It is a celebration that reenacts the Last Supper, involves the consecration of the bread and wine, and includes the participation of the faithful through receiving Holy Communion. On the other hand, liturgical services that are not Mass might focus on different aspects of faith, such as the...
Easter is observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox, which occurs about March 20 or 21. The date is also dependent on the Christian denomination celebrating the holiday, as different denominations use distin...
Easter is on its way. But for many Christians, first comes Lent, the liturgical season of 40 days of prayer, fasting and almsgiving (a.k.a. charity). Starting on Ash Wednesday, Lent's focus is to stand in solidarity with the poor and try to be better people. In addition to abstain...
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In many evangelical churches that do not have a developed liturgical year, Pentecost is an ignored Church holiday (ranking up there withLentandEpiphany). Nonetheless, many evangelicals are discovering the Church year. Pentecost is a perfect time for Christians of all denominations to focus on the...
If you’re looking for a more general discussion of the Christian year (liturgical year, Christian calendar, church year, etc.), please check this series: Introduction to the Christian Year. What Colors Are Used in Advent? My Advent wreath at home, after the fourth Sunday of Advent and bef...
this church a couple of weeks ago, she learned that they had scheduled Youth Sunday for this week, which is Pentecost. The youth were told they didn’t have to follow the liturgical calendar, and they aren’t, so as my friend jokingly described it, “the church had cancelled Pentecost....
I was inspired to make my own trees (paper collage) after seeing the beautiful liturgical banners my friend Nanette created of birches – or aspen – after our clergy group met at Rocky Mountain National Park, where the dining room is decorated with images of aspen (probably not birches.) ...
On the other hand, we don’t read Revelation liturgically, and I’ve never heard an Orthodox Priest or academic suggest this directly. I can’t rule out that the thought is just a bit of mental baggage from my past. It hasn’t caught on in white American Evangelicalism because — well...
The rumors of our demise, it turns out, are greatly exaggerated. With God, the end is the beginning. Keep Time In my non-liturgical church tradition, a "church calendar" is a list of youth group meetings and members' birthdays, not an ancient rhythm of days and observances. But I've ...