Do all Christians follow the liturgical calendar? The question is more complicated than it first appears.

If you weren’t raised in a Christian tradition that uses a liturgical calendar, you might wonder why it is and why it matters. Here are six quick facts about the Church calendar.

The church calendar divides the 12-month calendar into two large parts...Each tradition may have slight variations on how they divide the church-year calendar.

The liturgical calendar is part of the Christian religion…Some Christian traditions that don’t consider themselves liturgical still have a church-year calendar.

If you weren’t raised in a Christian tradition that uses a liturgical calendar, you might wonder why it is and why it matters. Here are six quick facts about the Church calendar.