Lutheran - Religious calendar 2026
33 days left till Christmas comes.
Januari 2026 | |
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1 Tor: | Holy Name of Jesus (Lesser Festival) W |
2 Fre: | Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe, pastor, renewer of the church, 1872 (Commemoration) W |
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6 Tis: | Epiphany of our Lord (Festival) W |
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10 Lör: | 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 Tor: | Martin Luther King, Jr., renewer of society, martyr, 1968 (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
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17 Lör: | Antony of Egypt, renewer of the church, c. 356 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Pachomius, renewer of the church, 346 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
18 Sön: | Confession of Saint Peter (Lesser Festival) W; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Begins |
19 Mån: | Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, missionary to Finland, martyr, 1156 (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
20 Tis: | Sarah, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
21 Ons: | Agnes, martyr (Commemoration) R - ELCA |
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24 Lör: | Saint Timothy, pastor (Lesser Festival) W - LCMS |
25 Sön: | Conversion of Saint Paul (Lesser Festival) W; Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Ends |
26 Mån: | Timothy, Titus, and Silas, missionaries (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Saint Titus, pastor (Lesser Festival) W - LCMS |
27 Tis: | Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe, witnesses to the faith (Commemoration) W – ELCA; John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
28 Ons: | Thomas Aquinas, teacher, 1274 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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Februari 2026 | |
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2 Mån: | Presentation of our Lord (Lesser Festival) W |
3 Tis: | Ansgar, Archbishop of Hamburg, missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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5 Tor: | The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 (Commemoration) R – ELCA; Jacob, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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10 Tis: | Silas, apostle(Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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13 Fre: | Aquila, Priscilla, and Apollos (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
14 Lör: | Cyril, monk, 869; Methodius, bishop, 885; missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Valentine, martyr, 270 (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
15 Sön: | Philemon and Onesimus (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
16 Mån: | Philipp Melanchthon, confessor, 1560 (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
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18 Ons: | Martin Luther, doctor and confessor, renewer of the church, 1546 (Commemoration) W |
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23 Mån: | Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, martyr 156 (Commemoration) R |
24 Tis: | Saint Matthias, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R – LCMS |
25 Ons: | Elizabeth Fedde, deaconess, 1921 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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Mars 2026 | |
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1 Sön: | George Herbert, priest, hymnwriter, 1633 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
2 Mån: | John, 1791; Charles Wesley, 1788; priests, renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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7 Lör: | Perpetua and Felicity and companions, martyrs at Carthage, 202 (Commemoration) R |
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10 Tis: | Harriet Tubman, 1913; Sojourner Truth, 1883; renewers of society (Commemoration) W – ECLA |
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12 Tor: | Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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17 Tis: | Patrick, bishop, missionary to Ireland, 461 (Commemoration) W |
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19 Tor: | Joseph, guardian of our Lord (Lesser Festival) W |
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21 Lör: | Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr, 1556 (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
22 Sön: | Jonathan Edwards, teacher, missionary to American Indians, 1758 (Commemoration) W - ELCA |
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24 Tis: | Oscar Afnulfo Romero, Bishop of El Salvador, martyr, 1980 (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
25 Ons: | Annunciation of Our Lord (Festival) W |
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29 Sön: | Hans Nielsen Hauge, renewer of the church, 1824 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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31 Tis: | John Donne, priest, poet, 1631 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Joseph, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
April 2026 | |
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4 Lör: | Benedict the African, confessor, 1589 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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6 Mån: | 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 Tor: | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, martyr, 1945 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
10 Fre: | Mikael Agricola, Bishop of Turku, 1557 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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19 Sön: | Olavus Petri, priest, 1552; Laurentius Petri, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1573; renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
20 Mån: | Johannes Bugenhagen, pastor, 1558 (Commemoration) – LCMS |
21 Tis: | Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, theologian, 1109 (Commemoration) W |
22 Ons: | Día de la Creación (Lesser Festival) W – ELCA |
23 Tor: | Toyohiko Kagawa, renewer of society, 1960 (Commemoration) W - ELCA |
24 Fre: | Johann Walter, musician, 1570 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
25 Lör: | Saint Mark, Evangelist (Lesser Festival) R |
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29 Ons: | Catherine of Siena, theologian, 1380 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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Maj 2026 | |
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1 Fre: | Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles (Lesser Festival) R |
2 Lör: | Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373 (Commemoration) W |
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4 Mån: | Monica, mother of Augustine, 387 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Friedrich Wyneken, pastor, missionary, 1864 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
5 Tis: | Frederick the Wise, Christian ruler, 1525 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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7 Tor: | Carl F. W. Walther, pastor, theologian, 1887 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
