The Lutheran Church Year

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

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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.]