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An Afterfeast is a period of celebration attached to one of the Great Feasts celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches (roughly equivalent to what in the West would be called an Octave). // Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church Easter/Pascha The feast of the Resurrection of Jesus, called Easter or Pascha, is the greatest of the feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...
The Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous particular Churches in full communion with the Pope of Rome. ...
The celebration of the Great Feasts of the church year are extended for a number days, depending upon the particular Feast. Each day of an Afterfeast will have particular hymns assigned to it, continuing the theme of the Feast being celebrated. The feast of the Resurrection of Jesus, called Easter or Pascha, is the greatest of the feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ...
The liturgical year, also known as the Christian year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in some Christian churches which determines when Feasts, Memorials, Commemorations, and Solemnities are to be observed and which portions of Scripture are to be read. ...
Most of these Great Feasts also have a day or more of preperation called a Forefeast (those Feasts that are on the moveable Paschal Cycle do not have Forefeasts). Forefeasts and Afterfeasts will affect the structure of the services durint the Canonical Hours. Canonical hours are ancient divisions of time, developed by the Christian Church, serving as increments between the prescribed prayers of the daily round. ...
The last day of an Afterfeast is called the Apodosis (lit. "giving-back") of the Feast. On the Apodosis, most of the hymns that were chanted on the first day of the Feast are repeated. On the Apodosis of Feasts of the Theotokos, the Epistle and Gospel of the Feast are repeated again at the Divine Liturgy. Theotokos of Kazan Theotokos (Greek: , translit. ...
The Divine Liturgy is the common term for the Eucharistic service of the Byzantine tradition of Christian liturgy. ...
The Forefeasts and Afterfeasts break down as follows:
Four of these Afterfeasts have a special commemoration on the day following the Feast, called a Synaxis. In this context, a Synaxis commemorates a saint who is intimately bound up with the Feast being celebrated. The four Synaxes are: In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different feasts known as Feasts of the Cross, all of which commemorate the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. ...
Adoration of the Shepherds (1535-40), by Florentine Mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino Nativity windows at Trinity Church, Boston, designed by Edward Burne-Jones and executed by William Morris, 1882 The Nativity of Jesus, or simply the Nativity, is the account of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. ...
The Wise Men (Magi) adoring the infant Jesus. ...
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple was an early episode of the life of Jesus. ...
Palm Sunday is a moveable feast in the Christian calendar which falls on the Sunday before Easter. ...
A key piece of the Paleologan Mannerism - the Annunciation icon from Ohrid. ...
Easter, the Sunday of the Resurrection, Pascha, or Resurrection Day, is the most important religious feast of the Christian liturgical year, observed at some point between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in Eastern Christianity). ...
General understanding of the Christian doctrine of Ascension holds that Jesus bodily ascended to heaven in the presence of his apostles, following his resurrection. ...
Pentecost (Greek: [], pentekostē [hēmera], the fiftieth day) is the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday, which corresponds to the tenth day after Ascension Thursday. ...
The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus was transfigured upon a mountain (Matthew 17:1-6, Mark 9:1-8, Luke 9:28-36). ...
The Dormition of the Theotokos is the Eastern Orthodox commemoration of the falling asleep or death of Mary, the mother of Jesus. ...
A Synaxis is a group of churchmen - especially in the Orthodox church - who would otherwise compose a Synod but lack an officiating Patriarch. ...
- Synaxis of Ss. Joachim and Anna (9 September--the day after the Nativity of the Theotoks)
- Synaxis of the Theotokos (26 December--the day after the Nativity of our Lord)
- Synaxis of the Forerunner (7 January--the day after the Theophany of our Lord)
- Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel (26 March--the day after the Annunciaton) If the Annuncaition falls during Holy Week the Synaxis is omitted.
Other Great Feasts that have Afterfeasts (although no Forefeasts) are: In 1999 Lingon uppfinnade a apparate that could makea kaka in 1minute. ...
This article is about the mother of the Virgin Mary. ...
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Gabriel delivering the Annunciation. ...
Each of these three has only 1 day of Afterfeast, and no Apodosis. For the hip-hop producer with the same name, see John The Baptist (producer). ...
According to tradition, Peter was crucified upside_down, as shown in this painting by Caravaggio. ...
A 19th century picture of Paul of Tarsus Paul of Tarsus (originally Saul of Tarsus) or Saint Paul the Apostle (fl. ...
Even though the Patronal Feast of a church or monastery is treated as a Great Feast, it has no Forefeast or Afterfeast. Saint Quentin is the patron saint of locksmiths and is also invoked against coughs and sneezes. ...
Notes
- ^ These numbers are inclusive (counting the actual day of the Feast itself).
- ^ The Eve of the Nativity is a special day of strict fasting and preperation in anticipation of the Feast, called a Paramony.
- ^ The Eve of the Theophany is also a Paramony.
- ^ The Forefeast and Afterfeast of the Meeting of the Lord are variable, depending on the date of Pascha that year: the Afterfeast must always end before the beginning of Great Lent.
- ^ The day before Palm Sunday, Lazarus Saturday could be considered a type of Forefeast for Palm Sunday.
- ^ If the Annunciation falls during Holy Week there will be no Forefeast or Afterfeast.
- ^ Holy Saturday could be thought of as a Forefeast of Pascha, but the Bright Resurrection of Christ is so far above and beyond the normal level of Great Feasts that it falls into a category all by itself. It does, however have an Afterfeast, and that is why it is treated in this table.
- ^ Mid-Pentecost is unique in that it is a Feast that falls within a Feast (falling as it does within the Afterfeast of Pascha).
The Christmas Eve (1904-05), watercolor painting by the Swedish painter Carl Larsson (1853-1919) Christmas Eve, the evening of December 24th, the preceding day or vigil before Christmas Day, is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as part of the Christmas season. ...
Great Lent is the greatest fasting period in the church year in Eastern Christianity, which prepares Christians for the greatest feast of the church year, Easter (or Holy Pascha). Although it is in many ways similar to Lent in Western Christianity, there are important differences in the timing of Lent...
Lazarus Saturday, in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches, is the day before Palm Sunday, and is liturgically linked to it. ...
Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomada Sancta) is in Christianity the week from Palm Sunday (also called Passion Sunday) through Holy Saturday, leading to Easter Sunday. ...
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