Gnostic Church Calendar
2018
JANUARY 2018
January 1 Monday
New Year's Day
Intent: Renewal of Life [pesher]
January 3 Wednesday
The Divine Name [pesher]
January 6 Saturday
Epiphany [pesher]
January 7 Sunday
First Sunday after Epiphany [pesher]
Intent: Divine Guidance
January 8 Monday
Feast of the Baptism of Christ [pesher]
January 11 Thursday
Consecration (2003) of The Right Reverend +Danny L. Garvin (in ecclesia Tau Melchizedek), Bishop of Indiana, Church of the Gnosis Kardias
January 14 Sunday
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Intent: Desire for Liberation [pesher]
January 21 Sunday
Third Sunday after Epiphany [pesher]
Intent: Sincerity
January 28 Sunday
Septuagesima, Third Sunday before Lent
Intent: The Gift of Wisdom [pesher] [pesher]
FEBRUARY 2018
February 2 Friday
Feast of Candlemas
Intent: Kindling of the Light in Darkness [pesher]
February 4 Sunday
Sexagesima, Second Sunday before Lent
Intent: The Holy Spirit as Sanctifier [pesher]
February 11 Sunday
Quinquagesima, Sunday Next before Lent
Intent: The Holy Spirit as the Fire of Love [pesher]
February 14 Wednesday
First Day of Lent (Ash Wednesday)
Intent: Purification
Day of the Holy Valentinus [pesher]
February 18 Sunday
First Sunday of Lent
Intent: Self-examination
Death of Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat (1838)
February 24 Saturday
Death of Jean Bricaud (1934)
February 25 Sunday
Second Sunday of Lent
Intent: Yearning for God [pesher]
MARCH 2018
March 4 Sunday
Third Sunday of Lent
Intent: Understanding
March 11 Sunday
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Intent: Spiritual Refreshment [pesher]
March 16 Friday
Montségur Day [pesher]
March 17 Saturday
Death of Jules Doinel (1903 March 16 or 17)
March 18 Sunday
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Passion Sunday
Intent: Mystery of the Cross
Day of the Martyrdom of Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Poor Fellow Soldiers of the Temple of Solomon (1314) [pesher]
March 20 Tuesday
Spring equinox
Day of the Holy Archangel Gabriel [prayer]
March 23 Friday
Day of the Martyrdom of Tau Harmonius (Constant Chevillon), Bishop and Last Martyr of the Gnosis (1944)
March 25 Sunday
Sunday Next before Easter (Palm Sunday) [pesher]
Intent: The Temporary Triumph of the Light before its Obscuration
The Annunciation of Our Lady
March 29 Thursday
Maundy Thursday
Intent: The Mystery of the Eucharist
March 30 Friday
Good Friday [pesher]
March 31 Saturday
Holy Saturday [pesher]
APRIL 2018
April 1 Sunday
EASTER SUNDAY
Intent: The Inner Resurrection [pesher]
April 8 Sunday
Second Sunday of Easter
Intent: The Wealth of Spirit [pesher]
April 14 Saturday
Day of the Holy Mani, Martyr and Prophet
April 15 Sunday
Third Sunday of Easter
Intent: Divine Grace
April 22 Sunday
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Intent: Divine Protection [pesher]
April 29 Sunday
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Intent: Divine Aid toward Liberation
MAY 2018
May 6 Sunday
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Intent: Recognition of the Human Potential for Liberation [pesher]
May 10 Thursday
ASCENSION DAY
Intent: Return to the Light [pesher]
May 13 Sunday
Sunday after the Ascension
Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 20 Sunday
PENTECOST SUNDAY [pesher]
Intent: Coming of the Holy Spirit
May 27 Sunday
First Sunday after Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Intent: Devotion to the Triune Deity [pesher]
Death of Robert Ambelain (1997)
May 29 Monday
Death of Jean-Baptiste Willermoz (May 29, 1824)
JUNE 2018
June 3 Sunday
First Sunday after Trinity [pesher]
Intent: Transforming Power of the Holy Spirit
June 10 Sunday
