• Scottish Episcopal Kalendar 2026

  31/12/2024

  For years now, I’ve produced a Kalendar for the Scottish Episcopal Church with all the bible readings set out for the year.

  This year’s Kalendar is available online so that anyone can download it and print it out for themselves.
  It is available right here: Scottish Kalendar 2026

  Anyone who would like to make a donation because they enjoy the Kalendar so much and want to encourage me to keep doing it is welcome to do so via paypal. I used to offer printed copies at £5 per copy.

  The summary of the Bishops’ Instruction on Fasting and Abstinence is available as a single pdf here: Bishops’ Instructions on Fasting

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