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Epiphany (Denha) The Sunday between January 2 and 6; otherwise January 6, if no such Sunday exists: 4–9 weeks 4: Great Fast (Sawma Rabba) The 7th Sunday before Easter [note 1] 7 weeks 5: Resurrection (Qyamta) Easter Sunday: 7 weeks 6: Apostles (Slihe) Pentecost Sunday (the 7th Sunday after Easter) 7 weeks 7: Summer (Qaita) The 7th Sunday ...
Firstly, different principles apply during the special seasons of the year: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter. Here appropriate lections relevant to the season are chosen. The rest of the year, called Ordinary Time , begins in February (after Candlemas ) and runs until the Second Sunday before Lent .
2025 date: March 2: 2026 date: February 15: ... Epiphany. Ordinary Time (Western) Pre-Lent; ... and the gospel reading is the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus ...
Septuagesima comes from the Latin word for "seventieth." Likewise, Sexagesima, Quinquagesima, and Quadragesima mean "sixtieth," "fiftieth," and "fortieth" respectively. The significance of this naming (according to Andrew Hughes, Medieval Manuscripts for Mass and Office [Toronto, 1982], 10) is as follows: "Septuagesima Sunday [is] so called because it falls within seventy days but more than ...
Epiphany was a day of enjoyment, spent in horse-drawn open sleighs, and these quilts would then be taken along to cover the laps of the merry riders. [132] If Epiphany Day was bright and mild and the sun "warmed the horses' backs" it was said that the coming year would bring only peace.
2025 date: March 30: 2026 date: March 15: 2027 date: ... this narrative was the traditional Gospel reading for this Sunday in Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, ...
Until the suppression of the Octave of the Epiphany in the 1960 reforms, January 13 was the Octave day of the Epiphany, providing the date for the end of the season. Traditionally, the end of Christmastide was February 2, or the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as Candlemas. This feast recounts the 40 days of rest Mary took ...
The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.