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Keywords: Pentecost, Sunday, Holy, Advent, Son
Sums up all the observances in the Church's calendar from Advent up until Pentecost. On Trinity Sunday, the Church is reminded of God's eternal nature - they remember that they worship one God in three persons (Father, Son and the Holy Spirit)
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eighth Sunday after Easter
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the Sunday after Pentecost, and the day on which the communion of God as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is celebrated.
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The first Sunday after Pentecost, acknowledging the mystery and unity of the Holy Trinity (God the father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit)
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The first Sunday after the Pentecost and the only major Holy Day named for a doctrine. Until recently, Sundays were dated after Trinity, a custom believed to have grown in popularity due to St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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A principal feast of the Church, honouring the Trinity, observed on the Sunday next after Whitsunday. This is the Feast Day of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
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Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar. Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three persons of God: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday in the second period of Ordinary Time, a period which continues until Advent and is characterised by the use of green as the predominant liturgical colour; however, the colour for Trinity Sunday itself is white.
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