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The Calendar of the Church Year, as found in the authorized editions of the Book of Common Prayer and Lesser Feasts and Fasts, is the official calendar of The Episcopal Church. There is no single calendar for the various churches which are part of the Anglican Communion ; each makes its own calendar suitable for its local situation.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Cultural and religious celebration on 17 March For other uses, see Saint Patrick's Day (disambiguation). Saint Patrick's Day Saint Patrick depicted in a stained-glass window at Saint Benin's Church, Ireland Official name Saint Patrick's Day Also called Feast of Saint Patrick Lá Fhéile ...
The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar, [1] [2] consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read.
Icon of Saint Patrick from Christ the Savior Russian Orthodox Church, Wayne, West Virginia Stained glass window of St Patrick from the Protestant Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh. 17 March, popularly known as Saint Patrick's Day, is believed to be his death date and is the date celebrated as his Feast Day. [103]
In 1903, St Patrick’s Day became an official public holiday in Ireland. This year (and every year) it is celebrated on 17 March, but St Patrick’s Day 2024 falls on a Sunday.
The year one is the first year in the Christian calendar (there is no year zero), which is the calendar presently used (in unison with the Gregorian calendar) almost everywhere in the world. Traditionally, this was held to be the year Jesus was born ; however, most modern scholars argue for an earlier or later date, the most agreed upon being ...
St. Patrick's Day marks the day Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, died in 461, but many of the lively traditions we know today began with Irish Americans.
In the liturgical books, the document General Roman Calendar, which lists not only fixed celebrations but also some moveable ones, is printed immediately after the document Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, [2] [3] which states that "throughout the course of the year the Church unfolds the entire mystery of Christ and ...