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Blessing of the Easter fire in Batangas, Philippines. The Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil, the Great Vigil of Easter, or Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil on the Holy Night of Easter is a liturgy held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus.
The Episcopal Church also calls Easter vigil the “Great Vigil.” In its tradition, the service includes a four-part liturgy that the church describes as recovering "the ancient practice of ...
The Episcopal Church also calls Easter vigil the “Great Vigil.” In its tradition, the service includes a four-part liturgy that the church describes as recovering “the ancient practice of ...
The Exsultet in a Polish church. The Exsultet (spelled in pre-1920 editions of the Roman Missal as Exultet), also known as the Easter Proclamation (Latin: Praeconium Paschale), [1] is a lengthy sung proclamation delivered before the paschal candle, ideally by a deacon, during the Easter Vigil in the Roman Rite of Mass.
At the opening of the Easter Vigil a fire is lit and blessed. The minister will cuts a cross in the wax with a stylus and trace the symbols on the Paschal candle, saying words similar to: "Christ, yesterday and today, the Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega. All time belongs to him and all the ages; to him be glory and power through ...
The Paschal Triduum or Easter Triduum (Latin: Triduum Paschale), [1] Holy Triduum (Latin: Triduum Sacrum), or the Three Days, [2] is the period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday, [3] reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with evening prayer on Easter Sunday. [4]
“The solemn, muted atmosphere is preserved until the Easter Vigil.” Similarly, in the Anglican tradition, “the church remains stripped of all decoration,” according to The Church of ...
The Easter Vigil liturgies of the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches are nearly identical. [ 5 ] According to the Eastern Orthodox tradition of the Holy Fire , worshippers light candles from the Paschal trikirion during service at Saturday Midnight, while the troparion is sung.