Easter Vigil
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The Easter Vigil, also known as the Paschal Vigil, the Great Vigil of Easter, or Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter, is a liturgy held in traditional Christian churches as t
A Catholic priest in front of the Easter fire while altar servers hold a Paschal candle, which is to be lit from the fire.
Liturgical Easter fire, Sanok (2010)
14th-century fresco of the Anastasis, ancient Chora Church, Istanbul
Lighting of a paschal candle in Mexico City
Lent
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Lent is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year in preparation for Easter. It echoes the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according
High altar, barren, with few adornments, as is custom during Lent
An Evangelical-Lutheran Mass at Hedvig Eleonora Church on the sixth Sunday of Lent. Purple is the liturgical colour of the Lenten season.
Lent observers, including a confraternity of penitents, carrying out a street procession during Holy Week, in Granada, Nicaragua. The violet colour is often associated with penance and detachment. Similar Christian penitential practice is seen in other Christian countries, sometimes associated with fasting.
In Western traditions, the liturgical colour of the season of Lent is violet. Altar crosses and religious statuary which show Christ in his glory are traditionally veiled during this period in the Christian year.