#devotional schedule

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Březen/March Devotional Schedule

Pražná neděle/Second Sunday of Lent— March 1

Lunar Eclipse — March 3 (5am-6am in my time zone)

Kýchavá neděle/Third Sunday of Lent and Beginning of Daylight Savings Time (US) — March 8

St. Gregory’s Day (folkloric date) — March 12

Mi-Carême (Mid Lent) — March 12

Družebná Neděle/Fourth Sunday of Lent — March 15

St. Josef’s Day — March 19

Vernal Equinox—March 20

Smrtná neděle/Fifth Sunday of Lent — March 22

Lady Day/Zvěstováni Panny Marie/Annunciation of the Virgin Mary — March 25

Palm Sunday — March 29

Modré pondělí/Blue Monday — March 30

Šedivé úterý/Ash Tuesday — March 31

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ÚNOR/February Devotional Schedule

St. Brigid’s Day — February 1

Hromnice/Candlemas — February 2nd

St. Blaise’s Day — February 3

St. Agatha’s Feast Day — February 5

St. Dorothy’s Feast Day — February 6

Fat Thursday — February 12 this year

Shrove/Pancake Tuesday — February 17

Ash Wednesday (Beginning of Lent) — February 18 this year

Fox Sunday (first Sunday of Lent) — February 22

My Legal Birthday — February 23

My spiritual Birthday, and the first day of my devotional year— February 24

Saint Matthew’s Feast Day (and my personal day for drowning Morana) — February 24 (folkloric date)

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December Devotions and Holidays:

Saint Barbara’s Feast Day (Dec 4.)

Saint Nicholas Eve and Day (Dec. 5/6)

Feast Day of St. Ambrose (Dec. 7)

Second Sunday of Advent (Dec. 7)

Conception of the Virgin Mary (Dec. 8)

Feast Day of St. Lucy (Dec. 13)

Third Sunday of Advent (Dec. 14)

Hledání Noclehu— “searching for a place to stay” (December 16 - December 24)

St. Thomas Night and Day (Dec. 20/21)

Winter Solstice (Dec. 21)

Fourth Sunday of Advent (Dec 21)

Koleda/12 Days of Christmas Caroling begins (Dec. 24-Jan. 6)

Christmas Eve (Dec. 24)

Christmas Day (Dec. 25)

St. Stephen’s Day/Wren Day/Boxing Day (Dec. 26)

Feast Day of St. John the Evangelist (Dec. 27)

Holy Innocents Day (Dec. 28)

New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay (Dec. 31)

Further Resources:

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Society & Culture Podcast · A look into the history, culture, traditions, and people of the Czech Republic from the eyes of two American exp

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November Devotions and Holidays:

All Saints Day (Nov. 1)

Dušicky/All Soul’s Day (Nov. 1 & 2)

St. Martin’s Day (Nov. 11)

Sandy’s (My Father-in-Law) birthday

St. Catherine’s Day (Nov. 25)

St. Andrew’s Day (Nov. 30)

First Sunday of Advent (Nov. 30)

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June Devotional Schedule

(Červen — red/ripening fruit month)

"Oh strange, strange Midsummer Night,

where the fern unfolds its power.

Whoever gets its golden seed,

the treasures of the earth will be revealed to him,

he will learn what has just been, what will ever be,

the secrets everywhere will be revealed to him.”

—Karel Jaromír Erben, Svatojánská noc

Sunday, June 1 - Saturday, June 7 — Black Week/Green Week

Monday, June 2nd — first quarter moon

Thursday, June 5th — Semik

Saturday, June 7th — Pentecost Eve

Sunday, June 8th — Pentecost Sunday/Letnice

Monday, July 9th — Pentecost Monday/Svatodušní pondělí

Wednesday, June 11— Strawberry full moon/Plný měsíc v červnu

Friday, June 13 — St. Anthony’s Day/Svátek svatého Antonína

Sunday, June 15 — Feast of the Holy Trinity

Wednesday June 18 — third quarter moon

Thursday, June 19th — The Feast of Corpus Christi/Boží tělo

Friday June 20th — Summer Solstice

Monday, June 23 — St. John’s Eve/Midsummer Night/Svatojánská noc/Kupadla

Tuesday, June 24 — Feast of Saint John the Baptist/svátek svatého Jana/Midsummer Day

Wednesday, June 25th — new moon

Sunday, June 29th — Feast of St. Peter and Paul

Czech Calendar Customs Master Post

Here you will find links to my exploration of Czech calendar customs, both pagan and folk Catholic and how I incorporate them into my practice as a North American Moravian descendant.

