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Pentecost season, also knownPentecostide, as well as the time ofSundays after Pentecost orSundays after Trinity, is aliturgical period, celebrated by someChristian churches, which immediately follows theEaster season. Although the start and end dates vary by liturgical tradition, the season typically begins on the day ofPentecost and continues throughout the rest of theliturgical year, ending just before the season ofAdvent. Theliturgical color for this period is typically green or red.
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TheOrdinary Form of theRoman Rite of theCatholic Church does not include a Pentecost season. Pentecost is considered the last day of theEaster season, and is followed byOrdinary Time.
Traditionalist Catholicism has an eight-dayOctave of Pentecost, followed by Sundays after Pentecost that continue through to the end of the liturgical year.
The Catholic Church'sOrdinariate Use for former Anglicans usesTrinity Sunday (theoctave day of Pentecost) as the start of a liturgical period, with subsequent Sundays designated "Sundays after Trinity".
The various forms of the Roman Rite all use the color green for this period.
In theMoravian Church, the Pentecost season runs from the Feast of Pentecost itself to theReign of Christ, the last Sunday of the liturgical year.[1] Red is the liturgical color used for Pentecost Sunday; white is the liturgical color used for Trinity Sunday and Reign of Christ Sunday; green is the liturgical color used for the other Sundays of the Pentecost season.[1]
In theLutheran Church–Missouri Synod, this period can be called "Season after Pentecost" or "Season of the Holy Trinity."[2]
In classical prayer books around the world, it is referred to as Trinitytide, "Season of Trinity", or just "Sundays after Trinity"
InThe Episcopal Church theBook of Common Prayer refers to this period as the "Season after Pentecost."[3][4]
In theReformed Churches, such as thePresbyterian Church (USA), the season is known as the "Time after Pentecost".[5]
TheUnited Church of Christ, aCongregationalist denomination in the Reformed tradition, assigns the period of the liturgical calendar as "Time after Pentecost".[6]
Many Annual Conferences within theUnited Methodist Church observeKingdomtide as a liturgical season spanning the latter portion of the period betweenPentecost and the start of theAdvent season.[7]
TheByzantine Rite ofEastern Christianity uses the nomenclature of "Sundays after Pentecost."[8]
TheMaronite Church, which uses theWest Syriac Rite, celebrates a Pentecost season that extends until theFeast of the Exaltation of the Cross.
The closest equivalent to a Pentecost season in theEast Syriac Rite is theSeason of Apostles, which begins withPentecost and continues for seven weeks.[9]
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