Churches that follow (sort of?) the same calendar as the Roman Catholic Church

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I go past this Evangelical Lutheran church in town every Saturday morning, and I notice that their calendar is close to what the Roman Catholic Church calendar is. For example, last week they celebrated Pentecost, and this week they are celebrating The Most Holy Trinity. Do these churches and some others follow close to what the Roman Catholic Church calendar is? Could someone give me an example of what the typical litugical calendar is in this Protestant group and others?
 
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod liturgical calendar is:
Code: 
  November
* 30 - St. Andrew, Apostle

  December
* 21 -  St. Thomas, Apostle
* 26 -  St. Stephen, Martyr
* 27 -  St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
* 28 -  The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
* 31 -  Eve of the Circumcision and Name of Jesus
            New Year's Eve

  January
* 18 - The Confession of St. Peter
* 24 - St. Timothy, Pastor and Confessor
* 25 - The Conversion of St. Paul
* 26 - St. Titus, Pastor and Confessor
  February
*  2 - The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Our Lord
* 24 - St. Matthias, Apostle

  March
* 19 - St. Joseph, Guardian of Jesus
* 25 - The Annunciation of Our Lord

  April
* 25 - St. Mark, Evangelist

  May
*   1 - St. Philip and St. James, Apostles
* 31 - The Visitation (Three-Year Lectionary)

  June
* 11 - St. Barnabas, Apostle
* 24 - The Nativity of St. John the Baptist
* 29 - St. Peter and St. Paul, Apostles

  July
*  2 - The Visitation (One-Year Lectionary)
* 22 - St. Mary Magdalene
* 25 - St. James the Elder, Apostle

  August
* 15 - St. Mary, Mother of Our Lord
* 24 - St. Bartholomew, Apostle
* 29 - The Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist

  September
* 14 - Holy Cross Day
* 21 - St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
* 29 - St. Michael and All Angels

  October
* 18 - St. Luke, Evangelist
* 23 - St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr
* 28 - St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles
* 31 - Reformation Day

  November
*  1 - All Saints' Day
 
CatholicZ09 said:
I go past this Evangelical Lutheran church in town every Saturday morning, and I notice that their calendar is close to what the Roman Catholic Church calendar is. For example, last week they celebrated Pentecost, and this week they are celebrating The Most Holy Trinity. Do these churches and some others follow close to what the Roman Catholic Church calendar is? Could someone give me an example of what the typical litugical calendar is in this Protestant group and others?
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What calendar are you specifically talking about? Pentecost is pretty universal, it comes 50 days after Easter, or 10 days after Ascension which is 40 days after Easter. Now there are minor Feasts such as Trinity Sunday which is not universal in the Catholic Church. In the Byzantine Rite we are celebrating All Saints Sunday.
 
LC-MS commemorations are:
Jan.
2 J. K. Wilhelm Loehe, Pastor
10 Basil the Great of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa, Pastors and Confessors
20 Sarah
27 John Chrysostom, Preacher

Feb.
5 Jacob (Israel), Patriarch
10 Silas, Fellow worker of St. Peter and St. Paul
13 Aquila, Priscilla, Apollos
14 Valentine, Martyr
15 Philemon and Onesimus
16 Philip Melanchthon (birth), Confessor
18 Martin Luther, Doctor and Confessor
23 Polycarp of Smyrna, Pastor and Martyr

March
7 Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs
17 Patrick, Missionary to Ireland
31 Joseph, Patriarch

April

6 Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Dürer, Artists
20 Johannes Bugenhagen, Pastor
21 Anselm of Canterbury, Theologian
24 Johann Walter, Kantor

May

2 Athanasius of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor
4 Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary
5 Frederick the Wise, Christian Ruler
7 C. F. W. Walther, Theologian
9 Job
11 Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs
21 Emperor Constantine, Christian Ruler and \ Helen, Mother of Constantine
24 Esther
25 Bede the Venerable, Theologian

June

1 Justin, Martyr
5 Boniface of Mainz, Missionary to the Germans
12 The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, A.D. 325
14 Elisha
25 Presentation of the Augsburg Confession
26 Jeremiah
27 Cyril of Alexandria, Pastor and Confessor
28 Irenaeus of Lyons, Pastor

