Dear DOD, Why isn’t Epiphany a transferable feast? Anonymous Dear Anonymous, First of all, a transferable feast is a celebration assigned to a specific calendar date that can be moved on the Christian or liturgical calendar. For instance, when the date of the feast of a major saint like Saint Paul, January 25, falls on a Sunday, it is moved to Monday. This is because Sundays are always a Feast of Our Lord and always take precedence. The Feast of the Epiphany celebrates the manifestation of...

January 5, known as Twelfth Night, refers of course to the twelfth night after Christmas. The church year begins with the season of...

Dear DOD, Why does our church use blue altar cloths for Advent? And why do some churches use purple? And why are the cloths white on...