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With other Christians, The United Methodist Church celebrates the special days of the Christmas season (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany) and the Easter season (Lent, Easter, Pentecost).
Other special Christian days fall during Ordinary Time, including Trinity Sunday, All Saints' Day and Christ the King Sunday.
Find out more about these special times of the year.
Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday.
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols has been offered annually by the choir of King's College in Cambridge, England since 1918, and similar "Lessons and Carols" services have been offered by churches worldwide since the mid-20th century. While this service is relatively recent, it's basic purpose and structure dates back to at least the fourth century.
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