SC - Advent

[Mary Morman]

Pentecost, the day, marks the beginning of Pentecost the liturgical
season.  It's the longest of the church season's and lasts from the day of
Pentecost in early summer until the day before the first Sunday in advent.
Pentecost is important to cooks because as a -season- it is not a fast.
There are fast days within the season, but the whole many months of
pentecost (summer and fall) are times when, except on specific fast days,
you can eat meat and butter and milk, etc.

elaina

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Christine A Seelye-King wrote:

> Here is the listing for Advent from my book.  My sources are from many
> religious publications.  I don't know if the comment regarding Pentacost
> was a typo, but Pentacost (aka Whitsunday) commemorates the event of "The
> 12 Apostles gathered 10 days after Jesus' Ascension into Heaven and the
> Holy Spirit descended on them. Called Pentecost because it takes place 50
> days after Easter, the day came to be considered the beginning of the
> Christian church because it inspired the Apostles to begin preaching
> their Gospel. The English named it White Sunday, or Whitsunday, because
> until the 4th Century it was the day when, dressed in white, many people
> were baptized."  So, I'm not sure about the 'Christ the King Sunday'
> reference, but this one falls in early summer.  
> Christianna
> 
> 	From "366 Days of Celebrations" by Christine Seelye-King 
> 
> NOV 30
> Andro's Day - Ancient Greece 
> St. Andrew's Feast Day (61) Patron Saint of Scotland, Russia, Greece,
> Fishermen, Sailors, and Spinsters; Invoked against Gout and Neck
> Problems.  Apostle, traveled to Asia Minor, Macedonia and Greece.  He was
> martyred in Patras, Achaia, for baptizing Maximilla, the wife of the
> Roman governor there. He was convinced the baptism was the reason his
> wife would no longer sleep with him, and a spinster cult grew up around
> Andrew. Luther describes German maidens holding bizarre rites on Andrews'
> Feast Day to be granted visions of their future husbands. He was tied to
> a cross in the shape of the letter "x"-now called St. Andrew's Cross.  He
> preached from the cross for 2 days before he died. His relics were taken
> to the far ends of the earth, and some ended up in Scotland. (St.
> Andrew's Cross is the main charge of the Flag of Scotland) His bones rest
> in Amalfi, Italy, and produce a mysterious oil known as Manna that runs
> down the sides of the altar on Jan. 26th, 28th, and on his feast day. He
> is also credited with the initiation of the game of Golf. 
> Advent* - The Sunday closest to St. Andrew's Day begins Advent.  Called
> the "Christmas Lent" in the Middle Ages, people fasted, marriage and
> dancing were forbidden, all culminating in a large Christmas feast.  Now
> celebrated with Advent calendars, and Advent wreaths with four candles,
> one for each Sunday before Christmas.
> Midwinter Horn Blowing * - Midwinterhoorn Blazen - Oldenzaal, Netherlands
> - During the advent season, the people of Twente in the east of Holland
> blow special horns to chase away the evil spirits of winter and to
> announce the birth of Jesus. Blowers make their own horns out of 1-yr-old
> elder saplings, 3 or 4 feet long. They blow them over wells to that they
> sound deeply, like foghorns.  They start at 5AM on Advent morning, then
> play every morning until Jan. 6th.  In pre-Christian times the horns were
> blown this time of year to banish evil spirits in the time of the long
> darkness.
> Henry VII Crowned King of England (1485)
> Jonathan Swift (b. 1667)
> Samuel Langhorne Clemons (b. 1835) American author, better known as Mark
> Twain.
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