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Date:         Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:14:51 PST
From:         "Greg Wolff, MISG, MSO1-1/J50,
              dtn 223-0855 22-Jan-1993 1407" <wolff@WAYHIP.ENET.DEC.COM>
Subject:      The Calendar of the Maronite Catholic Church

    The original posting that prompted my postings about the Maronites was
    a discussion of the calendar of the Church.  For reference this posting
    contains the full calendar of the Maronite Church, both Liturgical and
    Sanctoral.

    Does any one know how the Old Latin Rite calendar compares with this?
    I have seen the Anglican calendar and I know how very different the New
    Latin Rite calendar is, but I have never seen the Old Latin calendar.

                                                    In Christ the Savior

                                                    Greg Wolff
                                                    wolff@ics.enet.dec.com

    [taken from Vol. 1 of the Divine Office of the Maronite Church, in
    English, as adapted for use in the United States, pg xxxi-xxxv]
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                Calendar of the Diocese of Saint Maron USA

                       THE MARONITE LITURGICAL YEAR

                              TEMPORAL CYCLE

            Sundays of the Church

                Consecration of the Church Sunday
                Dedication of the Church Sunday

            Season of Announcement and Birth of Our Lord

                Announcement to Zechariah: First Sunday of Announcement
                Announcement to Mary: Second Sunday of Announcement
                Visitation to Elizabeth: Third Sunday of Announcement
                Birth of John the Baptizer: Fourth Sunday of Announcement
                Revelation to Joseph: Fifth Sunday of Announcement
                Genealogy Sunday: Sunday before the Birth of Our Lord

                Birth of Our Lord
                (First Sunday after the Birth of Our Lord)
                Sunday of the Finding in the Temple

            Season of Epiphany

                Epiphany
                First to Fifth Sundays of Epiphany
                Sunday of Deceased Priests
                Sunday of the Righteous and Just
                Sunday of the Faithful Departed

            Season of Great Lent

                Cana Sunday: Entrance into Lent
                Ash Monday
                Sunday of the Leper: Second Sunday of Lent
                Sunday of the Hemorrhaging Woman: Third Sunday of Lent
                Sunday of the Prodigal Son: Fourth Sunday of Lent
                Sunday of the Paralytic: Fifth Sunday of Lent
                Sunday of Bartimaeus the Blind: Sixth Sunday of Lent
                Hosanna Sunday

            Passion Week

                Monday of Passion Week
                Tuesday of Passion Week
                Wednesday of Passion Week
                Thursday of the Mysteries
                Great Friday of the Curcifixion
                Great Saturday of the Light

            Season of Resurrection

                Resurrection of Our Lord
                First Sunday of the Resurrection: New Sunday
                Second to Fifth Sundays of the Resurrection
                Ascension Thursday
                Sixth Sunday of the Resurrection: Sunday after Ascension
                Pentecost

            Season after Pentecost

                First to Sixth Sundays after Pentecost

            Season of the Holy Cross

                Exaltation of the Holy Cross
                First to Seventh Sundays after Holy Cross



                             SANCTORAL CYCLE

                                 November
            1    Cosmas and Damian            Memorial of a Martyr
            8    Michael the Archangel        Memorial of Angels
            13   John Chrysostom              Memorial of a Confessor
            18   Romanos, Martyr of Antioch   Memorial of a Martyr
            21   Presentation of the Mother
                   of God in the Temple       Memorial of the Virgin
            27   James the Intercissus,
                   Martyr of Persia           Memorial of a Martyr

                                 December
            4    Barbara                      Memorial of a Martyr
            8    Immaculate Conception        Proper Office
            20   Ignatius of Antioch          Memorial of an Apostle
            25   Birth of Our Lord            Proper Office
            26   Praises of the Mother of God Memorial of the Virgin
            27   Stephen, Protomartyr         Proper Office
            29   Holy Innocents               Proper Office

                                 January
            1    Circumcision
                   Basil and Gregory          Proper Office
            6    Epiphany                     Proper Office
            7    Praises of John the Baptizer Memorial of a Martyr
            17   Antony the Great             Proper Office
            28   Ephrem                       Memorial of a Confessor

                                 February
            2    Presentation in the Temple   Proper Office
            9    Maron                        Proper Office
            20   James, Disciple of Maron     Memorial of a Confessor

                                  March
            2    John Maron                   Memorial of a Confessor
            9    Forty Martyrs of Sebaste     Memorial of a Martyr
            19   Joseph                       Memorial of a Confessor
            25   Annunciation of the Virgin   Memorial of the Virgin
            26   Gabriel the Archangel        Memorial of Angels

                                  April
            23   George                       Memorial of a Martyr
            25   Mark the Evangelist          Memorial of an Apostle

                                   May
            10   Simon the Zealot             Memorial of an Apostle
            15   Our Lady of the Seeds        Memorial of the Virgin
            --------------------------
            First Sunday of May - Our Lady
              of Lebanon                      Memorial of the Virgin

                                   June
            14   Anthony of Padua             Memorial of a Confessor
            24   Birth of John the Baptizer   Memorial of a Martyr
            29   Peter and Paul               Proper Office

                                   July
            10   Massabki Brothers            Memorial of a Martyr
            20   Elias the Prophet            Memorial of a Confessor
            22   Nouhra                       Memorial of a Martyr
            23   Sharbel                      Memorial of a Confessor
            31   Three Hundred and Fifty
                   Maronite Martyrs           Proper Office

                                  August
            1    Shmooni and her Seven Sons   Memorial of a Martyr
            6    Transfiguration              Proper Office
            7    Domitius                     Memorial of a Confessor
            15   Assumption                   Proper Office
            29   Beheading of John the
                   Baptizer                   Memorial of a Martyr

                                September
            1    Simon the Stylite            Memorial of a Confessor
            2    Mammas                       Memorial of a Martyr
            8    Birth of the Virgin          Memorial of the Virgin
            9    Joachin and Ann              Memorial of a Confessor
            14   Exaltation of the Holy Cross Proper Office
            26   John the Apostle             Memorial of an Apostle
            29   Ruhana (Cyriacus)            Memorial of a Confessor

                                 October
            6    Thomas the Apostle           Memorial of an Apostle
            7    Sarkis and Bacchus           Memorial of a Martyr
            9    James the Brother
                   of the Lord                Memorial of a Confessor
            14   Jude the Apostle             Memorial of an Apostle
            20   Shalita (Artemius)           Memorial of a Martyr

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