A Book of Prayer (1894) · Rules for finding Feasts and Holy Days

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Rules to know when the feasts and holy days begin.


Easter Sunday, 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 happen on a Sunday, Easter Sunday is the Sunday after.

Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday tot he thirtieth of Novemeber, whether before or after.

Whitsunday, or Feast of Pentecost, is seven weeks after Easter.