2025/2026 Calendar
Friday, October 9, 2026
Friday, October 9, 2026
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Advent Season | ||
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| Sun | Nov. 30 | First Sunday in Advent
Also: St. Andrew
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| Mon | Dec. 1 | ||
| Tue | Dec. 2 | ||
| Wed | Dec. 3 | ||
| Thu | Dec. 4 | John of Damascus, Theologian and Hymnwriter (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | Dec. 5 | ||
| Sat | Dec. 6 | Nicholas of Myra, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Dec. 7 | Second Sunday in Advent
Also: Ambrose of Milan, Pastor and Hymnwriter (Commemoration)
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| Mon | Dec. 8 | ||
| Tue | Dec. 9 | ||
| Wed | Dec. 10 | ||
| Thu | Dec. 11 | ||
| Fri | Dec. 12 | ||
| Sat | Dec. 13 | Lucia, Martyr (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Dec. 14 | Third Sunday in Advent |
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| Mon | Dec. 15 | ||
| Tue | Dec. 16 | ||
| Wed | Dec. 17 | Daniel the Prophet and the Three Young Men (Commemoration) |
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| Thu | Dec. 18 | ||
| Fri | Dec. 19 | Adam and Eve (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Dec. 20 | Katharina von Bora Luther (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Dec. 21 | Fourth Sunday in Advent
Also: St. Thomas
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| Mon | Dec. 22 | ||
| Tue | Dec. 23 | ||
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Christmas Season | ||
| Wed | Dec. 24 | Christmas Eve |
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| Thu | Dec. 25 | Christmas Day |
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| Fri | Dec. 26 | St. Stephen |
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| Sat | Dec. 27 | St. John |
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| Sun | Dec. 28 | First Sunday after Christmas
Also: The Holy Innocents
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| Mon | Dec. 29 | David (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Dec. 30 | ||
| Wed | Dec. 31 | Eve of the Circumcision and Name of Jesus |
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| Thu | Jan. 1 | Circumcision and Name of Jesus |
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| Fri | Jan. 2 | J. K. Wilhelm Loehe, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Jan. 3 | ||
| Sun | Jan. 4 | Second Sunday after Christmas |
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| Mon | Jan. 5 | ||
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Epiphany Season | ||
| Tue | Jan. 6 | The Day of Epiphany |
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| Wed | Jan. 7 | ||
| Thu | Jan. 8 | ||
| Fri | Jan. 9 | ||
| Sat | Jan. 10 | Basil the Great of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, Pastors and Confessors (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Jan. 11 | The Day of the Baptism of our Lord |
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| Mon | Jan. 12 | ||
| Tue | Jan. 13 | ||
| Wed | Jan. 14 | ||
| Thu | Jan. 15 | ||
| Fri | Jan. 16 | ||
| Sat | Jan. 17 | ||
| Sun | Jan. 18 | Second Sunday after Epiphany
Also: The Confession of St. Peter
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| Mon | Jan. 19 | ||
| Tue | Jan. 20 | Sarah (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | Jan. 21 | ||
| Thu | Jan. 22 | ||
| Fri | Jan. 23 | ||
| Sat | Jan. 24 | St. Timothy |
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| Sun | Jan. 25 | Third Sunday after Epiphany
Also: The Conversion of St. Paul
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| Mon | Jan. 26 | St. Titus |
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| Tue | Jan. 27 | John Chrysostom, Preacher (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | Jan. 28 | ||
| Thu | Jan. 29 | ||
| Fri | Jan. 30 | ||
| Sat | Jan. 31 | ||
| Sun | Feb. 1 | Fourth Sunday after Epiphany ("Septuagesima") |
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| Mon | Feb. 2 | The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord |
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| Tue | Feb. 3 | ||
| Wed | Feb. 4 | ||
| Thu | Feb. 5 | Jacob (Israel), Patriarch (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | Feb. 6 | ||
| Sat | Feb. 7 | ||
| Sun | Feb. 8 | Fifth Sunday after Epiphany ("Sexagesima") |
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| Mon | Feb. 9 | ||
| Tue | Feb. 10 | Silas, Fellow Worker of St. Peter and St. Paul (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | Feb. 11 | ||
| Thu | Feb. 12 | ||
| Fri | Feb. 13 | Aquila, Priscilla, Apollos (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Feb. 14 | Valentine, Martyr (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Feb. 15 | Transfiguration Sunday ("Quinquagesima")
Also: Philemon and Onesimus (Commemoration)
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| Mon | Feb. 16 | Philipp Melanchthon (birth), Confessor (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Feb. 17 | ||
