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== Ranking of feast days ==
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In the [[Catholic Church]] feast days are ranked in accordance with their importance. In the post-[[Second Vatican Council|Vatican II]] form of the [[Roman Rite]], feast days are ranked (in descending order of importance) as [[Solemnity|solemnities]], feasts or [[memorial (liturgy)|memorials]] (obligatory or optional).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scborromeo.org/litcal.htm|title=Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Church of Picayune, MS – General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar|work=scborromeo.org|access-date=2008-08-13|archive-date=2014-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925094626/http://www.scborromeo.org/litcal.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Pope John XXIII]]'s 1960 [[Code of Rubrics]], whose use remains authorized by the [[motu proprio]] ''[[Summorum Pontificum]]'', divides liturgical days into I, II, III, and IV class days. Those who use even earlier forms of the Roman Rite rank feast days as doubles (of three or four kinds), Semidoubles, and Simples. See [[Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite#Feast days|Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite]].

In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] the ranking of feasts varies from church to church. In the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] they are: [[Great Feasts]], middle, and minor feasts. Each portion of such feasts may also be called feasts as follows: [[All-night vigil]]s, [[Polyeleos]], [[Great Doxology]], Sextuple ("sixfold", having six [[stichera]] at [[Vespers]] and six [[troparia]] at the [[Canon (hymnography)|Canon]] of [[Matins]]). There are also distinctions between Simple feasts and double (i.e., two simple feasts celebrated together). In Double Feasts, the order of hymns and readings for each feast are rigidly instructed in [[Typikon]], the liturgy book.

The [[Lutheran Church]]es celebrate Festivals, Lesser Festivals, Days of Devotion, and Commemorations.<ref name="Senn2012">{{cite book |last1=Senn |first1=Frank C. |title=Introduction to Christian Liturgy |date=2012 |publisher=Fortress Press |isbn=978-1-4514-2433-1 |page=103 }}</ref>

In the [[Church of England]], mother Church of the [[Anglican Communion]], there are [[Principal Feast]]s and [[Principal Holy Day]]s, [[Festival (Church of England)|Festivals]], [[Lesser Festival]]s, and [[Commemoration (observance)|Commemorations]].