Seasons of the Christian year
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ADVENT
The First Sunday of Advent The Second Sunday of Advent The Third Sunday of Advent From 17 December (O Sapientia) begin the eight days of prayer before Christmas Day The Fourth Sunday of Advent Christmas Eve CHRISTMAS Christmas Day - 25 December The First Sunday of Christmas The Second Sunday of Christmas The days after Christmas Day until the Epiphany traditionally form a unity of days of special thanksgiving EPIPHANY The Epiphany - 6 January The Baptism of Christ - The First Sunday of Epiphany (The Second Sunday of Epiphany when 6 January is a Sunday) The Second Sunday of Epiphany The Third Sunday of Epiphany The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) - 2 February ORDINARY TIME [There isn't really any 'ordinary' time for those who see] This begins on the day following the Presentation The Fifth Sunday before Lent The Fourth Sunday before Lent The Third Sunday before Lent The Second Sunday before Lent The Sunday next before Lent LENT Ash Wednesday The First Sunday of Lent The Second Sunday of Lent The Third Sunday of Lent The Fourth Sunday of Lent [+Mothering Sunday] The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins) Palm Sunday Monday of Holy Week Tuesday of Holy Week Wednesday of Holy Week Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Eve EASTER Easter Day The Second Sunday of Easter The Third Sunday of Easter The Fourth Sunday of Easter The Fifth Sunday of Easter The Sixth Sunday of Easter Ascension Day From Friday after Ascension Day begin the nine days of prayer before Pentecost The Seventh Sunday of Easter - The Sunday after Ascension Day Pentecost (Whit Sunday) ORDINARY TIME is resumed on the Monday following the Day of Pentecost Trinity Sunday The Thursday after Trinity Sunday may be observed as The Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion (Corpus Christi) The First Sunday after Trinity The Second Sunday after Trinity The Third Sunday after Trinity The Fourth Sunday after Trinity The Fifth Sunday after Trinity The Sixth Sunday after Trinity The Seventh Sunday after Trinity The Eighth Sunday after Trinity The Ninth Sunday after Trinity The Tenth Sunday after Trinity The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity The Last Sunday after Trinity All Saints' Day - 1 November [The Sunday between 30 October and 5 November may be kept as All Saints' Sunday or as..] The Fourth Sunday before Advent The Third Sunday before Advent The Second Sunday before Advent Christ the King - The Sunday next before Advent |
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Church of England Seasons Church of England Holy Days The date of Easter + other variables Advent From the Latin word Adventus, meaning ‘coming’. Advent is the first season of the church year. It begins four Sundays before Christmas and is set aside as a season to prepare for Christmas, Christ’s first coming, and to remember that he will come again Christmas is the eleven days from Christmas Day until January 6, the start of Epiphany. It is a time for remembering Jesus’s birth and contemplating the Incarnation - God entering our human condition in the form of a child Epiphany From January 6 until Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent, is the season of Epiphany, which means ‘revealing’ or ‘showing forth’ Lent Lent is the season of preparation for Easter, which starts on Ash Wednesday and takes in 40 weekdays before Easter (Sundays are not counted). Lent is a time for self-examination and reflection; its an inward season. Many chose to mark it by prayer, study of scripture and works of goodwill and charity. Fasting is a traditional approach, which can mean abstaining not just from non-necessities or certain foods but these days from an unregulated or uncontrolled use of social media, electronic communications and the web Easter This is the oldest and greatest day of celebration in the Christian Church. Easter is the day and season for remembering that Christ not only died, but that he was raised from the dead. The season of Easter lasts 50 days from Easter Day to the Day of Pentecost. The tone is celebratory, upbeat and thankful. Pentecost The day of Pentecost celebrates the emergence of the Christian Church as it is the day when the disciples experienced the Holy Spirit come upon them and empower them to go out ‘to all nations’ and speak of the God whom Jesus Christ reveals |