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Advent, the other pivotal season on the calendar, comes exactly four Sundays before the start of Christmas (if Christmas falls on a Sunday, that day does not count), or the Sunday closest to St. Andrew's Day (November 30). [3] Like the other Western Church calendars, the first Sunday of Advent is also the first day of the liturgical year. [4]
The calendar has a year beginning on the last moon of May or first moon of June of the Gregorian calendar. The new year coincides with the Ifá festival. The traditional Yoruba week has four days, the four days that are dedicated to the Orisa .
Portions of the Gospel of John are read throughout Eastertide, and are also used for other liturgical seasons including Advent, Christmastide, and Lent where appropriate. Year A begins on the first Sunday of Advent in 2019, 2022, 2025, etc. Year B begins on the first Sunday of Advent in 2020, 2023, 2026, etc.
The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
Holy Monday or Great and Holy Monday (also Holy and Great Monday) (Greek: Μεγάλη Δευτέρα, Megale Deutera) is a day of the Holy Week, which is the week before Easter. According to the gospels, on this day Jesus Christ cursed the fig tree ( Matthew 21:18–22 , Mark 11:20–26 ), cleansed the temple , and responded to the questioning ...
9 November: The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica – feast; 10 November: Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church – memorial; 11 November: Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop – memorial; 12 November: Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr – memorial; 15 November: Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church – optional memorial
Ussher further narrowed down the date by using the Jewish calendar to establish the "first day" of creation as falling on a Sunday near the autumnal equinox. [9] The day of the week was a backward calculation from the six days of creation with God resting on the seventh, which in the Jewish calendar is Saturday—hence, Creation began on a Sunday.
The Julian calendar inherited the definitions of the 12 month system, week, hour etc. from the Babylonian calendar and the current Jewish calendar can be seen as a slightly modified Babylonian calendar that still exists today and is practised, but with Anno Mundi Livryat haOlam year calculation since the creation of the world.