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The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). 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.
Easter for both East and West is calculated as the first Sunday after the full moon that falls on or after March 21 (nominally the day of the vernal equinox), but the Orthodox calculations are based on the Julian calendar, whose March 21 corresponds at present with April 3 of the Gregorian calendar, and on calculations of the date of full moon ...
The Caeremoniale Episcoporum (The Ceremonial of Bishops) [2] describes in greater detail than the ordinary liturgical books the ceremonies involved when a bishop presides over the celebration of Mass, the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours or of the Word of God, particular Masses such as Candlemas, Palm Sunday or the Easter Vigil, the ...
Pope Francis unexpectedly skipped delivering his homily during the Palm Sunday Mass service at the Vatican on Sunday, although was able to preside over the service and was later driven around in ...
Palm Sunday is considered the beginning of the Passion, the last days of Jesus' life before the Last Supper (Holy Thursday), his death (Good Friday), and his resurrection (Easter Sunday).
Palm Sunday, also referred to as Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, is a solemn Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem , an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels . [ 3 ]
One of those being Palm Sunday! Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent season for Christians and signifies the first day of Holy Week—the days including Good Friday and Easter that are spent in ...