With Links to the Lessons From the Episcopal Lectionary
| January | February | March | April | May | June |
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
January 2011 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 The Holy Name |
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2 Second Sunday after Christmas (Note: Episcopal readings differ from the "generic" RCL readings) |
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6 The Epiphany |
7 | 8 Harriet Bedell, Deaconess and Missionary |
9 First Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Our Lord |
10 William Laud, Archbishop |
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12 Aelred, Abbot |
13 Hillary, Bishop |
14 | 15 |
16 Second Sunday after the Epiphany |
17 Antony, Abbot |
18 Confession of St Peter, Apostle |
19 Wulfstan, Bishop |
20 Fabian, Bishop and Martyr |
21 Agnes, Martyr |
22 Vincent, Deacon and Martyr |
23 Third Sunday after the Epiphany |
24 Ordination of Florence Li Tim-Oi |
25 Conversion of St Paul, Apostle |
26 Timothy and Titus |
27 John Chrysostom, Bishop |
28 Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar |
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30 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany |
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February 2011 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Brigid (Bride) |
2 Presentation of Jesus in the Temple |
3 Anskar, Archbishop |
4 Cornelius, the Centurion |
5 Martyrs of Japan |
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6 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany |
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13 Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany |
14 Cyril and Methodius, Monk and Bishop |
15 Thomas Bray, Priest |
16 | 17 Janani Luwum Archbishop and Martyr |
18 Martin Luther |
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20 Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany |
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23 Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr |
24 St Matthias, Apostle |
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26 |
27 Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany |
28 Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, Educator |
March 2011 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales |
2 Chad, Bishop of Lichfield |
3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests |
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6 Last Sunday after Epiphany |
7 Perpetua and her Companions |
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9 Ash Wednesday |
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12 Gregory the Great, Bishop |
13 First Sunday in Lent |
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15 |
16 | 17 Patrick, Bishop |
18 Cyril, Bishop |
19 St Joseph |
20 Second Sunday in Lent |
21 Thomas Ken, Bishop |
22 James De Koven, Priest |
23 Gregory the Illuminator |
24 Oscar Romero, Archbishop, and the Martyrs of San Salvador |
25 The Annunciation |
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27 Third Sunday in Lent |
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29 John Keble, Priest |
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31 John Donne, Priest |
April 2011 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest |
2 James Lloyd Breck, Priest |
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3 Fourth Sunday in Lent |
4 Martin Luther King |
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6 |
7 Tikhon, Patriarch, Confessor, and Ecumenist |
8 William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest |
9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
10 Fifth Sunday in Lent |
11 George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop |
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14 |
15 |
16 |
17 Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday |
18 Monday in Holy Week |
19 Tuesday in Holy Week |
20 Wednesday in Holy Week |
21 Maundy Thursday |
22 Good Friday |
23 Holy Saturday Easter Vigil |
24 Easter Day Principal Evening |
25 Monday in Easter Week |
26 Tuesday in Easter Week |
27 Wednesday in Easter Week |
28 Thursday in Easter Week |
29 Friday in Easter Week |
30 Saturday in Easter Week |
May 2011 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Second Sunday of Easter |
2 St Mark, Evangelist (transferred) |
3 St Philip and St James, Apostles (transferred) |
4 Monnica, Mother of Augustine |
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8 Third Sunday of Easter |
9 Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 Fourth Sunday of Easter |
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17 | 18 |
19 Dunstan, Archbishop |
20 Alcuin, Deacon and Abbot |
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22 Fifth Sunday of Easter |
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24 Jackson Kemper, Bishop |
25 Bede the Venerable |
26 Augustine, Archbishop |
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29 Sixth Sunday of Easter |
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31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin |
June 2011 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Justin, Martyr |
2 Ascension Day |
3 Martyrs of Uganda |
4 |
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5 Seventh Sunday of Easter |
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9 Columba, Abbot |
10 Ephrem of Edessa |
11 St Barnabas, Apostle |
12 Day of Pentecost Whitsunday |
13 The First Book of Common Prayer |
14 Basil the Great, Bishop |
15 Evelyn Underhill |
16 Joseph Butler, Bishop |
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18 Bernard Mizeki, Martyr |
19 First Sunday after Pentecost Trinity Sunday |
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21 | 22 Alban, Martyr |
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24 Nativity of St John, the Baptist |
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26 Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 8 |
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28 Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons |
29 St Peter and St Paul, Apostles |
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July 2011 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
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3 Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 9 |
4 Independence Day |
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10 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 10 |
11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot |
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17 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 11 |
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19 Macrina |
20 Stanton, Bloomer, Truth, Tubman |
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22 Mary Magdalene |
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24 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 12 |
25 St James, Apostle |
