| The Liturgical Year (click above) shows the practice of colours for robes and altar hangings through the year, and gives a visual display of the Christian seasons. There is more on this in the Learning - Religion area. | The Church Services Calendar (click above) shows worship at the Parish Church of St Mary on any day through the year. Mouseover the Church Services Calendar to see the details of services. These are general dates; see specific times to check. These services will simplify and unify times later in the year but for now general times remain as have been. So Sundays (in turquoise) vary in times as shown. Special days are marked in yellow. The magenta and orange rectangles show the United Ecumenical Prayer and the Said Eucharist or Said Eucharist with Wholeness and Healing on Tuesdays. The grey rectangles show the third Mondays in any month for residential home communions and third Thursdays in any month for individual Home Communions. Morning prayer is usually said Monday to Thursday at 9 am. If need be go to the Calendar Generator (click top left) to get the day for any date and another view of any month. |
| The prayer book Common Worship lists Holy Dates (click below) in terms of ranking of Principal Feasts and Holy Dates, Festivals, and Lesser Festivals and Commemorations. Use with the Calendar Generator (click top left) (dd-mm-yyyy) and the Church Services Calendar mouseover grid (click second to top right) showing service times for any day. | |
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1st Sunday (Except August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 Parish Eucharist & Junior Church 18:00 Choral Evensong (1662) 1st Sunday (August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 Parish Eucharist |
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2nd Sunday (Except August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 Parish Eucharist (Ministry of Healing) & Junior Church 11:15 Sunday Club 16:00 Baptisms 18:00 Evening Prayers 2nd Sunday (August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 Parish Eucharist (No choir) |
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3rd Sunday (Except August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 All Age Worship/ Baptisms 18:00 Parish Eucharist 3rd Sunday (August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 Parish Eucharist (No choir) |
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4th Sunday (Except August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 Parish Eucharist & Junior Church 18:00 Evensong (1662) 4th Sunday (August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 Parish Eucharist (No choir) |
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5th Sunday (Except August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 Parish Eucharist & Junior Church 18:00 Evensong (2001?) Possible variation and experimentation 5th Sunday (August) 08:00 Holy Communion 09:30 Parish Eucharist (No choir) |
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Mondays to Fridays (Except August) 09:00 Morning Prayer (usually): St. James Chapel |
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Tuesdays (Except August) 19:00 Said Eucharist Third Tuesday in the month includes healing and wholeness |
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Wednesday 09:30 Said Eucharist First one in the month prays for Mothers' Union |
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3rd Monday Residential/ Sheltered Home Communions for the sick and housebound 3rd Thursday Private Home Communions for the sick and housebound Note that third Thursdays can come before third Mondays! |
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| Principal Feasts and other Principal Holy Dates are in red bold; festivals are in red normal; other Sundays and Lesser Festivals are in black normal. Commemorations are in grey italic. |
| Lesser festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or on Principal feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. This varies each year. Common Worship leaves bishops to fix their own dates for Ember Days. |
January
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus |
| 02 | Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389 |
| 02 | Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Spiritual Guide, 1833 |
| 02 | Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Bishop in South India, Evangelist, 1945 |
| 06 | The Epiphany |
| 10 | William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645 |
| 11 | Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 |
| 12 | Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 |
| 12 | Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689 |
| 13 | Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367 |
| 13 | Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde and Cumbria, 603 |
| 13 | George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends (the Quakers), 1691 |
| 17 | Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356 |
| 17 | Charles Gore, Bishop, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932 |
| 18-25 | (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity) |
| 19 | Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095 |
| 20 | Richard Rolle of Hampole, Spiritual Writer, 1349 |
| 21 | Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304 |
| 22 | Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon, first Martyr of Spain, 304 |
| 24 | Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher of the Faith, 1622 |
| 25 | The Conversion of Paul |
| 26 | Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul |
| 28 | Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 |
| 30 | Charles, King and Martyr, 1649 |
| 31 | John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 |
February
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 |
| 02 | The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) |
| 03 | Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 |
| 04 | Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 |
| 06 | The Martyrs of Japan, 1597 |
| 10 | Scholastica, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543 |
| 14 | Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 and 885 |
| 14 | Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269 |
| 15 | Sigfrid, Bishop, Apostle of Sweden, 1045 |
| 15 | Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of the SPCK and the SPG, 1730 |
| 17 | Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977 |
| 23 | Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155 |
| 27 | George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 |
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Matthias may be celebrated on 24 February instead of 14 May. |
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March
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601 |
| 02 | Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672 |
| 7 | Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 |
| 8 | Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910 |
| 8 | Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647 |
| 8 | Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Priest, Poet, 1929 |
| 17 | Patrick, Bishop, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 |
| 18 | Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Teacher of the Faith, 386 |