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Lent Season | ||
| Wed | Feb. 18 | Ash Wednesday
Also: Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor (Commemoration)
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| Thu | Feb. 19 | ||
| Fri | Feb. 20 | ||
| Sat | Feb. 21 | ||
| Sun | Feb. 22 | First Sunday in Lent ("Invocati") |
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| Mon | Feb. 23 | Polycarp of Smyrna (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Feb. 24 | St. Matthias |
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| Wed | Feb. 25 | ||
| Thu | Feb. 26 | ||
| Fri | Feb. 27 | ||
| Sat | Feb. 28 | ||
| Sun | Mar. 1 | Second Sunday in Lent ("Reminiscere") |
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| Mon | Mar. 2 | ||
| Tue | Mar. 3 | ||
| Wed | Mar. 4 | ||
| Thu | Mar. 5 | ||
| Fri | Mar. 6 | ||
| Sat | Mar. 7 | Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Mar. 8 | Third Sunday in Lent ("Oculi") |
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| Mon | Mar. 9 | ||
| Tue | Mar. 10 | ||
| Wed | Mar. 11 | ||
| Thu | Mar. 12 | ||
| Fri | Mar. 13 | ||
| Sat | Mar. 14 | ||
| Sun | Mar. 15 | Fourth Sunday in Lent ("Laetare") |
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| Mon | Mar. 16 | ||
| Tue | Mar. 17 | Patrick, Missionary to Ireland (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | Mar. 18 | ||
| Thu | Mar. 19 | St. Joseph |
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| Fri | Mar. 20 | ||
| Sat | Mar. 21 | ||
| Sun | Mar. 22 | Fifth Sunday in Lent ("Judica") |
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| Mon | Mar. 23 | ||
| Tue | Mar. 24 | ||
| Wed | Mar. 25 | The Annunciation of Our Lord |
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| Thu | Mar. 26 | ||
| Fri | Mar. 27 | ||
| Sat | Mar. 28 | ||
| Sun | Mar. 29 | Palm Sunday |
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| Mon | Mar. 30 | Monday in Holy Week |
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| Tue | Mar. 31 | Tuesday in Holy Week
Also: Joseph, Patriarch (Commemoration)
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| Wed | Apr. 1 | Wednesday in Holy Week |
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| Thu | Apr. 2 | Holy (Maundy) Thursday |
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| Fri | Apr. 3 | Good Friday |
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| Sat | Apr. 4 | Holy Saturday |
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Easter Season | ||
| Sun | Apr. 5 | Easter Day |
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| Mon | Apr. 6 | Easter Monday
Also: Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Dürer, Artists (Commemoration)
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| Tue | Apr. 7 | Easter Tuesday |
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| Wed | Apr. 8 | Easter Wednesday |
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| Thu | Apr. 9 | ||
| Fri | Apr. 10 | ||
| Sat | Apr. 11 | ||
| Sun | Apr. 12 | Second Sunday of Easter ("Quasimodogenti") |
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| Mon | Apr. 13 | ||
| Tue | Apr. 14 | ||
| Wed | Apr. 15 | ||
| Thu | Apr. 16 | ||
| Fri | Apr. 17 | ||
| Sat | Apr. 18 | ||
| Sun | Apr. 19 | Third Sunday of Easter ("Jubilate") |
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| Mon | Apr. 20 | Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Apr. 21 | Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | Apr. 22 | ||
| Thu | Apr. 23 | ||
| Fri | Apr. 24 | Johann Walter, Kantor (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Apr. 25 | St. Mark |
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| Sun | Apr. 26 | Fourth Sunday of Easter ("Misericordias Domini") |
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| Mon | Apr. 27 | ||
| Tue | Apr. 28 | ||
| Wed | Apr. 29 | ||
| Thu | Apr. 30 | ||
| Fri | May 1 | St. Philip and St. James |
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| Sat | May 2 | Athanasius of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | May 3 | Fifth Sunday of Easter ("Cantate") |
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| Mon | May 4 | Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | May 5 | Frederick the Wise, Christian Ruler (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | May 6 | ||
| Thu | May 7 | C. F. W. Walther, Theologian (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | May 8 | ||
| Sat | May 9 | Job (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | May 10 | Sixth Sunday of Easter ("Rogate") |
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| Mon | May 11 | Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | May 12 | ||
| Wed | May 13 | ||
| Thu | May 14 | Ascension Day |
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| Fri | May 15 | ||
| Sat | May 16 | ||
| Sun | May 17 | Seventh Sunday of Easter ("Exaudi") |
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| Mon | May 18 | ||
| Tue | May 19 | ||
| Wed | May 20 | ||
| Thu | May 21 | Emperor Constantine, Christian Ruler, and Helena, Mother of Constantine (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | May 22 | ||
