With Links to the Lessons From the Revised Common Lectionary, as modified for use in Episcopal worship
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| July | August | September | October | November | December |
January 2015 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 The Holy Name | 2 | 3 | ||||
4 Second Sunday after Christmas (Note: Episcopal readings differ from the "generic" RCL readings) | 5 | 6 The Epiphany | 7 | 8 Harriet Bedell, Deaconess and Missionary | 9 Julia Chester Emery, Missionary | 10 William Laud, Archbishop |
11 First Sunday after the Epiphany | 12 Aelred, Abbot | 13 Hillary, Bishop | 14 | 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. (alternate date) | 16 | 17 Antony, Abbot |
18 Second Sunday after the Epiphany | 19 Confession of St Peter, Apostle (transferred) | 20 Fabian, Bishop and Martyr | 21 Agnes, Martyr | 22 Vincent, Deacon and Martyr | 23 Phillips Brooks, Bishop | 24 Ordination of Florence Li Tim-Oi |
25 Third Sunday after the Epiphany | 26 Conversion of St Paul, Apostle (transferred) | 27 John Chrysostom, Bishop | 28 Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar | 29 | 30 | 31 |
February 2015 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | 2 Presentation of Jesus in the Temple | 3 Anskar, Archbishop | 4 Cornelius, the Centurion | 5 Martyrs of Japan | 6 | 7 |
8 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Absalom Jones, Priest | 14 Cyril and Methodius, Monk and Bishop |
15 Last Sunday after Epiphany | 16 | 17 Janani Luwum Archbishop and Martyr | 18 Ash Wednesday | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 First Sunday in Lent | 23 Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr | 24 St Matthias, Apostle | 25 | 26 | 27 George Herbert, Priest | 28 Anna Julia Haywood Cooper, Educator |
March 2015 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 Second Sunday in Lent | 2 Chad, Bishop of Lichfield | 3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs |
8 Third Sunday in Lent | 9 Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa | 10 | 11 | 12 Gregory the Great, Bishop | 13 James Theodore Holly, Bishop | 14 |
15 Fourth Sunday in Lent | 16 | 17 Patrick, Bishop | 18 Cyril, Bishop | 19 St Joseph | 20 Cuthbert, Bishop | 21 Thomas Ken, Bishop |
22 Fifth Sunday in Lent | 23 Gregory the Illuminator | 24 Oscar Romero, Archbishop, and the Martyrs of San Salvador | 25 The Annunciation | 26 | 27 Charles Henry Brent, Bishop | 28 |
29 Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday | 30 Monday in Holy Week | 31 Tuesday in Holy Week |
April 2015 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 Wednesday in Holy Week | 2 Maundy Thursday (White is appropriate at the Eucharist) | 3 Good Friday (Black may be used) | 4 Holy Saturday Easter Vigil | |||
5 Easter Day Principal Evening | 6 Monday in Easter Week | 7 Tuesday in Easter Week | 8 Wednesday in Easter Week | 9 Thursday in Easter Week | 10 Friday in Easter Week | 11 Saturday in Easter Week |
12 Second Sunday of Easter | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 Third Sunday of Easter | 20 | 21 Anselm, Archbishop | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 St Mark, Evangelist |
26 Fourth Sunday of Easter | 27 | 28 | 29 Catherine of Sienna | 30 |
May 2015 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 1 St Philip and St James, Apostles | 2 Athanasius, Bishop |
3 Fifth Sunday of Easter | 4 Monnica, Mother of Augustine | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Dame Julian of Norwich | 9 Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop |
10 Sixth Sunday of Easter | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Ascension Day | 15 | 16 |
17 Seventh Sunday of Easter | 18 | 19 Dunstan, Archbishop | 20 Alcuin, Deacon and Abbott of Tours | 21 | 22 | 23 |
24 Day of Pentecost Whitsunday | 25 Bede the Venerable | 26 Augustine, Archbishop | 27 The First Book of Common Prayer | 28 | 29 | 30 |
31 First Sunday after Pentecost Trinity Sunday |
June 2015 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin (transferred) | 2 The Martyrs of Lyons | 3 The Martyrs of Uganda | 4 | 5 Boniface, Archbishop and Martyr | 6 | |
7 Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 5 | 8 | 9 Columba, Abbot | 10 Ephrem of Edessa | 11 St Barnabas, Apostle | 12 Enmegahbowh, Priest and Missionary | 13 |
14 Third Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6 | 15 Evelyn Underhill | 16 Joseph Butler, Bishop | 17 | 18 Bernard Mizeki, Martyr | 19 | 20 |
21 Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 7 | 22 Alban, Martyr | 23 | 24 Nativity of St John, the Baptist | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 8 | 29 St Peter and St Paul, Apostles | 30 |
July 2015 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Independence Day | |||
5 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot |
12 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 William White, Bishop | 18 |
19 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 11 | 20 Stanton, Bloomer, Truth, Tubman | 21 | 22 Mary Magdalene | 23 | 24 Thomas a Kempis, Priest | 25 St James, Apostle |
