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Syriac Orthodox Church Liturgical Calender 2011

January 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat




1
Circumcision of our Lord; New Year
St. John 15:8-19
2
St. Matthew 2:19-23
 3
 4
 5
 6
Epiphany
St. Luke 3:15-22
 7
Beheading of John the Baptist
St. Matthew 14:1-12
 8
St. Stephanos, chief among the deacons and first of the martyrs
St. Matthew 23:34-39
9
St. Matthew 4:12-22
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
Intercession of Virgin Mary for Seeds
16
St. John 1:43-51
 17
 18
Mor Shmuel, Mor Shem`un, Monks of Qartmin Dayro and Mor Anthonius
 19
 20
 21
 22
23
St. John 3:1-12
 24
 25
 26
 27
 28
 29
30
St. Mark 6:1-6
 31




Church Festivals

1 Circumcision of our Lord; New Year; Baselius of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Gregory of Nyssa (c. 330-395), all holy fathers and teachers.
2 2nd Sunday after Christmas.
6 Epiphany.
7 Beheading of John the Baptist.
8 St. Stephanos, chief among the deacons and first of the martyrs.
9 1st Sunday after Epiphany.
12 Mor Theophilos Thomas, Udayagiri (1992).
15 Intercession of Virgin Mary for Seeds; Mor Ahathulla, Koonan Kurishu Sathyam at Mattanchery (1653).
16 2nd Sunday after Epiphany.
17 Mor Philexinos Samuel, Meenangadi (1985).
18 Mor Shmuel, Mor Shem`un, Monks of Qartmin Dayro and Mor Anthonius; Mor Dionysius Mikhael, Panampady (1956).
23 3rd Sunday after Epiphany.
24 Mor Yulius Ya`qub, Manjinikkara (1992).
26 Mor Athanasius Paulose Pynadathu, Thrikkunathu Seminary, Alwaye (1953).
30 4th Sunday after Epiphany.

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2011 February 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
 2
Presentation at the Temple, Mor Shem`un (cf. St. Luke 2:25)
St. Luke 2:36-40
 3
St. Luke 6:20-32
 4
 5
6
St. Mark 1:12-20
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
13
 14
Fast of Nineveh begins
 15
 16
Prophet Jonah
St. Matthew 12:38-50
 17
Thursday of the Fast of Nineveh
St. Luke 12:54-13:9
 18
 19
20
Departed priests
St. Matthew 24:42-51
 21
 22
 23
 24
 25
 26
27
All Departed
St. Luke 12:32-49
 28




Church Festivals

2 Presentation at the Temple, Mor Shem`un (cf. St. Luke 2:25).
3 Mor Barsawmo (c. 457), the chief among mourners.
6 5th Sunday after Epiphany.
8 Mor Severus, Patriarch of Antioch (c. 460-538).
10 Mor Timotheos Ya`qub, Thrikkothamangalam.
13 St. Ignatius Elias III, Manjanikkara (1932).
14 Fast of Nineveh begins.
15 Tuesday of the Fast of Nineveh.
16 Prophet Jonah; Wednesday of the Fast of Nineveh.
17 Thursday of the Fast of Nineveh.
19 Mor Yulius Elias Qoro, Manjanikkara (1962).
20 Departed priests.
22 St. Peter establishes the church at Antioch (AD 37); Mor Gregorius Gewargis Parapallil, Perumpilly (1999).
24 Apostle Matthew, the Evangelist.
27 All Departed.

