Roodmas, the Glossary
Roodmas (from Old English rood "rod", "cross" and mas, Mass; similar to the etymology of Christmas), is a name for the celebration of the Feast of the Cross.[1]
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26 relations: Book of Common Prayer (1662), Catholic Church, Catholic Church in the Philippines, Church of England, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Common Worship, Feast of the Cross, Flores de Mayo, Gallican Rite, General Roman Calendar, General Roman Calendar of 1960, Helena, mother of Constantine I, Heraclius, Herbert Thurston, Jerusalem, John Gregorson Campbell, Latin Church, Latin liturgical rites, List of Byzantine emperors, Mass (liturgy), Old English, Philippines, Pope John XXIII, Protestantism, Rood, True Cross.
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Book of Common Prayer (1662)
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is an authorised liturgical book of the Church of England and other Anglican bodies around the world.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Catholic Church in the Philippines
As part of the worldwide Catholic Church, the Catholic Church in the Philippines (Simbahang Katolika sa Pilipinas, Iglesia católica en Filipinas), or the Philippine Catholic Church, is under the spiritual direction of the Holy See in Vatican City, an enclave within Rome in Italy, with the Pope as its head.
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Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Common Worship
Common Worship is the name given to the series of services authorised by the General Synod of the Church of England and launched on the first Sunday of Advent in 2000.
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Feast of the Cross
In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different celebrations of the Feast of the Cross, all of which commemorate the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. Roodmas and Feast of the Cross are may observances, September observances and True Cross.
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Flores de Mayo
Flores de Mayo (Spanish for "flowers of May") is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. Roodmas and Flores de Mayo are may observances and True Cross.
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Gallican Rite
The Gallican Rite is a historical form of Christian liturgy and other ritual practices in Western Christianity.
General Roman Calendar
The General Roman Calendar is the liturgical calendar that indicates the dates of celebrations of saints and mysteries of the Lord (Jesus Christ) in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, wherever this liturgical rite is in use.
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General Roman Calendar of 1960
This article lists the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as approved on 25 July 1960 by Pope John XXIII's motu proprio Rubricarum instructum and promulgated by the Sacred Congregation of Rites the following day, 26 July 1960, by the decree Novum rubricarum.
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Helena, mother of Constantine I
Flavia Julia Helena (Ἑλένη, Helénē; AD 246/248–330), also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
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Heraclius
Heraclius (Hērákleios; – 11 February 641) was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641.
Herbert Thurston
Herbert Henry Charles Thurston (15 November 1856 – 3 November 1939) was an English priest of the Roman Catholic Church, a member of the Jesuit order, and a prolific scholar on liturgical, literary, historical, and spiritual matters.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
John Gregorson Campbell
John Gregorson Campbell (1836 – 22 November 1891) was a Scottish folklorist and Free Church minister at the Tiree and Coll parishes in Argyll, Scotland.
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Latin Church
The Latin Church (Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous (sui iuris) particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics.
Latin liturgical rites
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, is a large family of liturgical rites and uses of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church sui iuris of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once dominated.
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List of Byzantine emperors
The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Eastern Roman Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD.
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Mass (liturgy)
Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity.
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Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII (Ioannes XXIII; Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 1963.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
Rood
A rood or rood cross, sometimes known as a triumphal cross, is a cross or crucifix, especially the large crucifix set above the entrance to the chancel of a medieval church.
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True Cross
The True Cross is said to be the real cross that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified on, according to Christian tradition.
See also
True Cross
- Anastasius of Persia
- Arma Christi
- Ave crux spes unica
- Battle of Ascalon
- Battle of Hattin
- Battle of Mansurah (1221)
- Battle of the Dindar River
- Black Nazarene
- Chapel of Saint Helena, Jerusalem
- Church of the Virgin of the Pharos
- Cross of Saint Euphrosyne
- Debre Libanos
- Elevation of the Holy Cross
- Feast of the Cross
- Fiesta de las Cruces
- Flores de Mayo
- Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle (Blieskastel)
- Heraclius of Jerusalem
- Holy Cross Abbey
- Jewish revolt against Heraclius
- Kreuzkapelle, Bad Camberg
- Massacre at Ayyadieh
- Mateus (ambassador)
- Meskel
- Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of S. Lorenzo
- Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the Ponte di Rialto
- Nanteos Cup
- Order of the Starry Cross
- Procession in St. Mark's Square
- Relics of Sainte-Chapelle
- Roodmas
- Russian cruiser Moskva
- Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
- Shrine of the Holy Relics
- Siege of Babylon Fortress
- Siege of Jerusalem (1099)
- Stavrovouni Monastery
- The Legend of the True Cross
- The Phantom Ship
- Titulus Crucis
- Treasury of Saint-Denis
- Treasury of St Mark's Basilica
- True Cross
- Vexilla regis prodeunt
- Wild Boar of Westmorland
- Xeropotamou Monastery