OK, this is slightly boring and nerdy, but I've been trying to get my head round the Church of England Weekday Lectionary (2005/2010), and part of that is to figure out the Sundays of the church year. It's slightly confusing, because Christmas can happen on any day of the week, and Easter is all over the place.

But here it is, with dates included, based on the list of Sundays in Common Worship. Sundays marked with an *asterisk do not happen every year. Dates in (parentheses) are for leap years. Note that there are up to five Sundays before Lent, and up to five Sundays after the 18th Sunday after Trinity, and of these ten, only five or six fall in any given year (and it's approximately equally likely to be five or to be six). I think it's all correct: comments welcome!

  • The First Sunday of Advent [the Sunday between 27 Nov and 3 Dec]
  • The Second Sunday of Advent
  • The Third Sunday of Advent
  • The Fourth Sunday of Advent
  • The First Sunday of Christmas
  • *The Second Sunday of Christmas [will be omitted if Christmas Day is a Monday or Tuesday]
  • The First Sunday of Epiphany [the Sunday between 6 and 12 Jan, 6 Jan being Epiphany]
  • The Second Sunday of Epiphany
  • The Third Sunday of Epiphany
  • The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany [the Sunday between 27 Jan and 2 Feb, 2 Feb being the Presentation of Christ in the Temple]
  • *The Fifth Sunday before Lent [if Easter no earlier than 21 (20) Apr]
  • *The Fourth Sunday before Lent [if Easter no earlier than 14 (13) Apr]
  • *The Third Sunday before Lent [if Easter no earlier than 7 (6) Apr]
  • *The Second Sunday before Lent [if Easter no earlier than 31 (30) Mar]
  • *The Sunday next before Lent [if Easter no earlier than 24 (23) Mar]
  • The First Sunday of Lent [will fall between 8 (9) Feb and 14 Mar]
  • The Second Sunday of Lent
  • The Third Sunday of Lent
  • The Fourth Sunday of Lent (Mothering Sunday)
  • The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins)
  • Palm Sunday
  • Easter Day [will fall between 22 March and 25 April]
  • The Second Sunday of Easter
  • The Third Sunday of Easter
  • The Fourth Sunday of Easter
  • The Fifth Sunday of Easter
  • The Sixth Sunday of Easter
  • The Seventh Sunday of Easter (The Sunday after Ascension Day)
  • Pentecost (Whit Sunday)
  • Trinity Sunday
  • The First Sunday after Trinity
  • The Second Sunday after Trinity
  • The Third Sunday after Trinity
  • The Fourth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Fifth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Seventh Sunday after Trinity
  • The Eighth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Ninth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
  • The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
  • The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
  • *The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity [if Easter no later than 23 Apr]
  • *The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity [if Easter no later than 16 Apr]
  • *The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity [if Easter no later than 9 Apr]
  • *[Insert extra Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity if there are 23 Sundays after Trinity. Happens if Easter falls between 22 and 26 Mar]
  • *The Last Sunday after Trinity [if Easter no later than 2 Apr]
  • The Fourth Sunday before Advent [the Sunday between 30 Oct and 5 Nov]
  • The Third Sunday before Advent
  • The Second Sunday before Advent
  • Christ the King - The Sunday next before Advent
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