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Lesser Feasts & Fasts, 2009: The Official Calendar for the Episcopal Church

January
1 The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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6 The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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8 Harriet Bedell, Deaconess and Missionary, 1969
9 Julia Chester Emery, Missionary, 1922
10 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645
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12 Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
13 Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, 367
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17 Antony, Abbot in Egypt, 356
18 The Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle
19 Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095
20 Fabian, Bishop and Martyr of Rome, 250
21 Agnes, Martyr at Rome, 304
22 Vincent, Deacon of Saragossa, and Martyr, 304
23 Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, 1893
24 Ordination of Florence Li Tim-Oi, First Woman Priest in the Anglican Communion, 1944
25 The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle
26 Timothy and Titus, Companions of Saint Paul
27 John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407
28 Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Theologian, 1274
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February
1 Brigid (Bride), 523
2 The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple
3 Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865
4 Cornelius the Centurion
5 The Martyrs of Japan, 1597
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13 Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818
14 Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869, 885
15 Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, 1730
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17 Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, and Martyr, 1977
18 Martin Luther, Theologian, 1546
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23 Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr of Smyrna, 156
24 Saint Matthias the Apostle
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27 George Herbert, Priest, 1633
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March
1 David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales, c. 544
2 Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672
3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788
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7 Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 202
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9 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 394
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12 Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604
13 James Theodore Holly, Bishop of Haiti, and of the Dominican Republic, 1911
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17 Patrick, Bishop and Missionary of Ireland, 461
18 Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, 386
19 Saint Joseph
20 Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindesdarne, 687
21 Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711
22 James De Koven, Priest, 1879
23 Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c. 332
24 Óscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, 1980, and the Martyrs of El Salvador
25 The Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary
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27 Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, and of Western New York, 1929
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29 John Keble, Priest, 1866
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31 John Donne, Priest, 1631
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April
1 Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, 1872
2 James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876
3 Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253
4 Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader and Martyr, 1968
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7 Tikhon, Patriarch of Russia, Confessor and Ecumenist, 1925
8 William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877
9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian and Martyr, 1945
10 William Law, Priest, 1761
11 George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, and of Lichfield, 1878
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19 Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012
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21 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109
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25 Saint Mark the Evangelist
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29 Catherine of Siena, 1380
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May
1 Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles
2 Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373
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4 Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
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8 Dame Julian of Norwich, c. 1417
9 Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, 389
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19 Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
20 Alcuin, Deacon, and Abbot of Tours, 804
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24 Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States, 1870
25 Bede, the Venerable, Priest, and Monk of Jarrow, 735
26 Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
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31 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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June
1 Justin, Martyr at Rome, c. 167
2 Blandina and Her Companions, the Martyrs of Lyons, 177
3 The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886
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5 Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary to Germany, and Martyr, 754
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9 Columba, Abbot of Iona, 597
10 Ephrem of Edessa, Syria, Deacon, 373
11 Saint Barnabas the Apostle
12 Enmegahbowh, Priest and Missionary, 1902
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14 Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379
15 Evelyn Underhill, 1941
16 Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, 1752
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18 Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Mashonaland, 1896
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22 Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c. 304
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24 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
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28 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202
29 Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles
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July
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4 Independence Day
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11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540
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17 William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836
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19 Macrina, Monastic and Teacher, 379
20 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1902; Amelia Bloomer, 1894; Sojourner Truth, 1883; and Harriet Ross Tubman, 1913, Liberators and Prophets
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22 Saint Mary Magdalene
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24 Thomas à Kempis, Priest, 1471
25 Saint James the Apostle
26 Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
27 William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909
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29 Mary and Martha of Bethany
30 William Wilberforce, 1833
31 Ignatius of Loyola, Priest and Monastic, 1556
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August
1 Joseph of Arimathea
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6 The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
7 John Mason Neale, Priest, 1866
8 Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221
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10 Laurence, Deacon, and Martyr at Rome, 258
11 Clare, Abbess at Assisi, 1253
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13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore, 1667
14 Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian and Martyr, 1965
15 Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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18 William Porcher DuBose, Priest, 1918
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20 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153
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25 Louis, King of France, 1270
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27 Thomas Gallaudet, 1902, with Henry Winter Syle, 1890
28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, and Theologian, 430
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31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 651
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September
1 David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon and Missionary, 1931
2 The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
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4 Paul Jones, 1941
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9 Constance, Nun, and Her Companions, 1878
10 Alexander Crummell, 1898
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12 John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830
13 Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr of Carthage, 258
14 Holy Cross Day
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16 Ninian, Bishop in Galloway, c. 430
17 Hildegard, 1179
18 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882
19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
20 John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
21 Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
22 Philander Chase, Bishop of Ohio, and of Illinois, 1852
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25 Sergius, Abbot of Holy Trinity, Moscow, 1392
26 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, 1626
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29 Saint Michael and All Angels
30 Jerome, Priest, and Monk of Bethlehem, 420
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October
1 Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, c. 530
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4 Francis of Assisi, Friar, 1126
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6 William Tyndale, 1536, Translator of the Bible
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9 Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, 1253
10 Vida Dutton Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace, 1954
11 Philip, Deacon and Evangelist
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14 Samuel Isaac Joseph Scherechewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906
15 Teresa of Avila, Nun, 1582
16 Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs, 1555
17 Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, and Martyr, c. 115
18 Saint Luke the Evangelist
19 Henry Martyn, Priest, and Missionary to India and Persia, 1812
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23 Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Martyr, c. 62
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26 Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, 899
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28 Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles
29 James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1885
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November
1 All Saints
2 Commemoration of All Faithful Departed
3 Richard Hooker, Priest, 1600
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7 Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Missionary to Frisia, 739
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10 Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461
11 Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397
12 Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836
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14 Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop, 1784
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16 Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093
17 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
18 Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
19 Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231
20 Edmund, King of East Anglia, 870
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22 Clive Staples Lewis, Apologist and Spiritual Writer, 1963
23 Clement, Bishop of Rome, c. 100
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25 James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest and Monk, 1935
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28 Kamehameha and Emma, King and Queen of Hawaii, 1864, 1885
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30 Saint Andrew the Apostle
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December
1 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637
2 Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop in China and Japan, 1910
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4 John of Damascus, Priest, c. 760
5 Clement of Alexandria, Priest, c. 210
6 Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342
7 Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397
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21 Saint Thomas the Apostle
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25 The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
26 Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr
27 Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
28 The Holy Innocents
29 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170
30 Frances Joseph Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer, 1934
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