The Calendar of the Church Year

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The Church Year consists of two cycles of feasts and holy days: one is dependent upon the movable date of the Sunday of the Resurrection or Easter Day; the other, upon the fixed date of December 25, the Feast of our Lord's Nativity or Christmas Day.

Easter Day is always the first Sunday after the full moon that falls on or after March 21. It cannot occur before March 22 or after April 25.

The sequence of all Sundays of the Church Year depends upon the date of Easter Day. But the Sundays of Advent are always the four Sundays before Christmas Day, whether it occurs on a Sunday or a weekday. The date of Easter also determines the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, and the feast of the Ascension on a Thursday forty days after Easter Day.

<1. Principal Feasts>

The Principle Feasts observed in this Church are the following:

Easter Day

Ascension Day

The Day of Pentecost

Trinity Sunday

All Saint's Day : November 1

Christmas Day : December 25

The Epiphany : January 6

These feasts take precedence of any other day or observance. All Saints' Day may always be observed on the Sunday following November 1, in addition to its observance on the fixed date.

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<2. Sundays>

All Sundays of the year are feasts of our Lord Jesus Christ. In addition to the dated days listed above, only the following feasts, appointed on fixed days, take precedence of a Sunday:

The Holy Name

The Presentation

The Transfiguration

The feast of the Dedication of a Church, and the feast of its patron or title, may be observed on, or be transferred to, a Sunday, except in the seasons of Advent, Lent, and Easter.

All other Feasts of our Lord, and all other Major Feasts appointed on fixed days in the Calendar, when they occur on a Sunday, are normally transferred to the first convenient open day within the week. When desired, however, the Collect, Preface, and one or more of the Lessons appointed for the Feast may be substituted for those of the Sunday, but not from the Last Sunday after Pentecost through the First Sunday after the Epiphany, or from the Last Sunday after the Epiphany through Trinity Sunday.

With the express permission of the bishop, and for urgent and sufficient reason, some other special occasion may be observed on a Sunday.

<3. Holy Days>

The following Holy Days are regularly observed throughout the year. Unless otherwise ordered in the preceding rules concerning Sundays, they have precedence over all other days of commemoration or of special observance:

=Other Feasts of Our Lord=

The Holy Name

The Presentation

The Annunciation

The Visitation

Saint John the Baptist

The Transfiguration

Holy Cross Day

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=Other Major Feasts=

All feasts of Apostles

All feasts of Evangelists

Saint Stephen

The Holy Innocents

Saint Joseph

Saint Mary Magdalene

Saint Mary the Virgin

Saint Michael and All Angels

Saint James of Jerusalem

Independence Day

Thanksgiving Day

=Fasts=

Ash Wednesday

Good Friday

Feasts appointed of fixed days in the Calendar are not observed on the days of Holy Week or of Easter Week. Major Feasts falling in these weeks are transferred to the week following the Second Sunday of Easter, in the order of their occurrence.

Feasts appointed on fixed days in the Calendar do not take precedence of Ash Wednesday.

Feasts of our Lord and other Major Feasts appointed on fixed days, which fall upon or are transferred to a weekday, may be observed on any open day within the week. This provision does not apply to Christmas Day, the Epiphany, and All Saints' Day.

<4. Days of Special Devotion>

The following days are observed by special acts of discipline and self-denial:

Ash Wednesday and the other weekdays of Lent and of Holy Week, except the feast of the Annunciation.

Good Friday and all other Fridays of the year, in commemoration of the Lord's crucifixion, except for Fridays in the Christmas and Easter seasons, and any Feasts of our Lord which occur on a Friday.

<5. Days of Optional Observance>

Subject to the rules of precedence governing Principal Feasts, Sundays, <page 18> and Holy Days, the following may be observed with the Collects, Psalms, and Lessons duly authorized by this Church:

Commemorations listed in the Calendar

Other Commemorations, using the Common of Saints

The Ember Days, traditionally observed on the Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays after the First Sunday in Lent, the Day of Pentecost, Holy Cross Day, and December 13.

The Rogation Days, traditionally observed on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Ascension Day

Various Occasions

Provided, that there is no celebration of the Eucharist for any such occasion on Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday; and provided further, that none of the Propers appointed for Various Occasions is used as a substitute for, or as an addition to, the Proper appointed for the Principal Feasts.

