Western Christian Holy Days


 * Western Christian holy days
 * Advent [pre-Christmas]
 * All Saints' Day or Allhallows [Nov 1]
 * all Souls' Day [Nov 2]
 * Annunciation or Lady Day [Mar 25]
 * Ascension Day or Holy Thursday [40 days after Easter]
 * Ash Wednesday [start of Lent]
 * Assumption [Aug 15]
 * Candlemas or Candlemas Day or Presentation [Feb 2]
 * Christmas [Dec 25]
 * Circumcision or Holy Name Day [Jan 1]
 * Corpus Christi [Thurs after Trinity Sun]
 * Easter or Eastertide [1st Sunday after 1st full moon after vernal equinox]
 * Easter Even or Holy Saturday
 * Ember days [beginning of seasons]
 * Epiphany or Three Kings' Day [Jan 6]
 * Good Friday [Fri before Easter]
 * Hallowmas or Allhallowmas or Allhallowtide or Halloween or Allhallows or All Saints' Day or All Souls' Day [Oct 31]
 * Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday [before Easter]
 * Holy Week or Passion Week [before Easter]
 * Lammas or Lammas Day or Lammastide or Feast of St Peter's Chains [Aug 1]
 * Lent or Lententide [40 days before Easter]
 * Martinmas [Nov 11]
 * Michaelmas or Michaelmas Day or Michaelmastide [Sept 29]
 * Palm Sunday [Sun before Easter]
 * Pentecost or Whitsuntide or Whitsun or Whitsunday [7th Sun after Easter]
 * Quadragesima or Quadragesima Sunday
 * Septuagesima
 * Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras or Carnival or Pancake Day [Tues before Ash Wednesday]
 * Solemnity of Mary [Jan 1]
 * Trinity Sunday [Sun after Pentecost]
 * Twelfth-tide or Twelfth-night or Twelfth-day [night before Epiphany]
 * Whitweek and Whitmonday and Whit-Tuesday, etc [after Pentecost]
 * Whitweek and Whitmonday and Whit-Tuesday, etc [after Pentecost]