The Church Year
Diary of the Festivals of the Christian Church Year
Diary of the Festivals of the Christian Church Year
The Anglican church, together with the Roman Catholic Church and others, use a calendar which divides the year into different seasons, it even starts at a different time to the usual year. The seasons are:

Advent

What we celebrate: Jesus will come again!
This starts about the beginning of December. It is a time to look forward to the time when Jesus will come back to earth again. We prepare to meet Jesus by looking at our lives to see what is wrong and needs changing. We also remember when Jesus came for the first time.

Christmas

What we celebrate: Jesus was born as one of us.
The Twelve days of Christmas start with Christmas day. This is a time of rejoicing because God sent Jesus to us to be our saviour.

Epiphany

What we celebrate: Jesus is for everybody, no matter which race they are.
This starts with the twelfth day of Christmas and we think of the visit of the wise men to Jesus after he was born. We remember that Jesus was shown to the gentiles (people who are not Jews) and that they worshipped Him.
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