Pre-Lent

Christianity

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In church year: Roman Catholic Church
…of Time, the season of Pre-Lent was eliminated, and two cycles were provided: (1) the principal seasons, Sundays, and holy days from Advent to Pentecost and (2) a schedule of 33 Sundays per annum to be observed in numbered sequence in place of the Sundays previously designated “after Epiphany” and…
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In church year: Pre-Lent
” A season of Pre-Lent, peculiar to the Roman Catholic rite, was eliminated from that calendar in 1969. It had developed in the 6th century as a time of special supplication for God’s protection and defense in a period of great suffering in Italy from…
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In Shrove Tuesday
Similarly rich pre-Lenten treats include pa̡czki, fruit-filled deep-fried pastries similar to doughnuts that are enjoyed in Poland and in ethnic Polish communities in the United States. An iconic part of Mardi Gras (“Fat Tuesday”) in New Orleans is the king cake, an iced
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