Hosian Liturgical Year

The Hosian Liturgical Year describes the liturgical calendar of the Hosian church and their major feasts.

Aurorian Calendar
This calendar is used as the basis in the Western Churches, and is still used one-on-one in the Aurorian Patriarchal Church.

Initium
The Initium or tempus initialis is the time consisting of the first 4 weeks of the liturgical year. It is a period of preparation for Spirittide, which celebrates the birth of Eliyahu, as well as for the Return of Eliyahu from hiding. The Sundays are numbered "Xth Sunday from the Beginning", with the first Sunday being the Solemnity of Creator Spiritus, celebrating the creation of the world and looking forward to both Spirittide and the Return as a second creation.

Spirittide
Spirittide starts on the 25th of December with the Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord, with its Octave the Solemnity of the Incarnation of the Lord, also known as the "Two Sundays of Spiritmass". It is a festive time remembering the birth and incarnation of the Lord, which ends 40 days after Spiritmas with the Solemnity of the Election of the Lord, which commemorates Eliyahu's elevation to the Priesthood and links it to his role as eternal High Priest. The Sunday after Election celebrates the Baptism of the Lord.

Ordinary Time
Between the high liturgical seasons, there is additionally a period as "Ordinary Time" or "Time through the Year".

Quadraginta
The Quadraginta (Forty Days) takes place 40 weekdays (that is, excluding Sundays) before Triumph of the Lord. It starts with the Feast of the Exile of the Faithful, which recalls how the hosioi were chased out of Yishelem. During the Quadraginta, fasting is observed and services are more sober - the Gloria is omitted and all Alleluias replaced.

Holy Week
The final week before Triumph, also known as the Holy Week, is technically part of Quadraginta but is often considered, due to its highly important feasts, a separate time of the liturgical year. It starts on the Sunday before Triumph, commemorating the Entry of the Lord, often with a procession with palms. The next three feasts here are the holiest days of the Hosian year, Valediction Thursday, commemorating the Last Supper and the betrayal by Onan, Silent Friday, commemorating the Exile to Hell, and Holy Saturday, during which no services but a continuous vigil formed by special Holy Offices are held until the evening, when the Triumph Vigil marks the beginning of Triumph Sunday.