Ember days
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Ember days, also known as Embertide, are quarterly periods of prayer and fasting in the liturgical calendar of Western Christian churches. The term comes from Old English: ymbren, possibly derived fro
An Ymber Day Tart, cooked by following a medieval English recipe from the book Forme of Cury, a Middle English cook book stored in John Rylands Library. The recipe was originally made for King Richard II.
Saint Lucy's Day
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Saint Lucy's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Lucy, is a Christian feast day observed on 13 December. The observance commemorates Lucia of Syracuse, an early-fourth-century virgin martyr under the
Ember days
…from Latin: quatuor tempora, lit. 'the four times'. These fasts traditionally take place on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of the weeks following St Lucy's Day (13 December), Quadragesima (the first Sunday in Lent), Pentecost (Whitsun), and Holy Cross Day (14 September), though some areas follow a different…
Celebration of Saint Lucy's Day in an Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden congregation in December 2006
A Saint Lucy procession in Sweden, 2007
Lucy by Cosimo Rosselli, Florence, c. 1470, tempera on panel
Lucia procession at a meeting in the Swedish parliament. The so-called "star boys" follow Lucia in the procession.