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