Liturgical Calendar: What Is It?

This post is about the Christian liturgical calendar.

What is the liturgical calendar?

The liturgical calendar is part of the Christian religion. It is also called a church-year calendar. The Christian liturgical calendar divides the 12-month calendar year into sections that guide scripture readings, prayers, songs, and other parts of Christian worship and life. 

Do all liturgical Christians follow the same church-year calendar?

There may be some variation in which days are observed or how they are observed. 

Also, some church traditions that don’t consider themselves liturgical have formed a type of church-year calendar. This church calendar is more often formed by cultural or church events than from a desire to help Christians focus each day on Jesus Christ.

These non-liturgical church calendars tend to revolve around things like vacation Bible school, Christmas and Easter (part of the liturgical calendar), the start of school, and church-specific events like dedicating a month to giving to missionaries.