26 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 12 | 27 William Reed Huntington, Priest | 28 | 29 Mary and Martha of Bethany | 30 William Wilberforce | 31 Ignatius of Loyola |
August 2015 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| | 1 Joseph of Arimathea | ||||
2 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 The Transfiguration | 7 John Mason Neale, Priest | 8 Dominic, Priest and Friar |
9 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 14 | 10 Laurence, Deacon and Martyr | 11 Clare, Abbess | 12 Florence Nightingale | 13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop | 14 Jonathan Myrick Daniels | 15 St Mary, the Virgin |
16 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 15 | 17 | 18 William Porcher Dubose, Priest | 19 | 20 Bernard, Abbot | 21 | 22 |
23 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 16 | 24 St Bartholomew, Apostle | 25 Louis, King of France | 26 | 27 Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle | 28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo | 29 |
30 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 | 31 Aidan, Bishop
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September 2015 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 David Pendleton Oakerhater, Deacon | 2 Martyrs of New Guinea | 3 | 4 Paul Jones, 1941 | 5 | ||
6 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18 | 7 Labor Day | 8 | 9 Constance, Nun, and her Companions | 10 Alexander Crummell | 11 | 12 John Henry Hobart, Bishop |
13 Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 | 14 Holy Cross Day | 15 | 16 Ninian, Bishop | 17 Hildegard of Bingen | 18 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest | 19 Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop |
20 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 | 21 St Matthew, Evangelist | 22 Philander Chase, Bishop | 23 | 24 | 25 Sergius, Abbot | 26 Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop |
27 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 | 28 | 29 St Michael and All Angels | 30 Jerome, Priest and Monk |
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Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 Remigius, Bishop | 2 | 3 | ||||
4 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 | 5 | 6 William Tyndale, Priest | 7 | 8 | 9 Robert Grosseteste, Bishop | 10 Vida Duncan Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace |
11 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 | 12 | 13 | 14 Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop | 15 Teresa of Avila, Nun | 16 Latimer, Ridley, and Cranmer | 17 Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr |
18 Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 | 19 St Luke, Evangelist (transferred) | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 St James of Jerusalem | 24 |
25 Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 | 26 Alfred the Great | 27 | 28 St Simon & St Jude, Apostles | 29 James Hannington, Bishop, and his Companions | 30 | 31 Vigil of All Saints (White for vigil) |
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Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 All Saints | 2 Commemoration of All Faithful Departed | 3 Richard Hooker, Priest | 4 | 5 | 6 William Temple, Archbishop | 7 Willibrord, Archbishop |
8 Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 | 9 | 10 Leo the Great, Bishop | 11 Martin, Bishop of Tours | 12 Charles Simeon, Priest | 13 | 14 Consecration of Samuel Seabury |
15 Twenty Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 | 16 Margaret, Queen of Scotland | 17 Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln | 18 Hilda, Abbess of Whitby | 19 Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary | 20 Edmund, King of East Anglia | 21 |
22 Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King | 23 Clement, Bishop | 24 | 25 James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest and Monk | 26 Thanksgiving Day | 27 | 28 Kamehameha and Emma |
29 First Sunday of Advent | 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 | 3 | 4 John of Damascus | 5 Clement of Alexandria, Priest | ||
6 Second Sunday of Advent | 7 Ambrose, Bishop | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
13 Third Sunday of Advent | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
20 Fourth Sunday of Advent | 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 First Sunday after Christmas | 28 St John, Apostle and Evangelist (transferred) | 29 Holy Innocents (transferred) | 30 Francis Joseph Gaudet, Educator and Prison Reformer | 31 |
Notes:
The Sunday Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. The year which begins with Advent 2014 and ends at Advent 2015 is Year B. The year which began at Advent 2013 and ends at Advent 2014 is Year A. The First Sunday of Advent 2015 begins Year C.
The Bible translation used is The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church 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.
On weekdays, other than major Holy Days, the color indicated is the color appropriate to the season. When celebrating the feast of a martyred saint, red is also appropriate.
Return to The Lectionary Page.
Last updated on April 10, 2014