In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation or precepts are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and...
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Solemnity (category Catholic holy days)
Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church Liturgical year Holy day of obligation Octave (liturgical) Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite Synaxis Universal...
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as a Holy Day of Obligation to commemorate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a reference to the belief in a real, physical elevation of her sinless...
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celebrations of saints, are to be observed List of movable Eastern Christian observances List of movable Western Christian observances Holy day of obligation, in...
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of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is not a holy day of obligation, it is assigned to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity as its proper day"...
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Pentecost (redirect from White Sunday (holy day))
the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter Day. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus while...
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Catholicism, the Ascension of the Lord is ranked as a Solemnity and is a Holy Day of Obligation. In the Anglican Communion, Ascension Day is a Principal Feast...
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carpenters. It is also Father's Day in some Catholic countries, mainly Spain, Portugal, and Italy. It is not a holy day of obligation for Catholics in the United...
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Whit Monday (redirect from Day of the Holy Spirit)
) is a Holy Day of obligation for Roman Catholics. It is celebrated in South Tyrol, and for its capital city Bolzano it replaces the holiday of the local...
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the Octave (8th) day of Christmas. This solemnity is a Holy Day of Obligation in areas that have not abrogated it. Christians of Byzantine, West Syriac...
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First Communion (redirect from First Holy Communion)
baptism, confirmation (Chrismation), and Holy Communion on the same day as an infant's baptism. Traditions of celebration surrounding First Communion usually...
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Creator in Holy Communion at least during the Easter season. You shall keep holy the holy days of obligation. You shall observe the prescribed days of fasting...
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also terminates all obligations of the clerical state, except for the obligation of celibacy. Dispensation from the obligation of celibacy can only be...
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Person (Catholic canon law) (redirect from Age of reason (canon law))
bound to attend Holy Mass on Sundays and every holy day of obligation. To be a godparent at the bestowal of baptism and confirmation, a Catholic must be...
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The holy kiss is an ancient traditional Christian greeting, also called the kiss of peace or kiss of charity, and sometimes the "brother kiss" (among men)...
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Mass in the Catholic Church (redirect from Holy Mass)
time for fulfilling the obligation to attend Mass on Sunday or a Holy Day of Obligation now begins on the evening of the day before, and most parish churches...
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each Holy Day of Obligation. However, the cleric is able to fulfil this obligation by shifting the celebration of this Mass intention to another day, or...
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holy day of obligation. On a local level, the reverse is also possible, e. g., in Germany the (global) feast of St. Stephen (26 December) is a holy day...
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observed as a holy day of obligation while in the United States and Canada, it is not. The feast ceased being a Holy Day of Obligation in the United States...
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Saint Patrick (redirect from Battle for the Body of Saint Patrick)
In the Catholic Church in Ireland, it is both a solemnity and a holy day of obligation. Two Latin works survive which are generally accepted as having...
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Ordinary Time (section Number of weeks: 33 or 34)
latter is a holy day of obligation; where it is not a holy day of obligation, it is celebrated on the Sunday after the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (1...
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The feast was solemnized as a holy day of obligation on 6 December 1708, by the papal bull Commissi Nobis Divinitus of Pope Clement XI. It is celebrated...
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Solemn vow (redirect from Vow of poverty)
his institute or to the Holy See". In medieval times religious vows taken by members of religious institutes approved by the Holy See were regarded both...
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Viaticum (redirect from Holy Viaticum)
Catholic Church – for the Eucharist (also called Holy Communion), administered, with or without Anointing of the Sick (also called Extreme Unction), to a...
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celebrated on a Sunday, it is not a holy day of obligation. In the General Roman Calendar of 1969 the Feast of the Holy Family outranks the various saints...
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sacraments of healing, consisting of the Sacrament of Penance and the Anointing of the Sick; and the sacraments of service: Holy Orders and Matrimony. Furthermore...
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fast) on all other Fridays, unless the Friday coincided with a holy day of obligation. The former regulations on abstinence obliged Catholics starting...
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Sacramental bread (redirect from Host (Holy Communion))
'offering') may be made out of only four ingredients: fine (white) wheat flour, pure water, yeast, and salt. Sometimes holy water will be either sprinkled...
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Mysterii Paschalis (category Documents of Pope Paul VI)
of these is not a holy day of obligation, Epiphany, Ascension of the Lord, and the Body and Blood of Christ. A new ranking of liturgical days in the Roman...
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denote holy persons committed to an ascetic lifestyle, which may include members of religious orders and individual holy persons. The Second Council of Lyon...
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