The Lutheran Church Year

2024/2025 Calendar
Monday, December 23, 2024
Advent Season
Sun Dec. 1
First Sunday in Advent
Mon Dec. 2
Tue Dec. 3
Wed Dec. 4
John of Damascus, Theologian and Hymnwriter (Commemoration)
Thu Dec. 5
Fri Dec. 6
Nicholas of Myra, Pastor (Commemoration)
Sat Dec. 7
Ambrose of Milan, Pastor and Hymnwriter (Commemoration)
Sun Dec. 8
Second Sunday in Advent
Mon Dec. 9
Tue Dec. 10
Wed Dec. 11
Thu Dec. 12
Fri Dec. 13
Lucia, Martyr (Commemoration)
Sat Dec. 14
Sun Dec. 15
Third Sunday in Advent
Mon Dec. 16
Tue Dec. 17
Daniel the Prophet and the Three Young Men (Commemoration)
Wed Dec. 18
Thu Dec. 19
Adam and Eve (Commemoration)
Fri Dec. 20
Katharina von Bora Luther (Commemoration)
Sat Dec. 21
St. Thomas
Sun Dec. 22
Fourth Sunday in Advent
Mon Dec. 23
Christmas Season
Tue Dec. 24
Christmas Eve
Wed Dec. 25
Christmas Day
Thu Dec. 26
St. Stephen
Fri Dec. 27
St. John
Sat Dec. 28
The Holy Innocents
Sun Dec. 29
First Sunday after Christmas
Also: David (Commemoration)
Mon Dec. 30
Tue Dec. 31
Eve of the Circumcision and Name of Jesus
Wed Jan. 1
Circumcision and Name of Jesus
Thu Jan. 2
J. K. Wilhelm Loehe, Pastor (Commemoration)
Fri Jan. 3
Sat Jan. 4
Sun Jan. 5
Second Sunday after Christmas
Epiphany Season
Mon Jan. 6
The Day of Epiphany
Tue Jan. 7
Wed Jan. 8
Thu Jan. 9
Fri Jan. 10
Basil the Great of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, Pastors and Confessors (Commemoration)
Sat Jan. 11
Sun Jan. 12
The Day of the Baptism of our Lord
Mon Jan. 13
Tue Jan. 14
Wed Jan. 15
Thu Jan. 16
Fri Jan. 17
Sat Jan. 18
The Confession of St. Peter
Sun Jan. 19
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Mon Jan. 20
Sarah (Commemoration)
Tue Jan. 21
Wed Jan. 22
Thu Jan. 23
Fri Jan. 24
St. Timothy
Sat Jan. 25
The Conversion of St. Paul
Sun Jan. 26
Third Sunday after Epiphany
Also: St. Titus
Mon Jan. 27
John Chrysostom, Preacher (Commemoration)
Tue Jan. 28
Wed Jan. 29
Thu Jan. 30
Fri Jan. 31
Sat Feb. 1
Sun Feb. 2
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Also: The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord
Mon Feb. 3
Tue Feb. 4
Wed Feb. 5
Jacob (Israel), Patriarch (Commemoration)
Thu Feb. 6
Fri Feb. 7
Sat Feb. 8
Sun Feb. 9
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Mon Feb. 10
Silas, Fellow Worker of St. Peter and St. Paul (Commemoration)
Tue Feb. 11
Wed Feb. 12
Thu Feb. 13
Aquila, Priscilla, Apollos (Commemoration)
Fri Feb. 14
Valentine, Martyr (Commemoration)
Sat Feb. 15
Philemon and Onesimus (Commemoration)
Sun Feb. 16
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany ("Septuagesima")
Also: Philipp Melanchthon (birth), Confessor (Commemoration)
Mon Feb. 17
Tue Feb. 18
Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor (Commemoration)
Wed Feb. 19
Thu Feb. 20
Fri Feb. 21
Sat Feb. 22
Sun Feb. 23
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany ("Sexagesima")
Also: Polycarp of Smyrna (Commemoration)
Mon Feb. 24
St. Matthias
Tue Feb. 25
Wed Feb. 26
Thu Feb. 27
Fri Feb. 28
Sat Mar. 1
Sun Mar. 2
Transfiguration Sunday ("Quinquagesima")
Mon Mar. 3
Tue Mar. 4
Lent Season
Wed Mar. 5
Ash Wednesday
Thu Mar. 6
Fri Mar. 7
Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs (Commemoration)
Sat Mar. 8
Sun Mar. 9
First Sunday in Lent ("Invocati")
Mon Mar. 10
Tue Mar. 11
Wed Mar. 12
Thu Mar. 13
Fri Mar. 14
Sat Mar. 15
Sun Mar. 16
Second Sunday in Lent ("Reminiscere")
Mon Mar. 17
Patrick, Missionary to Ireland (Commemoration)
Tue Mar. 18
Wed Mar. 19
St. Joseph
Thu Mar. 20
Fri Mar. 21
Sat Mar. 22
Sun Mar. 23
Third Sunday in Lent ("Oculi")
Mon Mar. 24
Tue Mar. 25
The Annunciation of Our Lord
Wed Mar. 26
Thu Mar. 27
Fri Mar. 28
Sat Mar. 29
Sun Mar. 30
Fourth Sunday in Lent ("Laetare")
Mon Mar. 31
Joseph, Patriarch (Commemoration)
Tue Apr. 1
Wed Apr. 2
Thu Apr. 3
Fri Apr. 4
Sat Apr. 5
Sun Apr. 6
Fifth Sunday in Lent ("Judica")