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*January*

1 A : *The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ*

2 b

3 c

4 d

5 e

6 f : *The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ*

7 g

8 A

9 b

10 c : William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645

11 d

12 e

13 f : Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, 367

14 g

15 A

16 b

17 c : Antony, Abbot in Egypt, 356

18 d : *The Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle*

19 e : Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095

20 f : Fabian, Bishop and Martyr of Rome, 250

21 g : Agnes, Martyr at Rome, 304

22 A : Vincent, Deacon of Saragossa, and Martyr, 304

23 b : Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, 1893

24 c

25 d : *The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle*

26 e : Timothy and Titus, Companions of Saint Paul

27 f : John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, 407

28 g : Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Friar, 1274

29 A

30 b

31 c

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*February*

1 d

2 e : *The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple*

3 f : Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865

4 g : Cornelius the Centurion

5 A : The Martyrs of Japan, 1597

6 b

7 c

8 d

9 e

10 f

11 g

12 A

13 b : Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818

14 c : Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869, 885

15 d : Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, 1730

16 e

17 f

18 g

19 A

20 b

21 c

22 d

23 e : Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr of Smyrna, 156

24 f : *Saint Matthias the Apostle*

25 g

26 A

27 b : George Herbert, Priest, 1633

28 c

29

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*March*

1 d : David, Bishop of Menevia, Wales, c. 544

2 e : Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, 672

3 f : John and Charles Wesley, Priests, 1791, 1788

4 g

5 A

6 b

7 c : Perpetua and Her Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 202

8 d

9 e : Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, c. 394

10 f

11 g

12 A : Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, 604

13 b

14 c

15 d

16 e

17 f : Patrick, Bishop and Missionary of Ireland, 461

18 g : Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, 386

19 A : *Saint Joseph*

20 b : Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 687

21 c : Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1711

14 22 d : James De Koven, Priest, 1879

3 23 e : Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, 332

24 f

11 25 g : *The Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary*

26 A

19 27 b : Charles Henry Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, and of Western New York, 1929

8 28 c

29 d : John Keble, Priest, 1866

16 30 e

5 31 f : John Donne, Priest, 1631

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*April*

1 g : Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, 1872

13 2 A : James Lloyd Breck, Priest, 1876

2 3 b : Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253

4 c

10 5 d

6 e

18 7 f

7 8 g : William Augustus Muhlenberg, Priest, 1877

9 A : William Law, Priest, 1761

15 10 b

4 11 c : George Augustus Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, and of Lichfield, 1878

12 d

12 13 e

1 14 f

15 g

9 16 A

17 17 b

6 18 c

19 d : Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Martyr, 1012

20 e

21 f : Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109

22 g

23 A

24 b

25 c : *Saint Mark the Evangelist*

26 d

27 e

28 f

29 g : Catherine of Siena, 1380

30 A

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*May*

1 b : *Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles*

2 c : Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, 373

3 d

4 e : Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

5 f

6 g

7 A

8 b : Dame Julian of Norwich, c. 1417

9 c : Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople, 389

10 d

11 e

12 f

13 g

14 A

15 b

16 c

17 d

18 e

19 f : Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988

20 g : Alcuin, Deacon, and Abbot of Tours, 804

21 A

22 b

23 c

24 d : Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop in the United States, 1870

25 e : Bede, the Venerable, Priest, and Monk of Jarrow, 735

26 f : Augustine, First Archbishop of Canterbury, 605

27 g

28 A

29 b

30 c

31 d : *The Visitation of the Virgin Mary*

*The First Book of Common Prayer, 1549, is appropriately observed on a weekday following the Day of Pentecost.*

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*June*

1 e : Justin, Martyr at Rome, c. 167

2 f : The Martyrs of Lyons, 177

3 g : The Martyrs of Uganda, 1886

4 A

5 b : Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz, Missionary to Germany, and Martyr, 754

