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  2. Lent - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and many Anglican churches, pastors and priests wear violet vestments during the season of Lent. [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 ...

  3. Lenten shrouds - Wikipedia

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    The significance of the Lenten shrouds has been explained in a variety of ways. [7] The French liturgist Prosper Guéranger explained that "the ceremony of veiling the Crucifix, during Passiontide, expresses the humiliation, to which our Saviour subjected himself, of hiding himself when the Jews threatened to stone him, as is related in the Gospel of Passion Sunday".

  4. Lenten sacrifice - Wikipedia

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    Many Christians choose to practice teetotalism during Lent, thus giving up alcoholic beverages during the liturgical season. [1] [2]A Lenten sacrifice is a spiritual practice where Christians, particularly Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Moravians and the United Protestants voluntarily renounce a pleasure or luxury during the observance of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday.

  5. When Is Lent 2024? Everything You Need To Know About ... - AOL

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    What’s the meaning of Lent? As the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship states, “Lent invites us to make our hearts ready for remembering Jesus’ passion and celebrating Jesus ...

  6. What Is Lent and Why Is It Celebrated? - AOL

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    If you’re not sure what this pre-Easter period is all about, we have the answers you’re looking for—as well as when Lent will be observed in 2022. The post What Is Lent and Why Is It ...

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

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    The Lenten season is about to begin for Christians with Ash Wednesday rapidly approaching.. The religious holiday is a major part of the Christian faith depsite undergoing multiple changes ...

  8. Shrovetide - Wikipedia

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    [5] [22] In many Christian parish churches, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, a popular Shrove Tuesday tradition is the ringing of the church bells (on this day, the toll is known as the Shriving Bell) "to call the faithful to confession before the solemn season of Lent" and for people to "begin frying their pancakes". [23] [24] [25]

  9. Mothering Sunday - Wikipedia

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    Mothering Sunday is a day honouring mother churches, [1] the church where one is baptised and becomes "a child of the church", celebrated since the Middle Ages [2] in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries on the fourth Sunday in Lent.