JANUARY

2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
31 1 2
Departed priests Circumcision of our
St. Matthew 24:42-51 Lord; New Year
St. John 15:8-19

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
St. Matthew 2:19-23 Epiphany Beheading of John St. Stephanos,
St. Luke 3:15-22 the Baptist chief among the
St. Matthew 14:1-12 deacons and first
of the martyrs
St. Matthew 23:34-39

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
St. Matthew 4:12-22 Intercession of
Virgin Mary for
Seeds

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
St. John 1:43-51 Mor Shmuel, Mor
Shem`un, Monks
of Qartmin Dayro
and Mor Anthonius

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
St. John 3:1-12 St. Matthew 12:38-50 Thursday of the
Fast of Nineveh
St. Luke 12:54-13:9

Church Festivals

1 Circumcision of our Lord; New Year; Baselius of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Gregory of Nyssa (c. 330-395), all holy fathers and teachers.
3 2nd Sunday after Christmas.
6 Epiphany.
7 Beheading of John the Baptist.
8 St. Stephanos, chief among the deacons and first of the martyrs.
10 1st Sunday after Epiphany.
12 Mor Theophilos Thomas, Udayagiri (1992).
15 Intercession of Virgin Mary for Seeds; Mor Ahathulla, Koonan Kurishu Sathyam at Mattanchery (1653).
17 2nd Sunday after Epiphany; Mor Philexinos Samuel, Meenangadi (1985).
18 Mor Shmuel, Mor Shem`un, Monks of Qartmin Dayro and Mor Anthonius; Mor Dionysius Mikhael, Panampady (1956).
24 3rd Sunday after Epiphany; Mor Yulius Ya`qub, Manjinikkara (1992).
25 Fast of Nineveh begins.
26 Tuesday of the Fast of Nineveh; Mor Athanasius Paulose Pynadathu, Thrikkunathu Seminary, Alwaye (1953).
28 Thursday of the Fast of Nineveh.
31 Departed priests.

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 FEBRUARY
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6
Presentation at the St. Luke 6:20-32
Temple, Mor
Shem`un (cf. St.
Luke 2:25)
St. Luke 2:36-40

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
All Departed
St. Luke 12:32-49

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Sunday of the Mor Ephrem the
feast of Cana Syrian (c. 306-
St. John 2:1-11 373), Mor
Theodoros
St. John 4:46-54

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Sunday of the
leper
St. Luke 5:12-16, 4:40-
41

28
Sunday of the
Paralytic
St. Mark 2:1-12

Church Festivals
2 Presentation at the Temple, Mor Shem`un (cf. St. Luke 2:25).
3 Mor Barsawmo (c. 457), the chief among mourners.
7 All Departed.
8 Mor Severios, Patriarch of Antioch (c. 460-538).
10 Mor Timotheos Ya`qub, Thrikkothamangalam.
13 Feast of St. Ignatius Elias III, Manjanikkara (1932).
14 Sunday of the feast of Cana.
19 Mor Yulius Elias Qoro, Manjanikkara (1962).
20 Mor Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373), Mor Theodoros.
21 Sunday of the leper.
22 St. Peter establishes the church at Antioch (AD 37); Mor Gregorius Gewargis Parapallil, Perumpilly (1999).
24 Apostle Matthew, the Evangelist.
28 Sunday of the Paralytic.

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 MARCH
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Sunday of the Forty Martyrs of Mid-Lent, Holy
Canaanite woman Sebastia Cross, King Abgar
St. Matthew 15:12-31 St. Mark 8:34-38 St. John 7:14-15, 3:13-
21

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Sunday of the
hunch-back
woman
St. Luke 13:10-17

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Sunday of the Annunciation to Fortieth Friday Saturday of
healing of the blind Virgin Mary St. Matthew 4:1-11 La`azar of
man St. Luke 1:26-38 Bethania
St. John 9:1-41 St. John 11:28-46

28 29 30 31
Palm Sunday
St. John 12:12-19

Church Festivals

7 Sunday of the Canaanite woman.

9 Forty Martyrs of Sebastia.
10 Mid-Lent, Holy Cross, King Abgar.
14 Sunday of the hunch-back woman.
19 Mor Ostatheos Sleebo, Kunnamkulam (1930).
21 Sunday of the healing of the blind man; Mor Koorilose Kuriakose, Adoor (1995).
22 Mor Yulius Gheevarghese, Pampakkuda.
25 Annunciation to Virgin Mary.
26 Fortieth Friday.
27 Saturday of La`azar of Bethania.
28 Palm Sunday.

