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2. Laetare Sunday - Wikipedia

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   Laetare Sunday ( Church Latin: [leˈta.re]; Classical Latin: [lae̯ˈtaːre]; English: / liːˈtɛəri /) is the fourth Sunday in the season of Lent, in the Western Christian liturgical calendar. Traditionally, this Sunday has been a day of celebration within the austere period of Lent. This Sunday gets its name from the first few words ...

3. Lent - Wikipedia

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   In the Byzantine Rite, i.e., the Eastern Orthodox Great Lent (Greek: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή or Μεγάλη Νηστεία, meaning "Great 40 Days" and "Great Fast" respectively) is the most important fasting season in the church year. [ 61] The 40 days of Great Lent include Sundays, and begin on Clean Monday.

4. Christ Episcopal Church (Reading, Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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   Dedicated. May 10, 1826 (official church consecration) Earlier dedication. June 8, 1825 (cornerstone laid) Christ Episcopal Church, founded in 1763, [1] [2] is the oldest, English-speaking, religious congregation in Reading, Pennsylvania. [3] [4] The church is located on the northwest corner of Fifth and Court Streets. Its nave was built c. 1826.

5. Holy Week - Wikipedia

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   Holy Week. The entry of Jesus and his disciples into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, is the last week of Lent, between Palm Sunday and the dusk of Maundy Thursday. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Palm Sunday along with the Saturday of Lazarus marks the two-day transition between the 40 days of Great Lent and Holy Week.

6. Lenten sacrifice - Wikipedia

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   A Lenten sacrifice is a spiritually motivated voluntary renunciation of a pleasure or luxury that most Christians (especially Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Moravians and the United Protestants) give up for the observance of Lent, which starts on Ash Wednesday. [3] [4] The tradition of Lent has its roots in Jesus Christ praying ...

7. Liturgical year - Wikipedia

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   The liturgical year begins with the commemoration of biblical events leading to the annunciation and birth of Jesus as expected savior in the old testament. The season begins on the Sunday just before the first of December and ends with the feast of Epiphany that is the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus.