Editing Liturgical colours (section)

==Byzantine Rite==
The [[Byzantine Rite]], which is used by all the member churches of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], the [[Byzantine Rite Lutheranism|Byzantine Lutheran Churches]] 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 Greek tradition, [[Maroon (colour)|maroon]] or [[Burgundy (color)|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.<ref name="stnicholasoca" />

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:

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! style="text-align:center;"|Colour!! style="text-align:center;"|Common usage!! style="text-align:center;"|Other usage
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| style="background:gold;"|Gold||
*When no other colour is specified
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| style="background:#6495ed;"|Light blue||
*Feasts of the [[Theotokos]]
*Feasts of the Holy Archangels
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*Churches dedicated to the Theotokos may use light blue for the default, instead of gold.
*In some places, blue is also used for [[Baptism of Jesus|Holy Theophany]].
*In many places, blue is used for the Dormition Fast (except from the [[Transfiguration of Jesus|Transfiguration]] to its afterfeast (August 6–13), when either gold or white is used).
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| style="background:#88023c;"|<span style="color:white;">Purple or wine-red</span>||
*Saturdays and Sundays during [[Great Lent]] (Slavic Churches)
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*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.
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| style="background:red;"|<span style="color:white;">Red</span>||
*[[Maundy Thursday|Holy Thursday]]
*[[Feast of the Cross]]
*[[Beheading of St. John the Baptist]]
*Feasts of [[Martyr]]s
*[[Nativity Fast]]
*[[Apostles' Fast]]
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*[[Easter|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).
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| style="background:Green;"|<span style="color:white;">Green</span>||
*[[Palm Sunday]]
*[[Pentecost]]
*Feasts of Venerable ([[Monastic]]) [[Saints]]
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*[[Feast of the Cross]] in some places (such as Jerusalem)
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| style="background:black;"|<span style="color:white;">Black</span>||
*Weekdays during [[Great Lent]]
*Weekdays during [[Holy Week]] (except Holy Thursday)
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*Black is far more prevalent in the Slavic traditions than the Greek tradition, especially in the United States.
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| style="background:white;"|White||
*Pascha
*[[Nativity of Jesus|Nativity]]
*[[Theophany]]
*Other [[Great Feasts]] of the Lord
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*Funerals (Throughout the year, even during Holy Week.)
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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===
In the tradition of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], up to nine different liturgical colours may be used throughout the year.<ref><!--the information given does not agree with the source cited-->The cited information was taken from translation published in three issues of: 
:{{Cite magazine |year=1990 |orig-date=June, July–August, September |title={{grey|[no title]}} |publisher=St.&nbsp;Andrew's Russian Orthodox Cathedral |periodical=The Messenger |place=Philadelphia, PA}}
: which cites the original {{Cite book |title=Nastol'naya Kniga Sviashchenno-sluzhitelia |year=1983 |volume=4 |location=Moscow, RU |script-title=ru:Настольная книга священнослужителя |trans-title=Clergyman's Handbook}}
: That 1983 edition is based on the handbook's 1913 third edition: {{Cite book |year=1913 |editor-last=Bulgakov, S.V. |location=Kiev, UA |script-title=ru:ЦВЕТА БОГОСЛУЖЕБНЫХ ОБЛАЧЕНИЙ. СИМВОЛИКА ЦВЕТОВ |chapter=Chapter&nbsp;15.5 |quote=The color scale of the liturgical vestments consists of the following basic colors: white, red, orange, yellow, green, light blue (голубой), dark blue (синий), violet/purple (фиолетовый), black. |chapter-url=https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/Pravoslavnoe_Bogosluzhenie/nastolnaja-kniga-svjashennosluzhitelja/15_5}}
</ref>
Exact use of these colours varies, but the following are the most common uses:<ref name="stnicholasoca" />

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!style="text-align:center;"|Colour!! style="text-align:center;"|Common use !!style="text-align:center;"| Uncommon or other use
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|style="text-align:center;background:gold;"| '''Gold''' or '''Yellow'''<br/>(желтый)||
*[[Feasts of the Lord Jesus Christ]]
*Feasts of Prophets
*Feasts of Apostles
*Feasts of [[Holy Hierarchs]]
*When no other colour is specified
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|style="text-align:center;background:#6495ed;"| Light '''blue'''<br/>(голубой)
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*[[Marian feast days|Feasts of the Theotokos]]
*Presentation of the Lord
*Annunciation
*Feasts of Bodiless Powers
*Feasts of Virgins
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*Fifth Friday in Lent
*Dormition Fast until Elevation of the Cross, or even Advent (Carpatho-Russians)
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|style="text-align:center;background:#88023c;"| <span style="color:white;">'''Purple''' or Dark '''Red'''<br/>(фиолетовый или<br/>темно-красный)</span>||
*Cross of Our Lord
*Great and Holy Thursday
*Weekends of Lent
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|style="text-align:center;background:#3f00ff;"| <span style="color:white;">Dark '''Blue''', '''Indigo'''<br/>(синий, темно-синий)</span>||
*Weekends of Lent
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|style="text-align:center;background:red;"| <span style="color:white;">'''Red'''<br/>(красный)</span>||
*Feasts of Martyrs
*Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
*Advent
*Feasts of Angels
*Elevation of the Cross
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*Pascha (Mount Athos and Jerusalem)
*Nativity (Mount Athos and Jerusalem)
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|style="text-align:center;background:Green;"| <span style="color:white;">'''Green'''<br/>(зеленый)</span>||
*Palm Sunday
*Pentecost
*Holy Spirit Day
*Feasts of Monastic Saints
*Feasts of Ascetics
*Feasts of Fools for Christ
*Feasts of Prophets
*Feasts of Angels
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*Pentecost until Saints Peter and Paul (Carpatho-Russians)
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|style="text-align:center;background:black;"| <span style="color:white;">'''Black'''<br/>(черный)</span>||
*Weekdays of Lent
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*Weekday funerals, memorials, and liturgies (Carpatho-Russians)
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|style="text-align:center;background:white;"| '''White'''<br/>(белый)||
*Theophany
*Transfiguration
*Paschal season
*Funerals
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*Theophany
*Christmas Day
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|style="text-align:center;background:#c50;"| <span style="color:white;">'''Orange''' or '''tawny'''<br/>(оранжевый)</span>||
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*Saints Peter and Paul fast
*Feast of Saints Peter and Paul until Transfiguration
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