Second Sunday after Trinity [pesher]
Intent: God as Light
June 17 Sunday
Third Sunday after Trinity [pesher]
Intent: God as Ruler of Angels
June 21 Thursday
Summer solstice
Day of the Holy Archangel Uriel [pesher]
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist [pesher]
June 24 Sunday
Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: God as Love
JULY 2018
July 1 Sunday
Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: God as Peace
Canada Day
July 4 Wednesday
USA: Independence Day
July 8 Sunday
Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Steadfast Dedication
Commemoration of the death of Monseigneur Joseph René Villatte
July 15 Sunday
Seventh Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Purity as a Condition for Union with God
July 22 Sunday
Eighth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Wisdom
Feast of Holy Mary of Magdalene [pesher]
July 29 Sunday
Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Confidence
AUGUST 2018
August 2 Thursday
Commemoration of the Holy Philipe of Lyon
August 5 Sunday
Tenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Devotion
August 6 Monday
The Transfiguration
August 10 Thursday
Day of the Holy Esclaramonde de Foix
August 12 Sunday
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Discernment
August 14 Monday
Eve of the Assumption of the Holy Sophia
August 15 Tuesday
Assumption of the Holy Sophia [pesher]
August 16 Thursday
Death of Bishop +Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (1989)
August 19 Sunday
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: The Mystery of Christ
August 26 Sunday
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Virtue [pesher]
August 29 Wednesday
The Passion of Saint John the Baptist [pesher]
Death (2010) of The Most Reverend +John Cole (in ecclesia Tau Iohannes Harmonius), Bishop of Indiana and auxiliary bishop of the midwest.
SEPTEMBER 2018
September 1 Saturday
Death (1993) of Rene Chambellant (in ecclesia Tau Renatus), Patriarch.
Death (2016) of Robert Cokinis (in ecclesia Charles Harmonius II), Primate of North America.
September 2 Sunday
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Renewal of the Spirit [pesher]
September 7 Friday
Anniversary of the consecration (1970) of +Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (in ecclesia Tau Charles), First Primate of North America.
September 8
Festival of the Descent of the Holy Sophia
September 9 Sunday
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Brotherly Love [pesher]
September 15 Saturday
Anniversary of the consecration (1982) of The Most Rev. Archbishop +Roberto C. Toca, Archbishop of Florida & Exarch for Latin America, Catholic Church of The Antiochian Rite (Gnostic)
September 16 Sunday
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Justice [pesher]
Mexican Independence Day
September 22 Saturday
Fall equinox
Day of the Holy Archangel Michael (Michaelmas)
September 23 Sunday
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Spiritual progress [pesher]
September 24 Monday
Death of Martinez De Pasqually (1774)
September 26 Wednesday
Day of Saint Cyprian of Antioch
September 30 Sunday
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Commemoration of the Saints [pesher]
OCTOBER 2018
October 2 Tuesday
Day of the Holy Guardian Angels
October 4 Thursday
Feast of the Holy Francis of Assisi [pesher]
October 7 Sunday
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: The Universality of Revelation [pesher]
October 8 Monday
Canada: Thanksgiving [prayer]
October 10 Wednesday
Anniversary of the consecration (1998) of John Cole (Tau Iohannes Harmonius), Bishop of Indiana and auxiliary bishop of the Midwest.
