Church Calendar 2008
Orthodox Church Calendar
January 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    1
New Year Day
2 3 4 5
6
Danaha (Theophany)
7
Beheading of John the Baptist
8
St. Stephen
9 10 11 12
13
First Sunday After Danaha
14
3 Day Lent Starts
15 16 17
3 Day Lent Ends
18 19
20
All Departed Priests
21 22 23 24 25 26
Commemoration of H.H.Baselios Marthoma Mathews II(06)
27
All Departed
28 29 30 31    
 
February 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
          1 2
Mayaltho (Jesus' Entry into the Temple)
3
All Departed Holy Fathers, Sunday of Cana
4
Great Lent Starts
5 6 7 8 9
10
Garbo (Leper)
11 12 13 14 15 16
17
M'Shario (Paralytic)
18 19 20 21 22 23
Feast of St.Geevarghese Mar Dionysius Vatasseril
24
Knanaitho (Cananite Woman)
25 26 27
Middle of Lent
28 29  
     
March 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
            1
2
Kpiptho (Cripple Woman)
3 4 5 6 7 8
9
40 Martyrs of Sebaste, Samiyo (Blind Man), Catholicate Day
10 11 12 13 14
40th Day of Lent
15
Saturday of Lazarus
16
Hosanna (Palm Sunday)
17 18 19 20
Pesaha(Maundy Thursday)
21
Hasha(Good Friday)
22
Holy Saturday
23
Kyamto (Easter)
24 25
Annun-ciation to St. Mary
26 27 28 29
30
New Sunday
31          
 
April 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    1 2 3 4 5
Pampady Thirumeni
6
Second Sunday After Easter
7 8 9 10 11 12
13
Third Sunday After Easter
14 15 16 17 18 19
20
Fourth Sunday After Easter
21 22 23
St. George
24 25 26
27
Fifth Sunday After Easter
28 29 30      
     
May 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
        1
Ascension
2 3
4
Sunday before Pentecost
5 6 7 8 9 10
11
Pentecost
12 13 14 15 16 17
18
First Sunday After Pentecost
19 20 21 22 23 24
25
Second Sunday After Pentecost
26 27 28 29 30 31
 
June 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
Third Sunday After Pentecost
2 3 4 5 6
Commemoration of H.G.Augen Mar Dionysious(07)
7
8
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
9 10 11 12 13 14
15
Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
16
Apostles' Lent Starts
17 18 19 20 21
22
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
23 24
Church Anniversary(2000)
25 26 27 28
29
St. Peter & St. Paul
30          
     
July 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    1 2 3
St. Thomas
4 5
6
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
7 8 9 10 11 12
13
Nineth Sunday After Pentecost
14 15 16 17 18 19
20
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
21 22 23 24 25 26
27
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
28 29 30 31    
 
August 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
          1
15 Day Lent Starts
2
3 4 5 6
Trans-figuration
7 8 9
10
First Sunday After Trans-figuration
11 12 13 14 15
Shoonoyo (Ascension of St. Mary)
16
17
First Sunday After Shoonoyo
18 19 20 21 22 23
24
Second Sunday After Shoonoyo
25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Third Sunday After Shoonoyo
           
     
September 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
  1
8 Day Lent Starts
2 3 4 5 6
7
Fourth Sunday After Shoonoyo
8
Nativity of St. Mary
9 10 11 12 13
14
Festival of the Holy Cross
15 16 17 18 19 20
21
First Sunday After Festival of Holy Cross
22 23 24 25 26 27
28
Second Sunday After Festival of Holy Cross
29 30        
 
October 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
      1 2 3
Baselios Eldo Catholicos
4
5
Third Sunday After Festival of Holy Cross
6 7 8 9 10 11
12
Fourth Sunday After Festival of Holy Cross
13 14 15 16 17 18
19
Fifth Sunday After Festival of Holy Cross
20 21 22 23 24 25
26
Sixth Sunday After Festival of Holy Cross
27 28 29 30 31  
     
November 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
            1
2
Koodosh Eetho, St. Gregorios of Parumala
3 4 5
Commemoration of H.G.Stephanos Mar Theodosius(07)
6 7 8
9
Hoodosh Eetho
10 11 12 13 14 15
16
Annun-ciation to Zachariah
17 18 19 20 21 22
23
Annun-ciation to St. Mary
24 25 26 27 28 29
30
St. Mary visits Elizabeth
           
 
December 2008
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
  1
Lent of Advent Starts
2 3 4 5 6
7
Birth of John the Baptist
8 9 10 11 12 13
14
Annun-ciation to Joseph
15 16 17 18 19 20
21
Martyrdom of St. Thomas, Apostle of India, Sunday Before Christmas
22 23 24 25
Yeldo (Christmas)
26 27
28
First Sunday After Christmas
29 30 31      

 

 

 

 
 
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