The Medieval Calendar

Holidays celebrated throughout the year within the period of the SCA

January

1  - Feast of the Circumcision of Christ
5 - Twelfth Night
6 - Epiphany (or Twelfth Day)


February

2 - Candlemas / Purification of the Virgin Mary / Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
14 - Saint Valentines Day

* Shrove Tuesday - Tuesday in the 7th week before Easter
* Ash Wednesday (2/22/2012) - 46 days before Easter, marks the beginning of Lent  (can fall sometime between Feb 4 and March 10th)

March

1 - Saint David's Day
14 - Saint Patrick's Day
18 - Feast of Saint Edward the Confessor
21 - Feast of Saint Benedict
25 - Feast of the Annunciation of Mary

*Palm Sunday - Sunday before Easter
*Good Friday - Friday before Easter  (4/6/2012)


April

1 - All Fools Day / April Fools Day
23 - Saint George's Day

* Easter Sunday / Resurrection Sunday - falls on the first Sunday after the first Full Moon which either fell On or After March 21st.  (4/8/2012)
* Hocktide - falls the Sunday after Easter

May

1 - May Day
3 - Holy Rood Day / Roodmas / Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross

* Rogation Sunday - falls 5 weeks after Easter
* Feast of the Ascension - on Thursday, the 40th day after Easter  (5/17/2012)
*Whitsun / Pentecost - the 7th sunday after Easter (5/27/2012)