New and Traditional Calendar Listed Side by Side

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Judeo Christian Liturgical Calendar

New and Traditional Listed Side by Side

Theo-logic behind the New Liturgical Calendar

2018

New Calendar:

Inspired in the calendar Jesus used and His Manifestation in Time. Proposed and recommended as the New Judeo Christian Liturgical Calendar. (*)

Traditional Calendar:

Dates according to (a) Christian Catholic traditions or (b) modern Jewish traditions. Where it is not specified otherwise, "Traditional" refers to Traditional Roman Catholic. (**)

JANUARY

Celebration	New	Traditional
Epiphany	Jan 6	Jan 6th (General) or Jan 7th (USA) [1]

FEBRUARY

Celebration	New	Traditional
The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Feb 2	Feb 2
The Baptism of the Lord	Feb 27	Jan 7th or Jan 8th (USA) [2]
Ash Wednesday	Feb 28	Feb 14

Period of LENT

Celebration	New	Traditional
Lent	Feb 28 to Sundown on Apr 14 (Holy Saturday)	Feb 14 to Mar 31 (Holy Saturday)

MARCH

Celebration	New	Traditional
Spring Equinox [Reference point - not a feast]	Mar 20 at 6:15 PM (Jerusalem Time)	Mar 20 at 6:15 PM (Jerusalem Time)
Annunciation	Mar 25	Mar 25 [3]
The Beginning of the Essene Year [Reference point - not a feast]	Sundown on Mar 27	-
First day of the Essene Year - Rosh Hashanah	Sundown on Mar 27 to Sundown on Mar 28	Orthodox Jewish: Sundown Sep 9 to Sundown Sep 11 [4]

APRIL

Celebration	New	Traditional
Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth	Apr 1	May 31
Palm Sunday	Apr 8	Mar 25
The 14th day of the Essene year [Reference point - not a feast]	Sundown Apr 9 to Sundown Apr 10	-
Passover Meal (Jesus' Last Passover)	Sundown Apr 10 (Tuesday)	Evening on Holy Thursday
Holy Thursday	Apr 12	Mar 29
Holy Friday	Apr 13 (Special Time at 3PM)	Mar 30
Holy Saturday	Apr 14	Mar 31
Easter Sunday (Resurrection Sunday)	Apr 15	Apr 1
Divine Mercy Sunday	Apr 22	Apr 8
8th Day after Sukkot	Divine Mercy Sunday (Apr 22)	Orthodox Jewish: Sundown Sep 30 to Sundown Oct 1

APRIL - Multi-day Feasts

Celebration	New	Traditional
Period of the Unleavened Bread	Sundown Apr 10 to Sundown Apr 14	Orthodox Jewish: Sundown Mar 31 to Sundown Apr 6
Yom Kippur (atonement and repentance)	Sundown Apr 10 to Apr 13 at 3PM	Orthodox Jewish: Sundown Sep 18 to Sundown Sep 19
Sukkot (freedom from slavery)	Sundown Apr 14 to Sundown Apr 21	Orthodox Jewish: Sundown Sep 23 to Sundown Sep 30

MAY

Celebration	New	Traditional
The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ	May 24	May 10 (Thursday) or May 13 (Sunday) [5]
Christ the King	May 27	Nov 25

JUNE

Celebration	New	Traditional
Pentecost Sunday	Jun 3	May 20
Shavuot	Pentecost Sunday (Jun 3)	Orthodox Jewish: Sundown May 19 to Sundown May 21 [6]
Holy Trinity Sunday	Jun 10	May 27
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ (Corpus Christi)	Jun 17	Jun 3
Sacred Heart of Jesus	Jun 22	Jun 8
Immaculate Heart of Mary	Jun 23	Jun 9

JULY

Celebration	New	Traditional
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Jul 16	Jul 16

AUGUST

Celebration	New	Traditional
Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ	Aug 6	Aug 6
Assumption of Mary into Heaven	Aug 15	Aug 15

SEPTEMBER

Celebration	New	Traditional
Exaltation of the Cross	Sep 14	Sep 14

OCTOBER

Celebration	New	Traditional
Anniversary of the Miracle at Fatima	Oct 13	Not celebrated as a Feast

NOVEMBER

Celebration	New	Traditional
First Sunday of Advent [Reference point - not a feast]	Dec 2	Dec 2

DECEMBER

Celebration	New	Traditional
Immaculate Conception of Mary	Dec 8	Dec 8
Christmas Day	Dec 25	Dec 25
Chanukah	Octave of Christmas (Dec 25 to Jan 1)	Jewish Orthodox: Sundown Dec 22 to Sundown Dec 30

NOTES

(*) New Judeo Christian Liturgical Calendar inspired in the Calendar Jesus used and His Manifestation in Time:

[1] How are the dates determined

[2] Definition of Key Jewish Holy Days and why some are being incorporated into Christian Liturgical Celebrations by miguel de Portugal

[3] Theo-logic behind the New Liturgical Calendar

(**) Main sources consulted for Traditional Calendar:

- Calendar by USCCB and Spanish Liturgical Calendar, for the traditional Roman-Catholic dates

- calendardate.com for the traditional Jewish dates

[1] Epiphany

Traditional Calendar: January 6, but in most dioceses and countries, like USA, the celebration is transferred to the Sunday between January 2 and January 8, inclusive, which in 2018 is January 7. (Source)

[2] The Baptism of the Lord

Traditional Calendar: January 7 (the Sunday after Epiphany), but in countries like USA (which celebrate Epiphany on January 7), the celebration is transferred to the following Monday, January 8. (Source)

[3] Annunciation

Traditional Calendar: Since March 25, 2018 is Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, normally assigned to this date, is transferred to Monday, April 9, 2018. (Source: footnote #9 in page 7 in USCCB Liturgical Calendar 2018)

[4] Rosh Hashanah

Traditional Calendar: Why two days long? Since the time of the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in 70 CE and the time of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, normative Jewish law appears to be that Rosh Hashanah is to be celebrated for two days, because of the difficulty of determining the date of the new moon. (Source)

[5] The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Traditional Calendar: Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday, the fortieth day of Easter, although some dioceses and countries (e.g. Spain) have moved the observance to the following Sunday - May 13th. (Source)

[6] Shavuot

Traditional Calendar: Shavuot is celebrated in Israel for one day and in the Diaspora (outside of Israel) for two days. Reform Judaism celebrates only one day, even in the Diaspora. (Source)

[7] Anniversary of the Miracle at Fatima

Traditional Calendar: The Miracle at Fatima happened on Oct 13th but, despite its importance, the Anniversary is not observed in the official Catholic Liturgical Calendar in USA nor in Spain, as published by their respective Conference of Bishops.