TABLES AND RULES
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. RASTER- 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 St Andrew, whether before or
after.
All Sundays in the Year.
The
Days
of the
Feasts
of
Septuagesima Sexagesima Quinquagesima Quadragesima Rogation Sunday Ascension- Day Whit- Sunday Trinity- Sunday
Sunday is
The
Evens
or Vigils before
is
Note, That
A TABLE OF ALL THE FEASTS THAT ARE TO BE OBSERVED IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
The Circumcision of our Lord
JESUS CHRIST.
Five Weeks Forty Days Seven Weeks Kight Weeks
The Epiphany.
The Conversion of St Paul.
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin.
St Matthias the Apostle.
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
St Mark the Evangelist.
St Philip and St James the Apostles.
The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
St Barnabas.
Nine
Right
Seven Six
The
Days
of the
Feasta
of
The Nativity of our Lord. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Annunciation of the Blessed
Virgin.
Easter- Day.- Ascension- Day.
Weeks before Master.
St Andrew the Apostle. St Thomas the Apostle. The Nativity of our Lord. St Stephen the Martyr. St John the Evangelist. The Holy Innocents.
Monday and Tuesday in Easter- Week. Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun- Week.
The Evens
or Vigils
before
after Easter.
A TABLE OF THE VIGILS. FASTS, AND DAYS OF ABSTINENCE, TO BE OBSERVED IN THE YEAR.
I. The Forty Days of Lent.
II. The Ember- Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after
The Nativity of St John Baptist.
St Peter the Apostle.
St James the Apostle.
St Bartholomew the Apostle.
St Matthew the Apostle.
St Michael and all Angels.
St Luke the Evangelist.
St Simon and St Jude, Apostles. All Saints.
III. The Three Rogation- Days, being the Monday, Thursday, or the Ascension of our LORD. IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except Christmas Day.
St John Baptist.
St Peter.- St James.
St Bartholomew.
St Matthew.
St Simon and St Jude.
Pentecost.- St Matthias.
any of these Feast- Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast- Day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it.
St Andrew.- St Thomas. All Saints.
Days of Fasting, or Abstinence.
The First Sunday in Lent. The Feast of Pentecost. September 14, and December 13,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Holy.
Day for which a particular Service is appointed.
The Twentieth Day of June, being the Day on which Her Majesty began Her happy
Reign.