The Saint's Calendar in the Maronite Church

 

Date 

Feast 

Jan. 

01  Sts. Basil & Gregory
05  St. Paul, First Hermit 
07  Praises of John the Baptizer
13  St. James of Nisibis 
15  Our Lady of the Seeds
16  Chains of St. Peter 
17  St. Anthony The Great of the Desert 
18  St. Athanasius the Great 
18  The Chair of St. Peter in Rome 
19  St. Makarios of Alexandria(the Egyptian) 
20  St. Ephtimus the Great 
22  St. Timothy, Disciple of the Lord 
23  Pope St. Sergius I 
25  Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle 
28  St. Ephrem

Feb. 

0 Presentation of Christ in Temple
03  St. Simeon the Elder & Anna the Prophetess 
05  St. Agatha 
09  St. Maron
12  St. Melatius, Patriarch of Antioch 
18  Pope Saint Leo I 
19  Five Hundred Martyrs of Soor (Tyre) 
20  St. James, the Hermit -Disciple of St. Maron 
21  St. Eusthatius, Patriarch of Antioch 
22  The Chair, St. Peter in Antioch
23  St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna 
27  St. Thallaus, Disciple of St. Maron 
28  Sts. Cura & Marana Disciples of St. Maron 

Mar. 

01  St. Domnina, Disciple of St. Maron 
01  St. Afdokia of Baalbek 
02  St. John Maron
03  St. Thomas Aquinas 
09  The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste 
18  St. Cyril of Jerusalem 
19  St. Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary
23  Saint Rafqa
25  The Annunciation of Mary
26  Gabriel the Archangel
29  St. Cyril, Deacon of Baalbek 
30  St. John Climacus (of Mount Sinai) 

Apr. 

01  St. Mary of Egypt 
23  St. George the Martyr
25  St. Mark the Evangelist
27  St. Simon the Apostle, Brother of the Lord 
29  St. Catherine of Sienna 
30  St. James, Son of Zebedee, Brother of the Lord 

May 

**  Our Lady of Lebanon
01  St. Jeremiah the Prophet 
04  St. Monica 
08  St. John the Evangelist 
09  St. Isaiah the Propet 
10  St. Simon the Zealot, Apostle
12  St Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus 
15  Our Lady of the Harvest
17  St. Sirapion the Abbot (Prophet) 
21  Sts. Constantine & Helena 
22  St. Rita 
29  St. Theodosia of Soor (Tyre) 

Jun. 

01  St. Justin Martyr 
02  The Four Evangelists 
03  St. Autel 
06  St. Dorotheos, Bishop of Tyre 
10  St. Barnabas the Apostle 
11  St. Bartholomew the Apostle 
13  St. Aqualina of Biblos 
13  Anthony of Padua
14  Elisha the Prophet 
18  St. Laontius of Tripoli 
19  St. Jude the Apostle 
21  St. Louis Gonzaga 
22  St. Eusebius, Archbishop of Samosate 
24  Birth of John the Baptizer
29  Sts. Peter & Paul, the Apostles 
30  The Twelve Apostles 

Jul. 

10  The Three Massabki Maronite Martyrs
16  The Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 
17  St. Marina, Num of Qannubine 
20  St. Elias the Prophet 
22  St. Nouhra
23  St. Charbel
24  St. Christina of Tyre 
27  St. Pantaleon (Asia) 
31  Disciples/St. Maron -- 350 Martyrs

Aug. 

01  St. Shmooni and her Sons 
03  David the Prophet 
06  The Transfiguration of the Lord 
07  St. Domitius (Doumet) 
08  Pope St. Sixtus II 
09  St. Matthias the Apostle 
10  St. Lawrence 
13  St. Clare 
15  The Assumption of the Virgin Mary 
16  St. Roch 
23  St. Isaac the Syrian, Disciple of St. Ephrem 
25  St. Titus the Apostle 
28  St. Moses the Etheopian & St. Augustine 
29  The Beheading of John the Baptizer 
31  Sts. Abda, Aegidius & Zekhia (Nicholas) 

Sep. 

01  St. Simon of the Stylite 
02  St. Mamas 
05  St. Sharbel & his Sister 
06  Michael the Archangel 
08  Birth of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary 
09  Sts. Joachim & Ann 
15  Sts. Sassine & Shina or in churches of St. Shina 
16  St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage
17  St. Sophia and her Daughters 
22  St. Phocas, Disciple of St. John 
24  St. Thecla, First Virgin Martyr
27  St. Vincent de Paul 
29  St. Rouhana the Cantor, or St. Cyriacus the Wanderer 
30  St. Gregory, Bishop of Armenia 

Oct. 

01  St. Hnania (Ananias) the Confessor 
02  Sts. Cyprian & Justina 
03  St. Theresa of the Child Jesus 
04  St. Francis of Assisi 
06  St. Thomas the Apostle 
07  Sts. Sarkis (Sergius) & Bacchus
08  St. Pelagia of Antioch 
09  St. James, Brother of the Lord 
15  St. Teresa of Avia 
18  St. Luke the Evangelist 
19  St. Aaron (Hara) the Patriarch 
20  St. Shalita (Artimus) 
24  St. Harit (Arethas) & his Companions 
26  St. Demetrius of Thessalonica 

Nov. 

01  All Saints 
01  Sts. Cosmas & Damian 
02  All Souls 
03  St. Rica (Alexis) 
05 St. Asia the Wonderworkder 
10  St. Mora (Maura) 
11  St. Minas & his Companions 
13  St. John Chrysostom 
14  St. Philip the Apostle 
16  St. Matthew the Evangelist 
17  St. Gregory the Wonderworker 
21  Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple 
27  St. James the Intercissus 
30  St. Andrew the Apostle 

Dec. 

St. Barbara 
St. Saba the Abbot (of Jerusalem) 
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker 
The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary 
14 Blessed Nimatullah Hardini
12  St. Spiridon the Wonderworker 
20  Ignatius of Antioch 
27  St. Stephen the First Martyr 
29  The Martyrdom of the Children of Bethlehem