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  2. Liturgical colours - Wikipedia

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    Vestments in different liturgical colours. Liturgical colours are specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy.The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose, and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.

  3. Origins of ecclesiastical vestments - Wikipedia

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    Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, wearing a casula over a sticharion (by this time, simply a type of long-sleeved tunic) and a small pectoral cross. The vestments of the Nicene Church, East and West, developed out of the various articles of everyday dress worn by citizens of the Greco-Roman world under the Roman Empire. The officers of the Church ...

  4. Pontifical vestments - Wikipedia

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    Pontifical vestments, also referred to as episcopal vestments or pontificals, are the liturgical vestments worn by bishops (and by concession some other prelates) in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, in addition to the usual priestly vestments for the celebration of the mass, other sacraments, sacramentals, and canonical hours.

  5. Mantle (monastic vesture) - Wikipedia

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    Among the Greeks, it is common for all bishops regardless of rank, to wear a red mantle; however, many also use purple during Great Lent. In the Slavic tradition, a more complex color scheme has developed, and hierarchs wear different-colored mantles according to their rank: violet for bishops; plum for archbishops ; blue for metropolitans ...

  6. Lent starts on Feb. 14 this year. Why do Catholics fast and ...

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    The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' pastoral statement on penance and abstinence preserves "the tradition of abstinence from meat on each of the Fridays of Lent, confident that no Catholic ...

  7. What is Ash Wednesday? Why do Christians wear ashes and give ...

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    Lent begins Feb. 14 and runs through March 28 in 2024. According to britannica.com , the early Christian church observed Lent over a six-week period or 36 days with fasting except on Sundays.

  8. Chasuble - Wikipedia

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    Bishop Czeslaw Kozon, the Catholic bishop of Copenhagen, in pontifical liturgical vestments including the Chasuble.. The chasuble (/ ˈ tʃ æ zj ʊ b əl /) is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist in Western-tradition Christian churches that use full vestments, primarily in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches.

  9. When and what is Ash Wednesday? Why Christians wear ... - AOL

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    Lent begins Feb. 14 and runs through March 28 in 2024. According to britannica.com , the early Christian church observed Lent over a six-week period or 36 days with fasting except on Sundays.