Also: Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Dürer, Artists (Commemoration)
Mon Apr. 7
Tue Apr. 8
Wed Apr. 9
Thu Apr. 10
Fri Apr. 11
Sat Apr. 12
Sun Apr. 13
Palm Sunday
Mon Apr. 14
Monday in Holy Week
Tue Apr. 15
Tuesday in Holy Week
Wed Apr. 16
Wednesday in Holy Week
Thu Apr. 17
Holy (Maundy) Thursday
Fri Apr. 18
Good Friday
Sat Apr. 19
Holy Saturday
Easter Season
Sun Apr. 20
Easter Day
Also: Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor (Commemoration)
Mon Apr. 21
Easter Monday
Also: Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian (Commemoration)
Tue Apr. 22
Easter Tuesday
Wed Apr. 23
Easter Wednesday
Thu Apr. 24
Johann Walter, Kantor (Commemoration)
Fri Apr. 25
St. Mark
Sat Apr. 26
Sun Apr. 27
Second Sunday of Easter ("Quasimodogenti")
Mon Apr. 28
Tue Apr. 29
Wed Apr. 30
Thu May 1
St. Philip and St. James
Fri May 2
Athanasius of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor (Commemoration)
Sat May 3
Sun May 4
Third Sunday of Easter ("Jubilate")
Also: Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary (Commemoration)
Mon May 5
Frederick the Wise, Christian Ruler (Commemoration)
Tue May 6
Wed May 7
C. F. W. Walther, Theologian (Commemoration)
Thu May 8
Fri May 9
Job (Commemoration)
Sat May 10
Sun May 11
Fourth Sunday of Easter ("Misericordias Domini")
Also: Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration)
Mon May 12
Tue May 13
Wed May 14
Thu May 15
Fri May 16
Sat May 17
Sun May 18
Fifth Sunday of Easter ("Cantate")
Mon May 19
Tue May 20
Wed May 21
Emperor Constantine, Christian Ruler, and Helena, Mother of Constantine (Commemoration)
Thu May 22
Fri May 23
Sat May 24
Esther (Commemoration)
Sun May 25
Sixth Sunday of Easter ("Rogate")
Also: Bede the Venerable, Theologian (Commemoration)
Mon May 26
Tue May 27
Wed May 28
Thu May 29
Ascension Day
Fri May 30
Sat May 31
The Visitation
Sun Jun. 1
Seventh Sunday of Easter ("Exaudi")
Also: Justin, Martyr (Commemoration)
Mon Jun. 2
Tue Jun. 3
Wed Jun. 4
Thu Jun. 5
Boniface of Mainz, Missionary to the Germans (Commemoration)
Fri Jun. 6
Sat Jun. 7
Pentecost Season
Sun Jun. 8
Pentecost
Mon Jun. 9
Tue Jun. 10
Wed Jun. 11
St. Barnabas
Thu Jun. 12
The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, AD 325 (Commemoration)
Fri Jun. 13
Sat Jun. 14
Elisha (Commemoration)
Sun Jun. 15
Holy Trinity
Mon Jun. 16
Tue Jun. 17
Wed Jun. 18
Thu Jun. 19
Fri Jun. 20
Sat Jun. 21
Sun Jun. 22
Second Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Jun. 23
Tue Jun. 24
The Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Wed Jun. 25
Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Commemoration)
Thu Jun. 26
Jeremiah (Commemoration)
Fri Jun. 27
Cyril of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor (Commemoration)
Sat Jun. 28
Irenaeus of Lyons, Pastor (Commemoration)
Sun Jun. 29
Third Sunday after Pentecost
Also: St. Peter and St. Paul
Mon Jun. 30
Tue Jul. 1
Wed Jul. 2
Thu Jul. 3
Fri Jul. 4
Sat Jul. 5
Sun Jul. 6
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Isaiah (Commemoration)
Mon Jul. 7
Tue Jul. 8
Wed Jul. 9
Thu Jul. 10
Fri Jul. 11
Sat Jul. 12
Sun Jul. 13
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Jul. 14
Tue Jul. 15
Wed Jul. 16
Ruth (Commemoration)
Thu Jul. 17
Fri Jul. 18
Sat Jul. 19
Sun Jul. 20
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Elijah (Commemoration)
Mon Jul. 21
Ezekiel (Commemoration)
Tue Jul. 22
St. Mary Magdalene
Wed Jul. 23
Thu Jul. 24
Fri Jul. 25
St. James the Elder
Sat Jul. 26
Sun Jul. 27
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Jul. 28
Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantor (Commemoration)
Tue Jul. 29
Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany (Commemoration)
Wed Jul. 30
Robert Barnes, Confessor and Martyr (Commemoration)
Thu Jul. 31
Joseph of Arimathea (Commemoration)
Fri Aug. 1
Sat Aug. 2
Sun Aug. 3
