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  2. Gorzkie żale - Wikipedia

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    The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Warsaw in Warsaw, where the devotion was first held in 1704, as painted by Bernardo Bellotto, 1778 [1]. Gorzkie żale (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡɔʂkʲe ˈʐalɛ] Lenten (or Bitter Lamentations) is a Catholic devotion containing many hymns that developed out of Poland in the 18th century.

  3. Ash Wednesday - Wikipedia

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    In the Ambrosian Rite, ashes are blessed and placed on the heads of the faithful not on the day that elsewhere is called Ash Wednesday, but at the end of Mass on the following Sunday, which in that rite inaugurates Lent, with the fast traditionally beginning on Monday, the first weekday of the Ambrosian Lent. [146] [48] [147] [148]

  4. Quadragesima Sunday - Wikipedia

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    Quadragesima Sunday may occur as early as February 8 or as late as March 14. In both the ordinary form of the Roman rite and common English parlance it is known as the First Sunday of Lent. The buergbrennen festivities centred on a large bonfire are celebrated in the towns and villages of Luxembourg on the first Sunday of Lent to herald the ...

  5. Lent - Wikipedia

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    Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent in Western Christianity, such as the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Churches, and Methodist Churches. However, in the Ambrosian Rite and the Mozarabic Rite, there is no Ash Wednesday: Lent begins on the first Sunday and the fast begins on the first Monday. Lenten Sundays

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

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    Lent begins 46 days before the Saturday of Easter weekend (Easter Sunday falls on Sunday, March 31, 2024), but is only observed Monday-Saturday each week because every Sunday is viewed as a ...

  7. Three Sundays of Commemoration - Wikipedia

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    This preparatory period for Lent generally lasts 3 weeks in most rites. These Sundays correspond to Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima in the Roman rite. These designations come from the counting system used in antiquity and designate the decade in which each of these Sundays falls. They precede the first Sunday of Lent (Quadragesima ...

  8. Paschal cycle - Wikipedia

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    Triumph of Orthodoxy—1st Sunday of Lent—commemoration of the restoration of icons after the defeat of the iconoclast heresy in 843: 6th Sunday before Pascha (42 days) Memorial Saturdays —2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays of Great Lent—commemorative Divine Liturgies and memorial services for the dead are celebrated on the

  9. Epiphany season - Wikipedia

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    This season begins on the Sunday between January 2 and 6, or on January 6 itself if no such Sunday exists. The season runs until the first Sunday of Lent, which begins seven weeks before Easter (three days earlier than it does in Western Christianity). The rite celebrates the following feast days on sequential Fridays during Epiphany season: [16]