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Calculate Feast dates for Advent, Christmas and other feasts of Ordinary Time.
See also [ Passover/Lent ] calculation.
 

Advent Time (From the Latin: adventus, "coming", "arrival"), it is a time of preparation for the Birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem and it represents the four thousand years and more that the people of the Old Testament awaited and longed for the coming of the Messiah. Advent Time consists of four Sundays.

 

Naciemiento de Jesús en el pesebre de BelénThe liturgical time known as Christmas Time, goes from December 25th (the Feast of the Nativity of our Savior) to February 2nd (the Feast of Purification), a total of forty days. Its purpose is to celebrate with joyful transports the Nativity of the Lord in Bethlehem, His infancy, His Hidden Life in Nazareth, and His first solemn manifestations to mankind.

How is the Feast of Christ the King, Advent Time and Nativity Time calculated?

December 25th was established as a fixed date for Christmas; Advent Time begins four (4) Sundays before Christmas.

If Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, the Solemnity of the Maternity of Mary Most Holy will be celebrated the next Sunday, which would fall on January 1st and the Feast of The Holy Family in this case, would be celebrated on December 30th. If Christmas does not fall on Sunday, the Feast of the Holy Family will be celebrated the next Sunday. Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th, however in some countries it is celebrated on the following Sunday from January 2nd to January 8th. The Baptism of the Lord is celebrated the next Sunday after January 6th, although this date could vary when it coincides with Epiphany. In this case, it will be celebrated the next day after the Feast of Epiphany.

The Feast of Christ the King is celebrated on the Sunday previous to the first Sunday of Advent and with it the Ordinary Time ends, being the Last Sunday of the Ordinary Time.

 

 
Liturgical calendar begining in the Advent of: (After year 1)

 
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 		Advent Time
     1st Sunday of Advent
     2nd Sunday of Advent
     Gaudete in Domino (3rd Sunday)
     4th Sunday of Advent
Christmas Time
     Christmas - fixed date

Other feasts during Christmas Time
   Maternity of Mary
    Fixed date
 
   The Holy Family
     Next Sunday after Christmas (unless
    Christmas day was on Sunday)
 
   The Holy Name of Jesus
   (The circumcision of the Lord)
   8 days after Christmas, 
    but it's celebrated on January the 3er. Fixed date
 
   Epiphany
* Where it is not established, it is celebrated on January the 6th.
    Fixed date

  *Where it is not established, it is celebrated the Sunday
    between the 2 and the 8 of January		 *
 
   The Baptism of the Lord
   Generaly: Next Sunday after January the 6th.

* Where the Epiphany it is not established: 
   If the Baptism date is the same of the Epifany then the feast
   of the Baptism can be celebarted the day after.		 *
   The day after it begins the firts week of Ordinary Time
 
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   Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and
   Mary's Purification 
     40 days after Christmas - Fixed date
 
   Feast of Christ the King of the Universe
   Last Sunday of Ordinary Time

 


 


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