Liturgical colours - wikipedia Liturgical colours A white coloured parament hangs from the pulpit, indicating that the current liturgical season is Christmastide. The fact that the Christ Candle in the centre of the Advent wreath is lit also indicates that Christmas has arrived. Liturgical colours are those specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy. The symbolism of violet, white, green, red, gold, black, rose and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion. There is a distinction between the colour of the vestments worn by the clergy and their choir dress, which with a few exceptions does not change with the liturgical seasons. Contents 1 Roman Catholic Church 1.1 Current rubrics 1.1. 1 Regional and situational exceptions 1.2 Pre-1969 rubrics 2 Byzantine Rite 3 Russian liturgical colours 4 Coptic Rite 5 Ethiopian Rite 6 Anglicanism 6.1 Sarum Rite 7 Protestants 8 Citations 9 Sources 10 External links Roman Catholic Church Current rubrics In the Roman Rite, as reformed by Pope Paul VI, the following colours are used. Color Obligatory usage Optional usage ( in lieu of prescribed obligatory colour ) Green Sundays and Ferias in Ordinary Time Violet Sundays and Ferias of Advent Sundays and Ferias in Lent Liturgies on Holy Saturday ( except for the Easter Vigil ) Sacrament of Reconciliation Sacrament of the Sick All Souls ' Day Requiem Masses and offices for the dead Rose Gaudete Sunday ( Third Sunday of Advent ) Laetare Sunday ( Fourth Sunday in Lent ) White Christmastide ( from ( Vigil ) of Christmas to the Baptism of the Lord ) Holy Thursday Easter season ( from the Easter Vigil up to the Vigil of Pentecost ) Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Feasts of Our Lord other than those of His Passion Marian feast days Feasts of the Angels Feasts of non-martyred saints or confessors Feast of St. John Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter Feast of the Conversion of Paul the Apostle The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Feast of All Saints Sacrament of Baptism Sacrament of Matrimony Sacrament of Holy Orders Requiem Masses and offices for the dead where the Conference of Bishops has permitted it. Votive Masses and other Masses where Green is normally used. Red Palm Sunday Good Friday Pentecost Feasts of the Passion of the Lord Feasts of Martyrs, Apostles, and Evangelists Sacrament of Confirmation Red Masses and other votive Masses of the Holy Spirit. Papal funeral ( Red is the colour of mourning for popes according to an ancient Byzantine custom ) Black All Souls ' Day Requiem Masses On more solemn days, i.e. festive, more precious, sacred vestments may be used, even if not of the colour of the day. Such vestments may, for instance, be made from cloth of gold or cloth of silver. Moreover, the Conference of Bishops may determine and propose to the Apostolic See adaptations suited to the needs and culture of peoples. Ritual Masses are celebrated in their proper colour, in white, or in a festive colour. Masses for Various Needs, on the other hand, are celebrated in the colour proper to the day or the season or in violet if they bear a penitential character. Votive Masses are celebrated in the colour suited to the Mass itself or even in the colour proper to the day or the season. Regional and situational exceptions Some particular variations : Blue, a colour associated with the Virgin Mary, is permitted for the feast of the Immaculate Conception in Spain and in some dioceses in Portugal, Mexico, and South America. In the Philippines, it is authorised for all feasts of the Virgin Mary, a practice followed in some other places without official warrant. There have also been uses of blue in place of violet for the season of Advent despite the fact that this practice is prohibited under liturgical law. White or cloth of gold was traditionally used for the Novena from 16 to 24 December according to a Spanish custom abolished in that country in the 1950s, but still widely observed in the Philippines. White is also used for East Asian Masses for the dead, as white is the traditional colour of mourning in many of the region 's cultures. Furthermore, if not enough vestments of the proper colour are available ( particularly in concelebrations ), white may be used for all concelebrants. Violet or black are often permitted on national holidays honoring military dead. For example in Canada, they are used on Remembrance Day. Gold or silver may be worn on more solemn