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title: "Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth: Feast Day November 5 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-zechariah-and-elizabeth/
description: "Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth, Parents of John the Baptist. Remembered on November 5. Read their life in Bless."
---

Parents of John the Baptist · Remembered on November 5

# Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth

Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth is remembered on November 5 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [November 5](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/#5) |
| Title | Parents of John the Baptist |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Thursday, November 5, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-zechariah-and-elizabeth/#calendar) |

## Life

The aged priest struck silent for doubting the angel, whose tongue was loosed at his son’s naming into the Benedictus the Church sings every morning; and his wife, ‘righteous before God,’ the first to hail Mary as ‘mother of my Lord.’ In them the Old Covenant’s long waiting greets the New.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Thursday, November 5, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/05/) | Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Philippians 3:3-8a · Psalm 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 · Matthew 11:28 · Luke 15:1-10 |
| [Friday, November 5, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/11/05/) | Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Romans 15:14-21 · Psalm 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 · 1 John 2:5 · Luke 16:1-8 |
| [Sunday, November 5, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/11/05/) | Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Wisdom 11:22—12:2 · Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13b-14 · 2 Thessalonians 1:11—2:2 · John 3:16 · Luke 19:1-10 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[November 4 St. Charles Borromeo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-charles-borromeo/) [November 6 St. Leonard of Noblac](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-leonard-of-noblac/)

[All the saints of November](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/) [Born on November 5?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#11-05) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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Sts. Zechariah and Elizabeth

Remembered on November 5

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-zechariah-and-elizabeth/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-zechariah-and-elizabeth/#calendar)

In the app

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