Nov. 30.] ST. ANDREW’S DAY.
Nov. 30.]
ST. ANDREW’S DAY.
The commencement of the ecclesiastical year is regulated by the feast of St. Andrew, the nearest Sunday to which, whether before or after, constitutes the first Sunday in Advent, or the period of four weeks which heralds the approach of Christmas. St. Andrew’s Day is thus sometimes the first and sometimes the last festival in the Christian Year.—Book of Days, vol ii. p. 636.