Pentecost season

Pentecost season, also known as the time of Sundays after Pentecost or Sundays after Trinity, is a liturgical period, celebrated by some Christian churches, which immediately follows the Easter season. Although the start and end dates vary by liturgical tradition, the season typically begins on the day of Pentecost and continues throughout the rest of the liturgical year, ending just before the season of Advent. The liturgical color for this period is typically green or red.

Liturgical year

Western Christianity

Roman Rite Catholicism

The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church does not include a Pentecost season. Pentecost is considered the last day of the Easter season, and is followed by Ordinary Time.

The Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (used by traditionalist Catholic communities as authorized by Summorum Pontificum) has an eight-day Octave of Pentecost, followed by "Sundays after Pentecost" that continue through the end of the liturgical year.

The Catholic Church's Ordinariate Use for former Anglicans uses Trinity Sunday (the octave day of Pentecost) as the start of a liturgical period, with subsequent Sundays designated "Sundays after Trinity."

The various forms of the Roman Rite all use the color green for this period.

Anglicanism

The Book of Common Prayer refers to this period as the "Season after Pentecost."[1][2]

Protestantism

In the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, this period can be called "Season after Pentecost" or "Season of the Holy Trinity."[3]

Methodists and Presbyterians formerly observed Kingdomtide as a liturgical season spanning the latter portion of the period between Pentecost and Advent.

Eastern Christianity

Byzantine Rite

The Byzantine Rite of Eastern Christianity uses the nomenclature of "Sundays after Pentecost."[4]

West Syriac Rite

The Maronite Church, which uses the West Syriac Rite, celebrates a Pentecost season that extends until the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross.

East Syriac Rite
Main article: Season of Apostles

The closest equivalent to a Pentecost season in the East Syriac Rite is the Season of Apostles, which begins with Pentecost and continues for seven weeks.[5]

References
  1. The Book of Common Prayer (PDF). The Episcopal Church. p. 32.
  2. "Pentecost (season)". The Episcopal Church. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. "Sundays and Seasons". Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
  4. "The Liturgical Year according to the Byzantine Tradition". Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.
  5. Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Commission for Liturgy. "Syro-Malabar Liturgical Calendar: 2020–2021" (PDF). p. 34.
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