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Celebrating a Year with Christ

A Liturgical Calendar Created by Alisa Davis

What is a Liturgical Calendar? 

A liturgical calendar is used to track celebratory seasons and feasts, which started with the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. This year, Alisa has been working on designing a calendar for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, to help you and your family explore major Christian holidays, important dates in Church history, as well as biblical feasts and festivals celebrated by our Jewish brothers and sisters. Many members of our community have been working to integrate biblical traditions like Passover, or the Feast of Trumpets into their annual practices and family traditions, because they bring a special spirit into their home. You will notice that many of these events tend to overlap! 

January

1 – The Holy Name

2 – President Thomas S. Monson

5 – Last Day of Christmas

6 – Epiphany

8 – Baptism of the Lord

15 – Martin Luther King, Jr.

18 – President David O. McKay

19 – Revelation for the Baptism of the Dead

23 – Conversion of St. Paul

27 – Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe

29 – President Gordon B. Hinckley 

 

A couple poses for a picture in front of the Grotto of the Nativity, the place where Jesus is said to have been born, inside the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 12, 2018. (Thomas Coex/AFP)

February

2 – Presentation of the Lord

4- “Mormon Migration” from Nauvoo Begins

14 – St. Valentine

14 – Organization of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

16 – Revelation on the Degrees of Glory

18 – Martin Luther

24 – Martyrdom of Mattias

27 – Revelation of the Word of Wisdom 

 

March

3 – Wesley Brothers 

5 – Ash Wednesday 

13 – Purim (The Feast of Lots) begins

17 – St. Patrick

17 – Organization of the Relief Society

19 – St. Joseph

27 – Dedication of Kirkland Temple

April

3 – Restoration of Priesthood Keys from Elijah & Moses 

4 – President George Albert Smith

6 – Organization of the Latter-day Church

12 – Passover begins

13 – Palm Sunday

14 – First Vision 

17 – Maundy Thursday 

18 – Good Friday

19 – Holy Saturday

20 – Easter

25 – Martyrdom of Mark the Evangelist

26 – Restoration of the Name of the Church

 

May

2 – Martyrdom of James and Phillip

8 – Julian of Norwich

8 – Revelation on the Law of Tithing

14 – President Heber J. Grant

15 – Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood

18 – Ascension Day

24 – Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood

30 – Joan of Arc

30 – President Ezra Taft Benson

June

1 – Revelation Lifting Priesthood Ban

6 – Miracle of the Gulls 

8 – Pentecost

11 – Martyrdom of Barnabas

18 – Translation of the Book of Mormon Completed

24 – Nativity of John the Baptist

27 – Martyrdom of Hyrum and Joseph Smith

29 – Martyrdom of Peter and Paul

 

July

2 – President Joseph Fielding Smith
11 – St. Benedict
12 – Revelation on Eternal Marriage
20 – Revelation on Location of Zion
22 – Mary Magdalene 
24 – Pioneer Day
25 – President John Taylor
25 – Martyrdom of James the Elder
 
 
 

August

6 – Transfiguration of Jesus
15 – Virgin Mary and Heavenly Mother
24 – Martyrdom of Nathaniel
28 – St. Augustine
29 – President Brigham Young
 

September

2 – President Wilford Woodruff
5 – Mother Theresa
17 – Battle of Nauvoo
21 – Moroni Day 
21 – Martyrdom of Matthew 
22 – Rosh Hashanah
22 – Joseph Smith received the Gold Plates
29 – Michaelmas
 

October

1 – Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) 
4 – St. Francis of Assissi
6 – Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
6 – William Tyndale
10 – President Lorenzo Snow
15 – St. Theresa of Avila 
18 – Martyrdom of Luke the Evangelist
23 – James of Jerusalem
27 – Missouri Extermination Order
28 – Martyrdom of Simon and Jude
30 – Haun’s Mill 
31 – All Hallow’s Eve
 
 
 

November

1 – All Saint’s Day / Dia de los Muertos
5 – President Spencer W. Kimball
11 – Martinmas
19 – Joseph F. Smith
30 – Advent I: Hope
30 – Martyrdom of Andrew
 

December

6 – St. Nicholas
7 – Advent II: Faith
13 – St. Lucy 
14 – Hanukkah begins
14 – Advent III: Joy
21 – Advent IV: Peace
21 – Martyrdom of Thomas 
24 – Christmas Eve
25 – Christmas 
26 – President Harold B. Lee
26 – Martyrdom of Stephen
27 – John the Evangelist
28 – Holy Innocents 
30 – Saints commanded to gather in Ohio
31 – John Wycliff

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