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 APRIL
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
Passover Veneration of the Saturday of Good
St. Luke 22:14-30 Cross, Friday of Tidings
the Week of St. Matthew 27:57-61
Passion

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Resurrection Confessors
St. Mark 16:1-8 St. Mark 9:9-15

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
St. John 20:19-31

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
St. John 21:1-14

25 26 27 28 29 30
St. John 4:31-38

Church Festivals

1 Passover.
2 Veneration of the Cross, Friday of the Week of Passion.
3 Saturday of Good Tidings.
4 Resurrection.
9 Confessors.
11 New Sunday.
16 Mor Athanasius Y. Samuel, First Archbishop of USA and Canada, Holland (1995)..
18 1st Sunday after New Sunday; Mor Chrysostom Moshe Salam, First Archbishop of South America (1996).
21 Patriarch Mor Ignatius Peter IV of Antioch (1894).
23 St. George the Martyr.
25 St. Mark the Evangelist; 2nd Sunday after New Sunday.
27 Mor Gregorius of Jerusalem, North Parur (1671).

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 MAY
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
30 31 1
St. John 6:26-35

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
St. John 6:47-58

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
St. Mark 9:51-62 Ascension Intercession of
St. Mark 16:14-20 Virgin Mary for the
crops

16 17 18 19 20 21 22
St. John 6:35-46

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Pentecost St. Luke 22:24-30
St. John 15: 1-14

Church Festivals
1 Mor Ya`qub, son of Zebedee, the disciple.
2 3rd Sunday after New Sunday.
8 Apostle John, the Evangelist.
9 4th Sunday after New Sunday.
10 St. Simon, the Disciple.
13 Ascension.
15 Intercession of Virgin Mary for the crops.
16 Sunday before Pentecost.
20 Four Evangelists, Fathers of the three Holy Synods.
23 Pentecost.
24 Mor Aharon, chief among the mourners.
28 Golden Friday.
30 1st Sunday after Pentecost.

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 JUNE
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
St. Matthew 10:34-11:1

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
St. John 6:35-46 First church
founded in the
name of the
Mother of God

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
St. Matthew 14:14-23 Fast of the
Apostles

27 28 29 30
St. Luke 9:10-17 Apostles Peter and St. Luke 6:12-23
Paul (AD 67); Fast
of the Apostles
ends
St. Matthew 20:1-16

Church Festivals
6 2nd Sunday after Pentecost.
11 St. Bartholomew, the disciple.
13 3rd Sunday after Pentecost.
15 First church founded in the name of the Mother of God.
19 Apostle Mor Ya`qub, First bishop of Jerusalem and martyr.
20 4th Sunday after Pentecost.
23 Patriarch Mor Ignatius Ephrem I, Homs (1957).
24 Birth of St. John the Baptist.
25 Patriarch Mor Ignatius Ya`qub III, Damascus (1980).
26 Fast of the Apostles.
27 5th Sunday after Pentecost.
29 Apostles Peter and Paul (AD 67); Fast of the Apostles ends.
30 Twelve Apostles.

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 JULY
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
Apostle Thomas,
remains
transferred to
Edessa (AD 394)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
St. Matthew 15:32-39

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
St. Mark 3:20-30

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
St. Mark 8:1-10

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
St. Luke 14:7-11

Church Festivals
3 Apostle Thomas, remains transferred to Edessa (AD 394).
4 6th Sunday after Pentecost.
5 Seventy-two disciples.
11 7th Sunday after Pentecost; Mor Dionysius Joseph Pulikkottil, Kottayam Old Seminary (1909); Mor Severius, Kottayam Valiya Pally.
15 Mor Quryaqos and his mother Mort Yuliti, martyrs; Mor Abahay of Nicea (AD 455).
18 8th Sunday after Pentecost.
20 Prophet Eliyo.
22 St. Mary Magdalene.
25 9th Sunday after Pentecost.
27 Mor Shem`un the Stylite (c. 390-459).
28 Mor Ostatheos Thomas, Thiruvankulam (2000).
30 Maphryono Mor Gregorius Bar `Ebroyo (1286).

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 AUGUST
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
St. Matthew 18:1-14 Transfiguration,
Feast of the booths
St. Luke 9:27-36

8 9 10 11 12 13 14
St. Matthew 21:28-32 Fast of Assumption
begins

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Assumption,
Intercession of
Mother of God for
the vines
St. Luke 10:38-42; St.
John 19:25-27

22 23 24 25 26 27 28
St. Mark 10:35-45

29 30 31
St. Luke 11:9-20

Church Festivals
1 Mort Shmuni, her seven sons and their teacher, Eleazar; 10th Sunday after Pentecost.
3 Mor Ivanius Hidayatullah, Mulanthuruthy (1694).
6 Transfiguration, Feast of the booths.
8 1st Sunday after Transfiguration.
10 Fast of Assumption begins.
12 Mor Ozazoel, martyr.
15 Assumption, Intercession of Mother of God for the vines.
19 Mor Laby, the disciple.
22 1st Sunday after Assumption.
24 St. Mathias, the Apostle.
29 Beheading of St. John the Baptist; 2nd Sunday after Assumption.

