Editing Joseph of Arimathea (section)

==Veneration==
[[File:Joseph of Arimathea (Pietro Perugino, Lamentation over the Dead Christ).jpg|thumb|left|''Joseph of Arimathea'' by [[Pietro Perugino]], detail from ''[[Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Pietro Perugino)|''Lamentation over the Dead Christ]].'']]

Joseph of Arimathea is venerated as a [[saint]] by the [[Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]es, and in some [[Protestant]] traditions. The traditional Roman calendar marked his feast day on 17 March, but he is now listed, along with Saint Nicodemus, on 31 August in the {{lang|la|[[Martyrologium Romanum]]}}. Eastern Orthodox churches commemorate him on the ''Third Sunday of [[Easter|Pascha]]'' (i.e., the second Sunday after Easter) and on 31 July, a date shared by [[Lutheranism|Lutheran churches]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kinnaman|first=Scott A.|title=Lutheranism 101|year=2010|publisher=[[Concordia Publishing House]]|location=St. Louis, Missouri|isbn=978-0-7586-2505-2|pages=278}}</ref> He is included in the [[Myrrhbearers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goarch.org/special/listen_learn_share/sunday_of_myrrhbearers|title = Learn about the Orthodox Christian Faith - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America}}</ref>

Although a series of legends developed during the [[Middle Ages]] (perhaps elaborations of early [[New Testament apocrypha]]) tied this Joseph to [[Great Britain|Britain]] as well as the [[Holy Grail]], he is not currently on the abbreviated liturgical calendar of the [[Church of England]], although he is on the calendars of some churches of the [[Anglican Communion]], such as the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]], which commemorates him on 1 August.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Church |first=The Episcopal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xb5UzwEACAAJ |title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2022 |date=2023-01-24 |publisher=Church Publishing, Incorporated |isbn=978-1-64065-627-7 |language=en}}</ref>