Passiontide
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Passiontide is a name for the last two weeks of Lent, beginning on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, long celebrated as Passion Sunday, and continuing through Lazarus Saturday. It commemorates the suffering o
A cross veiled during Passiontide in Lent (Pfarrkirche St. Martin in Tannheim, Baden Württemberg, Germany).
Crucifix and Reredos covered in a violet shroud for Passiontide (St Pancras Church, Ipswich)
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