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Liturgical Calendar

        Themes are linked with the Christian calendar and are depicted by colours; each season has a colour and changes with the pattern of Worship as shown below

  Colour                 

  Season Mood

  When used

 White

Joy and  Rejoice

Christmas, Easter, Epiphany, Ascension, All Saints

Purple

Thinking deeply and waiting

Advent

Lent

Green

A time to grow

Ordinary days

(not celebrations)

Red

Sad times and certain

Joyful times

Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Pentecost, Saints Days

(not celebrations)

 

        Some schools use these colours to support expression of Anglican distinctiveness and tradition.

        The liturgical seasons can be depicted with coloured material draped on a focus table or ribbon

        draped around a cross.  You can find more information about this on the following links:

        http://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Calendar/Info/background1.shtml

        https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/liturgical-year