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrhbearers (Commemoration)
Mon Aug. 4
Tue Aug. 5
Wed Aug. 6
Thu Aug. 7
Fri Aug. 8
Sat Aug. 9
Sun Aug. 10
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr (Commemoration)
Mon Aug. 11
Tue Aug. 12
Wed Aug. 13
Thu Aug. 14
Fri Aug. 15
St. Mary
Sat Aug. 16
Isaac (Commemoration)
Sun Aug. 17
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Johann Gerhard, Theologian (Commemoration)
Mon Aug. 18
Tue Aug. 19
Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian (Commemoration)
Wed Aug. 20
Samuel (Commemoration)
Thu Aug. 21
Fri Aug. 22
Sat Aug. 23
Sun Aug. 24
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Also: St. Bartholomew
Mon Aug. 25
Tue Aug. 26
Wed Aug. 27
Monica, Mother of Augustine (Commemoration)
Thu Aug. 28
Augustine of Hippo, Pastor and Theologian (Commemoration)
Fri Aug. 29
The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
Sat Aug. 30
Sun Aug. 31
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Sep. 1
Joshua (Commemoration)
Tue Sep. 2
Hannah (Commemoration)
Wed Sep. 3
Gregory the Great, Pastor (Commemoration)
Thu Sep. 4
Moses (Commemoration)
Fri Sep. 5
Zechariah and Elizabeth (Commemoration)
Sat Sep. 6
Sun Sep. 7
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Sep. 8
Tue Sep. 9
Wed Sep. 10
Thu Sep. 11
Fri Sep. 12
Sat Sep. 13
Sun Sep. 14
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Holy Cross Day
Mon Sep. 15
Tue Sep. 16
Cyprian of Carthage, Pastor and Martyr (Commemoration)
Wed Sep. 17
Thu Sep. 18
Fri Sep. 19
Sat Sep. 20
Sun Sep. 21
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: St. Matthew
Mon Sep. 22
Jonah (Commemoration)
Tue Sep. 23
Wed Sep. 24
Thu Sep. 25
Fri Sep. 26
Sat Sep. 27
Sun Sep. 28
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Sep. 29
St. Michael and All Angels
Tue Sep. 30
Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture (Commemoration)
Wed Oct. 1
Thu Oct. 2
Fri Oct. 3
Sat Oct. 4
Sun Oct. 5
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Oct. 6
Tue Oct. 7
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor (Commemoration)
Wed Oct. 8
Thu Oct. 9
Abraham (Commemoration)
Fri Oct. 10
Sat Oct. 11
Philip the Deacon (Commemoration)
Sun Oct. 12
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Oct. 13
Tue Oct. 14
Wed Oct. 15
Thu Oct. 16
Fri Oct. 17
Ignatius of Antioch (Commemoration)
Sat Oct. 18
St. Luke
Sun Oct. 19
Ninteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Oct. 20
Tue Oct. 21
Wed Oct. 22
Thu Oct. 23
St. James of Jerusalem
Fri Oct. 24
Sat Oct. 25
Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women (Commemoration)
Sun Oct. 26
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters (Commemoration)
Mon Oct. 27
Tue Oct. 28
St. Simon and St. Jude
Wed Oct. 29
Thu Oct. 30
Fri Oct. 31
Reformation Day
Sat Nov. 1
All Saints' Day
Sun Nov. 2
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Nov. 3
Tue Nov. 4
Wed Nov. 5
Thu Nov. 6
Fri Nov. 7
Sat Nov. 8
Johannes von Staupitz, Luther's Father Confessor (Commemoration)
Sun Nov. 9
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Martin Chemnitz (birth), Pastor and Confessor (Commemoration)
Mon Nov. 10
Tue Nov. 11
Martin of Tours, Pastor (Commemoration)
Wed Nov. 12
Thu Nov. 13
Fri Nov. 14
Emperor Justinian, Christian Ruler and Confessor of Christ (Commemoration)
Sat Nov. 15
Sun Nov. 16
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Mon Nov. 17
Tue Nov. 18
Wed Nov. 19
Elizabeth of Hungary (Commemoration)
Thu Nov. 20
Fri Nov. 21
Sat Nov. 22
Sun Nov. 23
Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Clement of Rome, Pastor (Commemoration)
Mon Nov. 24
Tue Nov. 25
Wed Nov. 26
Thu Nov. 27
Fri Nov. 28
Sat Nov. 29
Noah (also the last day of the 2024/2025 church year) (Commemoration)

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The readings come from Series C 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.]