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  2. Lent - Wikipedia

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    The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, most notably by the public imposition of ashes. In this photograph, a woman receives a cross of ashes on Ash Wednesday outside an Anglican church. A Lutheran pastor distributes ashes during the Divine Service on Ash Wednesday. The number 40 has many Biblical references:

  3. Liturgical calendar (Lutheran) - Wikipedia

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    The Lutheran liturgical calendar is a listing which details the primary annual festivals and events that are celebrated liturgically by various Lutheran churches. The calendars of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) are from the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship and the calendar of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and ...

  4. Lenten calendar - Wikipedia

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    Lenten calendars traditionally start on Ash Wednesday and conclude on Easter Day. As with an Advent calendar , a Lenten calendar often has windows or flaps containing "a scriptural verse for each day, a reflection question, and an action that is appropriate and achievable". [ 1 ]

  5. Laetare Sunday - Wikipedia

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    In Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran and Old Catholic churches flowers may appear on the high altar and the organ may be played as a solo instrument. Priests are given the option to wear rose -colored vestments at Mass held on this day in place of the violet vestments normally worn during Lent. [ 10 ]

  6. Liturgical year - Wikipedia

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    The pre-Lenten liturgy introduces some customs of Lent, including the suppression of the Alleluia and its replacement at Mass with the Tract. The Gloria is no longer said on Sundays. [40] The 1969 reform of the Roman Rite subsumed these weeks liturgically into Ordinary Time, [41] but Carnival is still widely celebrated. A pre-Lenten provision ...

  7. Lutheran sacraments - Wikipedia

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    [17] [18] Shrove Tuesday is a popular day for Holy Absolution as the following day (Ash Wednesday) begins the Christian season of repentance, Lent. [19] But the practice of private confession is voluntary, not obligatory. The rite for General Confession, as well as Holy Absolution, are contained in the Lutheran hymnals. [7]

  8. Passiontide - Wikipedia

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    Passiontide and other named days and day ranges around Lent and Easter in Western Christianity, with the fasting days of Lent numbered. Passiontide (in the Christian liturgical year) 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.

  9. Lenten supper - Wikipedia

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    A Lenten supper is a meal that takes place in the evenings to break the day's fast during the Christian liturgical season of Lent, which is widely observed by members of the Catholic, Lutheran, Moravian, Anglican, Methodist, and United Protestant traditions, in addition to certain Reformed denominations.