Calendar date/s | Day of week | Observance | Christian tradition/s giving special attention to this event. |
| | January | |
January 1,8,15,22,29 | Sundays | Primary worship
services | Most Christians |
January 1 | Sunday | Mary, Mother
of God
Feast Day
of St. Basil
Feast of the
Holy Name of Jesus | Catholic Christians
Orthodox Christians
Orthodox Christians |
January 5 | Thursday | Twelfth Night | Many Christians |
January 6 | Friday | Epiphany
Feast of the Theophany
Dia de los Reyes | Many Christians
Orthodox Christians
Hispanic Christians |
January 7 | Saturday | Nativity of Christ | Some Orthodox Christians |
January 8 | Sunday | Baptism of the
Lord Jesus | Many Christians |
January 11 | Wednesday | Baptism of the
Lord Jesus | Most Christians |
January 17 | Tuesday | Blessing of the
Animals
(St. Anthony) | Catholic - Hispanic |
January 18-25 | Wed-Wed | Week of Prayer
for
Christian Unity | Many Christians |
January 25 | Wednesday | Conversion of
St. Paul | Many Christians |
| | February | |
February 5,12,19,26 | Sundays | Primary worship
services | Most Christians |
February 2 | Thursday | Presentation of
Jesus
in the Temple
Candlemas
St. Brighid of
Kildare
Day
Triodion begins | Many Christians
Many Christians
Celtic Christians
Orthodox Christians |
February 3 | Friday | St. Blase Day | Catholic Christians |
February 14 | Tuesday | St. Valentine's Day | Many Christians |
February 19 | Sunday | Meatfare Sunday
Transfiguration
Sunday | Orthodox Christians
Many Christians |
February 21 | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday | Many Christians |
February 22 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday -
Lent Begins | Many Christians |
February 24 | Friday | St. Matthew -
Apostle and
Evangelist | Many Christian |
February 26 | Sunday | Cheesefare Sunday | Orthodox Christians |
Febvruary 27 | Monday | Clean Monday -
Great Lent begins | |
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| | March | |
March 4,11,18,25 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
March 1 | Thursday | St. David of Wales
Day | Anglican Christian |
March 4 | Sunday | Orthodox Sunday | Orthodox Christians |
March 17 | Saturday | St. Patrick's Day | Many Christians |
March 19 | Monday | St. Joseph's Day | Many Christians |
March 25 | Sunday | Annunciation of the
Blessed Virgin Mary | Catholic Christians |
March 31 | Saturday | Lent concludes | Many Christians |
| | April | |
April 1,8,15,22,29 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
April 1 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Many Christians |
April 5 | Thursday | Maunday Thursday | Many Christians |
April 6 | Friday | Good Friday
Lord's Evening Meal | Many Christians
Jehovah's Witness Christians |
April 7 | Saturday | Lazarus Saturday | Orthodox Christians |
April 8 | Sunday | Easter
Palm Sunday | Many Christians
Orthodox Christians |
April 13 | Friday | Holy Friday | Orthodox Christians |
April 15 | Sunday | Pascha (Easter) | Orthodox Christians |
April 23 | Monday | St. George's Day | Many Christians |
April 30 | Monday | St. James the
Great Day | Orthodox Christian |
| | May | |
May 6,13,20,27 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
May 1 | Tuesday |
National Day
of Prayer (USA) |
Interfaith |
May 3 | Thursday | St. Philip the Apostle | Many Christians |
May 17 | Thursday | Ascension of Jesus | Many Christians |
May 24 | Thursday | Ascension of Jesus | Orthodox Christians |
May 27 | Sunday | Pentecost | Many Christians |
| | June | |
June 3,10,17,24 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
June 3 | Sunday | Pentecost
Trinity Sunday | Orthodox Christians
Many Christians |
June 7 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Catholic Christians |
June 9 | Saturday | St. Columba of
Iona Day | Celtic Christian |
June 10 | Sunday | All Saints Day | Orthodox Christians |
June l5 | Friday | Sacred Heart
of Christ | Catholic Christians |
June 19 | Tuesday | New Church Day
Timkat | Swedenborgian Christians
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians |
June 24 | Sunday | Saint John the
Baptist | Many Christians |
June 28 | Thursday | Saints Peter and
Paul | Many Christians |
June 29 | Friday | St. Peter's Day
Feast Day of Saints
Peter and Paul | Catholic Christians
Many Christians |
| | July | |
July 1,8,15,22,29 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
July 11 | Wednesday | St. Benedict Day | Catholic Christian |
July 15 | Sunday | St. Vladimir the
Great Day | Orthodox Christian |
July 24 | Tuesday | Pioneer Day | Mormon Christian |
| | August | |
August 5,12,19,26 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
August 1 | Wednesday | Lammas
Fast in honor of Holy
Mother of Jesus | Some Christians
Orthodox Christians |
August 6 | Monday | Transfiguration
of the Lord | Orthodox Christian |
August 15 | Wednesday | Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Dormition of the
Theotokos | Catholic Christian
Orthodox Christian |
August 24 | Friday | St. Batholomew Day | Some Christians |
August 29 | Wednesday | Beheading of St.
