The stichera by the Emperor Leo, Come, let us worship the Three-hypostatic Godhead, marks the beginning of the celebration of Pentecost as a feast honoring the Three-hypostatic God—the Holy Trinity.

The Immaculate Conception, a solemnity celebrated on December 8, is the patronal feast of the United States ... the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before him in love." ...

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a time to celebrate the great joy of God’s gift to humanity in Mary, and to recognize with greater clarity, the truth that each and every human ...

In a statement on its website, the archdiocese said the celebration of the Second Sunday of Advent on Dec. 8 takes precedence over the feast ... solemnity,” the archdiocesan circular said. The ...