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| | |  Christmastide: Encyclopedia - TransfigurationThe word Transfiguration means a changing of appearance or form. In Christianity The Transfiguration is a miraculous event in the Synoptic Gospel accounts of Jesus (Matthew 17:1–6, Mark 9:1–8, Luke 9:28–36): Jesus led three of his apostles, Peter, John, and James, to pray at the top of a mountain, where he became transfigured, with his face shining like the sun, and with brilliant white clothes; Elijah and Moses appeared with Jesus, and talked with him, and then a bright cloud appeared overhead, and a voice from cloud pro ...
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - 12 number - In mathematics Twelve is a composite number, the smallest number with exactly six divisors, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. Twelve is also a highly composite number, the next one being 24.
Twelve is a superfactorial, being the product of the first three factorials.
Twelve being the product of three and four, the first four positive integers show up in the equation 12 = 3 × 4, which can be continued with the equation 56 = 7 × 8.
A twelve-sided polygon is a dodecagon. A twelve-sided polyhedron is a ...
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - Liturgical year - Western Christianity The seasons in Western Christianity are derived primarily from the Roman Catholic Church. Generally, the liturgical seasons in western Christianity are Advent, Christmas, Time after Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Time after Pentecost.
Liturgical year - Advent.
First season of the liturgical year. It is traditionally a fast, and begins four Sundays before Christmas and ends on Christmas Eve. Its purpose is the preparation for Christmas, with the focus on expectation. Awaiting the coming of the Christ Child int ...
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - Irish calendar - Seasons
Irish calendar - Winter - An Gheimhreadh.
January 1 - New Year's Day, one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland.
1871 - disestablishment of Church of Ireland takes effect
1926 - 2RN (original radio station of present RTÉ) set up
1973 - Ireland becomes a member of the EU.
1975 - Ireland assumes first Presidency of the Council of the European Union (see July 1)
1984 - Galway City begins year long celebration of 500th anniversary (quincen ...
See also:Irish calendar, Irish calendar - Seasons, Irish calendar - Winter - An Gheimhreadh, Irish calendar - Spring - An tEarrach February March and April, Irish calendar - Summer - An Samhradh May June and July, Irish calendar - Autumn - An Fómhar August September and October, Irish calendar - Winter - An Gheimhreadh November December and January see above, Irish calendar - Calendar terms in Irish language, Irish calendar - Days of the week - Laethanta na Seachtaine, Irish calendar - Seasons of the year - Ráithí na Bliana/Na Séasúir, Irish calendar - Religious seasons - Séasúir Creidimh, Irish calendar - Holidays and holydays - Féilte na Bliana, Irish calendar - Movable feasts - Na Féilte Reatha Read more here: » Irish calendar: Encyclopedia II - Irish calendar - Seasons |
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - 12 number - In time There are twelve months in a year.
The Western zodiac has twelve signs, as does the Chinese zodiac.
The Chinese use a 12 year cycle for time-reckoning called Earthly Branches.
There are twenty-four hours in a day in all, with twelve hours for a half a day. The hours are numbered from one to twelve for both the ante meridiem (a.m.) half of the day and the post meridiem (p.m.) half of the day. 12:00 after a.m. and before p.m. (in the middle of the day) is noon, and 12:00 after p.m. and before a.m. (in the middle of the night) is midnight. A new day is considered ...
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - 12 number - In religion Jewish tradition and the old testament of the Bible talks of twelve tribes of Israel. The New Testament describes twelve apostles of Jesus. The Book of Revelation 12:1 mentions a woman - usually interpreted as Virgin Mary - wearing a crown of twelve stars.
In traditional Jewish practice, a girl becomes a bat mitzvah on her twelfth birthday.
In Shi'a Islam, there are twelve Imams. These twelve early leaders of Islam are—Ali, Hasan, Husayn, and nine of Husayn's desce ...
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - 12 number - In time There are twelve months in a year.
