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Type of observance in the Anglican Communion
Lesser Festivals are a type of observance in the
Anglican Communion, including the
Church of England, considered to be less significant than a
Principal Feast,
Principal Holy Day, or
Festival, but more significant than a
Commemoration. Whereas Principal Feasts must be celebrated, it is not obligatory to observe Lesser Festivals. They are always attached to a calendar date, and are not observed if they fall on a Sunday, in
Holy Week, or in
Easter Week. In
Common Worship each Lesser Festival is provided with a
collect and an indication of
liturgical colour.
Lesser Festivals in the Church of England
Source: C of E website.
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January
- 2 January:
Basil the Great and
Gregory of Nazianzus,
Bishops, Teachers of the Faith, 379 and 389
- 12 January:
Aelred of Hexham,
Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
- 13 January:
Hilary,
Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367
- 17 January:
Antony of Egypt,
Hermit,
Abbot, 356
- 19 January:
Wulfstan,
Bishop of Worcester, 1095
- 21 January:
Agnes, Child Martyr at
Rome, 304
- 24 January:
Francis de Sales,
Bishop of Geneva, Teacher of the Faith, 1622
- 26 January:
Timothy and
Titus, Companions of
Paul
- 28 January:
Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274
- 30 January:
Charles, King and Martyr, 1649
February
- 3 February:
Anskar,
Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865
- 14 February:
Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 and 885
- 17 February:
Janani Luwum,
Archbishop of
Uganda,
Martyr, 1977
- 23 February:
Polycarp, Bishop of
Smyrna, Martyr, c 155
- 27 February:
George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633
Other examples
- 17 March:
Patrick, Bishop,
Missionary,
Patron of
Ireland, c 460
- 10 April:
William Law,
Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761
- 20 May:
Alcuin of York,
Deacon,
Abbot of
Tours, 804
- 30 May:
Josephine Butler,
social reformer, 1906
- 16 June:
Richard,
Bishop of Chichester, 1253
- 11 July:
Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of
Monte Cassino, Father of Western
Monasticism, c 550
- 14 July:
John Keble, a leader of the
Oxford Movement, 1866
- 20 August:
Bernard, Abbot of
Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
- 13 September:
John Chrysostom,
Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher of the Faith, 407
- 25 September:
Lancelot Andrewes, overseer of the
King James Version of the Bible
- 4 October:
Francis of Assisi,
Friar, Deacon, Founder of the
Friars Minor, 1226
- 26 October:
Alfred the Great, King of the
West Saxons, Scholar, 899
- 20 November:
Edmund,
King of the
East Angles, Martyr, 870
- 13 December:
Lucy, Martyr at
Syracuse, 304
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