January

• January 20

  A Christian holy day.

• Epiphany

  Twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant ...

• Twelfth night

  Eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5.

Lent

• Good Friday

  Friday before Easter.

• Ash Wednesday

  The 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras...

Also contains

• quarter day

  A Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due.

• holy day of obligation

  A day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and...

• Transfiguration

  (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of...

• All Souls' Day

  A day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory.

• Passion Sunday

  Second Sunday before Easter.

• Palm Sunday

  Sunday before Easter.

• Low Sunday

  The Sunday following Easter.

• Holy Innocents' Day

  December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem.

• Holy Saturday

  The Saturday before Easter; the last day of Lent.

• Quinquagesima

  The Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent).

• Septuagesima

  The 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter).

• Trinity Sunday

  Eighth Sunday after Easter.

• Quadragesima

  The first Sunday in Lent.

• Rogation Day

  One of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of...

• Corpus Christi

  Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246.

• Maundy Thursday

  The Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper.

• Saints Peter and Paul

  First celebrated in the 3rd century.

• Saint Joseph

  A Christian holy day.

• Advent Sunday

  The first of the four Sundays during Advent.

• Mardi Gras

  The last day before Lent.

• Ember Day

  A day set aside for fasting and prayer.

• Easter Sunday

  The day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated.