Catholic liturgy

Catholic feast day, public holiday in some countries

series of artistic representations, depicting Christ carrying the Cross to his crucifixion

day after Easter Sunday

Christian religious item

thumb|Visitation (Ghirlandaio)|Visitation, by [[Domenico Ghirlandaio (1491), depicts Mary visiting her elderly cousin Elizabeth.]]

thumb|The pallium of Pope John XXIII, which is the current design, displayed in the museum of the [[Archdiocese of Gniezno]]thumb|Pope Innocent III depicted wearing the pallium around the breast in a fresco at the Sacro Speco CloisterThe pallium (derived from the Roman pallium or palla, a woolen cloak; : pallia) is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the pope, but for many centuries bestowed by the Holy See upon metropolitans and primates as a symbol of their conferred jurisdictional authorities; it remains a papal emblem. It is symbolic of the lamb which

thumb|A crozier on the coat of arms of Basel, Switzerland which was ruled by [[Prince-Bishops during the Middle Ages]]

Latin sequence, liturgical hymn

thumb|300px|Grapes being pressed to create must Must is freshly crushed fruit juice (usually grape juice) that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace and typically makes up 7–23% of the total weight of the must. Making must is the first step in winemaking. Because of its high glucose content, typically between 10 and 15%, must is also used as a sweetener in a variety of cuisines. Unlike commercially sold grape juice, which is filtered and pasteurized, must is thick with particulate matter, opaque, and comes in various shades of brown a

liturgical prayers of the Catholic Church, used at fixed times throughout the day and night

early Christian hymn of praise

thumb|300px|right|Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine [[monks singing vespers on Holy Saturday]] Vespers () is a liturgy of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Catholic, Orthodoxy (Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox), Anglican, and Lutheran liturgies.

thumb|Portion of the death shroud of Charlemagne. It represents a [[quadriga and was manufactured in Constantinople.]] thumb|350px|Detail showing body in a burial shroud, grave of William Carstares, [[Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh (1720)]] A shroud is an item, such as a cloth, that covers or protects some other object. The term is most often used in reference to burial sheets, mound shroud, grave clothes, winding-cloths or winding-sheets, such as the Jewish tachrichim or Muslim kaffan, that the body is wrapped in for burial. A famous example of this is the Shroud of Turin.

symbol with X and P together, representing Christ

assistant to a member of the clergy

liturgy held in Christian churches

partition between the chancel and nave found in medieval church architecture

thumb|250px|A ceremonial cornerstone from 1907, at the side of a building in Lasówka, Poland A cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.

Medieval hymn to Mary, mother of Jesus

thumb|A sacristan

Holy Thursday, Holy Friday, and Holy Saturday

specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy

thumb|upright|The Acolyte by Abraham Solomon, 1842

thumb|Trinity (Andrei Rublev)|Old Testament Trinity [[icon by Andrei Rublev, (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)]] The Trisagion (; 'Thrice Holy'), sometimes called by its incipit Agios O Theos, is a standard hymn of ancient origin of the Divine Liturgy in most of the Eastern Orthodox, Western Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.

candle used in liturgies of western churches during the Easter season

sequence prescribed in the Roman Liturgy for the Masses of Pentecost and its octave, exclusive of the following Sunday

thumb|Vigil, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century)right|thumb|''A Knight's Vigil'' by John Pettie A vigil is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.

thumb|A Western-style aspergillum thumb|Aspergillum in a silver aspersorium or situla

Matins (also Mattins) is a canonical hour in Christian liturgy, originally sung during the darkness of early morning (between midnight and dawn).

Christian hymn and prayer

3 days set aside for fasting and prayer in each season

observance in a liturgical calendar with no fixed calendar date

a liturgical season

thumb|alt=A deacon singing the Exsultet.|The Exsultet in a Polish church. The Exsultet (spelled in pre-1920 editions of the Roman Missal as Exultet), also known as the Easter Proclamation (), is a lengthy sung proclamation delivered before the paschal candle, ideally by a deacon, during the Easter Vigil in the Roman Rite of Mass. In the absence of a deacon, it may be sung by a priest or by a cantor. It is sung after a procession with the paschal candle before the beginning of the Liturgy of the Word. It is also used in Anglican and various Lutheran churches, as well as other Western Christian

thumb|350px|Resurrection of Jesus Christ|Resurrection – Descent into Hell, 17th century image from Disna, National Art Museum

Children and young people in central Europe dress as the Three Kings, walk from house to house, sing traditional and new carols, collect money for charity and bring the blessing for the new year to the people.

sacrament of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox churches

formal prayer of the Catholic Church

paper register of births, marriages and deaths in various offices

Special church door during Jubilee years in the catholic church

first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally beginning at midnight when Christmas Eve gives way to Christmas Day

A responsory or respond is a type of chant in western Christian liturgies.

sacrament of the Catholic Church

thumb|upright=1.2|Misericord from the Florence Charterhouse|Charterhouse of Florence (Tuscany, Italy), depicting a mascaron (a decorative face) thumb|upright=1.2|With the seat lifted (as at left), the misericord provides a ledge to support the user.A misericord (sometimes named mercy seat, like the biblical object, sometimes misericordia) is a small wooden structure (a sort of shelf) on the underside of a hinged folding seat in a church which, when the seat (or 'stall') is folded up, is intended to act as a ledge to support a person leaning against it in a partially standing position during lo

theatrical genre; vernacular drama, the main action is conducted in the spoken vernacular, with songs and instrumental music, plainchant and polyphony

Marian hymn; chanted in the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches

thumb|right|Bishop Steven J. Lopes sprinkling the congregation

office in the Roman Curia

movement of a holy relic from one location to another

thumb|Dominican Rite|Dominican [[Missal, c. 1240, with rubrics in red (Historical Museum of Lausanne)]] thumb|Rubrics in an illuminated gradual of c. 1500 A rubric is a word or section of text that is traditionally written or printed in red ink for emphasis. The word derives from the Latin , meaning red ochre or red chalk, and originates in medieval illuminated manuscripts from the 13th century or earlier. In these, red letters were used to highlight initial capitals (particularly of psalms), section headings and names of religious significance, a practice known as rubrication, which was a sep

Christian blessing for mothers after birth to allow them to attend mass

thumb|Ancient Egyptian flabella (top center) and lotus motifs. 1868, New York Public Library|NYPL picture collection A flabellum (plural flabella), in Christian liturgical use, is a fan made of metal, leather, silk, parchment or feathers, intended to keep away insects from the consecrated Body and Blood of Christ and from the priest, as well as to show honour. The ceremonial use of such fans dates back to Ancient Egypt, and an example was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. A flabellum is also a fan-shaped structure on the fifth legs of horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura).

Christmas tradition

Roman Catholic prayer

liturgical term

title given to fifteen of the Psalms (120–134)

in Roman Catholic and Anglo-Catholic churches, a ritual blessing conferred by a cleric with the Eucharistic species

thumb|A 14th-century lavabo as a niche (architecture)|niche recessed into the side wall of a sanctuary in [[Amblie, Normandy]] A lavabo is a device used to provide water for the washing of hands. It consists normally of a ewer or container of some kind to pour water, and a bowl to catch the water as it falls off the hands. In ecclesiastical usage it refers to all of: the basin in which the priest washes their hands; the ritual that surrounds this action in the Catholic Mass; and the architectural feature or fitting where a basin or place for one is recessed into the side wall of the sanctuary,

catholic festivity

Blessing imparted by the Pope