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[a] The Apology of the Augsburg Confession states that the remembrance of the saints has three parts: thanksgiving to God, the strengthening our faith, and the imitation of the saints' holy living. [b] [3] As a result, the Lutheran reformers retained a robust calendar of saints to be commemorated throughout the year.
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
In this way the calendar of the Church of England has importance beyond the immediate purpose of supporting the liturgy of the English Church. It is, for example, one of the key sources of the calendar for the international daily office Oremus. [2] Holy Days are variously categorised as Principal Feasts, Festivals, Lesser Festivals, or ...
The Calendar of the Church Year is the liturgical calendar found in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer [1] and in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, [2] with additions made at recent General Conventions. The veneration of saints in the Episcopal Church (United States) is a continuation of an ancient tradition from the early Church which honors important and ...
The list below contains some of those saints and their feast days. Saint Sava I, fresco in the King's Church, Studenica Monastery, Serbia. Saint Jovan Vladimir, Serbian Orthodox icon Saint Stefan Uroš, fresco. Venerable Avakum (Deacon Avakum) – 30 December [O.S. 17 December] Venerable Anastasia of Serbia (Ana Nemanjić) – 4 July [O.S. 21 June]
1 David (6th century), Bishop, Patron Saint of Wales; 2 Chad, Bishop (672) 5 Non (5th century), Mother of David of Wales; 7 Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions (203), Martyrs; 9 Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop (395) 12 Gregory the Great (604), Bishop and Doctor; 17 Patrick (5th century), Bishop, Patron Saint of Ireland; 18 Cyril of Jerusalem (386 ...
The General Roman Calendar (GRC) is the liturgical calendar that indicates the dates of celebrations of saints and mysteries of the Lord (Jesus Christ) in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, wherever this liturgical rite is in use. These celebrations are a fixed annual date, or occur on a particular day of the week.
In the short-lived calendar reform of 1960, it was transferred to 11 May, but since 1969 it has been assigned to 3 May. The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates Philip's feast day on 14 November. (Full article...) Attributes: Red Martyr, Elderly, bearded saint and open-to-God man, holding a basket of loaves and a Tau cross