Fronleichnam I Corpus Christi Day
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HAVE GERMAN WILL TRAVEL Feiertao FRONLEICHNAM I CORPUS CHRISTI DAY The Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for Body ofChrist) , Corpus Christi also known as Corpus Domini, is a Latin Rite liturgical solemnity celebrating the tradition and belief in the body and blood of Jesus Christ and his Real Presence in the Eucharist. It emphasizes the joy of the institution of the Eucharist, which was observed on Holy Thursday in the somber atmosphere of the nearness of Good Friday. In the present Roman Missal, the feast is designated the solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. [l] It is also celebrated in some Anglican, Lutheran, and Old Catholic Churches that hold similar beliefs regarding the Real Presence. The feast is liturgically celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday or, "where the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is not a holy day of obi igation, it is assigned to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity as its proper day"_[l] At the end ofHoly Corpus Christi procession. Oil on canvas by Carl Mass, there is often a procession of the Blessed Emil Doepler Sacrament, generally displayed in a monstTance. The Also called Corpus Dominj procession is followed by Benediction of the Blessed Observed by as a public holiday Austria, Brazil, Sacrament. Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, A notable Eucharistic procession is that presided over by Colombia, Croatia, Dominican the Pope each year in Rome, where it begins at the Republic, Haiti, East Timor, parts of Archbasilica of St. John Lateran and makes its way to the Germany, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where it concludes with Panama, Peru, Poland, San Marino, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. parts of Spain and Switzerland, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago Date Thursday after Trinity Sunday; 60 days after Easter Was ist Fronleichnam bzw. Bedeutung von Fronleichnam Fronleichnam ist ein katholischer Feiertag, bei dem die leibliche Gegenwart von Jesus Christus gefeiert wird. Das Fronleichnamsfest (lat. Corpus Domini, engl. Corpus Christi) fallt immer auf den zweiten Donnerstag nach Pfingsten. Beliebte Falschschreibweisen sind Frohnleichnam und Fronleichnahm. Fronleichnam setzt sich zusammen aus "Fron" und "Leichnam". "Fron" bedeutet "Herr" {daher Frondienst = Dienst fur den Herrn) und "Leichnam" stammt aus dem mittelhochdeutschen und bedeuet "Leib". Fronleichnam, Corpus Christi und Corpus Domini klingen zwar unterschiedlich, heil3en jedoch alle "Leib des Herrn Jesus Christus" und bezeichnen das Fest des Leibes und Blutes Christi. Fronleichnam ist in einigen Bundeslandern - teils nur regional - ein gesetzlicher Feiertag. .