Commemoration (Anglicanism)

{{short description|Type of religious observance in many Anglican churches}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
'''Commemorations''' are a type of [[Religious Observance|religious observance]] in the many Churches of the [[Anglican Communion]], including the [[Church of England]]. They are the least significant type of observance, the others being [[Principal Feast]]s, [[Principal Holy Day]]s, [[Festival (Church of England)|Festival]]s, and [[Lesser Festival]]s. Whereas Principal Feasts must be celebrated, it is not obligatory to observe Commemorations. 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]]'' Commemorations are not provided with collects or indications of liturgical colour. However, they may be celebrated as Lesser Festivals if local pastoral conditions suggest it.


==Examples of Commemorations in the Church of England==
*10 January: [[William Laud]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] 1633- 1645
*18 January: [[Amy Carmichael]], Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, spiritual writer, 1951
*20 January: [[Richard Rolle]] of [[Hampole]], Spiritual Writer, 1349
*10 February: [[Scholastica]], sister of [[Benedict of Nursia|Benedict]], [[Abbess]], c 543
*8 March: [[Felix of Burgundy|Felix]], [[Bishop]], Apostle to the East [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]], 647
*24 April: [[Mellitus]], Bishop of [[London]], first Bishop of [[St Paul's Cathedral|St Paul's]], 624
*16 May: [[Caroline Chisholm]], Social Reformer, 1877
*3 June: The [[Martyrs of Uganda]], 1885–1887 and 1977
*20 July: [[Margaret the Virgin|Margaret of Antioch]], Martyr, 4th century
*11 August: [[John Henry Newman]], [[Priest]], [[Tractarian]], 1890
*1 September: [[Saint Giles|Giles of Provence]], [[Hermit]], c 710
*12 October: [[Edith Cavell]], b.4 December 1865 d.12 October 1915, British nurse and patriot
*25 October: [[Crispin]] and [[Crispinian]], Martyrs at [[Rome]], c 287
*14 November: [[Samuel Seabury (bishop)|Samuel Seabury]], first Anglican Bishop in [[North America]], 1796
*1 December: [[Charles de Foucauld]], Hermit in the [[Sahara]], 1916

==See also==
{{Portal|Christianity}}
*[[List of Anglican Church calendars]]


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[[Category:Church of England festivals]]