Calendar of saints Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! AdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text== Ranking of feast days == {{Main|Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite|Liturgical calendar (Lutheran)#Structure}} In the [[Catholic Church]] feast days are ranked in accordance with their importance. In the post-[[Second Vatican Council|Vatican II]] form of the [[Roman Rite]], feast days are ranked (in descending order of importance) as [[Solemnity|solemnities]], feasts or [[memorial (liturgy)|memorials]] (obligatory or optional).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scborromeo.org/litcal.htm|title=Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church of Picayune, MS – General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar|work=scborromeo.org|access-date=2008-08-13|archive-date=2014-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925094626/http://www.scborromeo.org/litcal.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Pope John XXIII]]'s 1960 [[Code of Rubrics]], whose use remains authorized by the [[motu proprio]] ''[[Summorum Pontificum]]'', divides liturgical days into I, II, III, and IV class days. Those who use even earlier forms of the Roman Rite rank feast days as doubles (of three or four kinds), Semidoubles, and Simples. See [[Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite#Feast days|Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite]]. In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] the ranking of feasts varies from church to church. In the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] they are: [[Great Feasts]], middle, and minor feasts. Each portion of such feasts may also be called feasts as follows: [[All-Night Vigil]]s, [[Polyeleos]], [[Great Doxology]], Sextuple ("sixfold", having six [[stichera]] at [[Vespers]] and six [[troparia]] at the [[Canon (hymnography)|Canon]] of [[Matins]]). There are also distinctions between Simple feasts and double (i.e., two simple feasts celebrated together). In Double Feasts, the order of hymns and readings for each feast are rigidly instructed in [[Typikon]], the liturgy book. The [[Lutheran Church]]es celebrate Festivals, Lesser Festivals, Days of Devotion, and Commemorations.<ref name="Senn2012">{{cite book |last1=Senn |first1=Frank C. |title=Introduction to Christian Liturgy |date=2012 |publisher=Fortress Press |isbn=978-1-4514-2433-1 |page=103 }}</ref> In the [[Church of England]], mother Church of the [[Anglican Communion]], there are [[Principal Feast]]s and [[Principal Holy Day]]s, [[Festival (Church of England)|Festivals]], [[Lesser Festival]]s, and [[Commemoration (observance)|Commemorations]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page