6 c

7 d

8 e

9 f : Columba, Abbot of Iona, 597

10 g : Ephrem of Edessa, Syria, Deacon, 373

11 A : *Saint Barnabas the Apostle

12 b

13 c

14 d : Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, 379

15 e

16 f : Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, 1752

17 g

18 A : Bernard Mizeki, Catechist and Martyr in Rhodesia, 1896

19 b

20 c

21 d

22 e : Alban, First Martyr of Britain, c. 304

23 f

24 g : *The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist*

25 A

26 b

27 c

28 d : Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, c. 202

29 e : *Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles*

30 f

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*July*

1 g

2 A

3 b

4 c : *Independence Day*

5 d

6 e

7 f

8 g

9 A

10 b

11 c : Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Casino, c. 540

12 d

13 e

14 f

15 g

16 A

17 b : William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, 1836

18 c

19 d

20 e

21 f

22 g : *Saint Mary Magdalene*

23 A

24 b : Thomas a Kempis, Priest, 1471

25 c : *Saint James the Apostle*

26 d : The Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

27 e : William Reed Huntington, Priest, 1909

28 f

29 g : Mary and Martha of Bethany

30 A : William Wilberforce, 1833

31 b : Joseph of Arimathaea

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*August*

1 c

2 d

3 e

4 f

5 g

6 A : *The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ*

7 b : John Mason Neale, Priest, 1866

8 c : Dominic, Priest and Friar, 1221

9 d

10 e : Lawrence, Deacon, and Martyr at Rome, 258

11 f : Clare, Abbess at Assisi, 1253

12 g

13 A : Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore, 1667

14 b

15 c : *Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ*

16 d

17 e

18 f : William Porcher DuBose, Priest, 1918

19 g

20 A : Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153

21 b

22 c

23 d

24 e : *Saint Bartholomew the Apostle*

25 f : Louis, King of France, 1270

26 g

27 A

28 b : Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430

29 c

30 d

31 e : Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 651

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*September*

1 f

2 g : The Martyrs of New Guinea, 1942

3 A

4 b

5 c

6 d

7 e

8 f

9 g

10 A

11 b

12 c : John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York, 1830

13 d : Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr of Carthage, 258

14 e : *Holy Cross Day*

15 f

16 g : Ninian, Bishop in Galloway, c. 430

17 A

18 b : Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882

19 c : Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690

20 d : John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1971

21 e : *Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist*

22 f

23 g

24 A

25 b : Sergius, Abbot of Holy Trinity, Moscow, 1392

26 c : Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, 1626

27 d

28 e

29 f : *Saint Michael and All Angels*

30 g : Jerome, Priest, and Monk of Bethlehem, 420

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*October*

1 A : Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, c. 530

2 b

3 c

4 d : Francis of Assisi, Friar, 1226

5 e

6 f : William Tyndale, Priest, 1536

7 g

8 A

9 b : Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln

10 c

11 d

12 e

13 f

14 g

15 A : Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906

16 b : Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, Bishops, 1555, and Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1556

17 c : Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, and Martyr, c. 115

18 d : *Saint Luke the Evangelist*

19 e : Henry Martyn, Priest and Missionary to India and Persia, 1812

20 f

21 g

22 A

23 b : *Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Martyr, c. 62*

24 c

25 d

26 e : Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, 899

27 f

28 g : *Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles*

29 A : James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1885

30 b

31 c

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*November*

1 d : *All Saints*

2 e : Commemoration of All Faithful Departed

3 f : Richard Hooker, Priest, 1600

4 g

5 A

6 b

7 c : Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Missionary to Frisia, 739

8 d

9 e

10 f : Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461

11 g : Martin, Bishop of Tours, 397

12 A : Charles Simeon, Priest, 1836

13 b

14 c : Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop, 1784

15 d

16 e : Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 1093

17 f : Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200

18 g : Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680

19 A : Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, 1231

20 b

21 c

22 d

23 e : Clement, Bishop of Rome, c. 100

24 f

25 g

26 A

27 b

28 c

29 d

30 e : *Saint Andrew the Apostle*

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*December*

1 f : Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, 1637

2 g : Channing Moore Williams, Missionary Bishop in China and Japan, 1910

3 A

4 b : John of Damascus, Priest, c. 760

5 c : Clement of Alexandria, Priest, c. 210

6 d : Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c. 342

7 e : Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, 397

8 f

9 g

10 A

11 b

12 c

13 d

14 e

15 f

16 g

17 A

18 b

19 c

20 d

21 e : *Saint Thomas the Apostle*

22 f

23 g

24 A

25 b : *The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ*

26 c : *Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr*

27 d : *Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist*

28 e : *The Holy Innocents*

29 f

30 g

31 A

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<The Titles of the Seasons Sundays and Major Holy Days observed in this Church throughout the Year>

=Advent Season=

The First Sunday of Advent

The Second Sunday of Advent

The Third Sunday of Advent

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

=Christmas Season=

The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Christmas Day, December 25

The First Sunday after Christmas Day

The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, January 1

The Second Sunday after Christmas Day

=Epiphany Season=

The Epiphany, or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, January 6

The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ

The Second Sunday through the Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany

=Lenten Season=

The First Day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday

The First Sunday in Lent

The Second Sunday in Lent

The Third Sunday in Lent

The Fourth Sunday in Lent

The Fifth Sunday in Lent

=Holy Week=

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

Monday in Holy Week

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Tuesday in Holy Week

Wednesday in Holy Week

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Holy Saturday

=Easter Season=

Easter Eve

The Sunday of the Resurrection, or Easter Day

Monday in Easter Week

Tuesday in Easter Week

Wednesday in Easter Week

Thursday in Easter Week

Friday in Easter Week

Saturday in Easter Week

The Second Sunday of Easter

The Third Sunday of Easter

The Fourth Sunday of Easter

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

Ascension Day

The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day

The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday

=The Season After Pentecost=

The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday

The Second Sunday through the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

The Last Sunday after Pentecost

=Holy Days=

Saint Andrew the Apostle, November 30

Saint Thomas the Apostle, December 21

Saint Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, December 26

Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist, December 27

The Holy Innocents, December 28

The Confession of Saint Peter the Apostle, January 18

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The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle, January 25

The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple, also called the Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin, February 2

Saint Matthias the Apostle, February 24

Saint Joseph, March 19

The Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed Virgin Mary, March 25

Saint Mark the Evangelist, April 25

Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles, May 1

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, May 31

Saint Barnabas the Apostle, June 11

The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, June 24

Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles, June 29

Saint Mary Magdalene, July 22

Saint James the Apostle, July 25

The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ, August 6

Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, August 15

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, August 24

Holy Cross Day, September 14

Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, September 21

Saint Michael and All Angels, September 29

Saint Luke the Evangelist, October 18

Saint James of Jerusalem, Brother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Martyr, October 23

Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles, October 28

All Saints' Day, November 1

=National Days=

Independence Day, July 4

Thanksgiving Day

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