Key Dates in the Church Year and at St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley 2023 through January 2025
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, Tuesday, November 21, 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 (tentative)
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, Wednesday, January 6, 2024
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, Sunday, January 7, 2024
Epiphany Proclamation 2024
Dear friends in Christ, the glory of God has shone upon us, and shall ever be manifest among us, until the day of Christ’s ultimate return. Through the rhythms of times and seasons let us celebrate in the eternal now, day by day, the mysteries of salvation.
Let us recall the year’s culmination, the Easter Triduum (The Great Three Days): the last supper, the crucifixion of Jesus, his burial, and Christ’s rising celebrated in 2024 between the evening of March 28 and the evening of March 30. Easter Day is March 31, 2024.
Each Easter – as on each Sunday – the Holy Church makes present the great and saving deeds by which Christ has for ever conquered sin and death. From Easter are reckoned all the days we keep holy. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, will occur on the February 14. The Ascension of the Lord will be commemorated on May 9. Pentecost, the joyful conclusion of the season of Easter, will be celebrated on May 19. And, this year the First Sunday of Advent will be on December 3. Christmas Eve is on Sunday (the evening of the 4th Sunday of Advent) and Christmas Day is on Monday in 2023.
Likewise the pilgrim Church proclaims the passover of Christ in the feasts of the holy Mother of God, in the feasts of the Apostles and Saints, and in the commemoration of the faithful departed.
To Jesus Christ, who was, who is, and who is to come, who reigns over time and history, be endless praise, for ever and ever. Amen.
2025
In Celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany: The Boar’s Head Festival, Sunday, January 5, 2025, 4 pm
The Feast of the Epiphany, Monday, January 6, 2025
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, Sunday, January 12, 2025
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, Tuesday, November 21, 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 (tentative)
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, Wednesday, January 6, 2024
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, Sunday, January 7, 2024
Epiphany Proclamation 2024
Dear friends in Christ, the glory of God has shone upon us, and shall ever be manifest among us, until the day of Christ’s ultimate return. Through the rhythms of times and seasons let us celebrate in the eternal now, day by day, the mysteries of salvation.
Let us recall the year’s culmination, the Easter Triduum (The Great Three Days): the last supper, the crucifixion of Jesus, his burial, and Christ’s rising celebrated in 2024 between the evening of March 28 and the evening of March 30. Easter Day is March 31, 2024.
Each Easter – as on each Sunday – the Holy Church makes present the great and saving deeds by which Christ has for ever conquered sin and death. From Easter are reckoned all the days we keep holy. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, will occur on the February 14. The Ascension of the Lord will be commemorated on May 9. Pentecost, the joyful conclusion of the season of Easter, will be celebrated on May 19. And, this year the First Sunday of Advent will be on December 3. Christmas Eve is on Sunday (the evening of the 4th Sunday of Advent) and Christmas Day is on Monday in 2023.
Likewise the pilgrim Church proclaims the passover of Christ in the feasts of the holy Mother of God, in the feasts of the Apostles and Saints, and in the commemoration of the faithful departed.
To Jesus Christ, who was, who is, and who is to come, who reigns over time and history, be endless praise, for ever and ever. Amen.
- Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Easter Triduum:
- 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
- The Feast of the Epiphany, Monday, January 6, 2025
2025
In Celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany: The Boar’s Head Festival, Sunday, January 5, 2025, 4 pm
The Feast of the Epiphany, Monday, January 6, 2025
The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord, Sunday, January 12, 2025
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