Sunday, May 11, 2008 The Scottish Book of Common Prayer (1929)
TABLES AND RULES FOR THE MOVEABLE AND RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE
MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLY-DAYS BEGIN Easter Day (on which the
rest depend) is aiways the first Sunday after the Full Moon
which happens upon or next after the Twenty-first day of March;
and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the
Sunday after. Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the
Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after, or the day of that
Feast. Septuagesima Sunday is nine weeks before Easter.
Sexagesirna Sunday is eight weeks before Easter. Quinquagesima
Sunday is seven weeks before Easter. Quadragesima Sunday is six
weeks before Easter. Rogation Sunday is five weeks after Easter.
Ascension Day is forty days after Easter. Whitsunday is seven
weeks after Easter. Trinity Sunday is eight weeks after Easter.
A TABLE OF ALL THE FEASTS THAT ARE TO BE OBSERVED IN THE
SCOTTISH CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR All Sundays in the year. Red
Letter Days: The day of the