Saints Commemorated in the Maronite Catholic Church
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January
1. The Circumcision of the Lord; Sts. Basil and Gregory
2. St. Silvestrus, first pope of Rome
5. St. Paul of the Desert, first hermit
6. Epiphany of the Lord
13. St. James of Nisibis, hermit and bishop
17. St. Antony of the Desert
19. St. Makarios of Alexandria
20. St. Euthtymius
22. St. Timothy, disciple of the Lord
23. St. Sergius I, pope of Rome
25. Conversion of St. Paul, apostle
26. St. Agnes, virgin
28. St. Ephrem, deacon, hymn writer and Doctor of the Church
30. St. Maximus, confessor
February
2. Presentation of the Lord in the Temple
3. Sts. Simon, elder and Anna, prophetess
5. St. Agatha, virgin and martyr
9. St. Maron
12. St. Alexander
13. St. Martin
18. St. Leo the Great, pope of Rome
19. The Five Hundred Martyrs of Tyre
20. St. James, hermit and disciple of St. Maron
21. St. Eusthantius, patriarch of Antioch
22. The Chair of St. Peter
23. St. Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna
27. St. Thallaus, disciple of St. Maron
28. Sts. Cura and Marana, disciples of St. Maron
March
1. St. Domnina, virgin, hermit and disciple of St. Maron; St. Afdokia of Baalbek
2. St. John Maron, first Patriarch of the Maronites
3. St. Thomas Aquinas, theologian and Doctor of the Church
9. The Forty Martyrs of Cappadocia
11. St. Saphronios, patriarch of Jerusalem
18. St. Cyril of Jerusalem
19. St. Joseph, husband of Blessed Virgin Mary
21. St. Benedict of Nursia, father of western monasticism
23. St. Rafka
25. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
26. St. Gabriel the Archangel
29. St. Cyril, deacon of Baalbek
30. St. John Climacus of Mount Sinai
April
1. St. Mary of Egypt
20. St. Nathaniel
22. St. Theodosius
23. St. George, martyr
25. St. Mark, evangelist
27. St. Simon the Apostle, brother of the Lord
30. St. James the Greater, brother of the Lord
May
1. St. Jeremiah, prophet
2. St. Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria
8. St. John, evangelist
9. St. Isaiah, prophet
10. St. Simon the Zealot, apostle
12. St. Epiphanius, bishop of Cyprus
15. Our Lady of the Harvest
17. St. Syrapion, abbot and prophet
21. Sts. Constantine and Helen
29. St. Theodosia of Tyre
June
1. St. Justin, martyr
2. The Four Evangelists
3. St. Autel
6. St. Dorotheos, bishop of Tyre and martyr
10. St. Barnabas, apostle
11. St. Bartholomew, apostle
13. St. Aqualina of Biblos
14. St. Elisha, prophet
15. St. Basil the Great
18. St. Laontius of Tripoli
19. St. Jude, apostle
22. St. Eusibius, archbishop of Samosate
24. Nativity of St. John the Baptist
26. Sts. John and Paul, martyrs
29. Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles and martyrs
30. The Twelve Apostles
July
2. The Visitation of Mary to St. Elizabeth
3. St. Jerome
5. St. Macarius
7. St. Thomas
8. St. Procopius, martyr
10. The Three Massabki Brothers, martyrs
14. St. Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church
17. St. Marina, disciple of St. Maron
20. St. Elias, prophet
22. St. Nouhra
23. St. Charbel
24. St. Christina of Tyre
27. St. Pantaleon
29. St. Martha, of Lazarus
31. St. Ignatius of Loyola
August
1. St. Shmooni and her sons
3. St. David, prophet
4. St. Dominic de Guzman
6. The Transfiguration of the Lord
7. St. Doumit
8. St. Sixtus II, pope
9. St. Matthias, apostle
10. St. Lawrence, martyr
13. St. Clare of Assisi
15. The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary
23. St. Isaac the Syrian, disciple of St. Ephrem
25. St. Titus, apostle
28. St. Moses the Ethiopian and St. Augustine
29. The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
31. Sts. Abda, Giles and Zekhia
September
1. St. Simeon, the Stylite, the Great
2. St. Mamas
3. St. Theodore the Great
5. St. Sharbel and his sister
6. St. Michael the Archangel
8. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9. Sts. Joachim and Ann
14. The Triumph of the Holy Cross
15. Sts. Sassine and Shina
16. St. Cyprian, bishop of Carthage
17. St. Sophia and her daughters
22. St. Phocas, disciple of St. John
24. St. Thecla, first virgin martyr
27. St. Vincent de Paul
29. St. Rouhana, cantor; St. Cyriacus, wanderer
30. St. Gregory the Illuminator, bishop of Armenia
October
1. St. Ananias, confessor
2. Sts. Cyprian and Justina, martyrs
3. St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus
4. St. Francis of Assisi
6. St. Thomas, apsotle
7. Sts. Sergius and Bacchus
8. St. Pelagia of Antioch
9. St. James, brother of the Lord
11. St. Philip, deacon
15. St. Teresa of Avila
18. St. Luke, evangelist
19. St. Aaron, patriarch of Israel
20. St. Artimus
22. St. Limnaeus, disciple of St. Maron
23. St. Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinople
24. St. Arethas and his companions
26. St. Demetrius of Thessalonica
November
1. All Saints; Sts. Cosmos and Damian
3. St. Alexis
5. St. Asia, wonderworker
10. St. Maura
13. St. John Chrysostom
14. St. Philip, apostle
15. St. Eugenius
16. St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist
17. St. Gregory, wonderworker
18. St. Romanos, martyr
21. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple
30. St. Andrew, apostle
December
4. St. Barbara; St. John of Damascus
5. St. Saba of Jerusalem, abbot
6. St. Nicholas, wonderworker
7. St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan
8. The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
11. St. Daniel the Stylite
14. St. Nimatullah Kasasab al-Hardini
12. St. Spyridon, wonderworker
13. St. Lucy, virgin
20. St. Ignatius, patriarch of Antioch and martyr
25. Nativity of the Lord
27. Stephen, first martyr
29. Martyrdom of the Children of Bethlehem