A126 Transfer dates of commemorations in Lesser Feasts and Fasts
Resolved, the House of ________________ concurring,
That the 81st General Convention authorize the following transfers of dates in Lesser Feasts and Fasts.
Cornelius the Centurion: Transfer from February 4 to October 20.
Martyrs of Japan: Transfer from February 5 to February 6
Theodora: Transfer from February 11 to February 12
Mary of Egypt: Transfer from April 3 to March 30
Simeon Bachos: Transfer from August 27 to August 26
Remigius of Rheims: Transfer from October 1 to October 2
Nicholas Ferrar: Transfer from December 1 to December 8
First Book of Common Prayer: Fix date on June 13
Explanation
Many individuals on the Calendar are commemorated on more than one date by different provinces of the Anglican Communion and by other churches. These figures are currently commemorated on a date that is shared with another feast. By transferring them to another date associated with them, it prevents congestion in some months, and allows for most feasts to be observed. Under the rubrics for local commemoration, any community that preferred to use the traditional date could still keep the feast then. In addition, some have suggested that having a fixed date on which to commemorate the First Book of Common Prayer would be more helpful than a moveable feast in the first week after Pentecost.