8 Fre: | Victor the Moor, martyr, 303 (Commemoration) R – ELCA; Julian of Norwich, renewer of the Church, c. 1416 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
9 Lör: | Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, renewer of the church, hymnwriter, 1760 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Job, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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11 Mån: | Cyrill, 869 and Methodius, 885, missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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14 Tor: | Saint Matthias, apostle (Lesser Festival) R – ELCA |
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18 Mån: | Erik, King of Sweden, martyr, 1160 (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
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21 Tor: | Helena, mother of Constantine, c. 330 (Commemoration) W; Emperor Constantine, Emperor of Rome, 337 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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24 Sön: | Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543; Leonhard Euler, 1783; scientists (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Esther, matriarch, (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
25 Mån: | Bede, theologian, 735 (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
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27 Ons: | John Calvin, renewer of the church, 1564 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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29 Fre: | Juraj Tranovský, hymnwriter, 1637 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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31 Sön: | The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth (Lesser Festival) W |
Juni 2026 | |
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1 Mån: | Justin, martyr at Rome, c. 165 (Commemoration) R |
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3 Ons: | John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 1963 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
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5 Fre: | Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, martyr, 754 (Commemoration) R |
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7 Sön: | Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Confederacy, 1866 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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9 Tis: | Columba, 597; Aidan, 651; Bede, 735; teachers, renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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11 Tor: | Saint Barnabas, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R |
12 Fre: | First Ecumenical Council, 325 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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14 Sön: | 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 Sön: | Onesimos Nesib, translator, evangelist, 1931 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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24 Ons: | The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Lesser Festival) W |
25 Tor: | Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, 1530 (Commemoration) W; Philipp Melanchthon, renewer of the church, 1560 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
26 Fre: | Jeremiah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
27 Lör: | Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, 444 ( Commemoration) W |
28 Sön: | Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202 (Commemoration) W |
29 Mån: | Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles (Lesser Festival) R |
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Juli 2026 | |
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1 Ons: | Catherine Winkworth, 1878; John Mason Neale, 1866; hymn translators (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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3 Fre: | Saint Thomas, apostle (Lesser Festival) R – ELCA |
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6 Mån: | Jan Hus, martyr, 1415 (Commemoration) R – ELCA; Isaiah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
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11 Lör: | Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, c. 540 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
12 Sön: | Nathan Söderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala, 1931 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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16 Tor: | Ruth, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
17 Fre: | Bartolomé de Las Casas, missionary to the Indies, 1566 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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20 Mån: | Elijah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
21 Tis: | Ezekiel, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
22 Ons: | Saint Mary Magdalene, Apostle (Lesser Festival) W |
23 Tor: | Birgitta of Sweden, renewer of the church, 1373 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
24 Fre: | |
25 Lör: | Saint James the Elder, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R |
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28 Tis: | Johann Sebastian Bach, 1750; Heinrich Schütz, 1672; George Frederick Handel, 1759; musicians (Commemoration) W |
29 Ons: | Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany (Commemoration) W;Olaf, King of Norway, martyr, 1030 (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
30 Tor: | Robert Barnes, confessor and martyr (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
31 Fre: | Joseph of Arimathea (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
Augusti 2026 | |
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3 Mån: | Joanna, Mary, and Salome, myrrh-bearing women (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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6 Tor: | Transfiguration of Our Lord (Festival) W |
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8 Lör: | Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), 1221 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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10 Mån: | Lawrence, deacon, martyr 258 (Commemoration) R |
11 Tis: | Claire, renewer of the Church, 1253 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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13 Tor: | Florence Nightingale, 1910; Clara Maass, 1901; renewers of society (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
14 Fre: | Maximilian Kolbe, 1941; Kaj Munk, 1944; martyrs (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
15 Lör: | Mary, Mother of Our Lord (Lesser Festival) W |
16 Sön: | Isaac, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
17 Mån: | Johann Gerhard, theologian, 1637 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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19 Ons: | Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, hymnwriter, theologian 1153 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
20 Tor: | Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, hymnwriter, theologian, 1153 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Samuel, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
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24 Mån: | Saint Bartholomew, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R |
