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To: lightman

Today at our church we lit all the candles just as though it were Sunday. I’ve never heard the term “Bright Week.” But it fits!


7 posted on 04/05/2010 2:39:49 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

“Bright Week” is a term used in both Eastern and Western Christianity, referring to the old practice of having those newly Baptized at the Easter Vigil or Easter Day wear their white Baptismal garments throughout the following week.

In the Eastern tradition the doors of the Iconstasis are open throughout the week, as it was a custom for the newly Baptized to spend as much time as possible in the Church contemplate the holy mysteries that they had received.


8 posted on 04/05/2010 5:00:02 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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