We will be exploring the Seasons of the Christian Calendar on this webpage.
DAY OF PENTECOST TO THE LAST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
Pentecost Sunday: May 31st, 2020
Dates: Pentecost is celebrated on a Sunday 50 days after Easter (counting Easter Sunday), or seven weeks (seven times seven) not counting Easter Sunday.
Meaning of Name
Pentecost comes from the Greek word penekoste meaning "50th" (day). Pentecost is a reference to the Jewish festival Shavuot or the Festival of weeks, which is held on the 5oth day after the second day of Passover. This festival celebrates the giving of the Torah to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. In Acts 2, it is said that the disciples had gathered on the day of Pentecost, or the day of the festival of Shavuot. That's when the wind and fire and Spirit came!
Liturgical Colour: Red
Red is a primary colour and a warm colour. It symbolizes fire, spirit, energy, passion, strength, power, intensity, courage and determination. It draws to mind the flames dancing over the disciples and friends of Jesus gathered in the upper room on the day of Pentecost.
Ordinary Time (a.k.a. Season of Pentecost): June 7 - November 22, 2020
Dates:Trinity Sunday through to Reign of Christ Sunday - the longest season of the church year.
Feast Days* and Special Days
*Trinity Sunday - the Sunday after Pentecost
Season of Creation - the Sundays after Labour Day to Thanksgiving
World Communion Sunday - the first Sunday of October
Thanksgiving Sunday - the Sunday before the second Monday of October
*Reformation Day - October 31: the day in 1517 when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses.
*All Saints' Day - November 1: for Protestants, a general commemoration of those who have died. In the Celtic tradition, November 1 is Samhain, marking the end of harvest and the beginning of winter.
Remembrance Sunday - Sunday before Remembrance Day (November 11), honouring those in the armed forces who fought and dies for their countries in times of war.
*Reign of Christ - the last Sunday before Advent.
Meaning of Name
"Ordinary" comes from the Latin ordo, meaning "order". Ordinary Time is the commonplace, the regular, the everyday time. In between feasts and grand celebrations is the regular time of our lives, the time when faith lives and grows and sustains.
Liturgical Colour: Green
Green is a cool colour, evoking nature, growth, vitality, freshness, harmony, endurance and fertility. It is associated with healing and rest. It is the depth and stability of blue combined with the warmth and joy of yellow.
Dates: Pentecost is celebrated on a Sunday 50 days after Easter (counting Easter Sunday), or seven weeks (seven times seven) not counting Easter Sunday.
Meaning of Name
Pentecost comes from the Greek word penekoste meaning "50th" (day). Pentecost is a reference to the Jewish festival Shavuot or the Festival of weeks, which is held on the 5oth day after the second day of Passover. This festival celebrates the giving of the Torah to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. In Acts 2, it is said that the disciples had gathered on the day of Pentecost, or the day of the festival of Shavuot. That's when the wind and fire and Spirit came!
Liturgical Colour: Red
Red is a primary colour and a warm colour. It symbolizes fire, spirit, energy, passion, strength, power, intensity, courage and determination. It draws to mind the flames dancing over the disciples and friends of Jesus gathered in the upper room on the day of Pentecost.
Ordinary Time (a.k.a. Season of Pentecost): June 7 - November 22, 2020
Dates:Trinity Sunday through to Reign of Christ Sunday - the longest season of the church year.
Feast Days* and Special Days
*Trinity Sunday - the Sunday after Pentecost
Season of Creation - the Sundays after Labour Day to Thanksgiving
World Communion Sunday - the first Sunday of October
Thanksgiving Sunday - the Sunday before the second Monday of October
*Reformation Day - October 31: the day in 1517 when Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses.
*All Saints' Day - November 1: for Protestants, a general commemoration of those who have died. In the Celtic tradition, November 1 is Samhain, marking the end of harvest and the beginning of winter.
Remembrance Sunday - Sunday before Remembrance Day (November 11), honouring those in the armed forces who fought and dies for their countries in times of war.
*Reign of Christ - the last Sunday before Advent.
Meaning of Name
"Ordinary" comes from the Latin ordo, meaning "order". Ordinary Time is the commonplace, the regular, the everyday time. In between feasts and grand celebrations is the regular time of our lives, the time when faith lives and grows and sustains.
Liturgical Colour: Green
Green is a cool colour, evoking nature, growth, vitality, freshness, harmony, endurance and fertility. It is associated with healing and rest. It is the depth and stability of blue combined with the warmth and joy of yellow.