Liturgical year
Annually recurring fixed sequence of Christian feast days / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For Dom Guéranger's series of books, see The Liturgical Year.
"Ecclesiastical year" redirects here. For the Jewish ecclesiastical new year, see Hebrew calendar § New year.
"Christian year" redirects here. For John Keble's series of poems, see The Christian Year.
"Liturgical calendar" redirects here. For the Lutheran liturgical calendar, see Liturgical calendar (Lutheran).
"Kalendar" redirects here. For kalendars in the context of archives, see Calendar (archives).
The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar,[1][2] consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read.[3]
Distinct liturgical colours may be used in connection with different seasons of the liturgical year. The dates of the festivals vary somewhat among the different churches, although the sequence and logic is largely the same.