Feast of the Circumcision of Christ of the Church of England has listed this day as "The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus Christ." The "Book of Common Prayer" of the Anglican Church of Canada calls it "The Octave Day of Christmas, and the Circumcision of Our Lord, being New Year's Day". The 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church (United States) names this day "The Holy Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ", a Feast of the Lord. Since it was a feast of Christ and related directly to Scriptural passages (notably Luke 2:21), the Feast of Circumcision was retained by churches of the Lutheran
Feast of Christ the King made clearer". He assigned to it the highest rank of "solemnity". In 2019, the Solemnity day falls on . The liturgical vestments for the day are colored white or gold, in keeping with other joyous feasts honoring 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 Christ the King occurs are used on the ferias (weekdays) of the following week. The Sunday liturgy is thus not totally omitted. In 2018, the Solemnity day falls on for those