Division Of The Ecclesiastical Year.

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(Papacy 199 A.D. - 217 A.D.).

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DIVISION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR

A.      CHRISTMAS CYCLE 

          (Mystery of the Incarnation)

Preparation (Violet Vestments)

First Sunday of Advent to 24 December.

Celebration (White Vestments)

Christmastide (Christmas and Epiphany)

24 December to 13 January.

Prolongation (Green Vestments)

Time after Epiphany

14 January to Septuagesima Sunday.

B.      EASTER CYCLE

          (Mystery of the Redemption)

Preparation (Violet Vestments)

(remote)       Septuagesima

Septuagesima to Ash Wednesday.

(near)           Lent

Ash Wednesday to Passion Sunday.

(Immediate)  Passiontide

Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.

Celebration (White Vestments and Red Vestments)

Easter and Pentecost

(Paschaltide)

Easter Sunday to Saturday after Pentecost.

Prolongation (White Vestments and Green Vestments)

Time after Pentecost

Trinity Sunday to Advent.