Saint Joseph's Day, Valencia, Spain

Between 1870 and 1955, a feast was celebrated in honor of St. Joseph as Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church, the latter title having been given to him by Blessed Pope Pius IX. Originally celebrated on the third Sunday after Easter with an octave, after Divino Afflatu of St. Pius X (Reform of the Roman Breviary by Pope Pius X), it was moved to the preceding Wednesday. The feast and octave were abolished under Pope Pius XII in 1955, and a new feast day, that of Saint Joseph the Worker (a Double of the First Class), was appointed for 1 May in order to coincide with the celebration of Labour Day (May Day) in many countries. The feast of Ss. Philip and James, which had been celebrated on that date since the sixth century, was moved to 11 May. In the new calendar published in 1969, the feast, which at one time occupied the highest possible rank in the Church calendar, was reduced to an optional Memorial, the lowest rank for a saint's day.
The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Joseph on the Sunday after Christmas.