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The fourth Sunday in Lent, which marks the halfway point between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, is referred to as Laetare Sunday by Catholics, Anglicans, and many other Christians, because of the traditional Entrance Antiphon of the Mass. Due to the more "joyful" character of the day (since laetare in Latin means "rejoice"), the priest ...
Memorial Saturdays—2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays of Great Lent—commemorative Divine Liturgies and memorial services for the dead are celebrated on the; Saint Gregory Palamas—2nd Sunday of Lent—5th Sunday before Pascha (35 days) Adoration of the Cross 4th Sunday before Pascha and 3rd Sunday of Lent (28 days)
The Second Sunday of Great Lent commemorates St. Gregory Palamas, the great defender of the Church's doctrine of Hesychasm against its attack by Barlaam of Calabria. The Epistle is Hebrews 1:10-14; 2:1-3 and the Gospel is Mark 2:1–12. Throughout this week, and until the Sixth Friday in Lent, one meal may be taken a day with xerophagy.
The Second Sunday of Advent: 4–10 December; The Third Sunday of Advent: 11–17 December; The Fourth Sunday of Advent: 18–24 December; Christmas Day: 25 December; The (First) Sunday of Christmas: 26–31 December; The Epiphany of our Lord: 6 January; The Presentation of Christ: 2 February; The Second Sunday before Lent, Creation Sunday [1]
Sexagesima / s ɛ k s ə ˈ dʒ ɛ s ɪ m ə /, or, in full, Sexagesima Sunday, is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday in the pre-1970 Roman Rite liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church, and also in that of some Protestant denominations, particularly those with Lutheran and Anglican origins. Sexagesima falls within pre-Lent.
The transfiguration can also be remembered at other points in the liturgical year, sometimes in addition to the feast itself. In the ancient western lectionary, the Ember Saturday in Lent included the gospel of the Transfiguration. In the Catholic lectionary, on the second Sunday in Lent the gospel of the Transfiguration is read.
The last Sunday of Ordinary Time is the Solemnity of Christ the King. The word "ordinary" as used here comes from the ordinal numerals by which the weeks are identified or counted, from the 1st week of Ordinary Time in January to the 34th week that begins toward the end of November.
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.