As the 12-month Roman calendar was adopted for both civil and religious purposes, all of the Celtic days began to conform more closely with the liturgical year of the Christian church and became identified with major religious festivals. March 25, Lady Day Around the time of the spring equinox...
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 abstaining from eating meat on...
The liturgical calendar has the advent season beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, which usually falls between November 27 and December 3rd. There are always four Sundays of Advent which typically involve lighting a candle, reading Scripture, and singing hymns. Because the exact number ...
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...
Today, “Yule” and “Yuletide” are largely synonymous with “Christmas” and “Christmastide,” but the meaning behind them is quite different from that of the Christian holiday. “Yule” comes from Old Englishgeol, which shares a history with the equivalent word from Old Norsejól. Both th...
In many careers, professionals sport a garment, patch, or other distinguishing piece of clothing to symbolize their credentials and positions within their field. In the religious spectrum, many professionals wear a liturgical vestment called a clergy stole. Usually in the shape of a flat scarf, ...
The church's worship services are carefully planned to follow the liturgical calendar. 8 Cult Features a defined leadership and group dynamics, with intense devotion. The cult's leader was charismatic, attracting followers from across the country. 8 Worship A universal aspect of human spirituality,...
Liturgically sophisticated Protestants, such as Lutherans and Episcopalians, generally are familiar with Advent, but many have just the slightest understanding of this season. For most of my life, I fell into that category. Though, I enjoyed paper Advent calendars in my youth, I did not think...
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...