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Refreshment Sunday


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The Fourth Sunday in Lent, so called perhaps in reference to the traditional Gospel of the day relating the feeding of the five thousand ( Jn. 6: 1–14), or perhaps because of the relaxation of the Lenten discipline allowed on this day.

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Refreshment Sunday
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 44 words
Refreshment Sunday
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 76 words

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