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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.
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.
No Old Testament figures are commemorated in the Church of England calendar, but the litany "Thanksgiving for the Holy Ones of God" (included in Common Worship: Times and Seasons on pp. 558–560, immediately after "The Eucharist of All Saints") includes ten names from before Christ, so they are presumably not excluded on principle, and could ...
All Saints' Day: 1 November; The First Sunday of the Kingdom: 30 October – 5 November [2] The Second Sunday of the Kingdom: 6–12 November [3] The Third Sunday of the Kingdom: 13–19 November [4] The Fourth Sunday of the Kingdom, Christ the King: 20–26 November
It includes both annual feast days and calendar of saints by month. Annual feasts. November 30 – Saint Mary [1] August 7–22 – Filseta; May 9 – Lideta Maryam [2]
[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.
8 November: All Saints of the Church of Jerusalem – Feast; 13 November: Saint Philip the Apostle – Feast; 14 November: Saint Nikola Tavelić, priest and martyr – Optional Memorial; 19 November: Saint Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, foundress – Memorial; 4 December: Saint John Damascene, Priest and Doctor of the Church – Memorial
Martín de Porres Velázquez OP (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, all those seeking racial harmony, and animals.