Syriac liturgical year

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The Syriac liturgical year is the annual cycle of feasts, fasts, and seasons that structures worship and devotional life in churches following the Syriac tradition.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical calendar
liturgical year
calendarBasis lunar elements
solar calendar
component fasts
feasts
liturgical seasons
memorials of saints
octaves
vigils
focusesOn life of Jesus Christ
salvation history
hasSeason Annunciation season
Easter season
Epiphany season
Great Lent
Holy Week
Nativity season
Pentecost season
Season of Elijah, Moses and the Prophets
Season of the Apostles
Season of the Cross
Season of the Dedication of the Church
Season of the Transfiguration
includesFast Apostles Fast
Dormition Fast
Great Lent
Nineveh Fast
influencedBy Antiochene liturgical tradition
Jewish liturgical calendar
languageOfLiturgy Syriac
majorFeast Annunciation
Ascension
Epiphany
Feast of the Cross
Nativity of the Lord
Palm Sunday
Pascha
Pentecost
organizes hymnography
lectionary readings
liturgical prayers
purpose to guide devotional life
to structure worship
relatedTo Byzantine liturgical year
Roman Rite liturgical year
tradition Syriac Christianity
usedBy Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Catholic Church
Maronite Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac churches
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Syriac Rite
hasLiturgicalCalendar

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