Highlights :

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January 1: Day of prayer for peace.

January 5: Saint Paul the Hermit.

January 6 Epiphany (Baptism of Jesus Christ).

January 15: Our Lady of Seeds.

January 16: The chains of Saint Peter.

January 17 Saint Anthony the Great (feast of monks and nuns).

From January 18 to 25: Week of prayer for Christian unity.

January 23: Saint Sergius I.

January 24: Saint François de Sales, World Day of Social Communications ”. 

January 25: Conversion and baptism of Saint Paul.

January 28: Saint Ephrem the Syriac.

January 31: Saint John Bosco.

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February 2: presentation of Jesus at the temple (feast of the consecrated).

February 3: Saints Anne and Symeon.

February 9: Saint Maroun or Maron. (Patron of the Maronite Church).

February 11: Our Lady of Lourdes, day of prayer for the sick.

February 19: Saint Tyranion bishop of tyr and Zenobe and the 500 martyrs.

February 20: Saint Jacques the hermit of Cyr.

February 22: Chair of St. Pierre.

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March 2: Saint Jean-Maroun (first Maronite patriarch).

March 3: Saint Thomas Aquinas.

March 9: The 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste.

March 19: Saint Joseph.

March 23: Saint Rafka (Rebecca).

March 25: Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Public holiday in Lebanon).

March 26: Saint Gabriel (Archangel).​ 

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April 7: Saint John Baptist de La Salle.

April 16: Sainte Bernadette Soubirous.

April 23: Saint George.

April 25: Saint Mark (evangelist).

April 27: Saint Symeon (brother of the Lord).

April 29: Saint Catherine of Siena.

April 30: Saint Jacques (apostle).

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May 6: Saint Dominic Savio.

May 8: Saint John the Evangelist.

May 9: Saint Isaiah (prophet).

May 15: Our Lady of the Harvests.

May 22: Saint Rita (Marguerite) da Cascia.

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June 2: The four evangelists .

June 3: Saint Altar the just.

June 6: Saint Dorothé "bishop of Tire.

June 11: Feast of the sacred heart and Saint Barthélemy apostle.

June 13: Saint Aquiline of Byblos.

June 19: Saint Jude apostle (Thadée).

June 21: Saint Louis de Gonzague.

June 22: Saint Eusebius of Samosate.

June 24: Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

Tuesday June 29: Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Wednesday June 30: Feast of the twelve apostles.

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July 10: The Massabki martyrs: François, Abd-el-Mooti and Raphaël, 

          with the eight Franciscan martyrs.

July 11: Saint Benedict.

July 15: Saints Quiriace and Yolita martyrs.

July 16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

July 17: Sainte Marina de Quannoubine.

July 20: Saint Elijah prophet.

July 22: Sainte Marie-Madeleine.

July 23: Saint Charbel.

July 24: Saint Christine of Tire.

July 27: Saint Pantaléon called Assia.

July 31: The 350 martyred monks.

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August 1: Saints Maccabees.

August 4: Saint Jean-Marie Vianney.

August 6: The transfiguration.

August 7: Saint Doumit.

August 9: Saint Matthias (apostle).

August 12: Saint Photius and Saint Anicet.

August 15: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

August 16: Saint Roch.

August 23: Saint Isaac the Syriac.

August 28: Saints Augustine and Moses the Ethiopian.

August 29: Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist.

August 31: Saints Abda, Ijidios, and Zakhia.

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September 1: Saint Symeon the Stylite.

September 2: Saint Mammès.

September 5: Saints Charbel and his sister martyrs

September 6: Saint Michael the Archangel

September 8: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

September 9: Saints Anne and Joachim Mother and Father of the Virgin,

              and Blessed Frederic Ozanam

September 14: The glorious cross.

September 15: Saints Stratone (sassine) and Abraamios called chayna.

September 16: Saint Cyprien.

September 17: Hagia Sophia in Rome.

September 22: Saint fawqa martyr.

September 24: Sainte Thècle.

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October 1: Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face.

October 2: Saints Cyprien and Justine.

4  October: Saint Francis of Assisi.

October 6:  Saint Thomas the apostle.

October 7:  Saint Sergius and Bacchus and Our Lady of the Rosary.

October 9: Saint Jacques.

October 12: Saints (edna): Tarachus, Andronicus and Probus.

October 14: Saint Isaiah the monk.

October 15:  Saint Teresa of Avila

October 18: Feast of Saint Luke.

October 20: Saint (challita) Artème.

October 22: Feast of the Holy Pope John Paul II.

October 25: Christ the King.

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November 1: All Saints' Day.

November 5: Saint Assia.

November 8: Saint Michael the Archangel.

November 10: Saints Timothy and Moor.

November 11: Saints Ménas and Martin de Tours.

November 13: Saint John Chrysostom.

November 14: Saint Philippe.

November 16: Saint Matthew.

November 17: World Day of the Poor.

November 18: Saint Romain d'Antioche.

November 21: Presentation of the Virgin Mary.

November 27: Saint Jacques l'Intercis.

November 30: Saints Bichail and André Apôtre.

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December 3: Saint François-Xavier.

December 4: Sainte Barbe (Barbara).

December 6: Saint Nicolas de Myre.

December 8: The Immaculate Conception.

December 14: Saint Nimatoullah (Joseph Kassab al-Hardini).

December 20: Saint Ignatius of Antioch.

December 25: The glorious nativity of Jesus Christ.

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