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unusual facts about liturgical calendar



Feast of the Annunciation

In the Catholic Church, Anglican, and Lutheran liturgical calendars, the feast is moved if necessary to prevent it from falling during Holy Week or Easter Week or on a Sunday.

Solemnity

A solemnity is the highest ranking feast day in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Rite, celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, his mother Mary, or another important saint.


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Crispin and Crispinian

Although this feast was removed from the Roman Catholic Church's universal liturgical calendar following the Second Vatican Council, the two saints are still commemorated on that day in the most recent edition of the Roman Martyrology.

Reign of Christ

Feast of Christ the King - a last holy Sunday in the western liturgical calendar, celebrated by the Catholic Church and by some Protestants.

Roman Catholic devotions to Jesus Christ

The Feast of the Sacred Heart is now a holy day in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar, and is celebrated 19 days after Pentecost.