Calendar of saints (Lutheran)

The Lutheran Calendar of Saints is a listing which specifies the primary annual festivals and events that are celebrated liturgically by some Lutheran Churches in the United States. The calendars of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) are from the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship and the 1982 Lutheran Worship. Elements unique to the ELCA have been updated from the Lutheran Book of Worship to reflect changes resulting from the publication of Evangelical Lutheran Worship in 2006. The elements of the calendar unique to the LCMS have also been updated from Lutheran Worship and the Lutheran Book of Worship to reflect the 2006 publication of the Lutheran Service Book.

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The event commemorated is listed with the type of event afterwards in parentheses as well as the country where it is observed (if not commonly observed on that date in North America). For individuals, the date given is the date of their death or "heavenly birthday." The single letter listed after each event is the designated color for vestments and paraments: White (W), Red (R) or Purple (P). Commemorations are noted as being specific to the ELCA or LCMS following the particular entry. Commemorations and Festivals that are held in common are not annotated.

For further information on the development of the calendar, see Liturgical calendar (Lutheran).

January
Gregory of Nazianzus

February
  • 1
  • 2 Presentation of our Lord (Lesser Festival) W
  • 3 Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg, missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 4
  • 5 The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
    • Jacob, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 6
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  • 10 Silas, apostle(Commemoration) W – LCMS
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  • 13 Aquila, Priscilla, and Apollos (Commemoration) W – LCMS
Martin Luther's face and hands cast at his death.
  • 14 Cyril, monk, 869; Methodius, bishop, 885; missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • Valentine, martyr, 270 (Commemoration) R – LCMS
  • 15 Philemon and Onesimus (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 16 Philipp Melanchthon, confessor, 1560 (Commemoration) R – LCMS
  • 17
  • 18 Martin Luther, doctor and confessor, renewer of the church, 1546 (Commemoration) W
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  • 23 Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr 156 (Commemoration) R
  • 24 Saint Matthias, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R – LCMS
  • 25 Elizabeth Fedde, deaconess, 1921 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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March
Simon Ushakov, The Last Supper
  • 1 George Herbert, priest, hymnwriter, 1633 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 2 John Wesley, 1791; Charles Wesley, 1788; priests, renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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  • 7 Perpetua and Felicity and companions, martyrs at Carthage, 202 (Commemoration) R
  • 8
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  • 10 Harriet Tubman, 1913; Sojourner Truth, 1883; renewers of society (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 11
  • 12 Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 13
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Saint Joseph
  • 16
  • 17 Patrick, bishop, missionary to Ireland, 461 (Commemoration) W
  • 18
  • 19 Joseph, guardian of our Lord (Lesser Festival) W
  • 20
  • 21 Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr, 1556 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
  • 22 Jonathan Edwards, teacher, missionary to American Indians, 1758 (Commemoration) W - ELCA
  • 23
  • 24 Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Bishop of El Salvador, martyr, 1980 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
  • 25 Annunciation of Our Lord (Festival) W
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  • 29 Hans Nielsen Hauge, renewer of the church, 1824 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 30
  • 31 John Donne, priest, poet, 1631 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • Joseph, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS

April
Michelangelo
Catherine of Siena

May
  • 1 Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles (Lesser Festival) R
  • 2 Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373 (Commemoration) W
  • 3
  • 4 Monica, mother of Augustine, 387 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 5 Frederick the Wise, Christian ruler, 1525 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 6
  • 7 Carl F. W. Walther, pastor, theologian, 1887 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 8 Victor the Moor, martyr, 303 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
  • 9 Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, renewer of the church, hymnwriter, 1760 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • Job, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
Sts. Constantine and Helen
  • 10
  • 11 Cyrill, 869 and Methodius, 885, missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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  • 14 Saint Matthias, apostle (Lesser Festival) R – ELCA
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  • 18 Erik, King of Sweden, martyr, 1160 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
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  • 21 Helena, mother of Constantine, c. 330 (Commemoration) W
    • Emperor Constantine, Emperor of Rome, 337 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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  • 24 Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543; Leonhard Euler, 1783; scientists (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • Esther, matriarch, (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 25 Bede, theologian, 735 (Commemoration) R – LCMS
  • 26
  • 27 John Calvin, renewer of the church, 1564 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 28
  • 29 Juraj Tranovský, hymnwriter, 1637 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 30
  • 31 The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth (Lesser Festival) W

June
  • 1 Justin, martyr at Rome, c. 165 (Commemoration) R
  • 2
  • 3 Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
    • John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 1963 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 4
  • 5 Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, martyr, 754 (Commemoration) R
  • 6
  • 7 Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Confederacy, 1866 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 8
  • 9 Columba, 597; Aidan, 651; Bede, 735; teachers, renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 10
  • 11 Saint Barnabas, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R
  • 12 First Ecumenical Council, 325 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 13
  • 14 Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379; Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, c. 389; Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 385 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • Macrina, theologian, c. 379 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • Elisha, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
  • 15
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Philipp Melanchthon
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  • 21 Onesimos Nesib, translator, evangelist, 1931 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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  • 24 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Lesser Festival) W
  • 25 Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 1530 (Commemoration) W
    • Philipp Melanchthon, renewer of the church, 1560 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 26 Jeremiah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
  • 27 Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, 444 ( Commemoration) W
  • 28 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202 (Commemoration) W
  • 29 Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles (Lesser Festival) R
  • 30

