Pentecostarion
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The Pentecostarion is the liturgical book used by the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches that includes the texts for the Paschal Season, but varies in exact span between different tradit
Icon of the Fifth Sunday of Pascha, commemorating the Samaritan woman (Photina), meeting Jesus by the well. Note that the well is cross-shaped; most of the Sundays of the Pentecostarion deal with the subject of water, a reference to Baptism.
Liturgical year
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The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar, consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including
The month of October from a liturgical calendar for Abbotsbury Abbey. 13th-century manuscript (British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra B IX, folio 59r).
Roman Rite liturgical year
A white coloured parament hangs from the pulpit, indicating that the current liturgical season is Christmastide. The fact that the Christ Candle in the centre of the Advent wreath is lit also indicates that Christmas has arrived.
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy