We look forward to the next of the church winter seasons, called Epiphany, which follows Christmas. A little background to the seasons and festivals follows below the worship pattern.

Services at St Peter’s Church Langton, St Andrew’s Tur Langton and St Leonard’s, Thorpe Langton

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY SERVICES

JANUARY
5th No Service
12th 10.30am Church Langton Holy Communion, Martin Hathaway
12th 4.30pm Tur Langton Family Service Jonathan Dowman
19th 10.30am Tur Langton All Age Worship Maxine Johnson
26th 10.30am Church Langton Holy Communion, Martin Hathaway

FEBRUARY
2nd 6.00pm Thorpe Langton Holy Communion, Candlemas Martin Hathaway
9th 4.30pm Tur Langton Family Service, Jonathan Dowman
9th 10.30am Church Langton Holy Communion, Martin Hathaway
16th 10.30am Tur Langton Holy Communion, Martin Hathaway
23rd 10.30am Church Langton Holy Communion, Martin Hathaway

We hope you can join us for these services but also wish our friends and followers here who live further away, a very peaceful, prosperous and healthy 2025.

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The Church Winter Seasons and Festivals

Background INFORMATION

Christmas follows Advent and is the season that begins on December 25th. 

Twelfth Days The 12 days between Christmas Day and January 5th, also known as Epiphany Eve. Shakespeare’s play, ‘Twelfth Night Or What You Will’ celebrates this special evening and last day of Christmas. Shakespeare wrote the play as a Twelfth Night entertainment around 1601–1602.

Epiphany The feast of Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th, and is also known as “Three Kings’ Day”. Many countries, including Spain, Italy and Mexico, celebrate the giving of Christmas gifts on King’s Day, (El Día de los Reyes) in recognition of the time when the Wise Men traveled from the East and brought gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh.

Our Nativity scene in St Peter’s see us bring the Wise Men inside the stable on that day. Until then, they are outside, traveling and following the Star.

The season of Epiphany continues with the Sundays of Epiphany, and ends with the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas) on 2nd February.

Candlemas is traditionally the 40th day of (and the conclusion of) the Christmas/Epiphany season. Candlemas is celebrated on 2 February to commemorate the purification of the Virgin Mary (after childbirth, according to Jewish law) and the presentation of Christ in the Temple. Candles are traditionally blessed at this festival, hence the name.

After these seasons, the church changes to Ordinary Time, until the season of Lent.

Thank you 🙏