The Western zodiac has twelve signs, as does the Chinese zodiac.
There are twenty-four hours in a day in all, with twelve hours for a half a day. The hours are numbered from one to twelve for both the ante meridiem (a.m.) half of the day and the post meridiem (p.m.) half of the day. 12:00 after a.m. and before p.m. (in the middle of the day) is noon, and 12:00 after p.m. and before a.m. (in the middle of the night) is midnight. A new day is considered to start with the stroke of midnight.
The minute hand of a clock face turns t ...
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - Liturgical year - Eastern Orthodox Church In a few, predominantly Eastern Orthodox, nations, religious holidays are celebrated on the corresponding day in the Julian Calendar. From 1900 until 2100, there is a thirteen-day difference between the Julian and the Gregorian Calendar, which is used in most of the world as well as in Eastern Orthodox countries for civil purposes. Thus, for example, Christmas is celebrated on January 7 in these countries. The computation of the day of Easter is, however, completely different between the tw ...
See also:Liturgical year, Liturgical year - Western Christianity, Liturgical year - Advent, Liturgical year - Christmas, Liturgical year - Ordinary Time Time after Epiphany and Septuagesima, Liturgical year - Lent, Liturgical year - Easter, Liturgical year - Ordinary Time Time After Pentecost, Liturgical year - Anglican and Protestant churches, Liturgical year - Eastern Orthodox Church, Liturgical year - The twelve Great Feasts, Liturgical year - Resources Read more here: » Liturgical year: Encyclopedia II - Liturgical year - Eastern Orthodox Church |
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - Liturgical year - Anglican and Protestant churches Some Protestant churches recognize a liturgical year, including Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Lutherans.
In general those Protestant churches that recognize a liturgical year, and follow a conventional lectionary, follow the pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic parlance, recognizing an Epiphany Season (or "Sundays after Epiphany") and a Pentecost Season (or "Sundays after Pentecost").
Some Christian festivals and when they occur according to Roman and Protestant (Western) Christianity are:
Epiphany: January 6See also: Liturgical year, Liturgical year - Western Christianity, Liturgical year - Advent, Liturgical year - Christmas, Liturgical year - Ordinary Time Time after Epiphany and Septuagesima, Liturgical year - Lent, Liturgical year - Easter, Liturgical year - Ordinary Time Time After Pentecost, Liturgical year - Anglican and Protestant churches, Liturgical year - Eastern Orthodox Church, Liturgical year - The twelve Great Feasts, Liturgical year - Resources Read more here: » Liturgical year: Encyclopedia II - Liturgical year - Anglican and Protestant churches |
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - 12 number - In science The atomic number of magnesium
In astronomy,
Messier object M12, a magnitude 8.0 globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus
The New General Catalogue object NGC 12, a magnitude 13.1 spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces
The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -2680 August 8 and ended on -1129 February 25. The duration of Saros series 12 was 1550.5 years, and it contained 87 solar eclipses.
The Saros number of the lunar eclipse ...
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - 12 number - In religion Jewish tradition and the old testament of the Bible talks of twelve tribes of Israel. The New Testament describes twelve apostles of Jesus. The Book of Revelation 12:1 mentions a woman - usually interpreted as Virgin Mary - wearing a crown of twelve stars.
In modern Jewish practice, a girl gets her bat mitzvah on the Shabbat after her twelfth birthday.
In Shi'a Islam, there are twelve Imams. These twelve early leaders of Islam are—Ali, Hasan, Husayn, and nine of Husayn's desce ...
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| | | | Christmastide: Encyclopedia II - 12 number - In music Twelve is the number of pitch classes in an octave, not counting the duplicated (octave) pitch. Also, the total number of major keys, (not counting enharmonic equivalents) and the total number of minor keys (also not counting equivalents). This applies only to twelve tone equal temperament, the most common tuning used today in western influenced music.
The twelfth is the interval of an octave and a fifth. Instruments like ...
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