Calendar of saints (Lutheran)

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    The Lutheran Church has, from the time of the Reformation, continued the remembrance of saints. The theological basis for this remembrance may be best illustrated in the words of the Epistle to the Hebrews 12:1.[a][non-primary source needed] The Apology of the Augsburg Confession states that the remembrance of the saints has three parts.[b][non-primary source needed]

    As a result, the Lutheran reformers retained a robust calendar of saints to be commemorated throughout the year. In addition to figures found in the Bible, early Christians such as Saint Lawrence and Martin of Tours were retained as saints on the calendar, as were extra-Biblical commemorations like the Assumption of Mary. Following the Reformation, most especially in the latter half of the twentieth century, many names were added to the calendar, both new and restored pre-Reformation commemorations.

    The Calendar found below is a listing which aims to give a sense[

    LCMS, and the 2006 Evangelical Lutheran Worship of the ELCA. In addition to these, some historic observances not currently found on the aforementioned calendars but appearing in earlier Lutheran uses are also provided.[original research?
    ]

    While extensive, the Lutheran sanctoral calendar is not presently as strictly ranked as that of the

    liturgical color for vestments and paraments
    is noted as follows: White (W), Red (R) or Violet (V). Commemorations specific to the LCMS, ELCA, or an earlier source are noted following each entry. Commemorations and festivals held in common are not annotated.

    January

    Gregory of Nazianzus

    February

    Martin Luther's face and hands cast at his death.

    March

    The Last Supper
    Saint Joseph

    April

    Michelangelo
    Catherine of Siena

    May

    • 1 Philip and James, Apostles (R)
    • 2 Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373 (Commemoration) W
    • 3
    • 4
      Monica
      , mother of Augustine, 387 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • 5 Frederick the Wise, Christian ruler, 1525 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    • 6
    • 7 Carl F. W. Walther, pastor, theologian, 1887 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    • 8 Julian of Norwich, renewer of the Church, c. 1416 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • 9
      Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
      , renewer of the church, hymnwriter, 1760 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
      • Job
        , patriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    Sts. Constantine and Helen
    • 10
    • 11 Cyril, 869 and Methodius, 885, missionaries to the Slavs (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    • 12
    • 13
    • 14
      Matthias
      , apostle (Lesser Festival) R – ELCA
    • 15
    • 16
    • 17
    • 18 Erik, King of Sweden, martyr, 1160 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
    • 19
    • 20
    • 21
      Helena
      , mother of Constantine, c. 330 (W)
      • Emperor Constantine
        , Emperor of Rome, 337 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    • 22
    • 23
    • 24 Nicolaus Copernicus, 1543; Leonhard Euler, 1783; scientists (Commemoration) W – ELCA
      • Esther, matriarch, (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    • 25 Bede, theologian, 735 (Commemoration) R – LCMS
    • 26
    • 27 John Calvin, renewer of the church, 1564 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • 28
    • 29 Juraj Tranovský, hymnwriter, 1637 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • 30
    • 31
      Visit of Mary to Elizabeth
       -- minor festival (W) - modern date

    June

    • 1 Justin, martyr at Rome, c. 165 (Commemoration) R
    • 2
    • 3
      Martyrs of Uganda
      , 1886 (Commemoration) R – ELCA
      • John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, 1963 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • 4
    • 5 Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, missionary to Germany, martyr, 754 (Commemoration) R
    • 6
    • 7 Seattle, chief of the Duwamish Confederacy, 1866 (Commemoration) W – ELCA[3]
    • 8
    • 9 Columba, 597; Aidan, 651; Bede, 735; teachers, renewers of the church (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • 10
    • 11 Barnabas, Apostle (R)
    • 12 First Ecumenical Council, 325 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    • 13
    • 14 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
    • 15
    Philipp Melanchthon

    July

    Benedict of Nursia
    Elias Gottlob Haussmann, Johann Sebastian Bach

    August

    Florence Nightingale
    Mary
    , Mother of Our Lord

    September

    • 1 Joshua, prophet (Commemoration) R – LCMS
    • 2 Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, bishop, renewer of the church, 1872 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
      • Hannah
        , matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    • 3
      Gregory the Great
      , Bishop of Rome, 604 (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    • 4 Moses, prophet (Commemoration)) R – LCMS
    • 5
      Zechariah
      , prophet
      • Elizabeth, matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8 Nativity of Mary (W) - LCMS (19th century)
    • 9 Peter Claver, priest, missionary to Colombia, 1654 (Commemoration) – ELCA
    • 10
    • 11
    • 12
    • 13 John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • 14 Holy Cross Day (R)
    • 15
    • 16 Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, c. 258 (Commemoration) R
    • 17 Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, 1179 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    • 18 Dag Hammarskjöld, renewer of society, 1961 (Commemoration) W – ELCA
    Carlo Crivelli, Francis of Assisi

    October

    Gianlorenzo Bernini The Ecstasy of St. Teresa

    November

    Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg

    December

    Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Saint Lucy

    See also

    Notes

    1. ^ " "Seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."[1]
    2. ^ "The first is thanksgiving. For we ought to give thanks to God because He has shown examples of mercy; because He has shown that He wishes to save men; because He has given teachers or other gifts to the Church. And these gifts, as they are the greatest, should be amplified, and the saints themselves should be praised, who have faithfully used these gifts, just as Christ praises faithful business-men (Matt. 25:21, 23). The second service is the strengthening of our faith; when we see the denial forgiven Peter, we also are encouraged to believe the more that grace truly superabounds over sin (Rom. 5:20). The third honor is the imitation, first, of faith, then of the other virtues, which every one should imitate according to his calling."[2]

    References

    1. ^ Hebrews 12:1
    2. ^ Apology of the Augsburg Confession, XXI.4-6
    3. ^ a b "The Church Year" (PDF). Renewing Worship. January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2006. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
    4. ISBN 978-0-8066-5620-5
      .

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