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The Church of England commemorates many of the same saints as those in the General Roman Calendar, mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various notable (often post-Reformation) Christians who have not been canonised by Rome, with a particular though not exclusive emphasis on those of English origin.
[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.
1 All Saints; 2 The Commemoration of All Souls; 3 The Martyrs and Confessors of our Time; 3 Winifred (7th century), Abbess; 4 The Saints and Martyrs of the Anglican Communion; 5 Cybi (6th century), Abbot; 6 Illtud (5th century), Abbot; 7 Richard Davies (1581), Bishop and Translator; 8 The Saints of Wales; 10 Leo (461), Bishop and Doctor; 11 ...
1: All Saints' Day; 2: All Souls' Day; 3: Richard Hooker, priest and teacher (died 1600) 8: Saints, martyrs, missionaries and teachers of the Anglican Communion; 10: Leo of Rome, bishop and teacher (died 461) 11: Martin of Tours, bishop (died 397) 12: Charles Simeon, evangelist (died 1836) 16: Margaret of Scotland, queen, helper of the poor ...
Drawing of Mary, mother of Jesus, 'with her beloved son,' from a Geʽez manuscript copy of Weddasé Māryām, circa 1875. The following list contains calendar of saints observed by the Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
National calendars of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church are lists of saints' feast days and other liturgical celebrations, organized by calendar date, that apply to those within the nation or nations to which each calendar applies who worship according to the Roman Rite of the Latin Church.
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.