Seasons of the Church Year
Traditional Robes: have a different stylish, clerical apparel like Clergy shirt, albs, cassocks, surplice, chasuble, vestment, copes, capes, mitres, Hayes and finch, stole and choir robes are loose garments worn over clothing on formal occasions as an indication of office or state. In religious organizations, the clergy, preachers, choir other important officials whom the church authorized may wear robes.
Advent (Color Purple/Violet or Royal Blue): is the season where we turn once again to the beginning of the Christian story as it centers on Jesus Christ. Advent is Anglicized version of Latin word “Adventus” meaning “coming.” Advent is the first season of the church year and begins four Sundays before Christmas.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (Color White or Gold) 2 Sundays: Christmas is the day Christians mark as the celebration of the birth of Jesus. In other word, it is “Christ's Mass,” Christmas season runs from December 25 through January 6. It is this twelve-day period that is refers to as the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Epiphany (Color White): is a feast celebrating the visit of the Wise Men (Maggi) to the infant Jesus. Epiphany marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas. This season runs from end of Christmas to Ash Wednesday. Epiphany season has 9 Sundays and includes baptism of Jesus and Miracles in the Cana of Galilee and his transfiguration as the last Sunday.
Ash Wednesday (purple): The first day of lent is a special day of holy obligation.
Lent (Color Purple), Ash Wednesday, an opportunity for spiritual renewal, 5 Sundays of lent. This word means, "spring," Lent is the forty-day period beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter). The period is 46 days, but since Sundays are feast days, they are never included in the count. In this season, we provide insights into bible readings during the Lenten season. First Lent focus on temptation of Jesus Christ. Learn more about what is written in the Bible and how it is related to our lives today.
Passion/Palm Sunday: Every year on Good Friday, thousands of pilgrims from all over the world flocked to the walled Old City of Jerusalem on Good Friday, as part of the annual tradition to walk along the rip Dolores in the supposed footsteps of Jesus Christ. Since 1922, Episcopalians have support the ministry of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and Middle East.
Easter: (Color White), It is called Easter Day in our Book of Common Prayer. Easter is a movable feast, which means it does not always fall on the same day each year. Easter is always the first Sunday after the full moon. By this calculation, Easter could occur anytime from March 22, to April 25. The length of Epiphany, and the Season after Pentecost, as well as the dates of Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Ascension Day, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday are all determined by the date of Easter. Easter is also a Church Season, spanning the 50 days (six Sundays) after Easter, to Ascension Day.
Ascension (violate): The Ascension Day is celebrated on the Thursday forty days after Easter. The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, also known as Ascension Thursday, Holy Thursday, or Ascension Day, commemorates our Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven.
Pentecost (Color Red and after Green): The Festival Sunday that comes fifty days after Easter in which we commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the twelve Disciples after Christ's Resurrection (Acts 2). Traditionally, the Day of Pentecost is considers as the birthday of the church, and is the beginning of the longest season in the church - the season after Pentecost. The season after Pentecost runs from the day of Pentecost to the first Sunday in Advent. Initially, the 1979 Prayer Book, the Day of Pentecost was known as Whitsunday.
Trinity Sunday (Color white): Trinity Sunday always falls on the Sunday after Pentecost and it commemorates and honors the reality: the Holy Trinity. On this day, many Christians remember and honor the belief of an eternal God, consisting of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Many churches have special prayers on Trinity Sunday. On this day, the Athanasian Creed, named after St Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria, is recited in some churches on Trinity Sunday because of its strong affirmation of the Triune nature of God. Trinity Sunday is one of seven principal feast days in the Episcopal Church.
All Saints Day: All Saints’ Day is the only one of the Principal Feasts that can be moved from a fixed date – November 1 – to the following Sunday. There are some other feasts celebrated by the church that you can look in the Book of Common Prayer.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (Color White or Gold) 2 Sundays: Christmas is the day Christians mark as the celebration of the birth of Jesus. In other word, it is “Christ's Mass,” Christmas season runs from December 25 through January 6. It is this twelve-day period that is refers to as the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Epiphany (Color White): is a feast celebrating the visit of the Wise Men (Maggi) to the infant Jesus. Epiphany marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas. This season runs from end of Christmas to Ash Wednesday. Epiphany season has 9 Sundays and includes baptism of Jesus and Miracles in the Cana of Galilee and his transfiguration as the last Sunday.
Ash Wednesday (purple): The first day of lent is a special day of holy obligation.
Lent (Color Purple), Ash Wednesday, an opportunity for spiritual renewal, 5 Sundays of lent. This word means, "spring," Lent is the forty-day period beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter). The period is 46 days, but since Sundays are feast days, they are never included in the count. In this season, we provide insights into bible readings during the Lenten season. First Lent focus on temptation of Jesus Christ. Learn more about what is written in the Bible and how it is related to our lives today.
Passion/Palm Sunday: Every year on Good Friday, thousands of pilgrims from all over the world flocked to the walled Old City of Jerusalem on Good Friday, as part of the annual tradition to walk along the rip Dolores in the supposed footsteps of Jesus Christ. Since 1922, Episcopalians have support the ministry of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and Middle East.
Easter: (Color White), It is called Easter Day in our Book of Common Prayer. Easter is a movable feast, which means it does not always fall on the same day each year. Easter is always the first Sunday after the full moon. By this calculation, Easter could occur anytime from March 22, to April 25. The length of Epiphany, and the Season after Pentecost, as well as the dates of Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Ascension Day, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday are all determined by the date of Easter. Easter is also a Church Season, spanning the 50 days (six Sundays) after Easter, to Ascension Day.
Ascension (violate): The Ascension Day is celebrated on the Thursday forty days after Easter. The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, also known as Ascension Thursday, Holy Thursday, or Ascension Day, commemorates our Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven.
Pentecost (Color Red and after Green): The Festival Sunday that comes fifty days after Easter in which we commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the twelve Disciples after Christ's Resurrection (Acts 2). Traditionally, the Day of Pentecost is considers as the birthday of the church, and is the beginning of the longest season in the church - the season after Pentecost. The season after Pentecost runs from the day of Pentecost to the first Sunday in Advent. Initially, the 1979 Prayer Book, the Day of Pentecost was known as Whitsunday.
Trinity Sunday (Color white): Trinity Sunday always falls on the Sunday after Pentecost and it commemorates and honors the reality: the Holy Trinity. On this day, many Christians remember and honor the belief of an eternal God, consisting of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Many churches have special prayers on Trinity Sunday. On this day, the Athanasian Creed, named after St Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria, is recited in some churches on Trinity Sunday because of its strong affirmation of the Triune nature of God. Trinity Sunday is one of seven principal feast days in the Episcopal Church.
All Saints Day: All Saints’ Day is the only one of the Principal Feasts that can be moved from a fixed date – November 1 – to the following Sunday. There are some other feasts celebrated by the church that you can look in the Book of Common Prayer.