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27 Tor: | Monica, mother of Augustine 387 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
28 Fre: | Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430 (Commemoration) W; Moses the Black, monk, martyr, c. 400 (Commemoration) R - ELCA |
29 Lör: | The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist (Lesser Festival) R – LCMS |
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September 2026 | |
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1 Tis: | Joshua, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
2 Ons: | Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, bishop, renewer of the church, 1872 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; Hannah, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
3 Tor: | Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
4 Fre: | Moses, prophet (Commemoration)) R – LCMS |
5 Lör: | Zechariah, prophet, and Elizabeth, matriarch (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
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9 Ons: | Peter Claver, priest, missionary to Colombia, 1654 (Commemoration) – ELCA |
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13 Sön: | John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
14 Mån: | Feast of the Holy Cross (Lesser Festival) R |
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16 Ons: | Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, c. 258 (Commemoration) R |
17 Tor: | Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, 1179 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
18 Fre: | Dag Hammarskjöld, renewer of society, 1961 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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20 Sön: | Nelson Wesley Trout, bishop, 1996 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
21 Mån: | Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist (Lesser Festival) R |
22 Tis: | Jonah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
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29 Tis: | Saint Michael and All Angels (Lesser Festival) W |
30 Ons: | Jerome, translator, teacher, 420 (Commemoration) W |
Oktober 2026 | |
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4 Sön: | 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 Tis: | William Tyndale, translator, martyr, 1536 (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
7 Ons: | Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, pastor in North America, 1787 (Commemoration) W |
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9 Fre: | Abraham, patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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11 Sön: | Saint Phillip, deacon (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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14 Ons: | Massie L. Kennard, renewer of the church, 1996 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
15 Tor: | Teresa of Ávila, teacher, renewer of the church, 1582 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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17 Lör: | Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, martyr, c. 115 (Commemoration) R |
18 Sön: | Saint Luke, Evangelist (Lesser Festival) R |
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23 Fre: | James of Jerusalem,brother of Jesus and martyr, c. 62 (Lesser Festival) R |
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25 Sön: | Lydia, Dorcas (Tabitha), and Phoebe, faithful women (Commemoration) – LCMS |
26 Mån: | Philipp Nicolai, 1608; Johann Heermann, 1647; Paul Gerhardt, 1676; hymnwriters (Commemoration) W |
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28 Ons: | Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles (Lesser Festival) R |
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31 Lör: | Reformation Day (Lesser Festival) R |
November 2026 | |
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1 Sön: | All Saints (Festival) W |
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3 Tis: | Martín de Porres, renewer of society, 1639 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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7 Lör: | John Christian Frederick Heyer, 1873; Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, 1719; Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen, 1918; missionaries (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
8 Sön: | Johann von Staupitz, priest 1524 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
9 Mån: | Martin Chemnitz, pastor and confessor, 1586 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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11 Ons: | Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397 (Commemoration) W; Soren Aabye Kierkegaard, teacher, 1855 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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14 Lör: | Emperor Justinian, confessor, Emperor of New Rome, 565 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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17 Tis: | Elizabeth, renewer of society, 1231 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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19 Tor: | Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231 (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
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23 Mån: | Clement, Bishop of Rome, c. 100 (Commemoration) W; Miguel Agustín Pro, priest, martyr, 1927 (Commemoration) R – ELCA |
24 Tis: | Justus Falckner, 1723; Jehu Jones, 1852; William Passavant, 1894; pastors in North America (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
25 Ons: | Isaac Watts, hymnwriter, 1748 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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29 Sön: | Noah, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
30 Mån: | Saint Andrew, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R |
December 2026 | |
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3 Tor: | Francis Xavier, missionary to Asia, 1552 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
4 Fre: | John of Damascus, theologian and hymnwriter, c. 749 (Commemoration) W |
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6 Sön: | Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342 (Commemoration) W |
7 Mån: | Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397 (Commemoration) W |
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13 Sön: | Lucia, martyr, 304 (Commemoration) R |
14 Mån: | John of the Cross, renewer of the church, 1591 (Commemoration) W – ELCA |
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16 Ons: | Las Posadas, Mexico (Lesser Festival) P – ELCA |
17 Tor: | Daniel and the Three Young Men, prophets, (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
18 Fre: | |
19 Lör: | Adam, patriarch, and Eve, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS |
20 Sön: | Katharina von Bora Luther, renewer of the church, 1552 (Commemoration) W |
21 Mån: | St. Thomas, Apostle (Lesser Festival) R – LCMS |
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24 Tor: | Christmas Eve (Festival) W |
25 Fre: | The Nativity of our Lord (Festival) W |
26 Lör: | Stephen, Deacon and Martyr (Lesser Festival) R |
27 Sön: | Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist (Lesser Festival) W |
28 Mån: | The Holy Innocents, martyrs (Lesser Festival) R |
29 Tis: | David, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS |
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