The Church Year

Sundays and Holy Days for the Christian Church Year

Table of Sundays and Holy Days for 2007

Date December   2006                 January   2007           February             March           April                 May           June             July             August             September             October           November           December

3 10 17 21 24 25 26 27 28 31 1 6 7 14 21 22 28 2 4 11 18 21 24 25 4 11 18 19 25 26 1 5 6 7 8 15 22 25 29 1 6 13 17 20 27 3 10 11 17 24 24 29 1 8 15 22 22 25 29 5 6 12 15 19 24 26 2 9 16 21 23 29 30 7 14 18 21 28 28 1 4 11 18 25 30 2 9 16 21 23 25 26 27 28

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Ordinary Sundays Advent 1C Advent 2C Advent 3C Thomas Advent 4C Christmas Day Stephen John Innocents Christmas 1C Naming & Circ. Epiphany Sunday 1C * Sunday 2C Sunday 3C - Sunday 4C Presentation Sunday 5C Sunday 6C Sunday 7C* Ash Wednesday Matthias Lent 1C Lent 2C Lent 3C Lent 4C Joseph Lent 5C Annunciation Before Easter Maundy Thurs. Good Friday Easter Eve Easter Day Easter 1C Easter 2C Mark Easter 3C Philip & James Easter 4C Easter 5C Ascension After Ascension Pentecost C Trinity C Sunday 10C Barnabas Sunday 11C Sunday 12C Baptist Peter Sunday 13C Sunday 14C Sunday 15C Sunday 16C Mary Magdalen James Sunday 17C Sunday 18C Transfiguration * Sunday 19C - Sunday 20C Bartholomew Sunday 21C Sunday 22C Sunday 23C Sunday 24C Matthew Sunday 25C Michael & Angels Sunday 26C Sunday 27C Sunday 28C Luke Sunday 29C Sunday 30C Simon & Jude All Saints Sunday 31C Sunday 32C Sunday 33C Sunday 34C * Andrew Advent 1A Advent 2A Advent 3A Thomas Advent 4A Christmas Day Stephen John Innocents

Proper Sundays Advent 1C Advent 2C Advent 3C Thomas Advent 4C Christmas Day Stephen John Innocents Christmas 1C Naming & Circ. Epiphany Epiphany 1C * Epiphny 2C Epiphany 3C - Epiphany 4C Presentation Epiphany 5C Epiphany 6C Epiphany Last C* Ash Wednesday Matthias Lent 1C Lent 2C Lent 3C Lent 4C Joseph Lent 5C Annunciation Passion Sunday Maundy Thurs. Good Friday Easter Vigil Easter Day Easter 2C Easter 3C Mark Easter 4C Philip & James Easter 5C Easter 6C Ascension Day Easter 7C Pentecost C Trinity C Proper 5C Barnabas Proper 6C Proper 7C Baptist Peter & Paul Proper 8C Proper 9C Proper 10C Proper 11C Mary Magdalen James Proper 12C Proper 13C Transfiguration * Proper 14C Mary Proper 15C Bartholomew Proper 16C Proper 17C Proper 18C Proper 19C Matthew Proper 20C Michael & Angels Proper 21C Proper 22C Proper 23C Luke Proper 24C Proper 25C Simon & Jude All Saints Proper 26C Proper 27C Proper 28C Proper 29C * Andrew Advent 1A Advent 2A Advent 3A Thomas Advent 4A Christmas Day Stephen John Innocents

After Pentecost Advent 1C Advent 2C Advent 3C Thomas Advent 4C Christmas Day Stephen John Innocents Christmas 1C Naming & Circ. Epiphany Epiphany 1C * Epiphny 2C Epiphany 3C - Epiphany 4C Presentation Epiphany 5C Epiphany 6C Epiphany Last C* Ash Wednesday Matthias Lent 1C Lent 2C Lent 3C Lent 4C Joseph Lent 5C Annunciation Passion Sunday Maundy Thurs. Good Friday Easter Vigil Easter Day Easter 2C Easter 3C Mark Easter 4C Philip & James Easter 5C Easter 6C Ascension Day Easter 7C Pentecost C Trinity C Pentecost 2C Barnabas Pentecost 3C Pentecost 4C Baptist Peter & Paul Pentecost 5C Pentecost 6C Pentecost 7C Pentecost 8C Mary Magdalen James Pentecost 9C Pentecost 10C Transfiguration* Pentecost 11C Mary Pentecost 12C Bartholomew Pentecost 13C Pentecost 14C Pentecost 15C Pentecost 16C Matthew Pentecost 17C Michael & Angels Pentecost 18C Pentecost 19C Pentecost 20C Luke Pentecost 21C Pentecost 22C Simon & Jude All Saints Pentecost 23C Pentecost 24C Pentecost 25C Pentecost Last * Andrew Advent 1A Advent 2A Advent 3A Thomas Advent 4A Christmas Day Stephen John Innocents

Prayer Book - BCP Advent 1 Advent 2 Advent 3 Thomas Advent 4B Christmas Day - - - Christmas 1 Circumcision Epiphany Epiphany 1 Epiphany 2 Epiphany 3 Conversion of Paul Epiphany 4 Purification Septuagesima Sexagesima Quinquagesima Ash Wednesday Matthias Lent 1 Lent 2 Lent 3 Lent 4 - Lent 5 Annunciation Palm Sunday Maundy Thurs. Good Friday Easter Even Easter Day Easter 1 Easter 2 Mark Easter 3 Philip & James Easter 4 Easter 5 Ascension Day After Ascension Whitsunday Trinity Trinity 1 Barnabas Trinity 2 Trinity 3 Baptist Peter Trinity 4 Trinity 5 Trinity 6 Trinity 7 - James Trinity 8 Trinity 9 - Trinity 10 - Trinity 11 Bartholomew Trinity 12 Trinity 13 Trinity 14 Trinity 15 Matthew Trinity 16 Michael & Angels Trinity 17 Trinity 18 Trinity 19 Luke Trinity 20 Trinity 21 Simon & Jude All Saints Trinity 22 Trinity 23 Trinity 24 Before Advent * Andrew Advent 1 Advent 2 Advent 3 Thomas Advent 4 Christmas Day - - -

* The Sunday Before Advent uses the Collect, Epistle and Gospel of Trinity 25.
* Traditionally the Transfiguration was celebrated on the 2nd Sunday in Lent, but is often now celebrated on the Last Sunday after Epiphany, the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, or as a special Holy Day on August 6.
* The Baptism of our Lord, when celebrated, is held on Sunday/Epiphany 1.
* The Reign of Christ / Christ the King is celebrated on the last Sunday of the church year
* In the BPC, the 25th Sunday after Trinity, not being the last Sunday after Trinity, uses the Collect, Epistle and Gospel for the 6th Sunday after Epiphany.
  Some Holy Days are moved to suit the season while others have alternate celebration days. Matthias: Feb. 24 or May 14. Mark: April 25 or 26. Philip and James: May 1 or 3. Thomas: Dec. 21 or July 3. Stephen: Dec. 26 or Aug. 3. John: Dec. 27 or May 6. Holy Innocents: Dec 28 or Feb 17.
  Ordinary Sundays are titled according to An Australian Prayer Book, 1978, while Proper and After Pentecost by A Prayer Book for Australia, 1995.
  Lesser Holy Days may be moved to Monday when they fall on a Sunday.
  Other Holy Days: The Visitation, May 31; Thanksgiving for the Holy Communion, June 15; Martyrs of New Guinea; September 2; All Souls, November 2.

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