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In 325 AD/CE the Council of Nicea adopted the following formula for determining the date of Easter each year: Easter is the Sunday after the paschal full moon. This is the first full moon on or after the spring equinox, March 21. So, Easter occurs between March 22 and April 25.
Kinot, containing the prayers of mourning recited on the fast of Tisha B'av. Birchon , widely known by its Yiddish name "bentscher", a small book appropriate for use at the table containing the Birkat HaMazon , Grace after Meals, and frequently other prayers and songs recited at a Shabbat or holiday table such as Kiddush and Zemirot .
The Paschal Triduum or Easter Triduum (Latin: Triduum Paschale), [1] Holy Triduum (Latin: Triduum Sacrum), or the Three Days, [2] is the period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday, [3] reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with evening prayer on Easter Sunday. [4]
Easter this year is March 31, 2024. Easter is the culmination of the work Jesus was sent to do. All of Christianity revolves around the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The blessing of the Easter water with the Paschal candle. After the Litany of the Saints, the Paschal candle is lowered three times into the Easter water to be blessed while the priest sings a prayer of blessing with the request for the descent of the Holy Spirit. In some Eastern traditions, wax is dripped into the water for an even richer ...
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The Passover Seder [a] is a ritual feast at the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. [1] It is conducted throughout the world on the eve of the 15th day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar (i.e., at the start of the 15th; a Hebrew day begins at sunset).
Cistercian monks praying the Liturgy of the Hours in Heiligenkreuz Abbey. The Liturgy of the Hours (Latin: Liturgia Horarum), Divine Office (Latin: Officium Divinum), or Opus Dei ("Work of God") are a set of Catholic prayers comprising the canonical hours, [a] often also referred to as the breviary, [b] of the Latin Church.