Day Christmas Day Epiphany Feasts of Our Lord The Naming of Jesus The Baptism of the Lord The Presentation of the Lord The Annunciation of the Lord The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth The Birth of St. John the Baptist The Transfiguration of the Lord Holy Cross Day Other Major Feasts All Feasts of Apostles All Feasts of Evangelists The Holy Innocents St. Joseph St. Mary Magdalene St. Stephen St. Mary the Virgin The Beheading of John the Baptist St. Michael and All Angels Fasts Ash Wednesday and other weekdays of Lent and Holy Week Good Friday and all other Fridays of the year, except in Christmas, Easter, and dominical Feasts Days of Optional Observance ("black-letter days") Memorials (first class days of optional observance) Commemorations (second-class days of optional observance) Rogation Days Harvest Thanksgiving Ember days In addition, some parishes observe other days commemorated elsewhere in the Christian tradition, such as Corpus Christi, Lammas-day, etc. Some individual parishes have their own calendars, which include the names of individuals significant to the parish or its identity, with which they supplement the national calendar. The calendar The following is the calendar of the Anglican Church of Canada according to the Book of Alternative Services. On those days in which there are two commemorations, a pattern of alternating the observance by year is recommended. January February March April May June July August September October November December 1PF: Principal Feast; HD: Holy Day; Mem: Memorial; Com: Commemoration 2Added to the calendar by resolution of the Council of General Synod, May, 2005. Book of Common Prayer Calendar The calendar The calendar of the Prayer Book stipulates: "When two lesser commemorations fall on the same day and it is desired to remember both, it is recommended that one of them be transferred to the nearest day before or after for which no special provision has been made." January 1 The Octave Day of Christmas and Circumcision of our Lord, being New Year's Day. 6 The Epiphany of our Lord with commemoration of his Baptism in the Octave. 10 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr 1645. 12 Benedict Biscop, Abbot and Scholar, 689. John Horden, Missionary, first Anglican Bishop of Moosonee, 1893. 13 The Octave Day of the Epiphany. Hilary, Doctor, Bishop of Poitiers, France, 368. 19 Henry, Missionary, Bishop in Finland, 1150. 21 (Agnes, Virgin and Martyr, Rome, c. 304.) 22 Vincent, Deacon