Key Dates in the Church Year and at St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley 2023 through 2024

2023
The Feast of the Epiphany & Boar’s Head Festival, Friday, January 6, 2023, 6 pm
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, Sunday, January 7, 2023
Annual Meeting, January 29, 2023 - at 10 am (note: always last Sunday in January)
Vestry Workshop (TBA Vestry members and staff)
Ash Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Lent, February 22 – April 8, 2023
Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, April 2, 2023
Holy Week, April 2 – April 8, 2023
Easter Triduum (The Great Three Days):
      Maundy Thursday, April 6
      Good Friday, April 7
      Easter Vigil, April 8, 2023
Easter Day, April 9, 2023
Ascension Day, May 18, 2023
Pentecost, May 28, 2023
Trinity Sunday, June 4, 2023
Summer Classic, Saturday, June 24, 2023 (tentative)
Fall Faire, Sunday, September 10, 2023 (program year begins)
Blessing of the Animals, Sunday, October 1, 2023, 5 pm
All Saints’ Sunday, November 5, 2023
Diocesan Convention, November 10-11, 2023
Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 26, 2023
SYV Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, Monday, November 13, 2023, 6 pm
Thanksgiving Day Service, Thursday, November 23, 2023, 9 am
Advent 1, December 3, 2023 (begin Lectionary Year B)
Advent, December 3-December 24, 2023
Women’s Guild Christmas Luncheon, Saturday, December 9, 2023, 11:30 am
Advent 4, Sunday, December 24, 2023
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24, 2023
Christmas Day, Monday, December 25, 2023
First Sunday after Christmas Day, Sunday, December 31, 2023​ (Lessons and Carols for Christmas)
 
2024
 In Celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany: The Boar’s Head Festival, Saturday, January 6, 2024, 4 pm
The Feast of the Epiphany, Saturday, January 6, 2024
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, Sunday, January 7, 2024
Annual Meeting, (TBA note: traditionally the last Sunday in January)
Vestry Workshop (TBA Vestry members and staff)
Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Easter Triduum (The Great Three Days):
      Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2024
      Good Friday, March 29, 2024
      Easter Vigil, March 30, 2024
The week that begins with The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, March 24 is Holy Week, March 24-30, 2024
Easter Day, March 31, 2024
The week that begins with Easter Day, March 31 is Easter Week, March 31 – April 6, 2024
Ascension Day, May 9, 2024
Pentecost, May 19, 2024
Advent 1, Sunday, December 1, 2024 (begin Lectionary Year C)
Advent 4, Sunday, December 22, 2024
Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25, 2024