The

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Brit ...

uses a liturgical year that is in most respects identical to that of the

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. While this is less true of the calendars contained within the ''

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'' and the '' Alternative Service Book'' (1980), it is particularly true since the Anglican Church adopted its new pattern of services and liturgies contained within ''

Common Worship ''Common Worship'' is the name given to the series of services authorised by the General Synod of the Church of England and launched on the first Sunday of Advent in 2000. It represents the most recent stage of development of the Liturgical Move ...

'', in 2000. Certainly, the broad division of the year into the Christmas and Easter seasons, interspersed with periods of Ordinary Time, is identical, and most Festivals and Commemorations are also celebrated, with some exceptions. In some Anglican traditions (including the Church of England), the Christmas season is followed by an Epiphany season, which begins on the Eve of the Epiphany (on 6 January or the nearest Sunday) and ends on the Feast of the Presentation (on 2 February or the nearest Sunday). Ordinary Time then begins after this period. The ''

'' contains within it the traditional Western Eucharistic lectionary which traces its roots to the Comes of

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in the 5th century. Its similarity to the ancient lectionary is particularly obvious during Trinity season (Sundays after the Sunday after Pentecost), reflecting that understanding of sanctification. Sparrow, Anthony and

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. ''A Rationale upon the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England'', Oxford, UK

Calendars of saints' days in churches throughout the Anglican Communion

The list is organised alphabetically by the name of the province, with the exception of single countries separated into several provinces, i.e. North India and South India. :A * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia) *

Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Australia) The calendar of the Anglican Church of Australia (as published in ''A Prayer Book for Australia'' 995 follows Anglican tradition with the addition of significant people and events in the church in Australia. ''Principal festivals'' (principal hol ...

:B * Calendar of saints (Church of Bangladesh) * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Bermuda) * Calendar of saints (Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil) * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Burundi) :C * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada) * Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Central Africa) * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church in Central America) * Calendar of saints (Church of Ceylon) *

Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of the Congo) The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...

* Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church of Cuba) :E *

Calendar of saints (Church of England) The Church of England commemorates many of the same saints as those in the General Roman Calendar, mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various notable (often post-Reformation) Christians who have not been canonised by Rome, with a part ...

:F *

Calendar of saints (Parish of the Falkland Islands) The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context does ...

:H *

Calendar of saints (Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui) The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, also known as the Hong Kong Anglican Church (Episcopal), an Anglican Church in Hong Kong and Macau, has its own calendar of saints. History Characteristics See also * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of ...

:I * Calendar of saints (Church of North India) * Calendar of saints (Church of South India) * Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean) * Calendar of saints (Church of Ireland) :J * Calendar of saints ( Anglican Communion in Japan) * Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East) :K * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Kenya) *

Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Korea) The Anglican Church of Korea has its own calendar of saints. History Characteristics See also * Calendar of saints (Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui) {{Calendar of Saints Korean Calendar A calendar is a system of organizing days. Th ...

:L * Calendar of saints (Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church) :M * Calendar of saints (Macedonian Church in Macedonia Emily) * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Mexico) * Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Myanmar) :N * Calendar of saints (Church of Nigeria) :P * Calendar of saints (Church of Pakistan) * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea) *

Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church in the Philippines) The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context does ...

:R * Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church of Rwanda) :S * Calendar of saints (Scottish Episcopal Church) * Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of South East Asia) *

Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Southern Africa) The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has its own calendar of saints. History The calendar of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa was published in 1989 in the book ''An Anglican Prayer Book 1989''. Characteristics See also * Anglic ...

* Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of the Americas) * Calendar of saints (Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church) * Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church of the Sudan) :T * Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Tanzania) :U * Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Uganda) *

Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church) The veneration of saints in the Episcopal Church is a continuation of an ancient tradition from the early Church which honors important and influential people of the Christian faith. The usage of the term ''saint'' is similar to Roman Catholic a ...

- Episcopal Church in the United States of America :W * Calendar of saints (Church in Wales) * Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of West Africa) * Calendar of saints (Church in the Province of the West Indies)

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