| 19 | Joseph of Nazareth |
| 20 | Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 |
| 21 | Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556 |
| 24 | Walter Hilton of Thurgarton, Augustinian Canon, Mystic, 1396 |
| 24 | Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 |
| 25 | The Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 26 | Harriet Monsell, Founder of the Community of St John the Baptist, 1883 |
| 31 | John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 |
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Chad may be celebrated with Cedd on 26 October instead of 2 March. Cuthbert may be celebrated on 4 September instead of 20 March. |
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April
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1872 |
| 9 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, 1945 |
| 10 | William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761 |
| 10 | William of Ockham, Friar, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1347 |
| 11 | George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878 |
| 16 | Isabella Gilmore, Deaconess, 1923 |
| 19 | Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012 |
| 21 | class="greyitalic" Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1109 |
| 23 | George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 |
| 24 | Mellitus, Bishop of London, first Bishop at St Paul's, 624 |
| 25 | Mark the Evangelist |
| 27 | Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 |
| 28 | Peter Chanel, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841 |
| 29 | Catherine of Siena, Teacher of the Faith, 1380 |
| 30 | Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922 |
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | Philip and James, Apostles |
| 02 | Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 373 |
| 04 | English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era |
| 8 | Julian of Norwich, Spiritual Writer, c.1417 |
| 14 | Matthias the Apostle |
| 16 | Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877 |
| 19 | Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988 |
| 20 | Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804 |
| 21 | Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330 |
| 24 | John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791 and 1788 |
| 25 | The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735 |
| 25 | Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, 709 |
| 26 | Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 |
| 26 | John Calvin, Reformer, 1564 |
| 26 | Philip Neri, Founder of the Oratorians, Spiritual Guide, 1595 |
| 28 | Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Scholar, 1089 |
| 30 | Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 |
| 30 | Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431 |
| 30 | Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist in Central Africa, 1933 |
| 31 | The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth |
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Matthias may be celebrated on 24 February instead of 14 May. The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May. |
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June
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 |
| 03 | The Martyrs of Uganda, 1885-7 and 1977 |
| 04 | Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century |
| 05 | Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Bishop, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754 |
| 06 | Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945 |
| 8 | Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Nonjuror, Hymn Writer, 1711 |
| 9 | Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 |
| 9 | Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymn Writer, Teacher of the Faith, 373 |
| 11 | Barnabas the Apostle |
| 14 | Richard Baxter, Puritan Divine, 1691 |
| 15 | Evelyn Underhill, Spiritual Writer, 1941 |
| 16 | Richard, Bishop of Chichester, 1253 |
| 16 | Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Philosopher, 1752 |
| 17 | Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 and 1936 |
| 18 | Bernard Mizeki, Apostle of the MaShona, Martyr, 1896 |
| 19 | Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu (holy man), Evangelist, Teacher of the Faith, 1929 |
| 22 | Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.250 |
| 23 | Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 |
| 24 | The Birth of John the Baptist |
| 27 | Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 444 |
| 28 | Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher of the Faith, c.200 |
| 29 | Peter and Paul, Apostles |
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Peter the Apostle may be celebrated alone, without Paul, on 29 June. |
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July
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | Henry, John, and Henry Venn the younger, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1797, 1813 and 1873 |
| 03 | Thomas the Apostle |
| 06 | Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535 |
| 11 | Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550 |
| 14 | John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866 |
| 15 | Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 |
| 15 | Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 |
| 16 | Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099 |
| 18 | Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England , Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883 |
| 19 | Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers of the Faith, c.394 and c.379 |
| 20 | Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th century |
| 20 | Bartolomé de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566 |
| 22 | Mary Magdalene |
| 23 | Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 |
| 25 | James the Apostle |
| 26 | Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 27 | Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901 |
| 29 | Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of our Lord |
| 30 | William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833 |
| 31 | Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556 |
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The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May. Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July. Thomas Becket may be celebrated on 7 July instead of 29 December. |
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August
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 04 | Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d'Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859 |
| 05 | Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642 |
| 06 | The Transfiguration of our Lord |
| 07 | John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866 |
| 08 | Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 |
| 09 | Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921 |
| 10 | Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258 |
| 11 | Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 |
| 11 | John Henry Newman, Priest, Tractarian, 1890 |
| 13 | Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher of the Faith, 1667 |
| 13 | Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910 |