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April Devotional Schedule

Saint George rises, unlocks the earth so that grass can grow, 
green grass, red roses, blue violets, 
all kinds of flowers weave into wreaths.

Sunday, April 6 - Smrtná/Deadly Sunday

Sunday, April 13 — Palm Sunday

Monday, April 14 — Blue Monday

Tuesday, April 15 — Gray or Yellow Tuesday

Wednesday, April 16 — Ugly Wednesday

Thursday, April 17 — Green Thursday/Maundy Thursday

Friday, April 18 — Great/Good Friday

Saturday, April 19 — White Saturday

Sunday, April 20 — Easter Sunday

Monday, April 21 — Easter Monday

Wednesday, April 23–Saint Vojtěch (Adalbert) Day

Thursday, April 24— St. George’s Day (in Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia it is observed a day later than the rest of the world )

Thursday, April 25–St. Mark’s Day

Sunday, April 27 — White Sunday/Provodní

Wednesday, April 30 — Pálení čarodějnic/Hexxenacht/May Eve

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2023 February/March/April Devotional Schedule

Saturday, January 21st: New Moon

Thursday, February 2nd: Hromnice (Candlemas)  Often considered the first day of Spring.  Thunder candles (hromničky) are made and decorated.  Spring cleaning, knocking on trees with a spoon to awake Perun, weather divination.

Sunday, February 5th: Svata Hata  (Saint Agatha’s Feast Day): water and bread were consecrated in churches.  Holy water sprinkled around the house and a piece of bread placed behind a beam in the ceiling to protect from lighting.

Full Moon

Thursday, February 16th: Fat Thursday (Height of Masopust [Carnival]: Pigs were slaughtered, donuts and crackers were fried.

Monday, February 20th: New moon

Tuesday, February 21st: Shrove Tuesday: Last day of Masopust (Carnival)

Wednesday, February 22nd: Ash Wednesday: Lent begins

Thursday, February 23rd: My birthday

Tuesday, March 7th: Full Moon

Sunday, March 19th: Fourth Sunday of Lent, alternate date for drowning Smrtka/Morana

Monday, March 20th: Vernal Equinox/Drowning Smrtka/Morana (Death/Winter)

Tuesday, March 21st: New Moon

Sunday April 2nd: Palm Sunday: Girls brought a decorated tree to the village.

Wednesday April 5th: Clean Up Wednesday, Houses were scrubbed.

Thursday April 6th: Maundy Thursday: boys paraded Easter rattles through the villages.  Traditionally the beginning of eating green foods.  Washing in running water.

Full Moon

Friday April 7th: Good Friday, strictest fasting, stream water is brought home.

Saturday, April 8th: White Saturday, there was a festive procession around the village.

Sunday, April 9th: Easter Sunday, biggest Christian holiday of the whole year.  Food was consecrated.  Most often salt for everyday consumption, which was generally given the greatest importance, and then eggs and buns.

Monday, April 10th: Easter (Red) Monday, In a Moravian village, Easter Monday is the main day of spring caroling, ceremonial whipping and gift giving.  Its folk name “red” is derived from the red egg, a traditional Easter gift.

Sunday, April 16th: White Sunday, Provody, associated with the cult of the dead.  Spring version of dusicky.

Thursday, April 20th: New Moon

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New addition to Shrine's Devotional Schedule

New addition to Shrine’s Devotional Schedule

Beginning this Friday, April 28th, the Friars will lead the Stations of the Cross every Friday at 2:45 p.m.

All are welcome to join us on Fridays at 2:45pm, beginning in the Narthex of the Church, from where we will process up to the outdoor Way of the Cross devotional area.

Exceptions:  The Stations of the Cross will not take place when:

a Solemnity of the Church falls on a Friday

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