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2011 March 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
 2
 3
 4
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6
Sunday of the feast of Cana
St. John 2:1-11
 7
 8
 9
Forty Martyrs of Sebastia
St. Mark 8:34-38
 10
 11
 12
Mor Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373), Mor Theodoros
St. John 4:46-54
13
Sunday of the leper
St. Luke 5:12-16, 4:40-41
 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
20
Sunday of the paralytic
St. Mark 2:1-12
 21
 22
 23
 24
 25
Annunciation to Virgin Mary
St. Luke 1:26-38
 26
27
Sunday of the Canaanite woman
St. Matthew 15:21-31
 28
 29
 30
Mid-Lent, Holy Cross, King Abgar
St. John 7:14-15, 3:13-21
 31

Church Festivals

6 Sunday of the feast of Cana.
7 Great Lent begins.
9 Forty Martyrs of Sebastia.
12 Mor Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373), Mor Theodoros.
13 Sunday of the leper.
19 Mor Ostatheos Sleebo, Kunnamkulam (1930).
20 Sunday of the paralytic.
21 Mor Koorilose Kuriakose, Adoor (1995).
22 Mor Yulius Gheevarghese, Pampakkuda.
25 Annunciation to Virgin Mary.
27 Sunday of the Canaanite woman.
30 Mid-Lent, Holy Cross, King Abgar.

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2011 April 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat



1
 2
3
Sunday of the hunch-back woman
St. Luke 13:10-17
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
Sunday of the healing of the blind man
St. John 9:1-41
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
Fortieth Friday
St. Matthew 4:1-11
 16
Saturday of La`azar of Bethania
St. John 11:28-46
17
Palm Sunday
St. John 12:12-19
 18
The lights (Order of the entrance into heaven, the parable of the ten virgins)
 19
 20
 21
Passover
St. Luke 22:14-30
 22
Veneration of the Cross, Friday of the Week of Passion
 23
Saturday of Good Tidings
St. Matthew 27:57-61
24
Resurrection
St. Mark 16:1-8
 25
 26
 27
 28
 29
Confessors
St. Mark 9:9-15
 30

Church Festivals

3 Sunday of the hunch-back woman.
10 Sunday of the healing of the blind man.
15 Fortieth Friday.
16 Saturday of La`azar of Bethania; Mor Athanasius Y. Samuel, First Archbishop of USA and Canada, Holland (1995).
17 Palm Sunday.
18 The lights (Order of the entrance into heaven, the parable of the ten virgins); Mor Chrysostom Moshe Salam, First Archbishop of South America (1996).
21 Passover; Patriarch Mor Ignatius Peter IV of Antioch (1894).
22 Veneration of the Cross, Friday of the Week of Passion.
23 Saturday of Good Tidings; St. George the Martyr.
24 Resurrection.
25 St. Mark the Evangelist.
27 Mor Gregorius `Abd al-Jaleel of Jerusalem, North Parur (1671).
29 Confessors.

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2011 May 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
St. John 20:19-31
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
8
St. John 21:1-14
 9
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
15
Intercession of Virgin Mary for the crops
St. John 4:31-38
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
22
St. John 6:47-58
 23
 24
 25
 26
 27
 28
29
St. Mark 9:51-62
 30
 31



Church Festivals

1 Mor Ya`qub, son of Zebedee, the disciple; New Sunday.
8 Apostle John, the Evangelist; 1st Sunday after New Sunday.
10 St. Simon, the Disciple.
15 Intercession of Virgin Mary for the crops; 2nd Sunday after New Sunday.
20 Four Evangelists, Fathers of the three Holy Synods.
22 3rd Sunday after New Sunday.
29 4th Sunday after New Sunday.
30 Mor Koorilos Markose, first bishop of Thiruvananthapuram (2005).

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2011 June 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1
 2
Ascension
St. Mark 16:14-20
 3
 4
5
St. John 6:35-46
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
12
Pentecost
St. John 15: 1-14
 13
 14
 15
First church established in the name of the Virgin Mary
 16
 17
St. Luke 22:24-30
 18
19
St. John 6:26-35
 20
 21
 22
 23
 24
 25
26
Fast of the Apostles
St. Matthew 10:34-11:1
 27
 28
 29
Apostles Peter and Paul (AD 67); Fast of the Apostles ends
St. Matthew 20:1-16
 30
St. Luke 6:12-23

