Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

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Christian religious service Christmas service liturgical service

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a traditional Christian Christmas service, renowned worldwide for its choral music and Bible readings that tell the story of the Nativity.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 1
Lessons and Carols 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious service ⓘ
Christmas service ⓘ
liturgical service ⓘ
followsLiturgicalSeason Advent ⓘ
Christmastide ⓘ
hasComponent Bible readings ⓘ
carols ⓘ
choral music ⓘ
congregational hymns ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn broadcast Christmas liturgies ⓘ
modern Christmas worship services ⓘ
hasMainTheme Christmas ⓘ
Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Nativity of Jesus
hasNumberOfLessons 9 ⓘ
hasPurpose preparation for Christmas ⓘ
proclamation of the Incarnation ⓘ
public worship ⓘ
hasStructureElement bidding prayer ⓘ
blessing ⓘ
carols between readings ⓘ
nine scripture readings ⓘ
isAssociatedWithFeast Christmas ⓘ
Christmas Eve ⓘ
isCharacterizedBy alternation of readings and music ⓘ
formal liturgical order ⓘ
use of traditional carols and anthems ⓘ
isObservedBy Anglican Communion ⓘ
surface form: Anglican churches

Episcopal Church ⓘ
surface form: Episcopal churches

some Protestant churches ⓘ
some Roman Catholic churches ⓘ
isPopularIn Commonwealth countries ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
isRelatedTo Advent carol service ⓘ
Christmas carol service ⓘ
isWidelyKnownFor Anglican liturgical music ⓘ
broadcast services ⓘ
choral tradition ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicType congregational hymnody ⓘ
organ accompaniment ⓘ
sacred choral music ⓘ
originatedInDenomination Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
religion Christianity ⓘ
scriptureSource New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
tellsStoryOf Fall of humanity ⓘ
birth of Jesus ⓘ
prophecies of the Messiah ⓘ
salvation history ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King’s College, Cambridge → hasEvent → Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols ⓘ
Choir of King's College, Cambridge → hasTradition → Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
King's College Chapel → hostsEvent → Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols ⓘ
Anglican rite → includesService → Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lessons and Carols
King’s College, Cambridge → knownFor → Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols ⓘ
Choir of King's College, Cambridge → notableFor → Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols ⓘ
Choir of King's College, Cambridge → performs → Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols ⓘ