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 SEPTEMBER
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
St. Matthew 17:22-27 Birth of Virgin
Mary

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
St. Mark 6:1-6 Holy Cross
St. Luke 21:5-28

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
St. Mark 13:30-37

26 27 28 29 30
St. Matthew 16:5-12

Church Festivals
1 Catholicos H. B. Baselius Paulose II, Malekurishu (1996).
2 Mor Koorilos Yuyakim, Reesh Episcopa of Malankara, Mulanthuruthy (1874).
5 3rd Sunday after Assumption.
8 Birth of Virgin Mary.
9 Yuyakim and Hannah, parents of Virgin Mary.
12 4th Sunday after Assumption.
14 Holy Cross; Patriarchal day, Consecration of Patriarch H.H. Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas.
19 1st Sunday after Sleebo.
24 Mor Dimet.
26 2nd Sunday after Sleebo.
28 Mor Clemis Abraham Vayala, Knanaya Chief Metropolitan of the East (2002).

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 OCTOBER
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
31 1 2
Consecration of the
Church
St. Mark 8:27-33

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
St. Mark 2:23-28

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
St. Luke 16:13-18

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
St. Matthew 23:1-12

24 25 26 27 28 29 30
St. Luke 18:18-27

Church Festivals
1 Mor Aday, the disciple, Mor Abahay, the martyr and Mor Malke.
2 St. Baselius Yaldo, Kothamangalam (1685).
3 3rd Sunday after Sleebo.
7 Mor Sarghis and Mor Bakhos, martyrs.
10 4th Sunday after Sleebo.
15 Mor Ossyo the hermit.
17 5th Sunday after Sleebo.
18 St. Luke the Evangelist.
22 Mor Baselius Shakralla, Kandanad (1764).
23 Mor Ya`qub, son of Alphaeus.
24 6th Sunday after Sleebo.
29 Mor Yulius Yeshu iek, First Archbishop of Europe, Mor Ephrem Monastery, Netherlands (2005).
31 Consecration of the Church.

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 NOVEMBER
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Renewal of the
Church
St. Luke 19:47-20:8

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Annunciation to
Zachariah
St. Luke 11:45-51

21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Annunciation to
Mary
Entrance of Virgin
Mary into the
Temple
St. Luke 1:26-38

28 29 30
Visitation of Mary
to Elizabeth
St. Luke 1:39-56

Church Festivals

1 All Saints and Martyrs.

2 St. Gregorius Gewargis of Parumala (1902).
3 Mor Athanasius Poulose Kadavil, First bishop of Kottayam, Thrikkunnathu Seminary (1907).
6 Mor Gregorius Gewargis Vayaliparambil, Thrikkunathu Seminary, Alwaye (1966).
7 Renewal of the Church.
13 John Chrysostom 'Gold-Mouthed', Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 347-407).
14 Annunciation to Zachariah; St. Philip, the disciple.
21 Annunciation to Mary; Entrance of Virgin Mary into the Temple.
24 Mor Clemis (Clement of Rome, c. 30-100).
28 Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth; Mor Ya`qub Burd`ono (c. 500-578); Mor Dionysius Bar Salibi (d. 1171).
29 Mor Ya`qub of Sarugh (c. 451-521).
30 St. Andrew, the disciple.

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 DECEMBER
2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Birth of John the
Baptist
St. Luke 1:57-80

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Annunciation to
Joseph
St. Matthew 1:18-25

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Sunday before Christmas
Christmas St. Matthew 2:1-12
St. Matthew 1:1-17

26 27 28 29 30 31
Lullabies, Slaughter of the
Glorification of the Holy Infants
Mother of God St. Matthew 2:13-23
St. Luke 8:16-21
St. Luke 2:40-52

Church Festivals

2 Mor Shabor and Mor Aphroth, Akapparampu.

4 Mort Barbara and Mort Yuliana, martyrs.
5 Birth of John the Baptist.
6 St. Nicholos (Mor Sokhe), Epsicopus of Moora.
10 Mor Philoxenos of Mabbug (c. 450-523); Mor Behnam and his sister Mort Sarah, martyrs.
12 Annunciation to Joseph.
15 Beginning of Advent.
18 St. Thomas wounded by the spear.
19 Sunday before Christmas.
20 Mor Ignatios Nuhrono of Antioch (c. 35-107).
21 Martyrdom of St. Thomas.
25 Christmas.
26 Lullabies, Glorification of the Mother of God; 1st Sunday after Christmas.
27 Slaughter of the Holy Infants.

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