Julotta
Christmas Day morning church service
A julotta (Jul: 'Yule; Christmas', otta: 'dawn') is a Swedish term for the matins on Christmas Day, 25 December, that celebrates the nativity of Jesus Christ.[1]
Observance
[edit]The service is held every 25 December early on Christmas morning – at 7 a.m. in most church buildings, but in some churches it is celebrated at 10 a.m., or as early as 4 a.m. During previous centuries, most julottas were held at 4 a.m. Traditionally, the service should end before, or at the time of, dawn: hence the word otta is the time just before dawn. After julotta, Swedish people race to get home first from the church. The winner is believed to harvest the most bountiful crops for the year ahead.[2][3]
Historically in the Church of Sweden the clergy was obliged not only to say the high mass but also matins (Swedish: ottesång) and evensong (Swedish: aftonsång); today only the evensong of Christmas remain but has been liturgically changed since and can now be the main service of Christmas Day, wherefore many parishes have no mid-morning high mass on Christmas Day.
History
[edit]Julotta was trad
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Söndag 08 december
Mässa
⏲ Kl.
📍 Hagakyrkan
David Edman, präst
Sören Hult, organist
Mässa
⏲ Kl.
📍 Stora Tuna kyrka
Marie Blommé, präst
Anita Sundmark, organist
Julfest
⏲ Kl.
📍 Kvarnsvedens kyrka
Tomas Frylmark, präst
Maria Nyström Cervin, organist
Det blir julvandring, tomtegröt, skinkmacka & dans runt granen. Och tomten kommer!
Mässa
⏲ Kl.
📍 Torsångs kyrka
Marie Blommé, präst
Sören Hult, organist
Tankar och toner
Musikgudstjänst
⏲ Kl.
📍 Väster Tuna kapell
David Edman, präst
Anita Sundmark, organist
Onsdag 11 december
Morgonmässa
⏲ Kl.
📍 Hagakyrkan
Tomas Frylmark, präst
Anita Sundmark, organist
Kvällsmässa
⏲ Kl.
📍 Hagakyrkan
David Edman, präst
Sören Hult, organist
Söndag 15 december
Gudstjänst
⏲ Kl.
📍 Hagakyrkan
Jenny Ärnlöv, präst
Sören Hult, organist
Mässa
⏲ Kl.
📍 Stora Tuna kyrka
Fredrik Linder, präst
Anita Sundmark, organist
De vackraste julsångerna på finska - Kauneimmat joululaulut
Musikgudstjänst
⏲ Kl.
📍 Hagakyrkan
Emma van Kersbergen, präst
Maria Nyström Cervin, organist
Mässa
⏲ Kl.
📍 Torsångs kyrka
Jenny Ärnlöv,
“Julotta” is a traditional Swedish church service held early in the morning on Christmas Day. "Jul" is the Swedish word for Christmas, and "otta" is the time just before dawn. The tradition goes back to the Middle Ages, and everyone that could, attended the Julotta. In the Swedish Church Law dated , it is stated that the Julotta should start at 6 AM. Further back, the tradition was to start at 4 AM. Today, most Swedish churches start the service at 7 AM.
Mid-December is the darkest part of the year in Sweden, and in the “old days” after Christmas Eve supper--traditionally rice and fish (lutfisk), the people living farthest from church would start out in their gaily-decorated sleighs or on foot. In the remote country areas of Sweden, lighted candles placed in farmhouse windows would shine across the paths of the worshippers. With torches burning as they went, they would be joined by more and more Christian neighbors, until at last, the groups would converge on the church, and then throw their torches into a big pile in front of the church entrance, were people could warm up before entering the church.
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