occasions in the Dioceses of the United States. Pre-1969 rubrics The Roman Missal, as revised by Pope John XXIII in 1962, was authorised for use as an extraordinary form of the Roman Rite by Pope Benedict XVI by the 2007 motu proprio entitled Summorum Pontificum. Pope John XXIII 's revision of the Missal incorporated changes that he had made with his motu proprio Rubricarum instructum of 29 July 1960. The following are the differences between its rules for liturgical colours and the later rules : Colour 1920 -- 1955 usage 1955 -- 1960 Usage 1960 - 1969 Usage Violet Ember days Rogation days Vigil of St. Andrew Vigil of St. Thomas Vigil of Christmas Holy Innocents ( when this falls on a weekday ) Purification ( Blessing of Candles and Procession ) Vigil of St. Matthias ( in leap years only ) Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima Palm Sunday ( Blessing of Palms, Procession, Mass ) Holy Saturday ( pre-Mass blessings and rites ) Vigil of Pentecost ( pre-Mass blessings and rites ) Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Vigil of St. James Vigil of the Assumption Vigil of Sts. Simon and Jude Vigil of All Saints All Souls ( during the Forty Hours ' Devotion only ) Sacrament of Baptism ( Introductory rites and Exorcism ) Ember days Rogation days Vigil of Christmas Holy Innocents ( when this falls on a weekday ) Purification ( Blessing of Candles and Procession ) Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima Palm Sunday ( Mass only ) Good Friday ( Distribution of Holy Communion only ) Easter Vigil ( pre-Mass blessings and rites ) Vigil of Pentecost ( pre-Mass blessings and rites ) Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Vigil of the Assumption All Souls ( during the Forty Hours ' Devotion only ) Sacrament of Baptism ( Introductory rites and Exorcism ) Ember days Rogation days Vigil of Christmas Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima Palm Sunday ( Mass only ) Good Friday ( Distribution of Holy Communion only ) Easter Vigil ( pre-Mass blessings and rites ) Vigil of Pentecost ( pre-Mass blessings and rites ) Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Vigil of Sts. Peter and Paul Vigil of St. Lawrence Vigil of the Assumption All Souls ( during the Forty Hours ' Devotion only ) Sacrament of Baptism ( Introductory rites and Exorcism ) Rose Gaudete Sunday Laetare Sunday Gaudete Sunday Laetare Sunday Gaudete Sunday Laetare Sunday White Octave of the Immaculate Conception Octave of St. John Vigil of the Epiphany Octave of the Epiphany Octave of the Solemnity of St. Joseph Vigil of the Ascension Octave of the Ascension Octave of Corpus Christi Octave of the Sacred Heart Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Octave of the Assumption Octave of All Saints Sacrament of Confirmation Vigil of the Ascension Sacrament of Confirmation Vigil of the Ascension Sacrament of Confirmation Red Octave of St. Stephen Octave of the Holy Innocents Octave of Pentecost Octave of Sts. Peter and Paul Palm Sunday ( blessing of palms only ) Octave of Pentecost Palm Sunday ( blessing of palms only ) Octave of Pentecost Black Good Friday All Souls ( except during the Forty Hours ' Devotion ) Requiem Masses Good Friday ( main liturgy ) All Souls ( except during the Forty Hours ' Devotion ) Requiem Masses Good Friday ( main liturgy ) All Souls ( except during the Forty Hours ' Devotion ) Requiem Masses Pope Pius X raised the rank of Sundays of ordinary time, so that on those that fell within octaves green was used instead of the colour of the octave, as had previously been the rule. The rules on liturgical colours before the time of Pope Pius X were essentially those indicated in the edition of the Roman Missal that Pope Pius V promulgated in 1570, except for the addition of feasts not included in his Missal. The scheme of colours in his Missal reflected usage that had become fixed in Rome by the twelfth century. Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, which is used by all the member churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite, does not have a universal system of colours, with the service - books of the Byzantine tradition only specifying `` light '' or `` dark '' vestments in the service books. In the Greek tradition, maroon or burgundy are common for solemn feast days, and a wide variety of colours are used at other times, the most common of which are gold and white. Slavic - use churches and others influenced by Western traditions have adopted a cycle of liturgical colours. The particulars may change from place to place, but generally : Colour Common usage Other usage Gold When no other colour is specified Light blue Feasts of the Theotokos Feasts of the Holy Archangels Churches dedicated to the Theotokos may use light blue for the default, instead of gold. In some places, blue is also used for Holy Theophany. In many places, blue is used for the Dormition Fast ( except from the Transfiguration to its afterfeast ( August 6 -- 13 ), when either gold or white is used ). Purple or wine - red Saturdays and Sundays during Great Lent In many places, purple or dark red are only worn on the weekdays of the Great Fast, while bright colors ( gold, gold / white ) are used on Saturdays and Sundays. Red Holy Thursday Feast of the Cross Beheading of St. John the Baptist Feasts of Martyrs Nativity Fast Apostles ' Fast Pascha ( Mount Athos and Jerusalem ) Nativity ( Mount Athos and Jerusalem ) Feasts of the Holy Theotokos ( Mount Athos ) In some places, red is used for the Dormition Fast ( except from the Transfiguration to its afterfeast ( August 6 -- 13 ), when either gold or white is used ). Green Palm Sunday Pentecost Feasts of Venerable ( Monastic ) Saints Feast of the Cross in some places ( such as Jerusalem ) Black Weekdays during Great Lent Weekdays during Holy Week ( except Holy Thursday ) Black is far more prevalent in the Slavic traditions than the Greek tradition, especially in the United States. White Pascha Nativity Theophany Other Great Feasts of the Lord Funerals ( Throughout the year, even during Holy Week. ) The colours would be changed before Vespers on the eve of the day being commemorated. During Great Feasts, the colour is changed before the vespers service that begins the first day of a forefeast, and remains until the apodosis ( final day of the afterfeast ). Under Western influence, black is often used in the Slavic churches for funerals, weekdays of Great Lent, and Holy Week as a sign of penance and mourning, but in the second half of the 20th century, the ancient white became more common, as a sign of the hope of the Resurrection. Russian liturgical colours According to the Russian Orthodox Church 's Nastol'naya Kniga Sviashchenno - sluzhitelia, up to eight different liturgical colours may be used throughout the year. Exact usage of these colours varies, but the following are the most common uses. Colour Common usage Uncommon or other usage Gold Feasts of the Lord Jesus Christ Feasts of Prophets Feasts of Apostles Feasts of Holy Hierarchs When no other colour is specified Light blue Feasts of the Theotokos Presentation of the Lord Annunciation Feasts of Bodiless Powers Feasts of Virgins Fifth Friday in Lent Dormition Fast until Elevation of the Cross, or even Advent ( Carpatho - Russians ) Purple or wine - red Cross of Our Lord Great and Holy Thursday Weekends of Lent Weekdays of Lent Red Feasts of Martyrs Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Advent Feasts of Angels Elevation of the Cross Pascha ( Mount Athos and Jerusalem ) Nativity ( Mount Athos and Jerusalem ) Green Palm Sunday Pentecost Holy Spirit Day Feasts of Monastic Saints Feasts of Ascetics Feasts of Fools for Christ Feasts of Prophets Feasts of Angels Pentecost until Saints Peter and Paul ( Carpatho - Russians ) Black Weekdays of Lent Weekday funerals, memorials, and liturgies ( Carpatho - Russians ) White Epiphany Transfiguration Paschal season Funerals Theophany Christmas Day Orange or tawny Saints Peter and Paul fast Feast of Saints Peter and Paul until Transfiguration Coptic Rite The Coptic tradition, followed by the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Coptic Catholic Church, only uses white vestments, with gold and silver being considered variations of white. The only exception is during Passion Week when black is used. Nonetheless, trimmings of red, gold or blue may be found on some vestments. Ethiopian Rite The liturgical tradition of Ethiopia, followed by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Ethiopian Catholic Church, embraces a wide variety of liturgical colours. In Eritrea, similar traditions are followed. Anglicanism Lenten Array altar frontal by George Pace at St Augustine 's, Edgbaston Most Anglican churches use the colours appointed in the Roman Rite, usually in its post-1969 form, with the exception of Sarum Blue replacing violet for Advent, but some use the earlier form, with, for instance, black in place of red on Good