Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Liturgical colours. Liturgical colours are specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy. The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose, and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.
31 October 1926. The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, commonly referred to as the Feast of Christ the King, Christ the King Sunday or Reign of Christ Sunday, [4] is a feast in the liturgical year which emphasises the true kingship of Christ. The feast is a relatively recent addition to the liturgical calendar ...
The United Methodist Book of Worship (1992) is the official liturgy of the United Methodist Church. It contains services for sacraments and rites of the church such as Holy Communion, Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Healing (anointing) Services, and Ordination. The Book of Worship also contains the daily office or "Praise and Prayer" services ...
The liturgical colour for the Mass vestments and other ornaments is white in the Catholic and Anglican Churches. [10] In the Lutheran Church, the liturgical colour for Maundy Thursday is white. [11] In the Reformed tradition, white or gold may be used. [12] In the United Methodist Church, black is used as the liturgical colour.
Blue Christmas. All Souls' Day, also called The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, [2] is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, [3] observed by Christians on 2 November. [4][5] Through prayer, intercessions, alms and visits to cemeteries, people commemorate the poor souls in purgatory and gain them indulgences.
e. The Sunday Service of the Methodists (full title: The Sunday Service of the Methodists; With Other Occasional Services) is the first Christian liturgical book given to the Methodist Churches by their founder, John Wesley. It has its basis in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. [1] Editions were produced for Methodists in both the British Empire ...
Christmastide, also known as Christide, is a season of the liturgical year in most Christian churches. For the Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, Anglican Church, Methodist Church and some Orthodox Churches, Christmastide begins on 24 December at sunset or Vespers, which is liturgically the beginning of Christmas Day.
Easter time is the period of 50 days, spanning from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. [13] It is celebrated as a single joyful feast, called the "great Lord's Day". [14] Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter. In some traditions, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday of Eastertide and the following Sunday (Low Sunday) is the ...