THE CALENDAR; WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. Note, that (a) Ecclus. 25, is to be read only to ver. 13, and (b) Ecclus. 30. only to ver. 18. and (c) Ecclus. 46. only to ver. 20. DECEMBER hath XXXI Days. NOVEMBER hath XXX Days. 31 A Silvester, Bp. 25 5 | For the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence, through the whole Year. RULES to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin. EASTER-DAY (on which the rest depend) is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of Saint Andrew, whether before or after. Eight Weeks before Easter. Septuagesima Nine Sexagesima Sunday is Quinquagesima Seven Quadragesima Six Of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of England throughout the Year. |