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|holiday_name = Season of Annunciation |
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|image =Subara icon.jpg |
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|caption = Icon depicting the theme of Season of Annuciation |
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|observedby = [[East Syriac Rite|East Syriac Christian]]s |
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|observances = [[Church service]]s |
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|type = [[Christianity|Christian]], cultural |
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|significance = Preparation for the commemoration of the [[nativity of Jesus|birth of Jesus]] |
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|relatedto = [[Christmas]], [[Annunciation]], [[Nativity of Jesus]], [[Syro Malabar Church]] |
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|duration = Sunday that falls between November 27 and December 3 inclusive |
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|frequency=Annual |
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|begins= Sunday on or before December 1st |
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|scheduling=Christmas day of week-based |
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| Observed by | East Syriac Christians |
| Type | Christian, cultural |
| Significance | Preparation for the commemoration of the birth of Jesus |
| Observances | Church services |
| Begins | Sunday on or before December 1st |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Related to | Christmas, Annunciation, Nativity of Jesus, Syro Malabar Church |
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The Season of Annunciation or Season of Announcements (also known by various Syriac transliterations, such as Subara, Subbara, or Suboro), is a liturgical season in Syriac Christianity. It is equivalent to the season of Advent in the Western liturgical tradition. Like Advent, it is a time of preparation for the December 25 celebration of Christmas.
East Syriac Rite
In the East Syriac Rite, the Season of Annunciation, like Advent in the Roman Rite, marks the start of the liturgical year, and begins on the Sunday that falls between November 27 and December 3 inclusive.[1]
In the historical East Syriac Rite, the first liturgical season of the year extended past Advent to also include Christmastide, in a single period called the Season of Annunciation–Nativity.[2] However, the present-day liturgical calendar of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (one of the churches that uses the East Syriac Rite) regards "Annunciation" and "Nativity" as separate seasons, with the Season of Annunciation ending prior to Christmas.[3]
The Season of Annunciation roughly overlaps with a period of fasting called the 25 Days' Fast, which runs from December 1 to 24 inclusive.[1][4]
West Syriac Rite
Churches that follow the West Syriac Rite call this period the Season of Annunciation (as with the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church)[5] or the Season of Announcements (as with the Maronite Church).[6] In this rite, the season begins six Sundays before Christmas,[1] making it coterminous with Advent in the Ambrosian Rite.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Moolan, John (1985). The Period of Annunciation–Nativity in the East Syrian Calendar: Its Background and Place in the Liturgical Year. Vadavathoor, Kottayam: Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies. p. 13.
- ^ Madhavathu, Maryann (2016). Liturgy as a Sacrament of the Paschal Mystery: A Study of the Theological Relations between the Liturgy of the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours in the Roman and Syro-Malabar Rites (PDF) (Thesis). Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. p. 6.
- ^ Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Commission for Liturgy. "Syro-Malabar Liturgical Calendar: 2020–2021" (PDF). p. 6.
The liturgical year of the Syro-Malabar Church begins with the period of Annunciation. The four weeks in preparation to the feast of the Nativity of Jesus, celebrated on 25th December, constitute this season.
- ^ Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Commission for Liturgy. "Syro-Malabar Liturgical Calendar: 2020–2021" (PDF). p. 4.
- ^ "The Sacred Lectionary 2020–2021" (PDF). The Major Archiepiscopal Curia of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. 2020. p. 26.
- ^ Sadler Butler, Joanne (December 22, 2016). "A Merry Maronite Christmas". The Wanderer.