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The name "Fifth Sunday of Easter" is used among Roman Catholic, [8] Anglican, [9] [10] Lutheran, [11] Presbyterian, [12] Methodist, [13] and other Western Christian liturgical churches. It is the name given to this day in the Roman Missal [ 14 ] (used in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church ) and in the Revised Common Lectionary [ 15 ] (widely ...
v. t. e. Quinquagesima ( / ˌkwɪŋkwəˈdʒɛsɪmə / ), in the Western Christian Churches, is the last pre-Lenten Sunday, being the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, and the first day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide ). It is also called Quinquagesima Sunday, Quinquagesimae, Estomihi, Shrove Sunday, Pork Sunday, or the Sunday next before Lent.
The Second Sunday of Easter is the eighth day of the Christian season of Eastertide, and the seventh after Easter Sunday. [1] It is known by various names, including Divine Mercy Sunday, [2] [3] the Octave Day of Easter, White Sunday [a] (Latin: Dominica in albis), Quasimodo Sunday, Bright Sunday and Low Sunday.
CatholicVote.org Political Action Committee (CatholicVote PAC) is the group's connected political action committee; its goal is to financially support political candidates who "will be faithful stewards of Catholic social teaching and the common good." [ 5] In 2010, it made campaign contributions to six Republicans and one Democrat.
The Feast of Corpus Christi (Ecclesiastical Latin: Dies Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Domini Iesu Christi, lit. 'Day of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ the Lord'), also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, [2] is a liturgical solemnity celebrating the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist; the feast is observed by the Latin Church, in addition ...
Easter, [ nb 1] also called Pascha[ nb 2] ( Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, [ nb 3] is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. [ 10 ...
Brotherhood with silk capirotes. A capirote[ 1] is a Catholic pointed hat of conical form that is used in Spain and Hispanic countries by members of a confraternity of penitents. It is part of the uniform of such brotherhoods including the Nazarenos and Fariseos during Easter observances and reenactments in some areas during Holy Week in Spain ...
The Feast of the Annunciation is observed almost universally throughout Christianity, especially within the Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglicanism, the Catholic Church, and Lutheranism. It is a major Marian feast, classified as a solemnity in the Catholic Church, a Festival in Lutheranism, and a Principal Feast in the Anglican Communion.