Easter Monday |
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Tue | Apr. 2 | Easter Tuesday |
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Wed | Apr. 3 | Easter Wednesday |
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Thu | Apr. 4 | ||
Fri | Apr. 5 | ||
Sat | Apr. 6 | Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Dürer, Artists (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Apr. 7 | Second Sunday of Easter ("Quasimodogenti") |
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Mon | Apr. 8 | ||
Tue | Apr. 9 | ||
Wed | Apr. 10 | ||
Thu | Apr. 11 | ||
Fri | Apr. 12 | ||
Sat | Apr. 13 | ||
Sun | Apr. 14 | Third Sunday of Easter ("Jubilate") |
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Mon | Apr. 15 | ||
Tue | Apr. 16 | ||
Wed | Apr. 17 | ||
Thu | Apr. 18 | ||
Fri | Apr. 19 | ||
Sat | Apr. 20 | Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Apr. 21 | Fourth Sunday of Easter ("Misericordias Domini")
Also: Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian (Commemoration)
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Mon | Apr. 22 | ||
Tue | Apr. 23 | ||
Wed | Apr. 24 | Johann Walter, Kantor (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Apr. 25 | St. Mark |
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Fri | Apr. 26 | ||
Sat | Apr. 27 | ||
Sun | Apr. 28 | Fifth Sunday of Easter ("Cantate") |
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Mon | Apr. 29 | ||
Tue | Apr. 30 | ||
Wed | May 1 | St. Philip and St. James |
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Thu | May 2 | Athanasius of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor (Commemoration) |
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Fri | May 3 | ||
Sat | May 4 | Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary (Commemoration) |
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Sun | May 5 | Sixth Sunday of Easter ("Rogate")
Also: Frederick the Wise, Christian Ruler (Commemoration)
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Mon | May 6 | ||
Tue | May 7 | C. F. W. Walther, Theologian (Commemoration) |
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Wed | May 8 | ||
Thu | May 9 | Ascension Day
Also: Job (Commemoration)
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Fri | May 10 | ||
Sat | May 11 | Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) |
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Sun | May 12 | Seventh Sunday of Easter ("Exaudi") |
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Mon | May 13 | ||
Tue | May 14 | ||
Wed | May 15 | ||
Thu | May 16 | ||
Fri | May 17 | ||
Sat | May 18 | ||
Pentecost Season | |||
Sun | May 19 | Pentecost |
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Mon | May 20 | ||
Tue | May 21 | Emperor Constantine, Christian Ruler, and Helena, Mother of Constantine (Commemoration) |
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Wed | May 22 | ||
Thu | May 23 | ||
Fri | May 24 | Esther (Commemoration) |
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Sat | May 25 | Bede the Venerable, Theologian (Commemoration) |
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Sun | May 26 | Holy Trinity |
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Mon | May 27 | ||
Tue | May 28 | ||
Wed | May 29 | ||
Thu | May 30 | ||
Fri | May 31 | The Visitation |
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Sat | Jun. 1 | Justin, Martyr (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Jun. 2 | Second Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Jun. 3 | ||
Tue | Jun. 4 | ||
Wed | Jun. 5 | Boniface of Mainz, Missionary to the Germans (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Jun. 6 | ||
Fri | Jun. 7 | ||
Sat | Jun. 8 | ||
Sun | Jun. 9 | Third Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Jun. 10 | ||
Tue | Jun. 11 | St. Barnabas |
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Wed | Jun. 12 | The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, AD 325 (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Jun. 13 | ||
Fri | Jun. 14 | Elisha (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Jun. 15 | ||
Sun | Jun. 16 | Fourth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Jun. 17 | ||
Tue | Jun. 18 | ||
Wed | Jun. 19 | ||
Thu | Jun. 20 | ||
Fri | Jun. 21 | ||
Sat | Jun. 22 | ||
Sun | Jun. 23 | Fifth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Jun. 24 | The Nativity of St. John the Baptist |
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Tue | Jun. 25 | Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Commemoration) |
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Wed | Jun. 26 | Jeremiah (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Jun. 27 | Cyril of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor (Commemoration) |
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Fri | Jun. 28 | Irenaeus of Lyons, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Jun. 29 | St. Peter and St. Paul |
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Sun | Jun. 30 | Sixth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Jul. 1 | ||
Tue | Jul. 2 | ||
Wed | Jul. 3 | ||
Thu | Jul. 4 | ||
Fri | Jul. 5 | ||
Sat | Jul. 6 | Isaiah (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Jul. 7 | Seventh Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Jul. 8 | ||
Tue | Jul. 9 | ||
Wed | Jul. 10 | ||
Thu | Jul. 11 | ||
Fri | Jul. 12 | ||
Sat | Jul. 13 | ||
Sun | Jul. 14 | Eighth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Jul. 15 | ||
Tue | Jul. 16 | Ruth (Commemoration) |
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Wed | Jul. 17 | ||
Thu | Jul. 18 | ||
Fri | Jul. 19 | ||
Sat | Jul. 20 | Elijah (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Jul. 21 | Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Ezekiel (Commemoration)
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Mon | Jul. 22 | St. Mary Magdalene |
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Tue | Jul. 23 | ||
Wed | Jul. 24 | ||
Thu | Jul. 25 | St. James the Elder |
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Fri | Jul. 26 | ||
Sat | Jul. 27 | ||
Sun | Jul. 28 | Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantor (Commemoration)
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Mon | Jul. 29 | Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany (Commemoration) |
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Tue | Jul. 30 | Robert Barnes, Confessor and Martyr (Commemoration) |
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Wed | Jul. 31 | Joseph of Arimathea (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Aug. 1 | ||
