Announcement for Easter and moveable feasts for 2025

... Our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom is honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

The proclamation of the date of Easter and the other moveable feasts on the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord dates from a time when calendars were not readily available.

It was necessary to make known the date of Easter in advance, since many celebrations of the liturgical year depend on its date. The number of Sundays that follow Epiphany, the date of Ash Wednesday, and the number of Sundays that follow Pentecost are all computed in relation to Easter.

On the Epiphany of the Lord, after the proclamation of the Gospel, a deacon or cantor, in keeping with an ancient practice of Holy Mother Church, announces from the ambo the moveable feasts of the current year:

“Know, dear brothers and sisters, that, as we have rejoiced at the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, so by leave of God’s mercy we announce to you also the joy of his Resurrection, who is our Savior.

“On the fifth day of March will fall Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of the fast of the most sacred Lenten season.

“On the twentieth day of April you will celebrate with joy Easter Day, the Paschal feast of our Lord Jesus Christ.

“On the first day of June will be the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.

“On the eighth day of June, the feast of Pentecost.

“On the eleventh day of June, the feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.

“On the thirtieth day of November, the First Sunday of the Advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom is honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”