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A glossary of important feasts of Christian religion.

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Whitsun is the Christian festival of Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ's disciples. Whitsuntide, the week following ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Pentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai. In the Eastern church, Pentecost can also refer to the whole fifty days between Easter and ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

The Apostles Fast is a fastobserved by Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians. The fast begins on the second Monday after Pentecost and continues until the Feast of ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. Advent is the beginning of the ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Mardi Gras refers to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany or Kings day and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras reflecting the practice of the ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or moresaints and referring to the feast day of said saint. The system arose ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity. Trinity Sunday celebrates Christian doctrine of ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

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