Friday. Some churches use black at Masses for the dead, but more commonly white or purple is used. For historical reasons much of the worldwide Anglican Communion takes a noticeable lead from the practice of the Church of England. Since the 1980 Alternative Service Book, liturgical colours have been recommended for seasons, with more detailed advice offered as part of the Common Worship series of liturgies, including colours for all Sundays and festivals printed in the ' core volume ' next to collects. The Church 's published Lectionary now makes detailed suggestions for liturgical colour throughout the year, which corresponds almost exactly with the above table of Roman Rite ( post-1969 usage ) usage with five minor exceptions, and one more significant one : there is no reference in Anglican usage to Masses of deceased popes and cardinals ; no liturgical colour at all is suggested for Holy Saturday ( the words `` hangings removed '' are printed ) ; the recommendation of red for confirmation rites is extended also to ordination rites ; Lenten Array ( unbleached linen ) continues to be listed as an alternative option to purple during Lent ; the option exists for using red instead of green during the `` Kingdom Season '', the four last Sundays of the liturgical year, culminating in Christ the King, as is common is some Lutheran traditions ( see below ) ; finally, and more significantly, the Church of England provision suggests white throughout the Sundays after Epiphany as a distinct `` Epiphany season '', with ordinary time commencing the day after Candlemas. The Church of England suggested colour scheme also indicates where gold vestments should be used in those churches that possess gold and white as distinct colours. The use of rose - pink vestments, as in the Roman Rite table above, was mentioned as an option in early editions of Common Worship, and is a listed option in the annual published lectionary ; however, later Common Worship publications have begun to refer to this practice as `` traditional '' reflecting its resurgence. Sarum Rite The Sarum Rite was a medieval liturgical rite used in England before the Reformation which had a distinct set of liturgical colours. After the Anglo - Catholic Revival of the 19th Century, certain Church of England churches began adopting Sarum liturgical colours as an attempt to produce something that was an English expression of Catholicism rather than a Roman expression. One of the chief advocates behind this was the Reverend Percy Dearmer. The exact colours used by the mediaeval Sarum rite are a matter of dispute, but colours adopted by contemporary churches claiming to use the Sarum scheme include in particular deep blue for Advent, which may be popularly referred to as `` Sarum blue '', and unbleached linen for Lent. The Sarum rite has never received official approval in the Church of England or in The Episcopal Church, but has influenced a number of cathedrals and parish churches. Protestants This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2015 ) The examples and perspective in this section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page. ( October 2015 ) Some Protestant churches, historically especially Methodists, and today many mainline Protestants, use a colour scheme similar to those used by Anglicans and Catholics, although the practice is not universally followed. Many Protestant churches do not use liturgical colours at all. The United Methodist Church, prior to the early - 1990s, used red solely for Pentecost, even including the Sundays after Pentecost Sunday, with the use of green being reserved for the season of Kingdomtide, which usually lasted from late August / early September until Christ the King ( the last Sunday in Kingdomtide ). Since the publication of the 1992 Book of Worship, the UMC has followed the ELCA practice of wearing red only for Pentecost and Reformation Sundays and green for the rest of the Pentecost season. