Commemoration (Anglicanism)
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Commemorations are a type of
Lesser Festivals. Whereas Principal Feasts must be celebrated, it is not obligatory to observe Commemorations. They are always attached to a calendar date, and are not observed if they fall on a Sunday, in Holy Week, or in Easter Week. In Common Worship
Commemorations are not provided with collects or indications of liturgical colour. However, they may be celebrated as Lesser Festivals if local pastoral conditions suggest it.
Examples of Commemorations in the Church of England
- 10 January: William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury 1633- 1645
- 18 January: Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, spiritual writer, 1951
- 20 January: Richard Rolle of Hampole, Spiritual Writer, 1349
- 10 February: Scholastica, sister of Benedict, Abbess, c 543
- 8 March: Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647
- 24 April: Mellitus, Bishop of London, first Bishop of St Paul's, 624
- 16 May: Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877
- 3 June: The Martyrs of Uganda, 1885–1887 and 1977
- 20 July: Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th century
- 11 August: Tractarian, 1890
- 1 September: Giles of Provence, Hermit, c 710
- 12 October: Edith Cavell, b.4 December 1865 d.12 October 1915, British nurse and patriot
- 25 October: Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c 287
- 14 November: Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796
- 1 December: Charles de Foucauld, Hermit in the Sahara, 1916