Church Festivals

2 Ascension.
5 Sunday before Pentecost.
11 St. Bartholomew, the disciple; Mor Severius, Kottayam Valiya Pally.
12 Pentecost.
13 Mor Aharon, chief among the ascetics.
15 First church established in the name of the Virgin Mary.
17 Golden Friday; Mor Ostatheos Benyamin, Manjinikkara (2004).
19 Apostle Mor Ya`qub, First bishop of Jerusalem and martyr; 1st Sunday after Pentecost.
23 Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem I, Homs (1957).
24 Birth of St. John the Baptist.
25 Patriarch Mor Ignatius Ya`qub III, Damascus (1980).
26 Fast of the Apostles; 2nd Sunday after Pentecost.
29 Apostles Peter and Paul (AD 67); Fast of the Apostles ends.
30 Twelve Apostles.

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2011 July 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat



1
 2
3
Apostle Thomas, remains transferred to Edessa (AD 394)
St. John 6:35-46
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 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
St. Matthew 14:14-23
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
 16
17
St. Luke 9:10-17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
 23
24
St. Matthew 15:32-39
 25
 26
 27
 28
 29
 30
31
St. Mark 3:20-30





Church Festivals

3 Apostle Thomas, remains transferred to Edessa (AD 394); 3rd Sunday after Pentecost.
5 Seventy-two disciples.
10 4th Sunday after Pentecost.
11 Mor Dionysius Joseph Pulikkottil, Kottayam Old Seminary (1909).
15 Mor Quryaqos and his mother Mort Yuliti, martyrs; Mor Abahay of Nicea (AD 455).
17 5th Sunday after Pentecost.
20 Prophet Elyo.
22 St. Mary Magdalene.
24 6th Sunday after Pentecost.
27 Mor Shem`un the Stylite (c. 390-459); Mor Severius Saliba Touma, Zahle, Lebanon (2004).
28 Mor Ostatheos Thomas, Thiruvankulam (2000).
29 Mor Ya`qub Burd`ono (c. 500-578).
30 Maphryono Mor Gregorius Bar `Ebroyo (1286).
31 7th Sunday after Pentecost.

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2011 August 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
Transfiguration, Feast of the booths
St. Luke 9:27-36
7
St. Matthew 21:28-32
 8
 9
 10
Fast of Assumption begins
 11
 12
 13
14
St. Mark 12:38-44
 15
Assumption, Intercession of Mother of God for the vines
St. Luke 10:38-42; St. John 19:25-27
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
21
St. Mark 10:35-45
 22
 23
 24
 25
 26
 27
28
St. Luke 11:9-20
 29
 30
 31


Church Festivals

1 Mort Shmuni, her seven sons and their teacher, Eleazar.
3 Mor Ivanius Hidayatullah of Khudayda, Mulanthuruthy (1693).
6 Transfiguration, Feast of the booths.
7 1st Sunday after Transfiguration.
10 Fast of Assumption begins.
12 Mor `Ozazoel, martyr.
14 2nd Sunday after Transfiguration.
15 Assumption, Intercession of Mother of God for the vines.
19 Mor Laby, the disciple.
21 1st Sunday after Assumption.
24 St. Matthias, the Apostle.
28 2nd Sunday after Assumption.
29 Beheading of St. John the Baptist.

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2011 September 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat


1
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 3
4
St. Matthew 17:22-27
 5
 6
 7
 8
Birth of Virgin Mary
 9
 10
11
St. Mark 6:1-6
 12
 13
 14
Holy Cross
St. Luke 21:5-28
 15
 16
 17
18
St. Mark 13:30-37
 19
 20
 21
 22
 23
 24
25
St. Matthew 16:5-12
 26
 27
 28
 29
 30

Church Festivals

1 Catholicos H. B. Baselius Paulose II, Malekurishu (1996).
2 Mor Koorilos Yuyakim, Reesh Episcopa of Malankara, Mulanthuruthy (1874).
4 3rd Sunday after Assumption.
8 Birth of Virgin Mary.
9 Yuyakim and Hannah, parents of Virgin Mary.
11 4th Sunday after Assumption.
14 Holy Cross; Patriarchal day, Consecration of Patriarch H.H. Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas.
18 1st Sunday after Sleebo.
24 Mor Dimet.
25 2nd Sunday after Sleebo.
29 Mor Clemis Abraham Vayala, Knanaya Chief Metropolitan of the East (2002).