Fri | Aug. 2 | ||
Sat | Aug. 3 | Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrhbearers (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Aug. 4 | Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Aug. 5 | ||
Tue | Aug. 6 | ||
Wed | Aug. 7 | ||
Thu | Aug. 8 | ||
Fri | Aug. 9 | ||
Sat | Aug. 10 | Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Aug. 11 | Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Aug. 12 | ||
Tue | Aug. 13 | ||
Wed | Aug. 14 | ||
Thu | Aug. 15 | St. Mary |
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Fri | Aug. 16 | Isaac (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Aug. 17 | Johann Gerhard, Theologian (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Aug. 18 | Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Aug. 19 | Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian (Commemoration) |
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Tue | Aug. 20 | Samuel (Commemoration) |
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Wed | Aug. 21 | ||
Thu | Aug. 22 | ||
Fri | Aug. 23 | ||
Sat | Aug. 24 | St. Bartholomew |
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Sun | Aug. 25 | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Aug. 26 | ||
Tue | Aug. 27 | Monica, Mother of Augustine (Commemoration) |
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Wed | Aug. 28 | Augustine of Hippo, Pastor and Theologian (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Aug. 29 | The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist |
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Fri | Aug. 30 | ||
Sat | Aug. 31 | ||
Sun | Sep. 1 | Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Joshua (Commemoration)
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Mon | Sep. 2 | Hannah (Commemoration) |
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Tue | Sep. 3 | Gregory the Great, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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Wed | Sep. 4 | Moses (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Sep. 5 | Zechariah and Elizabeth (Commemoration) |
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Fri | Sep. 6 | ||
Sat | Sep. 7 | ||
Sun | Sep. 8 | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Sep. 9 | ||
Tue | Sep. 10 | ||
Wed | Sep. 11 | ||
Thu | Sep. 12 | ||
Fri | Sep. 13 | ||
Sat | Sep. 14 | Holy Cross Day |
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Sun | Sep. 15 | Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Sep. 16 | Cyprian of Carthage, Pastor and Martyr (Commemoration) |
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Tue | Sep. 17 | ||
Wed | Sep. 18 | ||
Thu | Sep. 19 | ||
Fri | Sep. 20 | ||
Sat | Sep. 21 | St. Matthew |
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Sun | Sep. 22 | Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Jonah (Commemoration)
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Mon | Sep. 23 | ||
Tue | Sep. 24 | ||
Wed | Sep. 25 | ||
Thu | Sep. 26 | ||
Fri | Sep. 27 | ||
Sat | Sep. 28 | ||
Sun | Sep. 29 | Ninteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: St. Michael and All Angels
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Mon | Sep. 30 | Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture (Commemoration) |
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Tue | Oct. 1 | ||
Wed | Oct. 2 | ||
Thu | Oct. 3 | ||
Fri | Oct. 4 | ||
Sat | Oct. 5 | ||
Sun | Oct. 6 | Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Oct. 7 | Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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Tue | Oct. 8 | ||
Wed | Oct. 9 | Abraham (Commemoration) |
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Thu | Oct. 10 | ||
Fri | Oct. 11 | Philip the Deacon (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Oct. 12 | ||
Sun | Oct. 13 | Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Oct. 14 | ||
Tue | Oct. 15 | ||
Wed | Oct. 16 | ||
Thu | Oct. 17 | Ignatius of Antioch (Commemoration) |
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Fri | Oct. 18 | St. Luke |
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Sat | Oct. 19 | ||
Sun | Oct. 20 | Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Oct. 21 | ||
Tue | Oct. 22 | ||
Wed | Oct. 23 | St. James of Jerusalem |
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Thu | Oct. 24 | ||
Fri | Oct. 25 | Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Oct. 26 | Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Oct. 27 | Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Oct. 28 | St. Simon and St. Jude |
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Tue | Oct. 29 | ||
Wed | Oct. 30 | ||
Thu | Oct. 31 | Reformation Day |
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Fri | Nov. 1 | All Saints' Day |
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Sat | Nov. 2 | ||
Sun | Nov. 3 | Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Nov. 4 | ||
Tue | Nov. 5 | ||
Wed | Nov. 6 | ||
Thu | Nov. 7 | ||
Fri | Nov. 8 | Johannes von Staupitz, Luther's Father Confessor (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Nov. 9 | Martin Chemnitz (birth), Pastor and Confessor (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Nov. 10 | Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Nov. 11 | Martin of Tours, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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Tue | Nov. 12 | ||
Wed | Nov. 13 | ||
Thu | Nov. 14 | Emperor Justinian, Christian Ruler and Confessor of Christ (Commemoration) |
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Fri | Nov. 15 | ||
Sat | Nov. 16 | ||
Sun | Nov. 17 | Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Nov. 18 | ||
Tue | Nov. 19 | Elizabeth of Hungary (Commemoration) |
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Wed | Nov. 20 | ||
Thu | Nov. 21 | ||
Fri | Nov. 22 | ||
Sat | Nov. 23 | Clement of Rome, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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Sun | Nov. 24 | Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost |
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Mon | Nov. 25 | ||
Tue | Nov. 26 | ||
Wed | Nov. 27 | ||
Thu | Nov. 28 | ||
Fri | Nov. 29 | Noah (Commemoration) |
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Sat | Nov. 30 | St. Andrew (also the last day of the 2023/2024 church year) |
The readings come from Series B of the Three-Year Lutheran Lectionary. [See pp. xiv-xix of the Lutheran Service Book (Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, 2006) and this site's Lectionaries page.]