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• Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ —     Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ     In 1206 one of the (supposed) Winding Sheets used at the burial of Christ was brought to Besançon by Otto de La Roche, and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ — In 1958 Pope Pius XII declared that the Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ (now usually known as the Turin Shroud) was to be kept on the day before Ash Wednesday. HistoryA Feast of the Holy Winding Sheet of Christ originated about 1495 at… …   Wikipedia

• The Blessed Virgin Mary —     The Blessed Virgin Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Virgin Mary     The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.     In general, the theology and history of Mary the Mother of God follow the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Commemoration of the Passion of Christ — The Commemoration of the Passion of Christ was a feast of the Roman Catholic Church, listed in the Roman Missal up to 1962 as observed in some places, and kept on the Tuesday after Sexagesima. Its object is the devout remembrance and honour of… …   Wikipedia

• Commemoration of the Passion of Christ —     Commemoration of the Passion of Christ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Commemoration of the Passion of Christ     A feast kept on the Tuesday after Sexagesima. Its object is the devout remembrance and honour of Christ s sufferings for the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Blessed Virgin —     The Blessed Virgin Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Virgin Mary     The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.     In general, the theology and history of Mary the …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Mother of God —     The Blessed Virgin Mary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Virgin Mary     The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the mother of God.     In general, the theology and history of Mary the M …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Epitaphios (liturgical) — The Epitaphios (Greek: Επιτάφιος, epitaphios , or Επιτάφιον, epitaphion ; Slavonic: Плащаница, plashchanitsa ; Arabic: نعش, naash ) is an icon, today most often found as a large cloth, embroidered and often richly adorned, which is used during… …   Wikipedia

• Entrance prayers — The entrance prayers are the prayers recited by the deacon and priest upon entering the temple (church building) before celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine… …   Wikipedia

• Great Lent — Orthodox church in the Czech Republic vested in lenten colors. Liturgical year Western …   Wikipedia