About the season
The ​Season of the Glorious Birth of Jesus in the Maronite Church marks the beginning of the Liturgical Year.
The Sundays in honour of the Church initiate the Maronite Liturgical Year.
​If November 1 falls on either a Monday or Tuesday, only the feast of the Consecration of the Church is observed.
If November 1 falls on a day other than Monday or Tuesday, both the Consecration and the Renewal of the Church Sundays are observed.
These Sundays, with their focus on the Church, teach us that the entire saving mission of Christ today takes place through His Church.
The Season of the Glorious Birth of Jesus extends from the Sundays of the Church to the Feast of the Epiphany. During the weeks leading up to Christmas Day, we prepare ourselves to celebrate the Incarnation of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Sundays of the Church
-Sunday of the Consecration of the Church (1st Sunday of November)
-Sunday of the Renewal of the Church

-Announcement to Zechariah
-Annunciation to the Virgin Mary
-Visitation of the Virgin to Elizabeth
-Birth of John the Baptist
-Revelation to Joseph
-Ancestry of Jesus 
Glorious Birth of Our Lord on December 25
-The flee to Egypt-Massacre of the innocents
Circumcision of Our Lord on January 1 
-Finding of the Lord in the Temple