The Christian Year
The Christian year is divided into seven seasons and begins on the First Sunday of Advent, four weeks before Christmas. The seasons are:
Where dates are fixed they are shown, otherwise they are dependent on the date of Easter. For details of all Holy Days in the Church of England calendar, click here. We have produced a book, Season to Season, to assist teachers in primary schools in teaching about the church's year. The festivals covered are: Harvest, Advent, All Saints' Day, Christmas, Lent, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost and Trinity. |