Lutheran - Religious calendar 2017

Januari 2017
1 Sön:	Holy Name of Jesus (Lesser Festival) W
2 Mĺn:	Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe, pastor, renewer of the church, 1872 (Commemoration) W
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6 Fre:	Epiphany of our Lord (Festival) W
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10 Tis:	Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379; Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, c. 389; Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 385 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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15 Sön:	Martin Luther King, Jr., renewer of society, martyr, 1968 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
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17 Tis:	Antony of Egypt, renewer of the church, c. 356 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Pachomius, renewer of the church, 346 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
18 Ons:	Confession of Saint Peter (Lesser Festival) W; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Begins
19 Tor:	Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, missionary to Finland, martyr, 1156 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
20 Fre:	Sarah, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
21 Lör:	Agnes, martyr (Commemoration) R - ELCA
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24 Tis:	Saint Timothy, pastor (Lesser Festival) W - LCMS
25 Ons:	Conversion of Saint Paul (Lesser Festival) W; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Ends
26 Tor:	Timothy, Titus, and Silas, missionaries (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Saint Titus, pastor (Lesser Festival) W - LCMS
27 Fre:	Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe, witnesses to the faith (Commemoration) W – ELCA; John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
28 Lör:	Thomas Aquinas, teacher, 1274 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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Februari 2017
1 Ons:
2 Tor:	Presentation of our Lord (Lesser Festival) W
3 Fre:	Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg, missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
4 Lör:
5 Sön:	The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 (Commemoration) R – ELCA; Jacob, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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10 Fre:	Silas, apostle(Commemoration) W – LCMS
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13 Mĺn:	Aquila, Priscilla, and Apollos (Commemoration) W – LCMS
14 Tis:	Cyril, monk, 869; Methodius, bishop, 885; missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Valentine, martyr, 270 (Commemoration) R – LCMS
15 Ons:	Philemon and Onesimus (Commemoration) W – LCMS
16 Tor:	Philipp Melanchthon, confessor, 1560 (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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18 Lör:	Martin Luther, doctor and confessor, renewer of the church, 1546 (Commemoration) W
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23 Tor:	Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr 156 (Commemoration) R
24 Fre:	Saint Matthias, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R – LCMS
25 Lör:	Elizabeth Fedde, deaconess, 1921 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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Mars 2017
1 Ons:	George Herbert, priest, hymnwriter, 1633 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
2 Tor:	John, 1791; Charles Wesley, 1788; priests, renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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7 Tis:	Perpetua and Felicity and companions, martyrs at Carthage, 202 (Commemoration) R
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10 Fre:	Harriet Tubman, 1913; Sojourner Truth, 1883; renewers of society (Commemoration) W – ECLA
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12 Sön:	Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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17 Fre:	Patrick, bishop, missionary to Ireland, 461 (Commemoration) W
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19 Sön:	Joseph, guardian of our Lord (Lesser Festival) W
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21 Tis:	Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr, 1556 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
22 Ons:	Jonathan Edwards, teacher, missionary to American Indians, 1758 (Commemoration) W - ELCA
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24 Fre:	Oscar Afnulfo Romero, Bishop of El Salvador, martyr, 1980 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
25 Lör:	Annunciation of Our Lord (Festival) W
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29 Ons:	Hans Nielsen Hauge, renewer of the church, 1824 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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31 Fre:	John Donne, priest, poet, 1631 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Joseph, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS

April 2017
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4 Tis:	Benedict the African, confessor, 1589 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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6 Tor:	Albrecht Dürer, 1528; Lucas Cranach, 1553; artists (Commemoration) W;Matthias Grünewald, artist, 1529 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Michelangelo, artist, (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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9 Sön:	Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, martyr, 1945 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
10 Mĺn:	Mikael Agricola, Bishop of Turku, 1557 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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19 Ons:	Olavus Petri, priest, 1552; Laurentius Petri, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1573; renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA
20 Tor:	Johannes Bugenhagen, pastor, 1558 (Commemoration) – LCMS
21 Fre:	Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, theologian, 1109 (Commemoration) W
22 Lör:	Día de la Creación (Lesser Festival) W – ELCA
23 Sön:	Toyohiko Kagawa, renewer of society, 1960 (Commemoration) W - ELCA
24 Mĺn:	Johann Walter, musician, 1570 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
25 Tis:	Saint Mark, Evangelist (Lesser Festival) R
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29 Lör:	Catherine of Siena, theologian, 1380 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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Maj 2017
1 Mĺn:	Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles (Lesser Festival) R
2 Tis:	Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373 (Commemoration) W
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4 Tor:	Monica, mother of Augustine, 387 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Friedrich Wyneken, pastor, missionary, 1864 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
5 Fre:	Frederick the Wise, Christian ruler, 1525 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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7 Sön:	Carl F. W. Walther, pastor, theologian, 1887 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
8 Mĺn:	Victor the Moor, martyr, 303 (Commemoration) R – ELCA; Julian of Norwich, renewer of the Church, c. 1416 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
9 Tis:	Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, renewer of the church, hymnwriter, 1760 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Job, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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11 Tor:	Cyrill, 869 and Methodius, 885, missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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14 Sön:	Saint Matthias, apostle (Lesser Festival) R – ELCA
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18 Tor:	Erik, King of Sweden, martyr, 1160 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
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21 Sön:	Helena, mother of Constantine, c. 330 (Commemoration) W; Emperor Constantine, Emperor of Rome, 337 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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24 Ons:	Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543; Leonhard Euler, 1783; scientists (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Esther, matriarch, (Commemoration) W – LCMS
25 Tor:	Bede, theologian, 735 (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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27 Lör:	John Calvin, renewer of the church, 1564 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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29 Mĺn:	Juraj Tranovský, hymnwriter, 1637 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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31 Ons:	The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth (Lesser Festival) W

