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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.
The Calendar of the Church Year is the liturgical calendar found in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer [1] and in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, [2] with additions made at recent General Conventions. The veneration of saints in the Episcopal Church (United States) is a continuation of an ancient tradition from the early Church which honors important and ...
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.
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
21 January: Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr – memorial; 22 January: Saint Vincent, Deacon and Martyr – optional memorial; 24 January: Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church – memorial; 25 January: The Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle – feast; 26 January: Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops – memorial
[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.
Traditionally, the Christian calendar recognizes Oct. 31 as All Hallows’ Eve, holding a vigil when the faithful would pray and fast prior to the feast day of All Saints' Day (or All Hallows’ Day).
1 November: Feast of all Saints, Double, and (in the calendar given in the 1568 Roman Breviary [page needed] but not in the 1570 Roman Missal) [4] commemoration of Caesarius martyr. 2 November: Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed, Double, and of the octave of all Saints. 3 November: Of the octave. 4 November: Of the octave and ...