| 13 | Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912 |
| 14 | Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941 |
| 15 | The Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 20 | Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153 |
| 20 | William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890 |
| 24 | Bartholomew the Apostle |
| 27 | Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387 |
| 28 | Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher of the Faith, 430 |
| 29 | The Beheading of John the Baptist |
| 30 | John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688 |
| 31 | Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 |
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The Blessed Virgin Mary may be celebrated on 8 September instead of 15 August. |
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September
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710 |
| 02 | The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901 and 1942 |
| 03 | Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 604 |
| 04 | Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650 |
| 06 | Allen Gardiner, Missionary, Founder of the South American Mission Society, 1851 |
| 08 | The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 09 | Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880 |
| 13 | John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407 |
| 14 | Holy Cross Day |
| 15 | Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 |
| 16 | Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432 |
| 16 | Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882 |
| 17 | Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179 |
| 19 | Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690 |
| 20 | John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871 |
| 21 | Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist |
| 25 | Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 |
| 25 | Sergei of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith, 1392 |
| 26 | Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army, 1942 |
| 27 | Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 |
| 29 | Michael and All Angels |
| 30 | Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420 |
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Cuthbert may be celebrated on 4 September instead of 20 March. |
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October
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 |
| 01 | Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer, 1885 |
| 04 | Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 |
| 06 | William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr, 1536 |
| 09 | Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his Companions,Martyrs, c.250 |
| 09 | Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253 |
| 10 | Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644 |
| 10 | Thomas Traherne, Poet, Spiritual Writer, 1674 |
| 11 | Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675 |
| 11 | James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th century |
| 12 | Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709 |
| 12 | Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845 |
| 12 | Edith Cavell, Nurse, 1915 |
| 13 | Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066 |
| 15 | Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582 |
| 16 | Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation Martyrs, 1555 |
| 17 | Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107 |
| 18 | Luke the Evangelist |
| 19 | Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812 |
| 25 | Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.287 |
| 26 | Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 |
| 26 | Cedd, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664 |
| 28 | Simon and Jude, Apostles |
| 29 | James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 |
| 31 | Martin Luther, Reformer, 1546 |
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Chad may be celebrated with Cedd on 26 October instead of 2 March. |
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November
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | All Saints' Day |
| 02 | Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) |
| 03 | Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher of the Faith, 1600 |
| 03 | Martin of Porres, Friar, 1639 |
| 06 | Leonard, Hermit, 6th century |
| 06 | William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher of the Faith, 1944 |
| 07 | Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739 |
| 08 | The Saints and Martyrs of England |
| 09 | Margery Kempe, Mystic, c.1440 |
| 10 | Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher of the Faith, 461 |
| 11 | Martin, Bishop of Tours, c.397 |
| 13 | Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836 |
| 14 | Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796 |
| 16 | Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 |
| 16 | Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240 |
| 17 | Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 |
| 18 | Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231 |
| 19 | Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 |
| 19 | Mechtild, Béguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280 |
| 20 | Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 |
| 20 | Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876 |
| 22 | Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 |
| 23 | Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100 |
| 25 | Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century |
| 25 | Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748 |
| 29 | (Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church) |
| 30 | Andrew the Apostle |
December
| Use the Calendar Generator (dd-mm-yyyy) to see what days (and therefore their services) holy dates fall upon. Lesser Festivals and Commemorations falling on Sundays or Principal Feasts and Holy Dates may not be observed. Only regular solar calendar holy dates are given. | |
| 01 | Charles de Foucauld, Hermit in the Sahara, 1916 |
| 03 | Francis Xavier, Missionary, Apostle of the Indies, 1552 |
| 04 | John of Damascus, Monk, Teacher of the Faith, c.749 |
| 04 | Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637 |
| 06 | Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 |
| 07 | Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher of the Faith, 397 |
| 08 | The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 13 | Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 |
| 13 | Samuel Johnson, Moralist, 1784 |
| 14 | John of the Cross, Poet, Teacher of the Faith, 1591 |
| 17 | O Sapientia |
| 17 | Eglantyne Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save The Children', 1928 |
| 24 | Christmas Eve |
| 25 | Christmas Day |
| 26 | Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr |
| 27 | John, Apostle and Evangelist |
| 28 | The Holy Innocents |
| 29 | Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 |
| 31 | John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384 |
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Thomas the Apostle may be celebrated on 21 December instead of 3 July. Thomas Becket may be celebrated on 7 July instead of 29 December. |
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