Blessed Indiction! Today marks the beginning of the new Byzantine liturgical year, Anno Mundi 7534, and our liturgical calendar is now available to download here.
It includes the commemorations and readings for every day of the year, as well as a guide to the traditional fasting rule, now with an additional appendix detailing the canonical minimum required by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
The menologion, as it is known in Greek, follows the Gregorian calendar for both the solar and lunar year. The calendar also includes the numbering of the Sunday Eothinon for Orthros (Matins), which points the reader to the relevant Resurrection Gospel and propers for that week.
As previously, the rankings of the calendar follow the new menologion published in Kyïv on 17 October 2023. It is worth noting that some of the feasts are assigned a different ranking than previously.
As with all human endeavours, it is bound to be imperfect, so please forgive any errors and let us know so they may be corrected. ✠