The

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...

uses a liturgical year that is in most respects identical to that of the

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. While this is less true of the calendars contained within the '' Book of Common Prayer'' and the ''

Alternative Service Book The ''Alternative Service Book 1980'' (''ASB'') was the first complete prayer book produced by the Church of England since 1662. Its name derives from the fact that it was proposed not as a replacement for the 1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'' (B ...

'' (1980), it is particularly true since the Anglican Church adopted its new pattern of services and liturgies contained within '' Common Worship'', in 2000. Certainly, the broad division of the year into the Christmas and Easter seasons, interspersed with periods of Ordinary Time, is identical, and most Festivals and Commemorations are also celebrated, with some exceptions. In some Anglican traditions (including the Church of England), the Christmas season is followed by an Epiphany season, which begins on the Eve of the Epiphany (on 6 January or the nearest Sunday) and ends on the

Feast of the Presentation Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian holiday commemorating the presentati ...

(on 2 February or the nearest Sunday). Ordinary Time then begins after this period. The '' Book of Common Prayer'' contains within it the traditional Western Eucharistic lectionary which traces its roots to the Comes of St Jerome in the 5th century. Its similarity to the ancient lectionary is particularly obvious during Trinity season (Sundays after the Sunday after Pentecost), reflecting that understanding of sanctification. Sparrow, Anthony and John Henry Newman. ''A Rationale upon the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England'', Oxford, UK

Calendars of saints' days in churches throughout the Anglican Communion

Calendar of saints (Church of England) The Church of England commemorates many of the same saints as those in the General Roman Calendar, mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various notable (often post-Reformation) Christians who have not been canonised by Rome, with a part ...

:F * Calendar of saints (Parish of the Falkland Islands) :H * Calendar of saints (Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui) :I * Calendar of saints (Church of North India) * Calendar of saints (Church of South India) *

Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean) The calendar of saints is the traditional Christianity, 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 word "feast" in thi ...

Calendar of saints (Church of Ireland) 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 word "feast" in this context does ...

:J * Calendar of saints ( Anglican Communion in Japan) * Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East) :K * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Kenya) *

Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Korea) The Anglican Church of Korea has its own calendar of saints. History Characteristics See also * Calendar of saints (Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui) {{Calendar of Saints Korean Calendar A calendar is a system of organizing days. Th ...

Calendar of saints (Scottish Episcopal Church) In the Calendar of the Scottish Episcopal Church, each holy and saint's day listed has been assigned a number which indicates its category. It is intended that feasts in categories 1 - 4 should be kept by the whole church. Days in categories 5 and ...

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