The Church
calendar according to
Liturgy 1975
as used by the Church of the Province of South Africa[1]
The links in this list are to articles in Saints & Seasons
JANUARY
1 THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS
6 THE EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
10 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr, 1645
13 Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers and Teacher of the Faith, 368
14 Richard Benson of Cowley, Religious
17 Antony of Egypt, Founder of the Religious
Life, 356
18 THE CONFESSION OF ST PETER THE APOSTLE
21 Agnes, Virgin and Martyr at Rome, c.304
23 Yona Kanamuyezi, Deacon and Martyr, 1964
24 Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, 1623
25 THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL THE APOSTLE
26 Timothy and Titus, Companions of St Paul
27 John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople
and Teacher of the Faith, 407
28 Thomas Aquinas, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
29 Charles Frederick Mackenzie, Bishop in
Central Africa, 1862
FEBRUARY
2 THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
3 Anskar, Bishop and Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 864
4 Manche Masemola of Sekhukhuniland, Virgin and Martyr, 1928
5 The Martyrs of Japan, 1597
14 Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the
Slavs, 9th century
15 Thomas Bray, Priest, 1730
20 Cecile Isherwood of Grahamstown, Religious, 1906
21 Missionaries and Martyrs of Africa
23 Polycarp, Bishop Smyrna and Martyr, 156
24 ST MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE
27 George Herbert, Priest, 1632
MARCH
1 David, Bishop and Missionary in
Wales, 6th century
2 Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672
3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests,
18th century
7 Perpetua and her Companions,
Martyrs, 202
9 Maqamusela Kanyile of Zululand,
Martyr, 1877
12 Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome and Teacher of the Faith, 604
17 Patrick, Bishop and Missionary in Ireland, 461
18 Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Teacher of
the Faith, c.386
19 Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711
20 Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 687
21 Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr, 1556
25 THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
29 John Keble, Priest, 1866
APRIL
1 Frederick Denison Maurice,
Priest, 1872
6 William Law, Priest, 1761
11 George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop and
Missionary in New Zealand, 1878
21 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury and
Teacher of the Faith, 1109
23 George, Martyr, 4th century
25 ST MARK THE EVANGELIST
29 Catherine of Siena, 1380
MAY
1 ST JOSEPH
2 Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria
and Teacher of the Faith, 373
3 ST PHILIP AND ST JAMES THE
APOSTLES
4 Monica, Mother of Augustine of
Hippo, 387
12 Simon of Cyrene
19 Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
21 Helena, Mother of the Emperor Constantine,
4th century
25 The Venerable Bede of Jarrow, Teacher of
the Faith, 735
26 Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury and Missionary, 605
31 THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
JUNE
1 Justin Martyr, c.165
2 The Martyrs of Lyons, 177
3 The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886
5 Boniface, Bishop and Missionary in Germany, c.755
9 Columba of Iona, Missionary in
Scotland, 597
11 ST BARNABAS THE APOSTLE
13 Antony of Lisbon, Religious, 1231
14 Basil and his Companions, Teachers of the
Faith, 4th century
18 Bernard Mizeki, Martyr in Mashonaland
22 Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c.304
24 THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
28 Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons and Teacher of the Faith, c.202
29 ST PETER AND ST PAUL THE APOSTLES
JULY
3 ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE
6 Thomas More, Martyr, 1535
11 Benedict of Monte Cassino, Religious, c.540
13 Silas
22 ST MARY MAGDALENE
25 ST JAMES THE APOSTLE
29 William Wilberforce, 1833
30 Mary and Martha of Bethany
AUGUST
6 THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST
7 Dominic, Religious, 1221
10 Laurence, Deacon of Rome and Martyr, 258
15 ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MOTHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
20 Bernard of Clairvaux, Religious, 1153
24 ST BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE
28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo in Africa and
Teacher of the Faith, 430
29 The Beheading of St John the Baptist
SEPTEMBER
1 Robert Gray, First Bishop[2] of Cape Town, 1872
2 The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
8 The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
13 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage and Martyr, 258
14 Holy Cross Day
16 Ninian, Bishop and Missionary in Scotland,
c.432
19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of
Canterbury, 690
20 John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of
Melanesia and Martyr, 1871
21 ST MATTHEW THE APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
26 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester,
1626
30 Jerome, Priest and Teacher of the Faith,
420
OCTOBER
1 Remigius, Bishop and Missionary
to the Franks, 530
2 Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury, 1885
4 Francis of Assisi, Religious,
1226
7 William Tyndale, Priest and
Martyr, 1536
11 Philip the Deacon
15 Teresa of Avila, Religious, 1582
16 Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops and Martyrs, 1555
17 Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr,
c.110
18 ST LUKE THE EVANGELIST
19 Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary to the
East, 1812
23 ST JAMES OF JERUSALEM
28 ST SIMON AND ST JUDE THE APOSTLES
NOVEMBER
1 ALL SAINTS’ DAY
2 The Commemoration of the
Faithful Departed
3 The Martyrs of Mbokotwana, 1880
4 Martin de Porres, Religious,
1639
7 Willibrord, Bishop and Missionary in Holland,[3] 739
8 Martyrs and Confessors of the
Twentieth Century
10 Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome and Teacher
of the Faith, 461
11 Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397
12 Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836
14 Samuel Seabury, Bishop in America, 1784
16 Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093
18 Hilda of Whitby, Religious, 680
22 Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr at Rome, c.230
23 Clement, Bishop of Rome and Martyr, c.100
30 ST ANDREW THE APOSTLE
DECEMBER
1 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon and Religious, 1637
3
Francis Xavier, Priest and Missionary to the East, 1552
4 John
of Damascus, Teacher of the Faith, c.760
5
Peter Masiza, Priest, 1907
7
Ambrose, Bishop of Milan and Teacher of the Faith, 397
24 Christmas Eve
25 THE NATIVITY
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
26 ST STEPHEN, DEACON AND FIRST MARTYR
27 ST JOHN THE
APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
28 THE HOLY
INNOCENTS
29 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr, 1170
