Feel free to use the language if you’d be so kind as to cite this article! Joshua, I’ve seen, heard, and read that on Ash Wednesday a grey, or ashen colored stole is appropriate. Celebrating Advent in 2020. Some functionality adapted from Calendrical Calculations: The Ultimate Edition, 4th ed. Times and Seasons. David Spriggs and son Harry, also parishioners at The Hill, developed this website as a project - a wonderful contribution. The Australian Anglican Church Calendar has been promoting the Anglican Church for many years. Because Lent lasts for forty days, not counting the six Sundays which are celebrations of the Resurrection, it recalls Christ’s fasting during temptation in the wilderness (Matt 4:1-11). May I use some of the language you present, especially the “invasion of and triumph over time” idea, citing this article? Could Catechesis Be the Answer? Can you recommend a few books to help me better understand the Liturgical Year and Calendar? Thanks for this, especially the Lenten color information! Have you ever come across that before? Calendar of the Church Year. Sunday, November 15. Many of our churches have featured among its pages. Many of our churches have featured among its pages. Our photo gallery has pictures from previous editions of the Australian Anglican Church Calendar. As Managing Editor, Josh is in charge of the day-to-day operations at Anglican Compass. There are differences in the calendars of other churches of the Anglican Communion (see Saints in Anglicanism). Advent. The last week of Lent, Holy Week, remembers the last week of Christ’s earthly life, beginning with Palm Sunday’s commemoration of Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Matt 21:1-11). Menu Previous ... Anglican Youth Worker Vanguard Retreat. Just as the Christmas cycle begins with a season of preparation, so the Paschal cycle begins with Lent –the period of fasting and penitence from Ash Wednesday until Holy Saturday. Upcoming Events. Patrick Halferty Some of Them Will Make You Hungry! click here to read our Rookie Anglican Guide, “Ordinary” Time: The Season after Pentecost, Advent: A Rookie Anglican Guide (UPDATED 2020), We Need Advent Now More Than Ever! Tell Us More! we also have feasts of various saints which are really a commemoration if what the Holy Spirit has been up to for the last two thousand years. (If you’d like to learn more about the Season after Pentecost, click here to read our Rookie Anglican Guide.). An Overview of Anglican Doctrine, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_year, http://www.amazon.com/Anglican-Way-Guidebook-Thomas-McKenzie/dp/0996049908, http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Future-Time-Forming-Spirituality-Christian/dp/0801091756, https://anglicancompass.com/the-calendar-of-saints-a-rookie-anglican-guide/. The Bible translation used is The New Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Church of Christ in the USA, and used by permission. The time between Trinity Sunday (the Sunday after Pentecost, focusing upon the Triune identity of God) and Christ the King Sunday (the Sunday before Advent, proclaiming Christ’s Lordship)—from approximately June through November—is called the Season after Pentecost, or Ordinary (numbered) Time. The Australian Anglican Church Calendar has been promoting Australia's Anglican Church for many years. According to Christians, however, the redemptive acts of God commemorated in Judaism find their fulfillment in God’s invasion of and triumph over time through Jesus Christ. These are called “Lenten Array” and are the older traditional color for Lent according to the medieval practice of Salisbury Cathedral (called the Sarum Use). The Monday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost, Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day), The Tuesday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost, Richard Hooker, Priest and Teacher of the Faith, 1600, The Wednesday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost, The Thursday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost, Elizabeth and Zechariah, Parents of John the Baptist, The Friday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost, William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury and Teacher of the Faith, 1944, The Saturday in the Twenty-Second Week After Pentecost, Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht and Missionary to Frisia, 739, The Monday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost, The Tuesday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost, Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome and Teacher of the Faith, 461, The Wednesday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost, The Thursday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost, The Friday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost, Charles Simeon, Priest and Evangelist, 1836, The Saturday in the Twenty-Third Week After Pentecost, Consecration of Samuel Seabury, First Bishop in the United States, 1784, Herman, Monk and Missionary to the Native Alaskans, 1837, The Monday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost, Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Reformer of the Church and Renewer of Society, 1093, The Tuesday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost, Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln and Renewer of Society, 1200, The Wednesday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost, Elizabeth of Hungary, Renewer of Society, 1231, The Thursday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost, The Friday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost, Edmund, King of East Anglia and Martyr, 870, The Saturday in the Twenty-Fourth Week After Pentecost, The Last Sunday After Pentecost (Christ the King), The Monday in the Last Week After Pentecost, Clement, Bishop of Rome and Martyr, c. 100, The Tuesday in the Last Week After Pentecost, The Wednesday in the Last Week After Pentecost, The Thursday in the Last Week After Pentecost, The Friday in the Last Week After Pentecost, The Saturday in the Last Week After Pentecost, The First Sunday in Advent (Advent Sunday), Clive Staples Lewis, Teacher of the Faith, 1963.