26 The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
27 William Reed Huntington, Priest |
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29 Mary and Martha of Bethany |
30 William Wilberforce |
31 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 13 |
August 2011 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Joseph of Arimathea |
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5 | 6 The Transfiguration |
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7 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 14 |
8 Dominic, Priest and Friar |
9 | 10 Laurence, Deacon and Martyr |
11 Clare, Abbess |
12 Florence Nightingale |
13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop |
14 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 15 |
15 St Mary, the Virgin |
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18 William Porcher Dubose, Priest |
19 | 20 Bernard, Abbot |
21 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 16 |
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23 | 24 ,St Bartholomew, Apostle |
25 Louis, King of France |
26 | 27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle |
28 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 |
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30 | 31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne |
September 2011 |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon |
2 The Martyrs of New Guinea |
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5 Labor Day |
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9 Constance, Nun |
10 Alexander Crummell, 1898 |
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11 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 |
12 John Henry Hobart, Bishop |
13 Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr |
14 Holy Cross Day |
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16 Ninian, Bishop |
17 Hildegard of Bingen |
18 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 |
19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop |
20 John Coleridge Patteson |
21 St Matthew, Evangelist |
22 Philander Chase, Bishop |
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25 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 |
26 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop |
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29 St Michael and All Angels |
30 Jerome, Priest |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Remigius, Bishop |
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2 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 |
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4 Francis of Assisi, Friar |
5 |
6 William Tyndale, Priest |
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9 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 |
10 Vida Dutton Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace |
11 Philip, Deacon and Evangelist |
12 | 13 |
14 Samuel Schereschewsky, Bishop |
15 Teresa of Avila, Nun |
16 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 |
17 Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr |
18 St Luke, Evangelist |
19 Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary |
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21 | 22 |
23 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 |
24 St James of Jerusalem (Transferred) |
25 | 26 Alfred the Great |
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28 St Simon & St Jude, Apostles |
29 James Hannington, Bishop, and his Companions |
30 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 26 |
31 Vigil of All Saints (White for vigil) |
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Note: If All Saints' Day is additionally observed on Sunday, use white | 1 All Saints' Day |
2 Commemoration of All Faithful Departed |
3 Richard Hooker, Priest |
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7 Willibrord, Archbishop |
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10 Leo the Great, Bishop |
11 Martin, Bishop of Tours |
12 Charles Simeon, Priest |
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13 Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 |
14 Consecration of Samuel Seabury |
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16 Margaret, Queen of Scotland |
17 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln |
18 Hilda, Abbess of Whitby |
19 Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary |
20 Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King |
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22 Clive Staples Lewis, Apologist and Writer |
23 Clement, Bishop |
25 James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest |
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27 First Sunday of Advent |
28 Kamehameha and Emma |
29 | 30 St Andrew, Apostle |
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Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
1 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon |
2 Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop |
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4 Second Sunday of Advent |
5 Clement of Alexandria, Priest |
6 Nicholas, Bishop |
7 Ambrose, Bishop |
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11 Third Sunday of Advent |
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13 | 14 | 15 |
16 | 17 |
18 Fourth Sunday of Advent |
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20 | 21 St Thomas, Apostle |
22 | 23 | 24 Christmas Eve |
25 Christmas Day Christmas I Christmas II Christmas III |
26 St Stephen, Deacon and Martyr |
27 St John, Apostle and Evangelist |
28 Holy Innocents |
29 Thomas Becket |
30 Francis Joseph Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer |
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Notes:
The Episcopal Lectionary is based on the Revised Common Lectionary, which is, itself, based on the Roman Catholic Lectionary, a product of Vatican II. So it is that, most often, the Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic and other churches are using the same lessons, with slight variations. The lessons presented here follow the Episcopal form of the Revised Common Lectionary. If you are a member of one of the other denominations, these may also be your lessons, but (!) double check before you base a sermon on them.
The Sunday Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. The year which began with Advent 2010 and ends at Advent 2011 is Year A. The year which began at Advent 2009 and ended at Advent 2010 was Year C. The First Sunday of Advent 2011 begins Year B.
The Bible translation used is The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.
The collects and the Psalms are from the Book of Common Prayer. The collects use the contemporary wording.
The liturgical color appropriate for the day is indicated, when the color is green, red or purple, by the color of the numeral against a light grey background. When the liturgical color is white, the numeral is black against a white background.
Return to The Lectionary Page.
Last updated on May 30, 2010