Juni 2017
1 Tor:	Justin, martyr at Rome, c. 165 (Commemoration) R
2 Fre:
3 Lör:	John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 1963 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
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5 Mĺn:	Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, martyr, 754 (Commemoration) R
6 Tis:
7 Ons:	Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Confederacy, 1866 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
8 Tor:
9 Fre:	Columba, 597; Aidan, 651; Bede, 735; teachers, renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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11 Sön:	Saint Barnabas, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R
12 Mĺn:	First Ecumenical Council, 325 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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14 Ons:	Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379; Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, c. 389; Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 385 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Macrina, theologian, c. 379 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Elisha, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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21 Ons:	Onesimos Nesib, translator, evangelist, 1931 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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23 Fre:
24 Lör:	The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Lesser Festival) W
25 Sön:	Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 1530 (Commemoration) W; Philipp Melanchthon, renewer of the church, 1560 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
26 Mĺn:	Jeremiah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
27 Tis:	Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, 444 ( Commemoration) W
28 Ons:	Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202 (Commemoration) W
29 Tor:	Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles (Lesser Festival) R
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Juli 2017
1 Lör:	Catherine Winkworth, 1878; John Mason Neale, 1866; hymn translators (Commemoration) W – ELCA
2 Sön:
3 Mĺn:	Saint Thomas, apostle (Lesser Festival) R – ELCA
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6 Tor:	Jan Hus, martyr, 1415 (Commemoration) R – ELCA; Isaiah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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11 Tis:	Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
12 Ons:	Nathan Söderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1931 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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16 Sön:	Ruth, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
17 Mĺn:	Bartolomé de Las Casas, missionary to the Indies, 1566 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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20 Tor:	Elijah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
21 Fre:	Ezekiel, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
22 Lör:	Saint Mary Magdalene, Apostle (Lesser Festival) W
23 Sön:	Birgitta of Sweden, renewer of the church, 1373 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
24 Mĺn:
25 Tis:	Saint James the Elder, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R
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28 Fre:	Johann Sebastian Bach, 1750; Heinrich Schütz, 1672; George Frederick Handel, 1759; musicians (Commemoration) W
29 Lör:	Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany (Commemoration) W;Olaf, King of Norway, martyr, 1030 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
30 Sön:	Robert Barnes, confessor and martyr (Commemoration) R – LCMS
31 Mĺn:	Joseph of Arimathea (Commemoration) W – LCMS

Augusti 2017
1 Tis:
2 Ons:
3 Tor:	Joanna, Mary, and Salome, myrrh-bearing women (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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6 Sön:	Transfiguration of Our Lord (Festival) W
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8 Tis:	Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), 1221 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
9 Ons:
10 Tor:	Lawrence, deacon, martyr 258 (Commemoration) R
11 Fre:	Claire, renewer of the Church, 1253 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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13 Sön:	Florence Nightingale, 1910; Clara Maass, 1901; renewers of society (Commemoration) W – ELCA
14 Mĺn:	Maximilian Kolbe, 1941; Kaj Munk, 1944; martyrs (Commemoration) R – ELCA
15 Tis:	Mary, Mother of Our Lord (Lesser Festival) W
16 Ons:	Isaac, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
17 Tor:	Johann Gerhard, theologian, 1637 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
18 Fre:
19 Lör:	Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, hymnwriter, theologian 1153 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
20 Sön:	Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, hymnwriter, theologian, 1153 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Samuel, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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24 Tor:	Saint Bartholomew, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R
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27 Sön:	Monica, mother of Augustine 387 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
28 Mĺn:	Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430 (Commemoration) W; Moses the Black, monk, martyr, c. 400 (Commemoration) R - ELCA
29 Tis:	The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist (Lesser Festival) R – LCMS
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September 2017
1 Fre:	Joshua, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
2 Lör:	Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, bishop, renewer of the church, 1872 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Hannah, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
3 Sön:	Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
4 Mĺn:	Moses, prophet (Commemoration)) R – LCMS
5 Tis:	Zechariah, prophet, and Elizabeth, matriarch (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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8 Fre:
9 Lör:	Peter Claver, priest, missionary to Colombia, 1654 (Commemoration) – ELCA
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13 Ons:	John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
14 Tor:	Feast of the Holy Cross (Lesser Festival) R
15 Fre:
16 Lör:	Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, c. 258 (Commemoration) R
17 Sön:	Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, 1179 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
18 Mĺn:	Dag Hammarskjöld, renewer of society, 1961 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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20 Ons:	Nelson Wesley Trout, bishop, 1996 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
21 Tor:	Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist (Lesser Festival) R
22 Fre:	Jonah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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29 Fre:	Saint Michael and All Angels (Lesser Festival) W
30 Lör:	Jerome, translator, teacher, 420 (Commemoration) W

Oktober 2017
1 Sön:
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4 Ons:	Francis of Assisi, renewer of the church, 1226 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Theodor Fliedner, renewer of society, 1864 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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6 Fre:	William Tyndale, translator, martyr, 1536 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
7 Lör:	Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, pastor in North America, 1787 (Commemoration) W
8 Sön:
9 Mĺn:	Abraham, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
10 Tis:
11 Ons:	Saint Phillip, deacon (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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14 Lör:	Massie L. Kennard, renewer of the church, 1996 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
15 Sön:	Teresa of Ávila, teacher, renewer of the church, 1582 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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17 Tis:	Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, martyr, c. 115 (Commemoration) R
18 Ons:	Saint Luke, Evangelist (Lesser Festival) R
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23 Mĺn:	James of Jerusalem,brother of Jesus and martyr, c. 62 (Lesser Festival) R
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25 Ons:	Lydia, Dorcas (Tabitha), and Phoebe, faithful women (Commemoration) – LCMS
26 Tor:	Philipp Nicolai, 1608; Johann Heermann, 1647; Paul Gerhardt, 1676; hymnwriters (Commemoration) W
27 Fre:
28 Lör:	Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles (Lesser Festival) R
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31 Tis:	Reformation Day (Lesser Festival) R

November 2017
1 Ons:	All Saints (Festival) W
2 Tor:
3 Fre:	Martín de Porres, renewer of society, 1639 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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7 Tis:	John Christian Frederick Heyer, 1873; Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, 1719; Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, 1918; missionaries (Commemoration) W – ELCA
8 Ons:	Johann von Staupitz, priest 1524 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
9 Tor:	Martin Chemnitz, pastor and confessor, 1586 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
10 Fre:
11 Lör:	Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397 (Commemoration) W; Soren Aabye Kierkegaard, teacher, 1855 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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14 Tis:	Emperor Justinian, confessor, Emperor of New Rome, 565 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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17 Fre:	Elizabeth, renewer of society, 1231 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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19 Sön:	Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
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23 Tor:	Clement, Bishop of Rome, c. 100 (Commemoration) W; Miguel Agustín Pro, priest, martyr, 1927 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
24 Fre:	Justus Falckner, 1723; Jehu Jones, 1852; William Passavant, 1894; pastors in North America (Commemoration) W – ELCA
25 Lör:	Isaac Watts, hymnwriter, 1748 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
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29 Ons:	Noah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
30 Tor:	Saint Andrew, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R

December 2017
1 Fre:
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3 Sön:	Francis Xavier, missionary to Asia, 1552 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
4 Mĺn:	John of Damascus, theologian and hymnwriter, c. 749 (Commemoration) W
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6 Ons:	Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342 (Commemoration) W
7 Tor:	Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397 (Commemoration) W
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13 Ons:	Lucia, martyr, 304 (Commemoration) R
14 Tor:	John of the Cross, renewer of the church, 1591 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
15 Fre:
16 Lör:	Las Posadas, Mexico (Lesser Festival) P – ELCA
17 Sön:	Daniel and the Three Young Men, prophets, (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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19 Tis:	Adam, patriarch, and Eve, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
20 Ons:	Katharina von Bora Luther, renewer of the church, 1552 (Commemoration) W
21 Tor:	St. Thomas, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R – LCMS
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24 Sön:	Christmas Eve (Festival) W
25 Mĺn:	The Nativity of our Lord (Festival) W
26 Tis:	Stephen, Deacon and Martyr (Lesser Festival) R
27 Ons:	Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist (Lesser Festival) W
28 Tor:	The Holy Innocents, martyrs (Lesser Festival) R
29 Fre:	David, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
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