Feast of Christ the King

Feast of Christ the King

The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, is a relatively recent addition to the Western liturgical calendar. It was instituted in 1925 by Pope Pius XI for the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. In 1970 its Roman Rite observance was moved to the final Sunday of Ordinary Time.

About Feast of Christ the King in brief

Summary Feast of Christ the KingThe Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, is a relatively recent addition to the Western liturgical calendar. It was instituted in 1925 by Pope Pius XI for the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. In 1970 its Roman Rite observance was moved to the final Sunday of Ordinary Time. The Anglican, Lutheran, and many other Protestant churches also celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, which is contained in the Revised Common Lectionary. It leads into Advent, when the Church anticipates Christ’s second coming. In 2020, the Solemnities day falls on 22 November. The liturgical vestments for the day are colored white or gold, in keeping with other joyous feasts honoring Christ.

The feast of Christ of the Reign of The Reign of Christ is also known as the Judgement Sunday of Christ, highlighting the final judgement of Christ after the 1983 Lutheran Church of Sweden. Some, such as the Moravian Church in Australia, refer to it in non-gendered terms as the Ungiting Church of Christ. In the extraordinary form, as happens with all Sundays whose liturgies are replaced by those of important feasts, the prayers of the Sunday on which the celebration of the feast of Jesus Christ occurs are used on the ferias of the following week.