| Sat | May 23 | ||
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Pentecost Season | ||
| Sun | May 24 | Pentecost
Also: Esther (Commemoration)
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| Mon | May 25 | Bede the Venerable, Theologian (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | May 26 | ||
| Wed | May 27 | ||
| Thu | May 28 | ||
| Fri | May 29 | ||
| Sat | May 30 | ||
| Sun | May 31 | Holy Trinity
Also: The Visitation
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| Mon | Jun. 1 | Justin, Martyr (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Jun. 2 | ||
| Wed | Jun. 3 | ||
| Thu | Jun. 4 | ||
| Fri | Jun. 5 | Boniface of Mainz, Missionary to the Germans (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Jun. 6 | ||
| Sun | Jun. 7 | Second Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Jun. 8 | ||
| Tue | Jun. 9 | ||
| Wed | Jun. 10 | ||
| Thu | Jun. 11 | St. Barnabas |
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| Fri | Jun. 12 | The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, AD 325 (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Jun. 13 | ||
| Sun | Jun. 14 | Third Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Elisha (Commemoration)
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| Mon | Jun. 15 | ||
| Tue | Jun. 16 | ||
| Wed | Jun. 17 | ||
| Thu | Jun. 18 | ||
| Fri | Jun. 19 | ||
| Sat | Jun. 20 | ||
| Sun | Jun. 21 | Fourth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Jun. 22 | ||
| Tue | Jun. 23 | ||
| Wed | Jun. 24 | The Nativity of St. John the Baptist |
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| Thu | Jun. 25 | Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | Jun. 26 | Jeremiah (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Jun. 27 | Cyril of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Jun. 28 | Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Irenaeus of Lyons, Pastor (Commemoration)
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| Mon | Jun. 29 | St. Peter and St. Paul |
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| Tue | Jun. 30 | ||
| Wed | Jul. 1 | ||
| Thu | Jul. 2 | ||
| Fri | Jul. 3 | ||
| Sat | Jul. 4 | ||
| Sun | Jul. 5 | Sixth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Jul. 6 | Isaiah (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Jul. 7 | ||
| Wed | Jul. 8 | ||
| Thu | Jul. 9 | ||
| Fri | Jul. 10 | ||
| Sat | Jul. 11 | ||
| Sun | Jul. 12 | Seventh Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Jul. 13 | ||
| Tue | Jul. 14 | ||
| Wed | Jul. 15 | ||
| Thu | Jul. 16 | Ruth (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | Jul. 17 | ||
| Sat | Jul. 18 | ||
| Sun | Jul. 19 | Eighth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Jul. 20 | Elijah (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Jul. 21 | Ezekiel (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | Jul. 22 | St. Mary Magdalene |
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| Thu | Jul. 23 | ||
| Fri | Jul. 24 | ||
| Sat | Jul. 25 | St. James the Elder |
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| Sun | Jul. 26 | Ninth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Jul. 27 | ||
| Tue | Jul. 28 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantor (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | Jul. 29 | Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany (Commemoration) |
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| Thu | Jul. 30 | Robert Barnes, Confessor and Martyr (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | Jul. 31 | Joseph of Arimathea (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Aug. 1 | ||
| Sun | Aug. 2 | Tenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Aug. 3 | Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrhbearers (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Aug. 4 | ||
| Wed | Aug. 5 | ||
| Thu | Aug. 6 | ||
| Fri | Aug. 7 | ||
| Sat | Aug. 8 | ||
| Sun | Aug. 9 | Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Aug. 10 | Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Aug. 11 | ||
| Wed | Aug. 12 | ||
| Thu | Aug. 13 | ||
| Fri | Aug. 14 | ||
| Sat | Aug. 15 | St. Mary |
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| Sun | Aug. 16 | Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Isaac (Commemoration)
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| Mon | Aug. 17 | Johann Gerhard, Theologian (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Aug. 18 | ||
| Wed | Aug. 19 | Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian (Commemoration) |
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| Thu | Aug. 20 | Samuel (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | Aug. 21 | ||
| Sat | Aug. 22 | ||
| Sun | Aug. 23 | Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Aug. 24 | St. Bartholomew |
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| Tue | Aug. 25 | ||
| Wed | Aug. 26 | ||
| Thu | Aug. 27 | Monica, Mother of Augustine (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | Aug. 28 | Augustine of Hippo, Pastor and Theologian (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Aug. 29 | The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist |
