In the Calendar of the Scottish Episcopal Church, each holy and saint's day listed has been assigned a number which indicates its category. It is intended that feasts in categories 1 - 4 should be kept by the whole church. Days in categories 5 and 6 may be kept according to diocesan or local discretion. Commemorations not included in this Calendar may be observed with the approval of the bishop.

Categories

Category 1

• Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday
• Easter Day (and the weekdays following)
• Pentecost
• Ash Wednesday
• Holy Week
• Ascension Day
• Christmas Day
• Epiphany
• Sundays of Advent, Lent and Easter

Category 2

• Feasts of The Lord (Naming, Presentation, Annunciation, Transfiguration)
• Trinity Sunday
• All Saints' Day
• Dedication and Patronal Festivals
• Eves of Christmas and Pentecost
• First Sunday after Christmas
• First Sunday after Epiphany (Baptism of the Lord)

Category 3

• Sundays after Christmas (except Christmas 1)
• Sundays after Epiphany (except Epiphany 1)
• Sundays after Pentecost (except Pentecost 1)
• Weekdays in Lent

Category 4

• Feasts of the Apostles and Evangelists
• Saint Mary the Virgin, The Visit to Elizabeth
• Saint Joseph, Saint John the Baptist (Birth, Beheading)
• Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Michael and All Angels
• Saint James of Jerusalem
• Saint Stephen, The Holy Innocents
• Saint Kentigern, Saint Patrick, Saint Columba, Saint Ninian, Saint Margaret of Scotland

Category 5

• All Souls' Day, Holy Cross Day;
• Conception of Mary, Mother of the Lord, Birth of Mary, Mother of the Lord
• Thanksgiving for the Institution of the Holy Communion (Corpus Christi);
• Thanksgiving for Harvest

Category 6

• All other commemorations

Calendar days

January

• 2 Seraphim of Sarov, 1833
• 10 William Laud, Bishop, 1645
• 11 David, King of Scots, 1153
• 14 Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, c. 367
• 17 Anthony of Egypt, Abbot, 356
• 21 Agnes, Martyr, c. 304
• 24 Francis de Sales, Bishop, 1622
• 27 John Chrysostom, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 407
• 28 Thomas Aquinas, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
• 30 Charles I, King, 1649
• 31 Charles Mackenzie of Central Africa, Bishop, Missionary, Martyr, 1862

February

• 1 Brigid of Kildare, Abbess, c. 525
• 3 Saints and Martyrs of Europe
• 6 Paul Miki, Priest, and the Martyrs of Japan, 1597
• 10 Scholastica, Religious, 543
• 14 Cyril, Monk, 869, and Methodius, Bishop, 885, "Apostles of the Slavs"
• 15 Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, 1730
• 17 Finan of Lindisfarne, Bishop, 661
• 18 Colman of Lindisfarne, Bishop, 676
• 19 Martin Luther, 1545
• 23 Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop and Martyr, 156

March

• 1 David, Bishop, Patron of Wales, c. 544
• 2 Chad of Lichfield, Bishop, 672
• 3 John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788
• 4 Adrian of May Island, Abbot, and Companions, Martyrs, 875
• 6 Baldred, Bishop, 608
• 7 Perpetua and her Companions, Martyrs, 203
• 8 Duthac, Bishop, 1068
• 10 Kessog, Bishop, c. 700
• 16 Boniface of Ross, Bishop, 8th century
• 18 Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 386
• 20 Cuthbert, Bishop, 687
• 21 Thomas Cranmer, Bishop, 1556
• 22 Thomas Ken, Bishop, 1711
• 24 Paul Couturier, Priest, 1953
• 28 Patrick Forbes, Bishop, 1635, and the Aberdeen doctors, Teachers of the Faith
• 29 John Keble, Priest, 1866

April

• 1 Gilbert of Caithness, Bishop, 1245
• 9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Theologian and Martyr, 1945
• 10 William Law, Priest, 1761
• 11 George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop and Missionary, 1878
• 12 William Forbes, Bishop, 1634
• 16 Magnus of Orkney, Martyr, c. 1116
• 17 Saint Donnan, Abbot, and Companions, Martyrs, c. 617
• 20 Máel Ruba of Applecross, Abbot, 722
• 21 Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 1109
• 23 George, Patron of England, Martyr, c. 303
• 26 Albert Ernest Laurie, Priest, 1937
• 29 Catherine of Siena, Mystic and Teacher of the Faith, 1380

