OUR ARCHDIOCESE IS ZEALOUS IN MAKING CERTAIN OUR ORDO CALENDAR IS IN FULL CONFORMITY WITH THE USE OF OLD SHERBORNE SARUM CIRCA 11:00 A.D. LATER TO BECOME THE DIOCESE OF SARUM AND THE MAJESTIC SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. SPECIAL FEASTS AND HOLY DAYS ARE IN ITALICS, HIGHLIGHTED OR CAPITALIZED. On Feast Days of the Holy Mother Mary, St. Mary Magdalene and St. Procula it is our custom to Celebrate the Saint of the day and always commemorate the other two. See “Our Holy Patroness’s” Page on this website for complete information regarding this custom.

………… APRIL IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD 2026 ……….. The Month of the Church Year we Celebrate the Ratification of our Salvation & The Lives of Many Martyr’s.

Wednesday the 1st …… Wednesday in Holy Week ~ PURPLE

Thursday the 2nd …… Holy Thursday ~ The Lord Jesus Christ Celebrates the First Eucharist with the Apostles ~ WHITE or GOLD

Friday the 3rd …… GOOD FRIDAY ~ The Crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ ~ (St. Procula the Wife of Pontius Pilate the first person to Proclaim Our Lord’s Innocence of the False Charges brought against Him ~ The Holy Mother Mary stands at the Foot of the Cross) ~ BLACK

Saturday the 4th …… Holy Saturday ~ PURPLE & WHITE

Sunday the 5th …… EASTER ~ THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ~ (St. Mary Magdalene Proclaims the Lord’s Tomb is Empty to all Listeners) ~ WHITE or GOLD

Monday the 6th …… Easter Monday & St. Celestine – Bishop Of Rome ~ WHITE

Tuesday the 7th …… Easter Tuesday & St. Hegesippus Champion of Holy Orthodoxy ~ WHITE

Wednesday the 8th ……Wednesday in Easter Week & St. Perpetuus – Benefactor of Holy Mother Church ~ WHITE

Thursday the 9th …… St. Mary of Egypt ~ WHITE

Friday the 10th …… Friday in Holy Week & St. Bademus ~ Martyr ~ WHITE or RED

Saturday the 11th …… Saturday in Holy Week ~ St. Leo the Great – Bishop of Rome ~ WHITE

Sunday the 12th …… THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER ~ LOW SUNDAY (the Commemoration of St. Julius Bishop of Rome according to local custom) ~ WHITE

Monday the 13th …… St. Hermenenegild – Martyr ~ RED

Tuesday the 14th …… Feria ~ WHITE

Wednesday the 15th …… St. Paternus – Bishop & Champion of Holy Orthodoxy ~ WHITE

Thursday the 16th …… Feria ~ White

Friday the 17th …… St. Anticetus – Bishop of Rome & Martyr ~ RED

Saturday the 18th …… St. Appolonius – Martyr ~ RED

Sunday the 19th …… THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER ~ (the Commemoration of St. Elphege according to local custom)

Monday the 20th …… St. Marcellinus ~ WHITE

Tuesday the 21st …… Feria ~ WHITE

Wednesday the 22nd …… St. Soter & St. Loenides – Bishops & Martyrs

Thursday the 23rd …… St. George ~ Martyr ~ RED

Friday the 24th …… Feria ~ WHITE

Saturday the 25th …… St. Mark the Evangelist (Author of the First Gospel) ~ RED

Sunday the 26th …… THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER (Commemoration of St. Cletus according to local custom) ~ WHITE

Monday the 27th …… Feria ~ WHITE

Tuesday the 28th …… St. Vitalis ~ Martyr ~ RED

Wednesday the 29th …… St. Peter the Martyr ~ RED

Thursday the 30th …… Feria ~ WHITE

Sunday the 25th …… THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER ~ WHITE

APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

Thursday the 27th …… ST. LEANDER – BISHOP & DOCTOR OF HOLY ORTHODOXY ~ WHITE