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Key to Color Coding:
+ Days highlighted in yellow are major feast days that have been completed. Their apolytikia, kontakia, idiomela, and doxastica are ready now.
+ Days highlighted in green are major feast days that are partially completed. Their apolytikia and kontakia are ready now. Music for the other troparia (doxastica, idiomela, etc.) on these days might be ready by July of 2009.
+ Days highlighted in blue are minor feast days. Their apolytikia are ready now. Music for other troparia on these days might be ready in 2010.
+ Days not highlighted are minor days without doxastica. Their apolytikia are ready now.
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| 1 - Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian | ||
| 2 - Deposition of the Raiment of the Theotokos at Blachernae | ||
| 2 - St. Juvenal, Enlightener of America | ||
| 3 - St. Hyacinth the Chamberlain | ||
| 3 - St. Anatolius, Archbishop of Constantinople | ||
| 3 - St. Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow | ||
| 4 - St. Andrew of Crete | ||
| 4 - Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia | ||
| 5 - St. Athanasius of Athos | ||
| 5 - Uncovering of the Relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh | ||
| 5 - Grand Duchess Elizabeth and Novice Barbara | ||
| 6 - St. Sisoes the Great | ||
| 7 - St. Thomas of Mt. Maleon | ||
| 7 - St. Kyriake | ||
| 8 - The Appearance of the Icon of the Theotokos of Kazan | ||
| 8 - St. Procopius | ||
| 9 - St. Pancratius, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily | ||
| 10 - The Deposition of the Robe of Christ in Moscow | ||
| 10 - The 45 Martyrs of Nicopolis in Armenia | ||
| 10 - St. Anthony of the Kiev Caves | ||
| 11 - St. Euphemia | ||
| 11 - St. Olga, Princess of Kiev, Equal to the Apostles | ||
| 12 - Sts. Proclus and Hilary | ||
| 13-19 Sunday of the Fathers of the Seven Ecumencial Councils | ||
| 13 - Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel | ||
| 13 - St. Stephen of Mar Sabbas Monastery | ||
| 13 - St. Golinduc | ||
| 14 - Apostle Aquila | ||
| 14 - St. Joseph, Archbishop of Thessalonica | ||
| 14 - St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain | ||
| 15 - Sts. Cyricus and Julitta | ||
| 15 - St. Vladimir, Great Prince of Kiev, Equal to the Apostles | ||
| 15 - St. Matrona of Chios | ||
| 16 - St. Athenogenes | ||
| 17 - St. Marina | ||
| 18 - St. Emilian | ||
| 19 - St. Macrina, the Sister of St. Basil the Great | ||
| 19 - St. Dius | ||
| 19 - St. Theodore, Bishop of Edessa | ||
| 19 - St. Seraphim of Sarov | ||
| 20 - Prophet Elias | ||
| 21 - Sts. John and Symeon the Fool for Christ's Sake | ||
| 22 - St. Mary Magdalene | ||
| 22 - St. Marcella of Chios | ||
| 23 - Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos of Pochaev | ||
| 23 - Synaxis of the Icon of the Theotokos "Joy of All That Sorrow" | ||
| 23 - Prophet Ezekiel | ||
| 23 - The Translation of the Relics of St. Phocas | ||
| 24 - St. Christina | ||
| 24 - Sts. Boris and Gleb the Passion-bearers | ||
| 25 - Dormition of St. Anna | ||
| 26 - Sts. Hermolaus, Hermippus, and Hermocrates | ||
| 26 - St. Paraskeve | ||
| 27 - St. Panteleimon the Healer | ||
| 28 - Apostles and Deacons Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas | ||
| 28 - St. Irene of Chrysovalantou | ||
| 29 - St. Callinicus | ||
| 29 - St. Theodota | ||
| 30 - Apostles Silas, Silvan, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus | ||
| 31 - St. Eudocimus | ||
| 31 - St. Joseph of Arimathea | ||
| 31 - St. Germanus of Auxerre | ||
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