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| Sun | Aug. 30 | Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Aug. 31 | ||
| Tue | Sep. 1 | Joshua (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | Sep. 2 | Hannah (Commemoration) |
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| Thu | Sep. 3 | Gregory the Great, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | Sep. 4 | Moses (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Sep. 5 | Zechariah and Elizabeth (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Sep. 6 | Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Sep. 7 | ||
| Tue | Sep. 8 | ||
| Wed | Sep. 9 | ||
| Thu | Sep. 10 | ||
| Fri | Sep. 11 | ||
| Sat | Sep. 12 | ||
| Sun | Sep. 13 | Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Sep. 14 | Holy Cross Day |
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| Tue | Sep. 15 | ||
| Wed | Sep. 16 | Cyprian of Carthage, Pastor and Martyr (Commemoration) |
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| Thu | Sep. 17 | ||
| Fri | Sep. 18 | ||
| Sat | Sep. 19 | ||
| Sun | Sep. 20 | Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Sep. 21 | St. Matthew |
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| Tue | Sep. 22 | Jonah (Commemoration) |
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| Wed | Sep. 23 | ||
| Thu | Sep. 24 | ||
| Fri | Sep. 25 | ||
| Sat | Sep. 26 | ||
| Sun | Sep. 27 | Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Sep. 28 | ||
| Tue | Sep. 29 | St. Michael and All Angels |
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| Wed | Sep. 30 | Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture (Commemoration) |
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| Thu | Oct. 1 | ||
| Fri | Oct. 2 | ||
| Sat | Oct. 3 | ||
| Sun | Oct. 4 | Ninteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Oct. 5 | ||
| Tue | Oct. 6 | ||
| Wed | Oct. 7 | Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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| Thu | Oct. 8 | ||
| Fri | Oct. 9 | Abraham (Commemoration) |
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| Sat | Oct. 10 | ||
| Sun | Oct. 11 | Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Philip the Deacon (Commemoration)
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| Mon | Oct. 12 | ||
| Tue | Oct. 13 | ||
| Wed | Oct. 14 | ||
| Thu | Oct. 15 | ||
| Fri | Oct. 16 | ||
| Sat | Oct. 17 | Ignatius of Antioch (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Oct. 18 | Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Also: St. Luke
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| Mon | Oct. 19 | ||
| Tue | Oct. 20 | ||
| Wed | Oct. 21 | ||
| Thu | Oct. 22 | ||
| Fri | Oct. 23 | St. James of Jerusalem |
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| Sat | Oct. 24 | ||
| Sun | Oct. 25 | Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women (Commemoration)
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| Mon | Oct. 26 | Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Oct. 27 | ||
| Wed | Oct. 28 | St. Simon and St. Jude |
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| Thu | Oct. 29 | ||
| Fri | Oct. 30 | ||
| Sat | Oct. 31 | Reformation Day |
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| Sun | Nov. 1 | Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Also: All Saints' Day
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| Mon | Nov. 2 | ||
| Tue | Nov. 3 | ||
| Wed | Nov. 4 | ||
| Thu | Nov. 5 | ||
| Fri | Nov. 6 | ||
| Sat | Nov. 7 | ||
| Sun | Nov. 8 | Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Also: Johannes von Staupitz, Luther's Father Confessor (Commemoration)
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| Mon | Nov. 9 | Martin Chemnitz (birth), Pastor and Confessor (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Nov. 10 | ||
| Wed | Nov. 11 | Martin of Tours, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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| Thu | Nov. 12 | ||
| Fri | Nov. 13 | ||
| Sat | Nov. 14 | Emperor Justinian, Christian Ruler and Confessor of Christ (Commemoration) |
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| Sun | Nov. 15 | Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Nov. 16 | ||
| Tue | Nov. 17 | ||
| Wed | Nov. 18 | ||
| Thu | Nov. 19 | Elizabeth of Hungary (Commemoration) |
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| Fri | Nov. 20 | ||
| Sat | Nov. 21 | ||
| Sun | Nov. 22 | Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost |
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| Mon | Nov. 23 | Clement of Rome, Pastor (Commemoration) |
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| Tue | Nov. 24 | ||
| Wed | Nov. 25 | ||
| Thu | Nov. 26 | ||
| Fri | Nov. 27 | ||
| Sat | Nov. 28 | Last day of 2025/2026 church year |
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The readings come from Series A 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.]