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2011 October 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat




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2
St. Mark 2:23-28
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
9
St. Luke 16:13-18
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
16
St. Matthew 23:1-12
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
23
St. Luke 18:18-27
 24
 25
 26
 27
 28
 29
30
Consecration of the Church, Beginning of the liturgical calendar year
St. Mark 8:27-33
 31




Church Festivals

1 Mor Aday, the disciple, Mor Abahay, the martyr and Mor Malke.
2 3rd Sunday after Sleebo; Maphryono St. Baselius Yaldo, Kothamangalam (1685).
7 Mor Sarghis and Mor Bakhos, martyrs.
9 4th Sunday after Sleebo.
15 Mor Ossyo the hermit.
16 5th Sunday after Sleebo.
18 St. Luke the Evangelist.
22 Maphryono Mor Baselius Shukralla of Aleppo, Kandanad (1764).
23 Mor Ya`qub, son of Alphaeus; 6th Sunday after Sleebo.
29 Mor Yulius Çiçek, First bishop of Europe, Mor Ephrem Dayro, The Netherlands (2005).
30 Consecration of the Church, Beginning of the liturgical calendar year.

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2011 November 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
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 3
 4
 5
6
Renewal of the Church
St. Luke 19:47-20:8
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
13
Annunciation to Zachariah
St. Luke 11:45-51
 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
20
Annunciation to Mary
St. Luke 1:26-38
 21
Entrance of Virgin Mary into the Temple
 22
 23
 24
 25
 26
27
Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth
St. Luke 1:39-56
 28
 29
 30


Church Festivals

1 All Saints and Martyrs.
2 Mor Philexinos Yuhanon Dolabani (1969); St. Gregorius Gewargis of Parumala (1902).
3 Mor Athanasius Poulose Kadavil, First bishop of Kottayam, Thrikkunnathu Seminary (1907).
6 Renewal of the Church; Mor Gregorius Gewargis Vayaliparambil, Thrikkunathu Seminary, Alwaye (1966).
13 Annunciation to Zachariah; John Chrysostom 'Gold-Mouthed', Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 347-407).
14 St. Philip, the disciple.
20 Annunciation to Mary.
21 Entrance of Virgin Mary into the Temple.
24 Mor Clemis (Clement of Rome, c. 30-100).
27 Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth.
28 Mor Dionysius Bar Salibi (d. 1171).
29 Mor Ya`qub of Sarug (451-521).
30 St. Andrew, the disciple.

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2011 December 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat


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 3
4
Birth of John the Baptist
St. Luke 1:57-80
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
11
Annunciation to Joseph
St. Matthew 1:18-25
 12
 13
 14
 15
 16
 17
18
Sunday before Christmas
St. Matthew 1:1-17
 19
 20
 21
 22
 23
 24
25
Christmas
St. Matthew 2:1-12
 26
Lullabies (Glorification of the Mother of God)
St. Luke 8:16-21
 27
Slaughter of the Holy Infants
St. Matthew 2:13-23
 28
 29
 30
 31

Church Festivals

2 Mor Shabor and Mor Aphroth, Akapparampu.
4 Birth of John the Baptist; Mort Barbara and Mort Yuliana, martyrs.
6 St. Nicholas (Mor Zokhe), Epsicopus of Myra.
10 Mor Philoxenos of Mabug (c. 450-523); Mor Behnam and his sister Mort Sarah (4th cent.), martyrs.
11 Annunciation to Joseph.
15 Beginning of Advent.
18 Sunday before Christmas; St. Thomas wounded by the spear.
20 Mor Ignatios Nuhrono of Antioch (c. 35-107).
21 Martyrdom of St. Thomas (AD 72).
25 Christmas.
26 Lullabies (Glorification of the Mother of God).
27 Slaughter of the Holy Infants.

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