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[161] [162] Catholic priests wear white vestments on solemnity days for St. Joseph (March 19) and the Annunciation (March 25), although these solemnities are transferred to another date if they fall on a Sunday during Lent or at any time during Holy Week. On the fourth Sunday of Lent, rose-coloured (pink) vestments may be worn in lieu of violet.
Laetare Sunday (Church Latin: ; Classical Latin: [lae̯ˈtaːre]; English: / l iː ˈ t ɛər i /) is the fourth Sunday in the season of Lent, in the Western Christian liturgical calendar. Traditionally, this Sunday has been a day of celebration within the austere period of Lent.
[149] [150] The date was chosen because quitting smoking ties in with giving up a luxury for Lent, and because of the link between ash and smoking. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] In the United Kingdom , No Smoking Day was held for the first time on Ash Wednesday in 1984 [ 153 ] but is now fixed as the second Wednesday in March.
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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.
Dates for the Paschal Triduum, 2021–2029 Year Western Eastern; 2021 April 1 – April 3 April 29 – May 1 2022 April 14 – April 16 April 21 – April 23 2023 April 6 – April 8 April 13 – April 15 2024 March 28 – March 30 May 2 – May 4 2025 April 17 – April 19 April 17 – April 19 2026 April 2 – April 4 April 9 – April 11 2027
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The date of Pascha is central to the entire ecclesiastical year, determining not only the date for the beginning of Great Lent and Pentecost, but affecting the cycle of moveable feasts, of scriptural readings and the Octoechos (texts chanted according to the eight ecclesiastical modes) throughout the year. There are also a number of lesser ...