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2012

O Antiphons

O Antiphons

The O Antiphons are antiphons prayed with the Magnificat at Vespers/Evensong on the last seven days of Advent in Western Christian traditions. There has been an alternative English medieval tradition which had each of the antiphons a day earlier (starting on 16 December) and an extra one on 23 December. In Common Worship the Church

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Gaudete Sunday

The NZ Lectionary that we were assured was put together by people who are “skilled and knowledgeable about things liturgical” who deliberately opted “for variety rather than uniformity”; this Lectionary that assigns Green, Red, White, or Violet to one Sunday, and assigns the new liturgical colour “A” to another (Amber, Amethyst, Aqua, Arsenic, Amaranth, Alizarin,

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Hanukkah

Hanukkah starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasts for eight days. This year, Hanukkah is from the evening of December 8, 2012 (5773), to December 16, 2012 (5773). The Hanukkah blessings are found here. Place the candles in the menorah. The one that is in the taller position (or separated from

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