October 13 Saturday
Day of the Martyrdom of the Holy Templars [pesher] [pesher]
October 14 Sunday
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Serenity [pesher]
Anniversary of the death of Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (October 14, 1803)
October 21 Sunday
Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Perseverance [pesher]
October 25 Wednesday
Death of Gerard Encausse (Papus), 1916. [pesher]
October 28 Sunday
Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity
Intent: The Right Attitude Toward the World [pesher]
NOVEMBER 2018
November 1 Thursday
All Saints' Day [pesher]
November 2 Friday
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)
November 4 Sunday
Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Peace [pesher]
November 10 Saturday
Day of Raimond-Roger de Trencavel Patron of the Chevaliers Faydit (d. 1209). [pesher]
Anniversary of the consecration as bishop (2013) of The Most Reverend +John Mongiovi (in ecclesia Tau Apollonius), Bishop Primat of the EGCA
November 11 Sunday
Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: The Truth That Makes Free
Day of Saint Martin of Tours
November 18 Sunday
Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Ultimate Freedom
November 22 Thursday
Thanksgiving Day (United States) [prayer]
November 25 Sunday
Sunday Next before Advent
Intent: Adoration of God
November 30 Tuesday
Anniversary of the death (2016) of The Most Reverend +Ronald V. Cappello, Archbishop Primat, Old Templar Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church
DECEMBER 2018
December 2 Sunday
First Sunday of Advent
Intent: Seeking the Light [pesher]
December 6 Thursday
Day of the Holy Nicholas, Bishop [pesher]
December 7 Friday
The Constitutions and the Accepted Bylaws adopted (1906)
December 9 Sunday
Second Sunday of Advent
Intent: The God Within [pesher]
December 16 Sunday
Third Sunday of Advent
Intent: Recognition of the Messenger [pesher]
December 21 Friday
Winter solstice
Season of the Descent of the Holy Sophia: The Liberation of the Light
Day of the Holy Archangel Raphael
Intent: The Healing of God [pesher]
Feast of Saint John the Evangelist [pesher]
December 23 Sunday
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Intent: The Nature of the Redeemer [pesher]
December 24 Monday
Christmas Eve
December 25 Tuesday
Christmas: The Nativity of the Divine Light
Intent: Incarnation of the Redeemer [pesher]
December 30 Sunday
First Sunday after Christmas
January 1 Monday
New Year's Day
Intent: Renewal of Life [pesher]
January 3 Wednesday
The Divine Name [pesher]
January 6 Saturday
Epiphany [pesher]
January 7 Sunday
First Sunday after Epiphany [pesher]
Intent: Divine Guidance
January 8 Monday
Feast of the Baptism of Christ [pesher]
January 11 Thursday
Consecration (2003) of The Right Reverend +Danny L. Garvin (in ecclesia Tau Melchizedek), Bishop of Indiana, Church of the Gnosis Kardias
January 14 Sunday
Second Sunday after Epiphany
Intent: Desire for Liberation [pesher]
January 21 Sunday
Third Sunday after Epiphany [pesher]
Intent: Sincerity
January 28 Sunday
Septuagesima, Third Sunday before Lent
Intent: The Gift of Wisdom [pesher] [pesher]
FEBRUARY 2018
February 2 Friday
Feast of Candlemas
Intent: Kindling of the Light in Darkness [pesher]
February 4 Sunday
Sexagesima, Second Sunday before Lent
Intent: The Holy Spirit as Sanctifier [pesher]
February 11 Sunday
Quinquagesima, Sunday Next before Lent
Intent: The Holy Spirit as the Fire of Love [pesher]
February 14 Wednesday
First Day of Lent (Ash Wednesday)
Intent: Purification
Day of the Holy Valentinus [pesher]
February 18 Sunday
First Sunday of Lent
Intent: Self-examination
Death of Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat (1838)
February 24 Saturday
Death of Jean Bricaud (1934)
February 25 Sunday
Second Sunday of Lent
Intent: Yearning for God [pesher]
MARCH 2018
March 4 Sunday
Third Sunday of Lent
Intent: Understanding
March 11 Sunday
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Intent: Spiritual Refreshment [pesher]
