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HOME > Jewish & Christian Calendar
February 2012 Shvat 5772 - Adar 5772
1 Sts Makarios the Great & Mark of Ephessos (GO) Wed 8
2 Presentation of the Lord to the Temple (C, SC, Ang)Day of Consecrated life (C)St Euthymios the Great (GO) Thu 9
3 St Barsoum (Syr)Deceased Priests’ Friday (SC)Sts Simeon & Anna; St Martyr Blaise,Patron for throat decease (C,Ang) Fri 10
4 Apostle Timothy & St Anastasios the Persian (GO)Martyrdom of the Elders of Sheiheet (Copt) Sat Shabbat Parshat Beshalach –Exodus 13:17-17:16 11
5 Deceased priests Sunday (SC)Septuagesima (Ang,Luth)TRANSFIGURATION of the LORD (Luth)Sunday of the Pharisee & the Publican (GO) Sun 12
6 St. Dorothy(sisters of St.Dorothy) (c)St Martyrs Paul Miki & Companions (C)3 days Fast of Nineveh (Copt, Syr) Mon 13
7 Blessed Pius IX, Pope (C)St Gregory the Theologian (GO) Tue 14
8 Sts Xenophon, Maria, Arkadios, John (GO) Wed Tu B’Shvat (New Year of Trees) 15
9 St Maron (M,SC)St Sweiros the Great of Antiochia (Syr)The 2ndCouncil of Constantinople, A.D. 381 (Copt)Bringing of relics of St Chrysostomos (GO) Thu 16
10 Deceased foreigners Friday (SC)St Paula the Hermit (Copt)St Scholastica, sister of St Benedict (C)St Ephraim the Syrian (GO) Fri 17
11 Our Lady of Lourdes: Day of the Sick People (C)Dedication of the Latin Patriarcate Co-Cathedral church (C)Sts Sarkis the Captain, son Mardiros & 14 soldiers (Arm)All Souls Day (GC) Sat Shabbat Parshat Yitro – Exodus 18:1-20:22 18
12 Sexagesima (Ang,Luth)Memory of the Priest and Deacons (syr)All Souls Sunday (SC)The Prodigal Son (GO)Three Hierarchs Feast, Patron Saints of Education (GO) Sun 19
13 Mon 20
14 St Valentine, Martyr (Ang)The First Miracle (Syr)Sts Cyril & Methodius (C) Tue 21
15 Sts Simeon & Anna (Syr)MEETING of the LORD (GO)Entrance of Jesus to the Temple (Syr) Wed 22
16 Sts Simeon & Anna (GO)Entrance of Jesus to the Temple (Copt) Thu 23
17 All Souls Friday (SC) Fri 24
18 Commemoration of Souls (GO)St Sahag Parthev Catholicos (Arm) Sat Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim – Exodus 21:1-24:18 25
19 Sts Ephrem & Issac (SC)Quinquagesima Sunday (Ang,Luth)Beginning of Great Lent fast (Copt)Memorial Sunday (Syr)Sunday of Last Judgment (GO)First Miracle (Cana) (C)St Photios of Constantinople (GO) Sun 26
20 Beginning of Lenten Fast for Oriental Catholic Churches Mon 27
21 St Leontius the priest & companions (Arm) St Theodore the Stratilat (GO) Tue 28
22 ASH WEDNESDAY, Beginning of Lenten Time (C, Ang)Chair of St Peter the Apostle (C,SC) Wed 29
23 St Vartan the Captain & 1036 companions (A.D. 451), National Feast Day (Arm)St Polycarpus (C)Hieromartyr Haralambos (GO) Thu Rosh Chodesh AdarMothers and family day 30
24 Acathyst Hymn (GC)Stations of the Cross in Jerusalem (C)St Elizabeth, the mother of St John (Copt)Feast of the Crown of Thorns at Ecce Homo (Jerusalem)(C)St Matthias, Apostle (Ang) Fri 1
25 St Ephrem (SC)Solemn Entry & Procession in the Holy Sepulcher (C) The 150 Fathers of the Council of Constantinople (A.D. 381) (Arm) Sat Shabbat Parshat Terumah – Exodus 25:1-27:19 Passing of Rabbi Israel Alter of Gur (1977) 2
26 St Porphyrios of Gaza (C)The leprous Sunday (SC)1st SUNDAY of LENT (C)Icons Procession (GC)Sunday of Forgiveness (GO)Carnival Sunday (Arm)Treasures Sunday (Copt)1st Miracle at Cana (Syr) Sun 3
27 Presentation of the Lord to the Temple (Arm)Beginning of Great Lent (GO, Arm, Syr) Mon 4
28 Tue 5
29 Wed 6

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