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Pre-Lenten Season — The Pre Lenten Season (see also Septuagesima) is the period of preparation before the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent.Western ChurchesIn the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, the pre Lenten season lastis from Septuagesima … Wikipedia
Great Lent — Orthodox church in the Czech Republic vested in lenten colors. Liturgical year Western … Wikipedia
Lent — Quaresma redirects here. For other uses, see Quaresma (disambiguation). This article is about the observance of Lent in Western Christianity. For Lent in Orthodox Christianity, see Great Lent. For other uses, see Lent (disambiguation). Acolytes… … Wikipedia
Canonical hours — Benedictine monks singing Vespers on Holy Saturday. Canonical hours are divisions of time which serve as increments between the prescribed prayers of the daily round. A Book of Hours contains such a set of prayers. In western Catholicism,… … Wikipedia
Paschal cycle — 16th century Russian Orthodox icon of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Paschal cycle in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, is the cycle of the moveable feasts built around Pascha (Easter). The cycle consists of approximately ten… … Wikipedia
Easter — This article is about the Christian Festival. For secular uses, see Easter customs and Ēostre. For other uses, see Easter (disambiguation). Easter Resurrected Jesus and Mary Magdalene, by Antonio da Correggio, 1543 … Wikipedia
Maslenitsa — (Масленица) Maslenitsa, Boris Kustodiev, 1919 (Isaak Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg) Observed by Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Kazahstan communities worldwide Significance … Wikipedia
Liturgical book — A liturgical book is a book published by the authority of a church, that contains the text and directions for the liturgy of its official religious services.Roman CatholicIn the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the primary liturgical books are… … Wikipedia
Maundy Thursday — The Mystical Supper, Icon by Simon Ushakov (1685). Also called Holy Thursday Covenant Thursday Great and Holy Thursday Thursday of Mysteries … Wikipedia
Septuagesima — (in full, Septuagesima Sunday), an observance dropped from the calendar as revised by the Second Vatican Council but still in use in the traditional calendars, is the name given to the third from the last Sunday before Lent in the Catholic and… … Wikipedia