July

6 Isaiah
16 Ruth
20 Elijah
21 Ezekiel
28 Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantor
29 Mary, Martha, and Lazarus of Bethany
30 Robert Barnes, Confessor and Martyr
31 Joseph of Arimathea

August

3 Joanna, Mary, and Salome, Myrrhbearers
10 Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
16 Isaac
17 Johann Gerhard, Theologian
19 Bernard of Clairvaux, Hymnwriter and Theologian
20 Samuel
27 Monica, Mother of Augustine
28 Augustine of Hippo, Pastor and Theologian

Sept.

1 Joshua
2 Hannah
3 Gregory the Great, Pastor
4 Moses
5 Zacharias and Elizabeth
16 Cyprian of Carthage, Pastor and Martyr
22 Jonah
30 Jerome, Translator of Holy Scripture

Oct.

7 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, Pastor
9 Abraham
11 Philip the Deacon
17 Ignatius of Antioch, Pastor and Martyr
25 Dorcas (Tabitha), Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women
26 Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heerman, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters

Nov.

8 Johannes von Staupitz, Luther’s Father Confessor
9 Martin Chemnitz (birth), Pastor and Confessor
11 Martin of Tours, Pastor
14 Emperor Justinian, Christian Ruler and Confessor of Christ
19 Elizabeth of Hungary
23 Clement of Rome, Pastor
29 Noah

Dec.

4 John of Damascus, Theologian and Hymnwriter
6 Nicholas of Myra, Pastor
7 Ambrose of Milan, Pastor and Hymnwriter
13 Lucia, Martyr
17 Daniel the Prophet and the Three Young Men
19 Adam and Eve
20 Katharina von Bora Luther
29 David
 
The Wisconsin Lutheran Synod (WELS) follows a calender similar (or identical, I’d have to do some research) to the LCMS. It goes to say the liturgical year of the Lutheran Church is identical time-wise to the RCC, that is to say it begins and ends the same time and a lot of the major festivals are the same.
 
I did more research and found a link to the WELS basic liturgical calendar for this year. However, I noticed that they called what I grew up knowing the Sundays after Pentecost as Pentecost 1, 2, 3, etc. “Trinity 1, 2, 3, etc.” Never seen a church in the synod do such a thing so I was confused. I could not find which saint days the WELS recognize but I am almost positive it is very similar to the LCMS list.

Here is the link… lwms2011convention.com/lwms/docs/nph-church-year-calendar-2010-2011.pdf

Hope this helps!
 
I once went to a Methodist Church. I mentioned to the pastor that the scriptures he used on a given Sunday were the same as the scriptures that I heard used on a cathoilc program I listened to before church. I said the he followed the catholic lectionary.
 
I think that the Episcopal Church follows a substantially similar calendar. though they may not formally observe all the feasts and fasts beyond acknowledging their historicity.

Many many Protestants acknowledge the traditional Church seasons and dates, including my own. We observe Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. Fasting is optional, nobody will call you out for failing to fast during Lent, but we speak of entering Lent.
 
CatholicZ09 said:
I go past this Evangelical Lutheran church in town every Saturday morning, and I notice that their calendar is close to what the Roman Catholic Church calendar is. For example, last week they celebrated Pentecost, and this week they are celebrating The Most Holy Trinity. Do these churches and some others follow close to what the Roman Catholic Church calendar is? Could someone give me an example of what the typical litugical calendar is in this Protestant group and others?
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This probably contains more information than you want to know:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_calendar_%28Lutheran%29

Most Lutheran and Anglican/Anglican descended (e.g. Episcopal) churches follow a similar calendar to the Roman Catholic Church–those from the Reformed and traditions springing up from the Radical Reformation, to a much lesser degree.
 
The ELCA calendar is the closest out of any Lutheran church (I think) in America.
 
I drove past a Presbyterian church that also observed Trinity Sunday last weekend.

When I saw that, my question was whether all these faith communities plan on adopting the new translations of the Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, etc.
 
Thank you for all the information! It’s nice reading about others faiths.
 
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