Advent
- Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day and ends at
sundown on 24 December, which begins Christmas Eve. If 24 December
is a Sunday, it is the Fourth Sunday in Advent until sundown, after
which it is Christmas Eve.
- Christmas
- Christmas is twelve days long, beginning on 25 December and
lasting through 5 January.
- Epiphany
- Epiphany begins on 6 January and lasts until the day before
Lent, which is called Shrove Tuesday in English, Fasching in German,
Mardi Gras in French.
- Lent
- Lent begins on the Wednesday in the seventh week before Easter,
which is called Ash Wednesday, and lasts through the Saturday before
Easter.
- Easter
- Easter begins on Easter Day and lasts through Pentecost Sunday.
- After Pentecost
- The Season After Pentecost—also called Kingdomtide, Dominiontide,
or Ordinary Time—begins on the Monday after Pentecost and lasts
until the day before the First Sunday in Advent.
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