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Quinquagesima. Quinquagesima (/ ˌkwɪŋkwəˈdʒɛsɪmə /), in the Western Christian Churches, is the last pre-Lenten Sunday, being the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, and the first day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide). It is also called Quinquagesima Sunday, Quinquagesimae, Estomihi, Shrove Sunday, Pork Sunday, or the Sunday next before Lent.
The Epiphany season, also known as Epiphanytide or the time of Sundays after Epiphany, is a liturgical period, celebrated by many Christian Churches, which immediately follows the Christmas season. It begins on Epiphany Day, and ends at various points (such as Candlemas) as defined by those denominations.
The name "Fifth Sunday of Easter" is used among Roman Catholic, [8] Anglican, [9] [10] Lutheran, [11] Presbyterian, [12] Methodist, [13] and other Western Christian liturgical churches. It is the name given to this day in the Roman Missal [ 14 ] (used in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church ) and in the Revised Common Lectionary [ 15 ] (widely ...
The Feast of the Transfiguration is celebrated by various Christian communities in honor of the transfiguration of Jesus. The origins of the feast are less than certain and may have derived from the dedication of three basilicas on Mount Tabor. [1] The feast was present in various forms by the 9th century, and in the Western Church was made a ...
The actual Christmas season continues until the Feast of the Baptism of Christ, which is celebrated on the Sunday after January 6, or the following Monday if that Sunday is kept as Epiphany. [ 32 ] In the pre-1970 form, this feast is celebrated on January 13, unless January 13 is a Sunday, in which case the feast of the Holy Family is ...
The Baptism of the Lord is observed as a distinct feast in the Roman rite, although it was originally one of three Gospel events marked by the feast of the Epiphany.Long after the visit of the Magi had in the West overshadowed the other elements commemorated in the Epiphany, Pope Pius XII instituted in 1955 a separate liturgical commemoration of the Baptism.
Baptism of the Lord. Nativity of Christ. New Year's Day. Epiphany (/ əˈpɪfəni / ə-PIF-ə-nee), or Eid al-Ghitas (Arabic: عيد الغِطاس), [4] also known as "Theophany" in Eastern Christian tradition, [5] is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana.
The late church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach are sacred cantatas he composed after his fourth cycle of 1728–29. Whether Bach still composed a full cantata cycle in the last 20 years of his life is not known, but the extant cantatas of this period written for occasions of the liturgical year are sometimes referred to as his fifth cycle, as, according to his obituary, he would have ...