Look up holyday in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Holyday refers to a religious commemorative day or festival: Liturgical year, determines when feast...
takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary, mother...
according to the third commandment. The expectation is attached to the holyday, even if transferred to another date, as sometimes happens in the Roman...
the High Holy Days of Judaism. It is also the last of the Ten Days of Repentance. The formal Hebrew name of the holiday is Yom HaKippurim, 'day [of] the...
Good Friday is a Christian holyday observing the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal...
The Feast of the Holy Innocents, also known as Childermas, is celebrated in the Western Christian Churches on 28 December, the fourth day of Christmastide...
the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday) commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily...
celebration to a more subdued day that was a response to a period of persecution. Reform Judaism typically prefers the term High Holy Days over High Holidays...
Monday or Pentecost Monday, also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit, is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian liturgical...
Iesu Christi, lit. 'Day of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ the Lord'), also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ...
The different views on the role of Anzac Day created debates about whether the day should be a "holyday" or a holiday. Though the Premier had appealed...
is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a holyday of rest, as God rested from creation. The practice of observing the Sabbath...
course of the day Restraint from performing melacha (see above). In many ways, halakha (Jewish law) sees Shabbat as the most important holyday in the Jewish...
Grounation Day (April 21) is an important Rastafari holyday, second only to Coronation Day (November 2). It is celebrated in honour of Haile Selassie's...
joyous holyday. In many ways, Jewish law gives Shabbat the status of being the most important holyday in the Hebrew calendar: It is the first holyday mentioned...
Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, among other names, is the day during Holy Week that commemorates the Washing of the Feet (Maundy) and Last Supper of...
Sunday or Monday as the first day. The three Abrahamic religions observe different days of the week as their holyday. Jews observe their Sabbath (Shabbat)...
in His holy side, who poured forth from His side the two purifying elements, water and blood, word and spirit, and who was buried on the day of the passover...
Mead added her support for the equinox Earth Day, and in 1978 declared: Earth Day is the first holyday which transcends all national borders, yet preserves...
Christians, is the final day of Holy Week, between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when Christians prepare for the latter. The day commemorates the Harrowing...
the sacraments of baptism, confirmation (Chrismation), and Holy Communion on the same day as an infant's baptism. Traditions of celebration surrounding...
Holy Week (Koinē Greek: Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, romanized: Agia ké Megale Evdomas, lit. 'Holy and Great Week') is the most sacred week in the liturgical...
goddesses on that day. In Islam, Friday (from sun-down Thursday to sun-down Friday) is the day of communion, of praying together, the holyday of Muslims. Friday...
The Holy of Holies (Hebrew: קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים, romanized: Qoḏeš haq-Qǝḏāšim or Kodesh HaKodashim; also הַדְּבִיר had-Dəḇir, 'the Sanctuary') is a term...
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