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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.
Furthermore, as is the case with other Great Feasts of the Mother of God, when the Presentation of Jesus falls on a typical Wednesday or Friday fast day, fasting is not completely suppressed, but merely lessened, in contrast to other pure Great Feasts of the Lord that do not fall within a general fasting period, where fasting would be ...
This category is for Christian holy days that are tied to the liturgical year. For major special events, outreaches, awards, etc., which have a Christian character or emphasis see Category:Christian events. For calendars of feasts and saints, see Category:Liturgical calendars.
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.
Feast of Christ the King; Feast of Christ the Priest; Feast of Corpus Christi; Feast of Fools; Feast of Our Lady of Ransom; Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian; Feast of Saints Peter and Paul; Feast of the Ass; Feast of the Crown of Thorns; Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus; Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ; Feast of the Immaculate Conception
The 2018 General Convention approved Lesser Feasts and Fasts for trial use. [36] The 2022, General Convention gave final authorization to the more than 90 feasts days that had been added as part of the Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 trial use calendar. [37]
While it has Jewish roots, Pentecost is a Christian feast day celebrating the arrival of the Holy Spirit on believers in Jesus Christ. The biblical account, found in Acts 2, tells the account of a ...
The ninth Lambeth Conference held in 1958 clarified the commemoration of Saints and Heroes of the Christian Church in the Anglican Communion. Resolution 79 stated: Resolution 79 stated: In the case of scriptural saints, care should be taken to commemorate men or women in terms which are in strict accord with the facts made known in Holy Scripture.