Lent Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Vestments === [[File:Chancel on Maundy Thursday.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|The [[chancel]] of a [[Lutheran]] church decorated with red [[parament]]s, the liturgical colour of the last week of Lent, [[Holy Week]], in the Lutheran and Anglican Churches<ref name="Gally1989">{{cite book|last=Gally|first=Howard E.|title=Ceremonies of the Eucharist|year= 1989|publisher=Cowley Publications|language=en|isbn=978-1461660521|page=45|quote=In recent decades there has been a revival of the ancient use of red (crimson or scarlet) for Holy Week among both Episcopalians and Lutherans. The Roman Rite has restored the use of red only on Palm Sunday and Good Friday.}}</ref>]] In the Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and many Anglican churches, pastors and priests wear violet vestments during the season of Lent.<ref name="Escue2000">{{cite web |last1=Escue |first1=Doug |title=The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd |url=http://www.goodshepherdmankato.org/worship/lectionary/liturgyparts/liturgicalcolors/index.html |publisher=Good Shepherd Lutheran Church & School |access-date=17 April 2022 |language=English |date=2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Krohner |first1=Susan |title=Lent |url=https://avonunitedmethodist.com/content.cfm?id=423 |publisher=Memorial United Methodist Church|quote=The liturgical color is violet, except on Good Friday when it is black. You will see the violet on our minister (her stole), on the altar (the paraments), on the banner […]}}</ref> Catholic priests wear white vestments on solemnity days for St. Joseph (March 19) and the Annunciation (March 25), although these solemnities are transferred to another date if they fall on a Sunday during Lent or at any time during Holy Week. On the fourth Sunday of Lent, rose-coloured (pink) vestments may be worn in lieu of violet. Historically, black was also used: [[Pope Innocent III]] declared black to be the proper color for Lent, though [[Durandus of Saint-Pourçain]] asserted violet was preferable to black.<ref>Kellner, K. A. H. (1908). ''[https://archive.org/details/heortologyhistor00kelluoft/page/430 <!-- quote=black vestments during advent history. --> Heortology: A History of the Christian Festivals from Their Origin to the Present Day]'' Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co Limited. p. 430.</ref> In some Anglican churches, a type of unbleached linen or muslin known as "Lenten array" is worn during the first three weeks of Lent, crimson is worn during Passiontide, and on holy days, the colour proper to the day is worn.<ref>The Church of England rubric states: "The colour for a particular service should reflect the predominant theme. If the Collect, Readings, etc. on a Lesser Festival are those of the saint, then either red (for a martyr) or white is used; otherwise, the colour of the season is retained." See [http://www.churchofengland.org/media/41133/mvlectionary524-591.pdf p. 532 here].</ref> In certain other Anglican churches, as an alternative to violet for all of Lent except Holy Week and red beginning on Palm Sunday through Holy Saturday, Lenten array, typically made of sackcloth such as burlap and trimmed with crimson cloth, often velvet, is worn, even during Holy Week—since the sackcloth represents penance and the crimson edges represent the Passion of Christ. Even the veils that cover the altar crosses or crucifixes and statuary (if any) are made of the same sackcloth with the crimson trim. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page