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Advent
- the four Sundays before
Christmas; preparation for the coming of Christ.
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Christmas
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from Dec. 25 through Jan. 6; celebration of the birth of Christ.
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Epiphany
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from Jan. 6 until the begining of Lent; celebration of the
revelation of Christ to the world.
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Lent
- 40 days plus Sundays, before
Easter; commemoration of the 40 years Israel spent in the wilderness
and the 40 days Jesus spent in prayer and temptation; a time of
penitence in preparation for Easter.
Holy Week, when we remember the last week of Jesus’’
life, is part of Lent. Maundy
or Holy Thursday, the day when we reenact Jesus’ crucifixion, is
the most somber day of the Christian year.
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Easter
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Easter Sunday and 50 days afterward; celebration of the resurrection
of Christ.
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Pentecost
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7th Sunday after Easter; Christian celebration of the gift of the
Holy Spirit and the birth of the church.
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Trinity
Sunday -
First Sunday after Pentecost; celebration of the Trinity: one God in
three persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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Sundays
After Pentecost -
also called Ordinary Time; begins the day after Pentecost and ends
the day before the First Sunday of Advent.
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All
Hallows Eve/All Saints Sunday -
Oct. 31st & Nov. 1st; celebration of the communion of saints,
all Christian people of every time and place.
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Christ
the King -
the last day in the Christian year; celebration of Christ as King
and Lord of all creation.