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Ash Wednesday, the Wednesday 46 days before Easter Day; Maundy Thursday, the Thursday in the week before Easter Day; Good Friday, the Friday in the week before Easter Day; Easter Day, the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon; Ascension Day, the Thursday forty days after Easter Day; Day of Pentecost, the Sunday fifty days after Easter Day
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.
22 July: Saint Mary Magdalene – feast a; 23 July: Saint Bridget, Religious – optional memorial; 24 July: Saint Sharbel Makhluf, Priest – optional memorial; 25 July: Saint James, Apostle – feast; 26 July: Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary – memorial; 29 July: Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus – memorial b; 30 ...
This was similar to the 16th century prayer books and in contrast to England's prayer book in use at the time of the American Revolution. That prayer book had 93 holy dates, including the feast of Charles I, martyr, and the feast of the Restoration of Charles II. It added a feast to honor Civil and Religious Liberty on July 4. [16]
[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.
1 The Octave Day of St John the Baptist. Confederation of Canada, 1867: Dominion Day. 2 The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth. 6 The Octave Day of St Peter and St Paul. Thomas More, Chancellor of England, Martyr 1535. 9 Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1228. 15 Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c. 862.
For example, Father's Day in Italy is celebrated on March 19, which is also the feast day of St. Joesph. On the other hand, South Korea observes the joint holiday Parents' Day on May 8 .
In the Calendar of the Scottish Episcopal Church, each holy and saint's day listed has been assigned a number which indicates its category. It is intended that feasts in categories 1 - 4 should be kept by the whole church. Days in categories 5 and 6 may be kept according to diocesan or local discretion.