May

• 2 Athanasius of Alexandria, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 373
• 8 Julian of Norwich, c. 1413
• 12 Thomas Rattray, Bishop, 1743
• 21 Helena, c. 330
• 23 William of Perth (or Rochester), 1201
• 25 Bede, the Venerable, of Jarrow, Teacher of the Faith, 735
• 26 Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop, c. 604

June

• 1 Justin of Rome, Martyr, c. 165
• 3 Charles Lwanga and his companions, 1886, Janani Luwum, Bishop, 1977, Martyrs of Uganda
• 4 John XXIII, Bishop of Rome, Reformer, 1963
• 5 Boniface of Mainz, Bishop, Missionary and Martyr, 754
• 8 Ephrem the Syrian, Deacon and Teacher of the Faith, 373
• 12 John Skinner, Priest, 1807, and John Skinner, Bishop, 1816
• 14 Basil of Caesarea, 379; Gregory of Nazianzus, 390; Gregory of Nyssa, 394, Bishops and Teachers of the Faith
• 18 Bernard Mizeki, Martyr, 1896
• 20 Fillan, Abbot, c. 750
• 22 Alban, Martyr, c. 209
• 25 Moluag of Lismore, Bishop, c. 592
• 26 Robert Leighton, Bishop, 1684
• 27 Alexander Jolly, Bishop, 1838
• 28 Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 202

July

• 1 Serf, Bishop, c. 500
• 6 Palladius, Bishop, c. 450
• 7 Boisil, Prior of Melrose, c. 642
• 11 Benedict of Nursia, Abbot, c. 550
• 12 Drostan of Deer, Abbot, c. 600
• 17 Jane Haining, Missionary and Martyr, 1944^[1]
• 21 William Wilberforce, 1833
• 26 Anne and Joachim, Parents of Mary, Mother of the Lord
• 27 John Comper, Priest, 1903
• 29 Martha and Mary of Bethany
• 30 Silas, Companion of Saint Paul
• 31 Ignatius Loyola, Priest and Religious, 1556

August

• 5 Oswald of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
• 7 John Mason Neale, Priest, 1866
• 8 Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221
• 10 Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, 258
• 11 Clare of Assisi, Religious, 1253
• 12 Blane, Missionary, c. 590
• 13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop, 1667
• 14 Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr, 1940
• 20 Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Teacher of the Faith, 1153
• 25 Ebba of Coldingham, Abbess, 683
• 27 Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
• 28 Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 430
• 31 Aidan of Lindisfarne, Bishop, 651

September

• 2 The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942
• 3 Gregory the Great, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 604
• 13 Cyprian of Carthage, Bishop and Martyr, 258
• 17 Hildegard of Bingen, Abbess, 1179
• 20 John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop and Martyr, 1871
• 23 Adamnan of Iona, Abbot, 704
• 25 Finnbar of Caithness, Bishop, c. 610
• 27 Vincent de Paul, Priest, 1660
• 30 Jerome, Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 420

October

• 1 Gregory the Enlightener, Bishop, “Apostle of Armenia”, c. 332
• 4 Francis of Assisi, Deacon and Friar, 1226
• 8 Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop, 1875
• 11 Kenneth, Abbot, 600
• 12 Elizabeth Fry, 18456
• 15 Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582
• 17 Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr, c. 115
• 19 Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary, 1812
• 29 James Hannington, Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs, 1885

November

• 3 Richard Hooker, Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 1600
• 7 Willibrord, Bishop and Missionary, 739
• 9 George Hay Forbes, Priest, 1875
• 10 Leo the Great, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 461
• 11 Martin of Tours, Bishop, c. 397
• 12 Machar, Bishop, c. 600
• 17 Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop, 1200
• 18 Fergus, Bishop, c. 750
• 19 Hilda of Whitby, 680
• 21 Columban, Bishop, 615
• 22 Cecilia, Martyr, c. 230
• 23 Clement of Rome, Bishop and Martyr, c. 100
• 24 Lucy Menzies, 1954

December

• 1 Charles de Foucauld, Priest and Hermit, 1916
• 2 Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637
• 3 Francis Xavier, Priest and Missionary, 1552
• 4 Clement of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, c. 210
• 6 Nicholas of Myra, Bishop, 4th century
• 7 Ambrose of Milan, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 397
• 14 John of the Cross, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1591
• 29 Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop and Martyr, 1170
• 30 Josephine Butler, 1905
• 31 John Wycliffe, Priest, 1384

Sources

• SEC digital calendar