The Church Seasons Colors
| The church calendar is divided into three primary seasons: The Time of Christmas (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany); The Time of Easter (Lent, Holy Week, Easter) and The Time of The Church (Pentecost and the Season after Pentecost). | |||||||
| Year B | Year C | Year A | |||||
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Dec 2008- Nov 2009 |
Nov 2009- Nov 2010 |
Nov 2010- Nov 2011 |
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| ADVENT | |||||||
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blue |
purple |
First and Second Sundays In Advent | Dec 1 & 8 | Nov 30 & Dec 7 | Nov 28 & Dec 5 | ||
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rose |
Third Sunday In Advent | Dec 15 | Dec 14 | Dec 12 | |||
| Fourth Sunday In Advent | Dec 22 | Dec 21 | Dec 19 | ||||
| CHRISTMAS | |||||||
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white |
Nativity of Our Lord - Christmas Eve/Day | Dec 24 & 25 | Dec 24 & 25 | ||||
| Sundays After Christmas | Dec 29 & Jan 5 | Dec 28 | |||||
| EPIPHANY | |||||||
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white |
The Epiphany of Our Lord | Jan 6 | Jan 4 | ||||
| The Baptism of Our Lord - First Sunday After The Epiphany | Jan 12 | Jan 11 | |||||
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green |
Second through ... Sundays After The Epiphany | Jan 19 - Feb 23 | Jan 18 - Feb 15 | ||||
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white |
Transfiguration of Our Lord - Last Sunday After The Epiphany | Mar 2 | Feb 22 | ||||
| THE EASTER CYCLE | |||||||
| LENT | |||||||
| black | purple | Ash Wednesday | Mar 5 | Feb 25 | |||
| First through Fifth Sundays in Lent | Mar 9 - Apr 6 | Feb 29 - Mar 28 | |||||
| HOLY WEEK | |||||||
| scarlet | purple | Palm Sunday - Sixth Sunday in Lent | Apr 13 | Apr 4 | |||
| EASTER | |||||||
| white | gold | The Resurrection of Our Lord - Easter Day | Apr 20 | Apr 11 | |||
| Second through Sixth Sunday of Easter | Apr 27 - May 25 | Apr 18 - May 16 | |||||
| The Ascension of Our Lord | May 29 | May 20 | |||||
| Seventh Sunday of Easter | Jun 1 | May 23 | |||||
| PENTECOST | |||||||
|
red |
The Day of Pentecost | Jun 8 | May 30 | ||||
|
white |
The Holy Trinity - First Sunday After Pentecost | Jun 15 | Jun 6 | ||||
| SEASON AFTER PENTECOST - SEASON OF THE CHURCH | |||||||
| green | Second through ... Sundays After Pentecost | Jun 22 - Nov 23 | Jun 13 - Nov 21 | ||||