A Liturgical Calendar
For the Year 2021
With Links to the Lessons From the Revised Common Lectionary, as modified for use in Episcopal worship
Return to The Lectionary Page.
Month:
| January | February | March | April | May | June |
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
January 2021 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 The Holy Name | 2 | |||||
| 3 Second Sunday after Christmas | 4 | 5 | 6 The Epiphany | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 First Sunday after the Epiphany | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 Second Sunday after the Epiphany | 18 Confession of St Peter, Apostle | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 Third Sunday after the Epiphany | 25 Conversion of St Paul, Apostle | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany | ||||||
February 2021 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 Presentation of Jesus in the Temple | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 Last Sunday after the Epiphany | 15 | 16 | 17 Ash Wednesday | 18 Thursday after Ash Wednesday | 19 Friday after Ash Wednesday | 20 Saturday after Ash Wednesday |
| 21 First Sunday in Lent | 22 Monday in the First Week of Lent | 23 Tuesday in the First Week of Lent | 24 St Matthias, Apostle | 25 Thursday in the First Week of Lent | 26 Friday in the First Week of Lent | 27 Saturday in the First Week of Lent |
| 28 Second Sunday in Lent | ||||||
March 2021 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Monday in the Second Week of Lent | 2 Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent | 3 Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent | 4 Thursday in the Second Week of Lent | 5 Friday in the Second Week of Lent | 6 Saturday in the Second Week of Lent | |
| 7 Third Sunday in Lent | 8 Monday in the Third Week of Lent | 9 Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent | 10 Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent | 11 Thursday in the Third Week of Lent | 12 Friday in the Third Week of Lent | 13 Saturday in the Third Week of Lent |
| 14 Fourth Sunday in Lent | 15 Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent | 16 Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent | 17 Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent | 18 Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent | 19 St Joseph | 20 Saturday in the Fourth Week of Lent |
| 21 Fifth Sunday in Lent | 22 Monday in the Fifth Week of Lent | 23 Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Lent | 24 Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent | 25 The Annunciation | 26 Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent> | 27 Saturday in the Fifth Week of Lent |
| 28 Sunday of the Passion:Palm Sunday | 29 Monday in Holy Week | 30 Tuesday in Holy Week | 31 Wednesday in Holy Week | |||
April 2021 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Maundy Thursday | 2 Good Friday | 3 Holy SaturdayEaster Vigil | ||||
| 4 Easter Day EarlyPrincipalEvening | 5 Monday in Easter Week | 6 Tuesday in Easter Week | 7 Wednesday in Easter Week | 8 Thursday in Easter Week | 9 Friday in Easter Week | 10 Saturday in Easter Week |
| 11 Second Sunday of Easter | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 Third Sunday of Easter | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 Fourth Sunday of Easter | 26 St Mark, Evangelist (transferred) | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
May 2021 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| | | | | | | 1 St Philip and St James, Apostles |
| 2 Fifth Sunday of Easter | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 Sixth Sunday of Easter | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Ascension Day | 14 | 15 |
| 16 Seventh Sunday of Easter | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 Day of PentecostWhitsunday | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 First Sunday after PentecostTrinity Sunday | 31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin | |||||
June 2021 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 Second Sunday after PentecostProper 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 St Barnabas, Apostle | 12 |
| 13 Third Sunday after PentecostProper 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 Fourth Sunday after PentecostProper 7 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Nativity of St John, the Baptist | 25 | 26 |
| 27 Fifth Sunday after PentecostProper 8 | 28 | 29 St Peter and St Paul, Apostles | 30 | |||
July 2021 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|   | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 4 Sixth Sunday after PentecostProper 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 Seventh Sunday after PentecostProper 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 Eighth Sunday after PentecostProper 11 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 Mary Magdalene | 23 | 24 |
| 25 Ninth Sunday after PentecostProper 12 | 26 St James, Apostle(transferred) | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
August 2021 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Tenth Sunday after PentecostProper 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 The Transfiguration | 7 |
| 8 Eleventh Sunday after PentecostProper 14 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 Twelfth Sunday after PentecostProper 15 | 16 St Mary, the Virgin(transferred) | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 Thirteenth Sunday after PentecostProper 16 | 23 | 24 St Bartholomew, Apostle | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 Fourteenth Sunday after PentecostProper 17 | 30 | 31 | ||||
September 2021 | ||||||
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 Fifteenth Sunday after PentecostProper 18 | 6 Labor Day | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 Sixteenth Sunday after PentecostProper 19 | 13 | 14 Holy Cross Day | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 Seventeenth Sunday after PentecostProper 20 | 20 | 21 St Matthew, Evangelist | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostProper 21 | 27 | 28 | 29 St Michael and All Angels | 30 | ||
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Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 3 Nineteenth Sunday after PentecostProper 22 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 Twentieth Sunday after PentecostProper 23 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 | 18 St Luke, Evangelist | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 St James of Jerusalem |
| 24 Twenty-Second Sunday after PentecostProper 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 Twenty-Third Sunday after PentecostProper26 | ||||||
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Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| Note: If All Saints Day is observed on Sunday, use white | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 All Saints may be celebrated (white) or Twenty=Fourth Sunday after PentecostProper 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 Twenty-Fifth Sunday after PentecostProper 28 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 Last Sunday after Pentecost:Christ the King | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 Thanksgiving Day | 26 | 27 |
| 28 First Sunday of Advent | 29 | 30 St Andrew, Apostle | ||||
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Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 Second Sunday of Advent | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 Third Sunday of Advent | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 Fourth Sunday of Advent | 20 | 21 St Thomas, Apostle | 22 | 23 | 24 Christmas Eve | 25 Christmas Day Christmas I Christmas II Christmas III |
| 26 First Sunday after Christmas | 27 St Stephen, Deacon and Martyr (transferred) | 28 St John, Apostle and Evangelist (transferred) | 29 Holy Innocents (transferred) | 30 | 31 | |
Notes:
The Sunday Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. The year beginning with Advent in 2020 is Year B. The year which ended at Advent 2020 was Year A. The year beginning with Advent 2021 is Year C.
The Bible translation used is The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.
The collects and the Psalms are from the Book of Common Prayer. The collects use the contemporary wording.
The liturgical color appropriate for the day is indicated, when the color is green, red or purple, by the color of the numeral against a light grey background. When the liturgical color is white, the numeral is black against a white background.
Return to The Lectionary Page.
Last updated on March 1, 2020