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA ), uses the same colour scheme as that of the Anglicans and their Scandinavian Lutheran counterparts, but with the use of gold only for the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday services, with Holy Week using scarlet in place of crimson. Both the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod ( LCMS ) and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod ( WELS ), along with the United Methodist Church use a similar system, but with purple being the primary colour for both Advent and Lent ( with blue being the alternate colour for Advent only ), and the use of gold in place of white for both Christmas and Easter ( in similar practice to the Catholic Church ). In the WELS, the use of red is also done during the Period of End Times, a period of the Church regarding the teachings of the Book of Revelation, culminating in the creation of the New Jerusalem ( corresponding to Christ the King in the ELCA ). In all three churches, including the ELCA, red is also worn on the last Sunday of October, in celebration of the Reformation on October 31, when Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses onto the door of Wittenberg Castle Church. The Presbyterian Church ( USA ) has sanctioned the use of liturgical colours and promoted their use in the 1993 Book of Common Worship ( although their use was also promoted in the church 's annual Planning Calendars beginning in the 1980s ). Advent and Lent are periods of preparation and repentance and are represented by the colour purple. The feasts of Christmas Day and Christmastide, Epiphany Sunday, Baptism of the Lord Sunday, Transfiguration Sunday, Easter Season, Trinity Sunday, and Christ the King Sunday are represented by white. Green is the colour for periods of Ordinary Time. Red is for Pentecost Sunday, but may also be used for ordinations, church anniversaries, and memorial services for ordained clergy. Red or purple are appropriate for Palm Sunday. During Holy Week, the church may use purple or remain bare ( although a few churches will use black for Good Friday ). Similarly, the United Church of Christ includes indications of which liturgical colour to use for each Sunday in its annual calendar. The general Western pattern is followed, with either purple or blue recommended for Advent. Citations Jump up ^ Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, no. 346 ; cf. text for Australia Archived 2008 - 07 - 20 at the Wayback Machine., England and Wales, United States Jump up ^ The optional use of blue as a liturgical colour for feasts of our Lady is restricted to a few dioceses, as explained below. Jump up ^ GIRM ( Editio Typica ), 346 Jump up ^ GIRM, 346. g Jump up ^ GIRM, 347 Jump up ^ Cantica Nova Publications, Advent Blues, editorial by Gary D. Penkala, December 2000 Jump up ^ GIRM, 346. h in publications for use in the U.S. Jump up ^ Missale Romanum 1962 in PDF Format Jump up ^ Rubricae generales Missalis : XVIII -- De Coloribus Paramentorum in the 1920 typical edition of the Roman Missal omitted the phrase `` exceptis Dominicis infra octavas occurrentibus, in quibus color octavarum servatur '' found in earlier editions beginning with Pope Pius V 's edition of 1570 ( page 21 of the facsimile published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana in 1998 -- ISBN 88 - 209 - 2547 - 8 ). Jump up ^ Nastol'naya Kniga Sviashchenno - sluzhitelia, Volume 4, Moscow, 1983, Translated in `` The Messenger '' of St. Andrew 's Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Philadelphia, June, July -- August, September, 1990. Jump up ^ The use of rose - pink vestments is suggested in the liturgical colour sequence notes of Common Worship of which an on - line version may be found here. Jump up ^ For example, see `` Common Worship - Times & Seasons '', added to the Common Worship series in 2006, page 50, paragraph 1 : `` rose - pink vestments are traditionally worn ''. Jump up ^ United Church of Christ Desk Calendar and Plan Book 2016, http://www.uccresources.com Sources Ordo missae celebrandae et divini officii persolvendi secundum calendarium romanum generale pro anno liturgico 2005 - 2006, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2005. External links Christian Symbols, Crosses, Parament Colours ; and their meanings -- Trinity Lutheran Church, Billings, Montana Liturgical Colours, from Chuck Knows Church, a ministry of the General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church Clergy Stoles and their Colors a related video to the above, from Chuck Knows Church, a ministry of the General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church Herbermann, Charles, ed. ( 1913 ). `` Liturgical colours ''. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York : Robert Appleton Company. 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Question: what colour does the church use during the season of christmas
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