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Seasons of the church year such as Easter and Christmas · Articles: 33

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  • AdventAdvent is the season that includes the four Sundays before Christmas. During Advent the church remembers the coming of Jesus Christ and awaits his re…
  • Ash WednesdayAsh Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the Wednesday falling forty-six days before Easter. Its name comes from the rite of placing ashes on the fore…

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  • Baptism of the Lord SundayBaptism of the Lord Sunday commemorates the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. In the Western church calendar, it is usually o…
  • Barley Harvest ThanksgivingBarley Harvest Thanksgiving (also called Barley Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday) is a Protestant thanksgiving observance named after the Old Testament Fe…
  • Bible SundayBible Sunday is a Sunday set aside to reflect on the value of Scripture and to pray and give offerings for the translation and distribution of the Bi…

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  • Children's SundayChildren's Sunday is a Sunday set apart for blessing children and reflecting on the importance of passing the faith on to the next generation. Korean…
  • ChristmasA Christian feast commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed by most churches on December 25. In South Korea it is a statutory public holiday …
  • Christmas TreeA Christmas tree is a decoration set up in the days before Christmas, consisting of an evergreen or an artificial tree of similar shape adorned with …
  • Church YearThe church year is the church's calendar, which arranges a year of worship in sequence according to the life of Jesus Christ and the coming of the Ho…

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  • EasterEaster is the oldest and most important feast of the Christian faith, commemorating the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead on the third day after h…
  • EastertideEastertide is the season of the church year that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ during the roughly fifty days from Easter to Pentecost. …
  • EpiphanyEpiphany (Korean Juhyeonjeol, 主顯節) is a Christian feast, observed on January 6, that commemorates the manifestation of Jesus Christ to the world a…

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  • Family SundayFamily Sunday is a commemorative Sunday in Korean Protestantism devoted to reflecting on the meaning of the family and praying for families. It is us…
  • Feast of the Holy InnocentsThe Feast of the Holy Innocents is a commemoration in the church calendar honoring the victims of Herod's killing of the young boys of Bethlehem (Mat…

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  • Holy SaturdayHoly Saturday is the Saturday of Holy Week, the day between Good Friday and Easter on which the church remembers that Jesus Christ lay in the tomb.
  • Holy WeekHoly Week is the week immediately preceding Easter, a period commemorating Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, his suffering, and his death on the c…

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  • Lazarus SaturdayLazarus Saturday is the Saturday immediately before Palm Sunday and commemorates Jesus' raising of the dead Lazarus at Bethany. It is observed chiefl…
  • LentLent is a season of the church year lasting forty days before Easter, excluding Sundays, during which Christians meditate on the sufferings of Jesus …
  • Liberation Day Commemoration SundayLiberation Day Commemoration Sunday is an observance in the Korean church, held on the Sunday near August 15, National Liberation Day, to remember Ko…

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  • Maundy ThursdayMaundy Thursday is the Thursday immediately before Easter. Observed during Holy Week, it commemorates Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples, at which…

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  • Palm SundayPalm Sunday is the Sunday immediately before Easter. It commemorates the occasion when crowds carrying palm branches welcomed Jesus Christ as he ente…
  • Parents' SundayParents' Sunday is a day observed by Protestant churches in Korea on the Sunday nearest Parents' Day (May 8) to remember with gratitude the grace sho…
  • PentecostPentecost is the Sunday falling on the fiftieth day after Easter, a church festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples o…
  • Presentation of the LordThe Feast of the Presentation of the Lord is a feast of the church year that commemorates the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple in Jerus…

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  • Reformation SundayReformation Sunday is a Sunday commemorating the sixteenth-century Reformation, symbolized by Martin Luther's publication of the Ninety-five Theses o…

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  • Season of CreationThe Season of Creation is a season of the church year in which Christians remember God's work of creation and reflect on their responsibility to care…
  • Songguyeongsin ServiceThe Songguyeongsin service is a worship service held on the night of December 31 and continuing until about midnight as January 1 begins. In it, beli…
  • Special Dawn Prayer MeetingA special dawn prayer meeting (teuksae) is a dawn prayer gathering that a church holds with greater intensity than its regular dawn prayer meetings, …

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  • Thanksgiving (Harvest Thanksgiving)Thanksgiving is a Protestant observance in which believers thank God for the year's harvest and for the grace they have received. Korean Protestant c…
  • Transfiguration SundayTransfiguration Sunday commemorates the event in which Jesus was transfigured in glory on a mountain (the Transfiguration). In the Protestant church …
  • TriduumThe Triduum (Korean *seongsamil*, "holy three days") is a season of the church year that, from the evening of Maundy Thursday to the evening of Easte…
  • Trinity SundayTrinity Sunday, the Sunday after Pentecost, is a feast of the Western church year commemorating the doctrine of the Trinity, which confesses one God …

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  • World Communion SundayWorld Communion Sunday is a Sunday on which churches around the world celebrate Communion on the same day to commemorate the unity of the church. It …