March 16 Friday
Montségur Day [pesher]
March 17 Saturday
Death of Jules Doinel (1903 March 16 or 17)
March 18 Sunday
Fifth Sunday of Lent
Passion Sunday
Intent: Mystery of the Cross
Day of the Martyrdom of Jacques de Molay, Grand Master of the Poor Fellow Soldiers of the Temple of Solomon (1314) [pesher]
March 20 Tuesday
Spring equinox
Day of the Holy Archangel Gabriel [prayer]
March 23 Friday
Day of the Martyrdom of Tau Harmonius (Constant Chevillon), Bishop and Last Martyr of the Gnosis (1944)
March 25 Sunday
Sunday Next before Easter (Palm Sunday) [pesher]
Intent: The Temporary Triumph of the Light before its Obscuration
The Annunciation of Our Lady
March 29 Thursday
Maundy Thursday
Intent: The Mystery of the Eucharist
March 30 Friday
Good Friday [pesher]
March 31 Saturday
Holy Saturday [pesher]
APRIL 2018
April 1 Sunday
EASTER SUNDAY
Intent: The Inner Resurrection [pesher]
April 8 Sunday
Second Sunday of Easter
Intent: The Wealth of Spirit [pesher]
April 14 Saturday
Day of the Holy Mani, Martyr and Prophet
April 15 Sunday
Third Sunday of Easter
Intent: Divine Grace
April 22 Sunday
Fourth Sunday of Easter
Intent: Divine Protection [pesher]
April 29 Sunday
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Intent: Divine Aid toward Liberation
MAY 2018
May 6 Sunday
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Intent: Recognition of the Human Potential for Liberation [pesher]
May 10 Thursday
ASCENSION DAY
Intent: Return to the Light [pesher]
May 13 Sunday
Sunday after the Ascension
Seventh Sunday of Easter
May 20 Sunday
PENTECOST SUNDAY [pesher]
Intent: Coming of the Holy Spirit
May 27 Sunday
First Sunday after Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Intent: Devotion to the Triune Deity [pesher]
Death of Robert Ambelain (1997)
May 29 Monday
Death of Jean-Baptiste Willermoz (May 29, 1824)
JUNE 2018
June 3 Sunday
First Sunday after Trinity [pesher]
Intent: Transforming Power of the Holy Spirit
June 10 Sunday
Second Sunday after Trinity [pesher]
Intent: God as Light
June 17 Sunday
Third Sunday after Trinity [pesher]
Intent: God as Ruler of Angels
June 21 Thursday
Summer solstice
Day of the Holy Archangel Uriel [pesher]
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist [pesher]
June 24 Sunday
Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: God as Love
JULY 2018
July 1 Sunday
Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: God as Peace
Canada Day
July 4 Wednesday
USA: Independence Day
July 8 Sunday
Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Steadfast Dedication
Commemoration of the death of Monseigneur Joseph René Villatte
July 15 Sunday
Seventh Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Purity as a Condition for Union with God
July 22 Sunday
Eighth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Wisdom
Feast of Holy Mary of Magdalene [pesher]
July 29 Sunday
Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Confidence
AUGUST 2018
August 2 Thursday
Commemoration of the Holy Philipe of Lyon
August 5 Sunday
Tenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Devotion
August 6 Monday
The Transfiguration
August 10 Thursday
Day of the Holy Esclaramonde de Foix
August 12 Sunday
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Discernment
August 14 Monday
Eve of the Assumption of the Holy Sophia
August 15 Tuesday
Assumption of the Holy Sophia [pesher]
August 16 Thursday
Death of Bishop +Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (1989)
August 19 Sunday
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: The Mystery of Christ
August 26 Sunday
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Virtue [pesher]
August 29 Wednesday
The Passion of Saint John the Baptist [pesher]
Death (2010) of The Most Reverend +John Cole (in ecclesia Tau Iohannes Harmonius), Bishop of Indiana and auxiliary bishop of the midwest.
SEPTEMBER 2018
September 1 Saturday
Death (1993) of Rene Chambellant (in ecclesia Tau Renatus), Patriarch.
