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Inside the Church Images - Colourful Church Year

The colours in the Church vary according to the time in the Church Year

When there are no Festivals or special days like Saints Days, the colour in the Church is green
The Altar Frontal
The Bible Book Mark
The Pulpit Fall
The Altar Frontal

The Bible Book Mark
The Pulpit Fall
The Chasuble

For services, over his black tunic or cassock and white clerical collar, the vicar wears a white tunic called an alb.

Over this around his neck he wears a stole which is a kind of scarf (shown on the right). Over this he wears a chasuble which is the top circular garment (shown on the left).

Green is for general use as it is considered to be a natural colour.

The Stole
The Chasuble
  
The Stole

During Advent and Lent the colour in the Church is purple
The Altar Frontal
The Bible Book Mark
The Pulpit Fall
The Altar Frontal
The Bible Book Mark
The Pulpit Fall
The Chasuble

Advent is the period including the four Sundays before Christmas. Advent means 'coming' and during this time we prepare for Christmas.

Lent is the period of forty days before Easter from Ash Wednesday to the day before Easter. During Lent we prepare for Easter.

Purple was the most expensive dye in Roman times being made from Murex shells. It became associated with judgement because the Roman judges and senators used to wear purple robes.
The Stole
The Chasuble
  
The Stole

During Christmas, Epiphany, Easter and for major Saints Days, the colour in the Church is white or gold
The Altar Frontal
The Bible Book Mark
The Pulpit Fall
The Altar Frontal
The Bible Book Mark
The Pulpit Fall
The Chasuble

Christmas is the festival when we remember the birth of Jesus. We thank God for his son, Jesus.
Epiphany marks the end of the Christmas period. It is held by most Churches on January 6th. For many Christians, it celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the baby Jesus.
Easter celebrates the resurrection (Rising from the dead) of Jesus. Because Christianity's central belief is in the Resurrection, Easter is the most important Christian Festival.
White and gold are dazzling and are considered to be for 'best'.
The Stole
The Chasuble
  
The Stole

At Pentecost and principal feast days for evangelists, aposels and martyrs, the colour in the Church is red
The Altar Frontal
The Bible Book Mark
The Pulpit Fall
The Altar Frontal
The Bible Book Mark
The Pulpit Fall
The Chasuble
Pentecost is a festival that happens seven weeks after Easter. Because Pentecost celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit from heaven to all Christians, Pentecost is a season of evangelism and outreach, as Christians look for the presence of the Holy Spirit in everyone on earth.

It remembers the story of the Holy Spirit being given to Jesus's disciples so that they could spread the message of Christianity.
The Stole
The Chasuble
  
The Stole

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