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Trinity Sunday is the Sunday after Pentecost when churches focus on one of Christianity's biggest ideas — that God is three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) in one God. It sounds confusing, and theologians have debated it for centuries, but the feast celebrates the mystery at the heart of Christian faith.
Hymns like 'Holy, Holy, Holy' are sung everywhere. Eden lists retreat centres that offer theology weekends and summer quiet days.
At a glance
- Type
- solemnity
- Date type
- Moveable (changes with Easter)
- Regions
- Western Christianity
- Themes
- Trinity
- Liturgical colour
- White
Common questions
Trinity Sunday is observed on 31 May 2026. Moveable feasts shift each year; fixed feasts stay on the same calendar date.
The feast honoring the Holy Trinity — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — as One God in Three Persons, as defined in the Nicene Creed. Trinity Sunday was established in the Western calendar in the 10th–11th centuries and accepted universally by Rome in 1334. In the Anglican tradition, Sundays are traditionally counted "after Trinity" rather than "after Pentecost," giving the post-Pentecost season the n
It is associated with Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist. It falls in the Pentecost, Ordinary Time season of the liturgical year.
Related holidays
- Christ the King22 November 2026 (semi-fixed)Read guide
- All Saints' DayNovember 1Read guide
- Feast of St. Francis of AssisiOctober 4 (fixed)Read guide
- Nativity of St. John the BaptistJune 24 (exactly six months before Christmas; Luke 1:26 sets Gabriel's visit to Mary six months after Elizabeth's conception)Read guide