Death (2016) of Robert Cokinis (in ecclesia Charles Harmonius II), Primate of North America.
September 2 Sunday
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Renewal of the Spirit [pesher]
September 7 Friday
Anniversary of the consecration (1970) of +Roger Saint Victor-Hérard (in ecclesia Tau Charles), First Primate of North America.
September 8
Festival of the Descent of the Holy Sophia
September 9 Sunday
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Brotherly Love [pesher]
September 15 Saturday
Anniversary of the consecration (1982) of The Most Rev. Archbishop +Roberto C. Toca, Archbishop of Florida & Exarch for Latin America, Catholic Church of The Antiochian Rite (Gnostic)
September 16 Sunday
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Justice [pesher]
Mexican Independence Day
September 22 Saturday
Fall equinox
Day of the Holy Archangel Michael (Michaelmas)
September 23 Sunday
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Spiritual progress [pesher]
September 24 Monday
Death of Martinez De Pasqually (1774)
September 26 Wednesday
Day of Saint Cyprian of Antioch
September 30 Sunday
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Commemoration of the Saints [pesher]
OCTOBER 2018
October 2 Tuesday
Day of the Holy Guardian Angels
October 4 Thursday
Feast of the Holy Francis of Assisi [pesher]
October 7 Sunday
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: The Universality of Revelation [pesher]
October 8 Monday
Canada: Thanksgiving [prayer]
October 10 Wednesday
Anniversary of the consecration (1998) of John Cole (Tau Iohannes Harmonius), Bishop of Indiana and auxiliary bishop of the Midwest.
October 13 Saturday
Day of the Martyrdom of the Holy Templars [pesher] [pesher]
October 14 Sunday
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Serenity [pesher]
Anniversary of the death of Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (October 14, 1803)
October 21 Sunday
Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Perseverance [pesher]
October 25 Wednesday
Death of Gerard Encausse (Papus), 1916. [pesher]
October 28 Sunday
Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity
Intent: The Right Attitude Toward the World [pesher]
NOVEMBER 2018
November 1 Thursday
All Saints' Day [pesher]
November 2 Friday
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)
November 4 Sunday
Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Peace [pesher]
November 10 Saturday
Day of Raimond-Roger de Trencavel Patron of the Chevaliers Faydit (d. 1209). [pesher]
Anniversary of the consecration as bishop (2013) of The Most Reverend +John Mongiovi (in ecclesia Tau Apollonius), Bishop Primat of the EGCA
November 11 Sunday
Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: The Truth That Makes Free
Day of Saint Martin of Tours
November 18 Sunday
Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Intent: Ultimate Freedom
November 22 Thursday
Thanksgiving Day (United States) [prayer]
November 25 Sunday
Sunday Next before Advent
Intent: Adoration of God
November 30 Tuesday
Anniversary of the death (2016) of The Most Reverend +Ronald V. Cappello, Archbishop Primat, Old Templar Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church
DECEMBER 2018
December 2 Sunday
First Sunday of Advent
Intent: Seeking the Light [pesher]
December 6 Thursday
Day of the Holy Nicholas, Bishop [pesher]
December 7 Friday
The Constitutions and the Accepted Bylaws adopted (1906)
December 9 Sunday
Second Sunday of Advent
Intent: The God Within [pesher]
December 16 Sunday
Third Sunday of Advent
Intent: Recognition of the Messenger [pesher]
December 21 Friday
Winter solstice
Season of the Descent of the Holy Sophia: The Liberation of the Light
Day of the Holy Archangel Raphael
Intent: The Healing of God [pesher]
Feast of Saint John the Evangelist [pesher]
December 23 Sunday
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Intent: The Nature of the Redeemer [pesher]
December 24 Monday
Christmas Eve
December 25 Tuesday
Christmas: The Nativity of the Divine Light
Intent: Incarnation of the Redeemer [pesher]
December 30 Sunday
First Sunday after Christmas