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In the Calendar of the Church in Wales, each holy and saint's day listed has been assigned a number which indicates its category. Commemorations not included in this Calendar may be observed with the approval of the bishop.
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.
These annual publications, like those that, disregarding the feasts that are obligatory in the actual church where the liturgy is celebrated, list only celebrations included in the General Calendar, [27] are useful only for the current year, since they omit celebrations impeded because of falling on a Sunday or during periods such as Holy Week ...
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4 200 Fathers of the Holy Council of Ephesus (AD 431) 5 4th Sunday after Transfiguration; 6 First Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God; 7 Second Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God; 8 Third Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God; 9 Fourth Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God; 10 Fifth Day of the Fast of the Holy Mother of God
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 ...
The week before Easter is called Holy Week. In the Roman Rite, feasts that fall within that week are simply omitted, unless they have the rank of Solemnity, in which case they are transferred to another date. The only solemnities inscribed in the General Calendar that can fall within that week are those of Saint Joseph and the Annunciation.
Lazarus Saturday, the beginning of Holy Week (8 days before Pascha) Palm Sunday , or the Triumphant Entry of Christ into Jerusalem : last Sunday before Pascha (7 days) Great and Holy Monday : Joseph the All-Comely (from the Old Testament ), who was sold into slavery by his brethren, and the withering of the fig tree (Matthew 21:18-22) [ b ] (6 ...