Septuagesima means seventy in Latin. Septuagesima Sunday is the third Sunday before Lent in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite and seventy days before Easter.
Septuagesima means seventy in Latin. Septuagesima Sunday is the third Sunday before Lent in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite and seventy days before Easter.
In the Byzantine Catholic Church (and some other eastern) it is the Sunday of the Publican And Pharisee. This is the First Sunday of the Triodion liturgical book.
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