liturgical year
Church festival cycle
The liturgical year is the annual cycle of seasons and holy days observed in Christian worship.
It structures the church calendar around events in Christ's life—Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost—rather than following the civil calendar.
Different denominations observe varying versions: The liturgical year begins with Advent, not January.
- sacred timePeriod of spiritual significance
- EasterResurrection commemoration day
- AdventChristmas preparatory season
- LentChristian fasting season
- PentecostSpirit's arrival celebration
Palm Sunday · Maundy Thursday · Christmas · Holy Week · Corpus Christi · Good Friday · Annunciation · octave · Epiphany · feast day · Candlemas · Assumption · Immaculate Conception · All Saints Day · lectionary · green · solemnity · psalms
calendar type
liturgical yearGregorian calendar
Current global date system
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