Christian liturgical year

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Christian practice liturgical year religious calendar

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.

Aliases (6)

Statements (52)

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 → Ascension → Ash Wednesday → Christmas → Easter Sunday → Epiphany → Feast of Christ the King → Good Friday → Holy Saturday → Maundy Thursday → Palm Sunday → Pentecost → Trinity Sunday →
includesSeason	Advent → Christmas season → Easter season → Epiphany season → Lent → Ordinary Time →
influencedBy	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 Church → Lutheran churches → Methodist churches → Oriental Orthodox Churches → Reformed churches → Roman Catholic Church → many Protestant denominations →
variesBy	denomination → liturgical tradition →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Holy Monday ("Christian liturgical calendar") → Holy Tuesday ("Western Christian liturgical calendar") → Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity ("Western Christian liturgical calendar") →	calendar
Advent → Feast of the Theophany → Fifth Sunday of Lent ("Christian liturgical calendar") →	partOf
Great Week → Paschal cycle →	isPartOf
Anglican rite ("Anglican liturgical year") →	hasCalendar
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ("Catholic holy days") →	hasCategory
Diocese of Venezuela ("liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (United States)") →	hasLiturgicalCalendar
Solemnity of Christ the King ("Roman Catholic liturgical calendar") →	observedIn
Holy Wednesday ("Christian liturgical calendar") →	occursIn