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  2. Holy day of obligation - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation or precepts are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and recreation (i.e., they are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God), according to the third commandment. The expectation is attached to the holy day ...

  3. Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite - Wikipedia

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    e. The ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite is a regulation for the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church. It determines for each liturgical day which observance has priority when liturgical dates and times coincide (or "occur"), which texts are used for the celebration of the Holy Mass and the Liturgy of the hours and which liturgical ...

  4. Liturgical year - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar, [1][2] consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read.

  5. Liturgical calendar of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

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    The Syro-Malabar Church proposes the following days of fasting to the faithful: [4][5] Name. Dates. 25 Days' Lent. December 1–24. Three Days' Lent. The third Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before the beginning of Lent. Great Lent. The first Monday of Lent through Holy Saturday.

  6. Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church.Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rules for fasting or feasting that correspond to the day of the week or time of year in relationship to the major feast days.

  7. Tridentine calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Tridentine calendar is the calendar of saints to be honoured in the course of the liturgical year in the official liturgy of the Roman Rite as reformed by Pope Pius V, implementing a decision of the Council of Trent, which entrusted the task to the Pope. The text of the Tridentine calendar can be found in the original editions of the ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Feast of Saints Peter and Paul - Wikipedia

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    In England, Scotland and Wales the feast is observed as a holy day of obligation while in the United States and Canada, it is not. The feast ceased being a Holy Day of Obligation in the United States in 1840. [12] The Church of England celebrates 29 June as a festival. [13] The Lutheran churches celebrate it in the rank of a lesser festival. [14]