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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
The Sunday between November 27 and December 3: 3–4 weeks 2: Nativity: December 25: 1–2 weeks 3: Epiphany (Denha) The Sunday between January 2 and 6; otherwise January 6, if no such Sunday exists: 4–9 weeks 4: Great Fast (Sawma Rabba) The 7th Sunday before Easter [note 1] 7 weeks 5: Resurrection (Qyamta) Easter Sunday: 7 weeks 6: Apostles ...
25 January: Conversion of Saint Paul – Feast (Solemnity for the Nuns) 30 January: Saint Francis Xavier M. Bianchi, priest – Memorial; 24 May: Mary Help of Christians – Optional Memorial; 30 June: Saint Paul the Apostle, Titular and Principal Patron of the Order – Feast; 5 July: Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest and founder – Solemnity
23 July: Saint Brigitta, religious – Feast; 27 July: Blessed Titus Brandsma, priest and martyr – Memorial; 9 August: Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr – Feast; 3 November: Saint Hubert, bishop – Memorial; 6 November: The Preachers of the Faith in Netherlands – Feast; 7 November: Saint Willibrord, bishop – Solemnity
In some Anglican traditions (including the Church of England) the Christmas season is followed by an Epiphany season, which begins on the Eve of the Epiphany (on January 6 or the Sunday after January 1) and ends on the Feast of the Presentation (on February 2 or the Sunday after January 27). Ordinary Time begins after this period.
The Baptism of Christ, the Sunday following the Epiphany (when the Epiphany is kept on 6 January) 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
In 2006, the Epiphany, Ascension and Corpus Christi were transferred to the nearest Sunday. On 17 November 2016 meeting in Leeds, the Bishops' Conference determined that the Epiphany and the Ascension should be celebrated on their official days, or on the adjacent Sunday when 6 January is a Saturday or a Monday.
While Easter is treated as Feast of Feasts, the following eight feasts of Christ are assigned the highest rank of the Great Feasts in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic liturgical calendars: Feast of the Cross — 14 (27) September; Christmas — 25 December (7 January) Baptism of Jesus — 6 (19) January