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The following table lists the Holy Days in the calendar of Common Worship, the calendar most generally followed in the Church of England (though the calendar of the Book of Common Prayer is still authorised for use). This calendar was finalised in 2000, with some further names added in 2010.
286)—25 October. Immortalised as Saint Crispin's Day in Henry V by Shakespeare; Cuthbert (c. 634–687), Bishop of Lindisfarne—Church of England 29 March; Church in Wales 4 September); Episcopal Church (USA) 31 August; Dunstan (c. 909–989), Archbishop of Canterbury—19 May; Edmund the Martyr (d. 869), King of the East Angles, Martyr
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 Church of England uses a liturgical year that is in most respects identical to that of the Catholic Church.While this is less true of the calendars contained within the Book of Common Prayer and the Alternative Service Book (1980), it is particularly true since the Anglican Church adopted its new pattern of services and liturgies contained within Common Worship, in 2000.
According to the Church of England's calendar, when St George's Day falls between Palm Sunday and the Second Sunday of Easter inclusive, it is moved to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2011, for example, 23 April was Holy Saturday, so St George's Day was moved to Monday 2 May, and in 2014 it was celebrated on Monday ...
His feast day in the Anglican calendar of saints is 30 January, [1] the anniversary of his execution in 1649. The cult of Charles the Martyr was historically popular with Tories . The observance was one of several "state services" removed in 1859 from the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England and the Church of Ireland .
23 George (304?), Martyr, Patron Saint of England; 25 Mark, Evangelist; 29 Catherine of Siena (1380), Writer; Ember Days: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following Pentecost. Thursday after Trinity Sunday: Thanksgiving for the Holy Communion
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 ...