In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, and rents were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly three months apart and close to the two solstices and two equinoxes. The significance of quarter days is now limited, ...
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 the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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 from the early Christian custom of annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths, or ...
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 last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season. Related ...
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 Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday. The Eastern churches equivalent of Advent ...
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 Saints Peter and Paul on June 29, according to the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar.
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 Pentecost. Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks after Easter Sunday, and falls on the tenth day ...
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 Whitsunday, was one of three vacation weeks for the medieval villein; on most manors he was free from ...
