Third Sunday of Quadragesima

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The Third Sunday of Quadragesima is a traditional name in the Western Christian liturgical calendar for the third Sunday in the season of Lent, marking a stage in the Church’s preparation for Easter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast day
Sunday
day in the liturgical year
liturgical observance
associatedWithTheme conversion
penance
preparation for baptism and renewal of baptismal promises
belongsToPeriod pre‑Paschal period
calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
celebratedBy Western Christians
celebratedOn Sunday
etymology Quadragesima is Latin for ‘fortieth’, referring to the forty days of Lent
follows Second Sunday of Quadragesima
hasAlternativeName Quadragesima
surface form: Dominica III in Quadragesima

Third Sunday of Quadragesima
surface form: Third Sunday in Lent

Third Sunday of Quadragesima
surface form: Third Sunday of Lent
hasCategory Christian holy days
Sunday of Lent
surface form: Lenten Sundays
hasLanguageOfName Latin
hasLiturgicalColor violet
hasLiturgicalRank Sunday of Lent
hasLiturgicalSeason Lent
occursDuring forty‑day Lenten fast (excluding Sundays)
partOf Christian liturgical year
surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
positionInSeason third Sunday of Lent
precedes Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima
preparesFor Easter
Holy Week
usedInTradition Anglican Communion
European Lutheran churches
surface form: Lutheran churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

some Reformed churches

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Quadragesima hasWeekName Third Sunday of Quadragesima
Second Sunday of Quadragesima precedes Third Sunday of Quadragesima
Third Sunday of Quadragesima hasAlternativeName Third Sunday of Quadragesima
this entity surface form: Third Sunday in Lent
Third Sunday of Quadragesima hasAlternativeName Third Sunday of Quadragesima
this entity surface form: Third Sunday of Lent
Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima follows Third Sunday of Quadragesima