“Liturgical Colors” in Episcopal worship signify our place in the Church Year: WHITE, the color of Jesus’ burial garments, for Christmas, Easter, and other ‘feasts’ or festival days, as well as marriages and funerals. PURPLE/VIOLET for Advent (or ROYAL BLUE) & Lent (or UNBLEACHED LINEN).

In many Episcopal parishes, the liturgical color for Holy Week from Palm Sunday through Maundy Thursday is red. Holy Week ends at sundown on the Saturday before Easter, or with the celebration of the Easter Vigil.

Ash Wednesday is 46 days before Easter Day. The color for Ash Wednesday and the rest of Lent is purple for penitence. Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter Day, is a time of rejoicing. The color can be red, or purple. The beginning of Holy Week. On Good Friday, the altar is stripped of all its colorful hangings, and a purple veil covers the ...

2020年4月24日 · RED is used in Holy Week, the Day of Pentecost, and at ordinations. GREEN is used during Epiphany and the ‘Ordinary Time’ after Pentecost.

During each season, or time of year, specific colors are worn, churches are decorated, and portions of the scripture are read to celebrate. The 8 most common seasons in western Christianity are: Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost, Time of the Church or Ordinary Time, Advent, and Christmas. Liturgical colors, meanings, and seasons

2020年12月3日 · Below are the colors used at St. Matthew’s for holy days, feast days and ordinary days. The liturgical colors are also used in the liturgical calendar where each week is represented by the same color used on the altar and clergy vestments.

Colors are a primary source of symbolism, and as such tell us much about what we believe about the lessons we hear during the Liturgy of the Word (which are themed according to the seasons), and about what we do during worship. There are five basic liturgical colors: Blue, White, Green, Purple, and Red. Advent – Blue

Holy Week is a time of special devotion and refers to the week before Easter, including the rites observed on Palm Sunday, Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday Baptism. The liturgical color for Palm Sunday and Maundy Thursday is oxblood, which represents Jesus' blood shed for us.

There are five basic liturgical colors: Blue, White, Green, Purple, and Red. Blue is the color for Advent, though some churches use purple. Blue is the color of the Blessed Virgin, and Advent is all about Mary as we await with her the arrival of the Incarnate God.

The liturgical year is celebrated in a number of ways and one of them is by changing the color of the seasons to match the festival being studied in the Gospels as we follow the life and ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the schema of the colors and why we use them.