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The Holy Eucharist is traditionally a part of the service of worship on this day. [11] This worship service is traditionally held on or around the longest night of the year, which falls on or about December 21, the Winter Solstice. There is an interesting convergence for this day as it is also the traditional feast day for Saint Thomas the ...
January 3 / December 21. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). December 21. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 1. December 21 ...
Matthew 12:15–21 26–31 December: Sunday after Christmas: Divine Liturgy: Galatians 1:11–19: Matthew 2:13–23 27 December: Saint Stephen's Day: Divine Liturgy: Acts 6:8–15; 7:1–5, 47–60: Matthew 21:33–42 29 December: Holy Innocents' Day: Divine Liturgy: 2 Corinthians 5:15–21: Matthew 2:13–23 30 December-5 January: Saturday ...
As holiday lights brighten streets and the season of cheer unfolds, Dec. 21 marks the winter solstice this year -- a reminder that the darkest day of the year is upon us. For the more than 6 ...
The Catholic personal ordinariates follow the practice for days from the 17th to the 23rd (Magnificat antiphon at Evensong [69] and Alleluia Verse at Mass, either in the traditional order as indicated in Divine Worship: The Missal or in the order indicated in the Lectionary, [70] but also use O Virgo virginum on the morning of 24 December, both ...
The holding of church services pertains to the observance of the Lord's Day in Christianity. [2] The Bible has a precedent for a pattern of morning and evening worship that has given rise to Sunday morning and Sunday evening services of worship held in the churches of many Christian denominations today, a "structure to help families sanctify the Lord's Day."
This year’s winter solstice, when Earth’s axis is tilted the farthest away from the sun, will be at 4:21 a.m. ET December 21, according to EarthSky.
The Lutheran liturgical calendar is a listing which details the primary annual festivals and events that are celebrated liturgically by various Lutheran churches. The calendars of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) are from the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship and the calendar of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and ...