Epiphany season
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The Epiphany season, also known as Epiphanytide or the time of Sundays after Epiphany, is a liturgical period, celebrated by many Christian Churches, which immediately follows the Christmas season. It begins on Epiphany Day, and ends at various points (such as Candlemas) as defined by those denominations. The typical liturgical color for the day of Epiphany is white, and the typical color for Epiphany season is green.
Popular Epiphanytide customs include Epiphany singing, chalking the door and families inviting their pastor to bless their home.[1]
Western Christianity
Roman Rite
Ordinary Form
The
Extraordinary Form
In
Ordinariate Use
In 2015, the Catholic Church authorized a Use of the Roman Rite for the three
Moravianism
In the Moravian Church, the Epiphany season runs until the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.[5] While white is the liturgical colour used for the Feast of the Epiphany itself, the Sundays during the rest of the season use green.[5]
Lutheranism
In
Anglicanism
In 2000, the
Methodism
In
Eastern Christianity
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Greek Rite
In the
East Syriac Rite
In the East Syriac Rite (used by churches such as the Syro-Malabar Church), this period is called the Season of Epiphany, also known by its Syriac transliteration Denha. This season begins on the Sunday between January 2 and 6, or on January 6 itself if no such Sunday exists. The season runs until the first Sunday of Lent, which begins seven weeks before Easter (three days earlier than it does in Western Christianity).
The rite celebrates the following feast days on sequential Fridays during Epiphany season:[15]
- St. John the Baptist
- Sts. Peter and Paul
- The Evangelists
- St. Stephen
- The Greek Doctors (Diodorus, Theodorus and Nestorius)
- The Syriac Doctors (Aprem, Narsai and Abraham)
- The Patron of the Church
- Commemoration of the Dead
Because the length of the Season of Epiphany is variable, later Friday feasts are sometimes moved to earlier weeks.[16]
The Three Days' Lent occurs during this season.[17]
West Syriac Rite
In the
References
- ^ "An Epiphany Blessing of Homes and Chalking the Door". Discipleship Ministries. 2007. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
- ^ The Roman Missal (3rd ed.). New Jersey: Catholic Book Publishing. 2011. pp. 52–63.
- ^ Lefebvre, Dom Gaspare (1999). The Saint Andrew Daily Missal. St. Bonaventure Publications. p. IX, 125.
- ^ "Liturgical Calendar for the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter" (PDF). Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- ^ a b "Lectionary" (PDF). Moravian Church. 2012. p. 2.
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Archived from the originalon May 28, 2013.
- ^ "Epiphany". BBC. October 7, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
For many Protestant church traditions, the season of Epiphany extends from 6 January until Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent leading to Easter.)
- Feast of the Presentationon February 2.
- ^ "Epiphany". Christian Advocate. 7. United Methodist Publishing House: 15. 1963.
Epiphany Day is always Twelfth Night or January 6, and in Methodist usage the Epiphany Season includes all the Sundays between that date and Ash Wednesday, which for 1964 will be February 12, the beginning of Lent.
- ^ "The Methodist Church in Singapore - Seasons of the Church". The Methodist Church in Singapore. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
The Methodist Church in Singapore observes seven Christian seasons throughout the year: Advent, Christmastide, Epiphany, Lent, Eastertide, Pentecost and Kingdomtide.
- ^ "Epiphany". ResourceUMC. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "Epiphany". The Orthodox Church in America. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
- ^ "The Feast of the Theophany Part VII: Great Blessing of Water". Metropolitan Cantor Institute. The Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
- ^ Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Commission for Liturgy. "Syro-Malabar Liturgical Calendar: 2018–2019" (PDF). pp. 12–20.
- ^ Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Commission for Liturgy. "Syro-Malabar Liturgical Calendar: 2017–2018" (PDF). p. 17.
- ^ Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Commission for Liturgy. "Syro-Malabar Liturgical Calendar: 2020–2021" (PDF). p. 15.
- ^ "Eastern Catholic Churches: The Syriac Catholic Church of Antioch" (PDF). Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools. 2021.
- ^ "Radiate His Light: The Season of Epiphany". Radiate His Light. January 12, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2023.