"And one can only ever have begun; there is no other way to be than to be on the way."
-- Catherine Pickstock
-- Catherine Pickstock
This series of paintings takes as its inspiration the seasons of the Church year.
Additional paintings will be added as those seasons begin.
Additional paintings will be added as those seasons begin.
ADVENT (the four Sundays before Christmas)
Color: Blue or purple
(The word advent comes from the Latin prefix ‘ad-‘ meaning ‘to’ and the root ‘venire’ meaning ‘come’)
The Sundays of Advent are sometimes given names such as peace, love, joy, and hope.
Color: Blue or purple
(The word advent comes from the Latin prefix ‘ad-‘ meaning ‘to’ and the root ‘venire’ meaning ‘come’)
The Sundays of Advent are sometimes given names such as peace, love, joy, and hope.
Tempus Adventus
2020
48x60, acrylic on canvas
2020
48x60, acrylic on canvas
CHRISTMAS (December 25 through January 5)
Color: White or Gold
Special days include Christmas Day and Epiphany Sunday
Color: White or Gold
Special days include Christmas Day and Epiphany Sunday
Joulurauhaa!
(Christmas peace!)
48x60, Acrylic on canvas
2020
(Christmas peace!)
48x60, Acrylic on canvas
2020
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In Nativitate Domini (The birth of our Lord) 20x20, Oil on canvas 2020 |
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EPIPHANY (January 6th through the day before Ash Wednesday)
Color: Green
(Middle English epiphanie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin epiphania, from Late Greek, plural, probably alteration of Greek epiphaneia appearance, manifestation, from epiphainein to manifest, from epi- + phainein to show).
Special days include the Day of Epiphany (January 6), Baptism of the Lord Sunday (second Sunday in January) and Transfiguration Sunday (the Sunday before Ash Wednesday).
Color: Green
(Middle English epiphanie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin epiphania, from Late Greek, plural, probably alteration of Greek epiphaneia appearance, manifestation, from epiphainein to manifest, from epi- + phainein to show).
Special days include the Day of Epiphany (January 6), Baptism of the Lord Sunday (second Sunday in January) and Transfiguration Sunday (the Sunday before Ash Wednesday).
The Epiphany Arrives
48x60, oil on canvas
2021
48x60, oil on canvas
2021
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The Baptistery of St. Paul at Agios Ioannis
(Baptism of the Lord Sunday) 2021 36x48, oil on canvas |
Jesus, Moses, and Elijah
(Transfiguration Sunday) 2021 36x48, oil on canvas |
SEASON OF LENT (the forty days before Easter, not counting Sundays)
Color: Purple
Special days include Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Paschal Triduum
Color: Purple
Special days include Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Paschal Triduum
Quadragesima (Fortieth)
2021
48x60, Oil on canvas
2021
48x60, Oil on canvas
Dies Cinerum (Day of Ashes)
(Ash Wednesday)
2021
36x48, acrylic on canvas
(Ash Wednesday)
2021
36x48, acrylic on canvas
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Palm Sunday
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Maundy Thursday
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Good Friday
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Holy Week
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Paschal Triduum
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SEASON OF EASTER (Easter Sunday through the Day of Pentecost)
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Easter Sunday |
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The Ascension of Christ (forty days after Easter)
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Pentecost (fifty days after Easter)
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SEASON AFTER PENTECOST (The Sundays after Pentecost through Christ the King Sunday)
Color: Green
Special days include Trinity Sunday, Reformation Day (Oct. 31), All Saints Day (Nov. 1),
and Christ the King (the Sunday before Advent)
Color: Green
Special days include Trinity Sunday, Reformation Day (Oct. 31), All Saints Day (Nov. 1),
and Christ the King (the Sunday before Advent)
Ordinalis
(Late Latin ōrdinālis in order equivalent to Latin ōrdin - stem of ōrdō) order + -ālis -al)
2020
48x60, acrylic on canvas
(Late Latin ōrdinālis in order equivalent to Latin ōrdin - stem of ōrdō) order + -ālis -al)
2020
48x60, acrylic on canvas
Chi Rho
(Christ the King)
2020
36x48, Acrylic on canvas
(Christ the King)
2020
36x48, Acrylic on canvas
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Trinity Sunday
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Reformation Day (October 31)
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All Saints' Day (November 1)
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© 2021 - Charles J. Alkula