Feast of the Circumcision of Christ shed, and thus the beginning of the process of the redemption of man, and a demonstration that Christ was fully human, and of his obedience to Biblical law. The feast day appears on 1 January in the liturgical calendar of the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the General Roman Calendar, the 1 January feast, which from 1568 to 1960 was called "The Circumcision of the Lord and the Octave of the Nativity", is now named the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and the Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord. It is celebrated by some churches of the Anglican
Feast of the Cross so that the General Roman Calendar now celebrates the Holy Cross only on September 14. However, some usus antiquior communities still observe a feast on May 3. May 3 is the date given in the Church of England's "Book of Common Prayer" liturgy, but the new "Common Worship" liturgy, following the Roman Catholic Church's lead, celebrates Holy Cross Day on September 14. The feast day joined the western calendar in the 7th century A.D. The Syriac Church of the East celebrates the finding of the Cross on September 13, and considers it to be a major feast. The Syriac Church