John the Baptist | Most Christians |
| | September | |
September 2,9,16,23,30 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
September 1 | Saturday | Ecclesiastical Year
begins | Orthodox Christians |
September 8 | Saturday | Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin Mary
Feast of Nativity of the
Theotokos | Many Christians
Orthodox Christians |
September 14 | Friday | Elevation of the Life
Giving Cross
Holy Cross Day | Orthodox
Many Christians |
September 28 | Friday | Meskel | Ethiopian-Eritrean Orthodox |
September 29 | Saturday | Michael and All Angels | Many Christians |
| | October | |
October 7,14,21,28 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
October 4 | Thursday | St. Francis Day
Blessing of the Animals | Catholic Christians
Some Christians |
October 6 | Saturday | Holy Apostle
St. Thomas Day | Orthodox Christians |
October 18 | Thursday | St. Luke, Apostle
& Evangelist | Many Christians |
October 28 | Sunday | Reformation Day
Milvian Bridge Day | Protestant Christians
Some Christians |
October 31 | Wednesday | All Hallows Eve
Reformation Day | Many Christians
Protestant Christians |
| | November | |
November 4,11,18,25 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
November 1 | Thursday | All Saints' Day | Many Christians |
November 2 | Friday | All Souls' Day | Many Christians |
Nov. 15-Dec. 24 | Thurs-Sunday | Winter Lent
(Nativity Fast) | Orthodox Christians |
November 22 | Thursday | Thanksgiving | USA Interfaith |
November 25 | Sunday | Christ the King | Many Christians |
November 30 | Friday | St. Andrew's Day | Many Christians |
| | December | |
December 2,9,16,22,30 | Sundays | Primary Worship
Services | Most Christians |
December 2 | Sunday | First Sunday of
Advent | Most Christians |
December 6 | Thursday | St. Nicholas Day | Many Christians |
December 8 | Saturday | Immaculate
Conception of
Mary | Catholic Christians |
December 9 | Sunday | Second Sunday
of Advent | Most Christians |
December 12 | Wednesday | Feast Day - Our
Lady of Guadalupe
Advent Fast Begins | Catholic Christians
Orthodox Christians |
December 16 | Sunday | Third Sunday of
Advent | Most Christians |
December 16-25 | .Sun-Tuesday | Los Posadas | Some Christians |
December 21 | Friday | St. Thomas The
Apostle Day
Yule | Catholic Christians
Some Christians |
December 23 | Sunday | Fourth Sunday
of Advent | Most Christians |
December 24 | Monday | Christmas Eve | Most Christians |
December 25 | Tuesday | Christmas
Feast of the
Nativity | Most Christians |
December 26 | Wednesday | St. Stephen -
Deacon and
Martyr | Many Christians |
December 27 | Thursday | St. John, Apostle
and Evangelist | Many Christians |
December 28 | Friday | Holy Innocents
Feast Day of the
Holy Family | Many Christians
Catholic Christians |
December 31 | Tuesday | Watch Night |