Christian liturgical year

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The Christian liturgical year is the annual cycle of seasons and feasts, such as Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter, through which many Christian churches commemorate the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian practice
liturgical year
religious calendar
associatedWith fasting practices
feasting practices
liturgical colors
basisFor lectionary cycles
calendarType solar calendar
containsFixedFeasts true
containsMovableFeasts true
determines date of Easter
follows annual cycle
historicalRoot early Christian worship
includesFeast All Saints’ Day
surface form: All Saints' Day

Ascension
Ash Wednesday
Christmas
Resurrection Sunday
surface form: Easter Sunday

Epiphany
Solemnity of Christ the King
surface form: Feast of Christ the King

Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Maundy Thursday
Palm Sunday
Pentecost
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
surface form: Trinity Sunday
includesSeason Advent
Christmas season
Easter Week
surface form: Easter season

Epiphany season
Lent
Ordinary Time
influencedBy Hebrew calendar
surface form: Jewish liturgical calendar
keyMovableFeast Easter
organizes Scripture readings
church festivals
hymns
liturgical prayers
primaryFocus death of Jesus Christ
life of Jesus Christ
resurrection of Jesus Christ
religion Christianity
usedBy Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheran churches
Methodist churches
Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Reformed churches
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

many Protestant denominations
variesBy denomination
liturgical tradition

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Advent partOf Christian liturgical year
Paschal cycle isPartOf Christian liturgical year
Diocese of Venezuela hasLiturgicalCalendar Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (United States)
Anglican rite hasCalendar Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Anglican liturgical year
Solemnity of Christ the King observedIn Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Roman Catholic liturgical calendar
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ hasCategory Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Catholic holy days
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity calendar Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Feast of the Theophany partOf Christian liturgical year
Fifth Sunday of Lent partOf Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Christian liturgical calendar
Great Week isPartOf Christian liturgical year
Holy Tuesday calendar Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Holy Wednesday occursIn Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Christian liturgical calendar
Holy Monday calendar Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Christian liturgical calendar
Church of England liturgical calendar basedOn Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Church of Iceland followsChurchCalendar Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul partOf Christian liturgical year
Tabgha timeOfMajorPilgrimage Christian liturgical year
יִשַׁי hasFeastOrCommemorationIn Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Christian liturgical calendars
Diocese of Linköping usesCalendar Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Second Sunday of Quadragesima isPartOf Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Third Sunday of Quadragesima partOf Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima calendarTradition Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Proper of the Season appliesTo Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Church year
Michaelmas followsCalendar Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
St Martin's Day calendar Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Second Sunday of Easter belongsTo Christian liturgical year
Second Day of Christmas usedIn Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Christian liturgical calendars
“Santos Inocentes” (Spanish) calendar Christian liturgical year
subject surface form: Santos Inocentes
this entity surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul partOf Christian liturgical year
New Testament scenes associatedWith Christian liturgical year
this entity surface form: Christian liturgical calendar