July
Benedict of Nursia
  • 1 Catherine Winkworth, 1878; John Mason Neale, 1866; hymn translators (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 2
  • 3 Saint Thomas, apostle (Lesser Festival) R – ELCA
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  • 6 Jan Hus, martyr, 1415 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
    • Isaiah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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  • 11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 12 Nathan Söderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1931 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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  • 16 Ruth, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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  • 18 Bartolomé de Las Casas, missionary to the Indies, 1566 (Commemoration) W – ELCA[1]
  • 19
Elias Gottlob Haussmann, Johann Sebastian Bach

August
Florence Nightingale
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  • 3 Joanna, Mary, and Salome, myrrh-bearing women (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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  • 6 Transfiguration of Our Lord (Festival) W
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  • 8 Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), 1221 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 9
  • 10 Lawrence, deacon, martyr 258 (Commemoration) R
  • 11 Clare, Abbess of San Damiano, renewer of the Church, 1253 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 12
  • 13 Florence Nightingale, 1910; Clara Maass, 1901; renewers of society (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 14 Maximilian Kolbe, 1941; Kaj Munk, 1944; martyrs (Commemoration) R – ELCA
  • 15 Mary, Mother of Our Lord (Lesser Festival) W[2][3][4]
Mary, Mother of Our Lord
  • 16 Isaac, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 17 Johann Gerhard, theologian, 1637 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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  • 19 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, hymnwriter, theologian 1153 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 20 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, hymnwriter, theologian, 1153 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • Samuel, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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  • 24 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R
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  • 27 Monica, mother of Augustine 387 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430 (Commemoration) W
  • 29 The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist (Lesser Festival) R – LCMS
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September
  • 1 Joshua, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
  • 2 N. F. S. Grundtvig, bishop, renewer of the church, 1872 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • Hannah, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 3 Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 4 Moses, prophet (Commemoration)) R – LCMS
  • 5 Zechariah, prophet
    • Elizabeth, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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  • 9 Peter Claver, priest, missionary to Colombia, 1654 (Commemoration) – ELCA
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  • 13 John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 14 Feast of the Holy Cross (Lesser Festival) R
  • 15
  • 16 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, c. 258 (Commemoration) R
  • 17 Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, 1179 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 18 Dag Hammarskjöld, renewer of society, 1961 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
Carlo Crivelli, St. Francis of Assisi
  • 19
  • 20 Nelson Wesley Trout, bishop, 1996 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 21 Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist (Lesser Festival) R
  • 22 Jonah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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  • 29 Saint Michael and All Angels (Lesser Festival) W
  • 30 Jerome, translator, teacher, 420 (Commemoration) W

October
Gianlorenzo Bernini The Ecstasy of St. Teresa

November
Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg
  • 8 Johann von Staupitz, priest, 1524 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 9 Martin Chemnitz, pastor and confessor, 1586 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
  • 10
  • 11 Martin, bishop of Tours, 397 (Commemoration) W
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  • 14 Emperor Justinian, confessor, emperor of New Rome, 565 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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  • 17 Elizabeth, renewer of society, 1231 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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  • 19 Elizabeth, princess of Hungary, 1231 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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  • 23 Clement, bishop of Rome, c. 100 (Commemoration) W
  • 24 Justus Falckner, 1723; Jehu Jones, 1852; William Passavant, 1894; pastors in North America (Commemoration) W – ELCA
  • 25 Isaac Watts, hymnwriter, 1748 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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  • 29 Noah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
  • 30 Andrew, apostle (Lesser Festival) R

December
Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Saint Lucy

See also

References
  1. "The Church Year" (PDF). Renewing Worship. January 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 8, 2006. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  2. "Mary, Mother of Our Lord". www.liturgybytlw.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  3. Liebster, Karin I. (August 15, 2010). "Mary, the Mother of God". Christ the King Lutheran Church. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  4. Collver, Albert B. (August 15, 2011). "St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord". Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  • Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship (1978). Lutheran Book of Worship. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Press. ISBN 9780800633301.
  • Inter-Lutheran Commission on Worship (1978). Lutheran Book of Worship: Minister's Desk Edition. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Press. ISBN 978-9991472546.
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Evangelical Lutheran Worship - Final Draft. Augsburg Fortress Press, 2006.
  • Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (1982). Lutheran Worship. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0570010197.
  • Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (2006). Lutheran Service Book. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House. pp. x–xiii. ISBN 978-0-7586-1217-5.
  • Philip H. Pfatteicher (1980). Festivals and Commemorations: Handbook to the Calendar in Lutheran Book of Worship. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Press. ISBN 978-0806617572.
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