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...
Introduction The Catholic liturgical calendar is the cycle of seasons in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. The Church year begins each year with Advent; the season of awaiting Christ’s coming, and ends with the final Saturday of Ordinary time. Within the standard calendar year, the Churc...
Carnival is a Western Christian festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent. The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent). 1 Festival A day or period of celebration, typically for religious re...
Carnaval is the Portuguese and Spanish term for a festive season; carnival is its English equivalent.
1.Why haven't I heard of Pentecost?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...
If you’re unfamiliar with the idea of Christian seasons, you might find helpful a series I’ve written called: Introduction to the Christian Year. (I should mention that Eastern Orthodox Christians do not recognize Advent per se, but have a longer season that is rather like Advent. Their ...
The five liturgical colours used in the priest’s clothing and in the decoration of the altar are white, red, purple, black and green. Each colour is associated with specific liturgical celebrations or a specific period of the liturgical year. Read more in the book Standing...
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....
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...
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