Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity. Trinity Sunday celebra tes the Christian dogma of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the Father, the Son, and th e Ho ly Spirit.[1]
Trinity Sunday is celebrated in all the Western liturgical c hurches: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, (most) Presbyterians, Methodists, and many churches within the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Reformation Day (October 31st, 2013 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Reformation-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131031 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Reformation-Day-00002013 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Reformation Day is a religious holiday celebrated on October 31 in remembrance of the Reformation, partic ularly by Lutheran and some Reformed church commu nities. It is a civic holiday in Slovenia (since the Reformation contributed to its cultural development profoundly, although Slovenes are mainly Roman Catholics) and in the Germa n states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. It is also a national holiday in Chile since 2008.
In the United States churches
often transfer the holiday, so that it falls on the Sunday (called Refo
rmation Sunday) on or before October 31, with All Saints' Day moved to the Sunday on or after November 1.[
Advent, anglicized from the Latin word adventus meaning "co ming", is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_year" title="Liturgical yea r">liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi . The Eastern churches' equivalent of Adv ent is called the Nativity Fast, but it differs both in length and obse rvances and does not begin the church year, which starts instead on September 1.[1]
The progression of the season may be marked with an Advent calendar, a practice introduced by German Lutherans. At l east in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Moravian, Presbyterian and Met hodist calendars, Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before December 25, the Sunday from November 27 to December 3 inclusive.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Christmas (December 25th, 2013 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Christmas DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20131225 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Christmas-00002013 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Cr
9;stesmæsse, literally "Christ's mass") is an annual commemora
tion of the birth of Jesus Christ,[5][6
] celebrated generally on December 25[2][3][4] a
s a religious and cultural holiday by billions of peopl
e around the world. A feast central to the
Ch
ristian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.[7]<
/a> Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations,[8][9][10] is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,[1][11][12] and is an integral part
of the Christmas and holiday season.
The precise year of Jesus' birth, which some histo
rians place between 7 and 2 BC, is unknown.[13]
St. Stephen's Day, or the Feast of St. Stephen, is a Christian saint's day celebrated on 26 Dece mber in the Western Church and 27 December in the Eastern Church. Many Eastern Orthodox churches adhere to the Julian calendar and mark St. S tephen's Day on 27 December according to that calendar, which places it on 9 January of the Gregorian calendar used in secular contexts. It commemorates St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protoma rtyr. It is an official public holiday in Austria, Balearic Islands, Cataloni a, Croat ia, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Poland. The date is also a Public Holiday in those co untries that celebrate Boxing Day on the day instead/as well.
In Ireland, the day is one of nine official public holidays.[1]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:New Years Day (January 1st, 2014 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/New-Years-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140101 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-New-Years-Day-00002014 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first d ay of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as th e Julian calendar used in ancient Rome. With most countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year's Day is the close st thing to being the world's only truly global public holiday, often celebrated wi th firew orks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts. January 1 on the J ulian calendar currently corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian c alendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year. New Year's Day is a postal holiday in the United States.[1]
The Romans dedicated this day to Jan us, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings. After Julius Caesar reform ed the calendar in 46 BC and was subsequently murdered, the Roman Senate vo ted to deify him on the 1st January 42 BC < span>[2] in honor of his life and his institu tion of the new rationalized calendar.[3] The month originally owes its name to th e deity Janus, who had two faces, one looking forward and the other looking backward. This suggests that New Year's celebrations are founded on pagan traditions. Some have suggested this occurred in 153 BC, when it was stipulated that the two annual consuls (after whose names the years were identified) entered into off ice on that day, though no consensus exists on the matter.[4] Dates in March, coin ciding with the spring equinox, or commemorating the Annunciation of Jesus, along with a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the Middle Ages, though calendars often continued to display the months in columns runni ng from January to December.[citation needed]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Epiphany (January 6th, 2014 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Epiphany DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140106 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Epiphany-00002014 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Epiphany (Koine Greek: ἐπιφά& nu;εια, epiphaneia, "manifestation", "striking ap pearance"[1]) or Theophany< span>[2] (Ancient Greek (ἡ) Θ εοφάνεια, Τheophaneia meaning "vision of God"[3]), which traditionally falls on 6 January, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ. Western Christians commemorate principally (but not sole ly) the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the Baby Jesus , and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles. Eastern Christians commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the Son of God.[4]
Eastern Churches following the Julian Calendar observe the Theophany feast on what for most countries is 19 January[5] because of the 13-day difference today between that calendar and the generally used Gregorian cale ndar.[6]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Septuagesima (February 16th, 2014 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Septuagesima DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140216 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Septuagesima-00002014 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Septuagesima (in full, Septuagesima Sunday) i s the name for the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Ash Wednesd ay. The term is sometimes applied also to the period that begins on thi s day and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins. T his period is also known as the pre-Lenten season or Shrovetide. The other two Sundays in this period of the liturgical year are called Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, the latter sometimes also called Shrove Sunday. The earliest date on which Septuagesima Sunday can occu r is January 18 (Easter falling on March 22 in a non-leap year) and the lat est is February 22 (Easter falling on April 25 in a leap year).
Se ptuagesima comes from the Latin word for "seventieth" with Sexagesima and < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinquagesima" title="Quinquagesima">Q uinquagesima equalling "sixtieth" and "fiftieth" respectively. They are patterned after the Latin word for the season of Lent, Quadragesima , which means "fortieth", as Lent is forty days long excluding Sundays. Because every Sunday recalls the resurrection of Christ, they are consider ed "little Easters" and not treated as days of penance. Quinquagesima Sunda y is indeed the fiftieth day before Easter (counting inclusively), but the numbers indicated by the names "Sexagesima" and "Septuagesima" do not corre spond to the interval between these Sundays and Easter.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Sexagesima (February 23rd, 2014 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Sexagesima DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140223 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Sexagesima-00002014 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Sexagesima /s< 3;ksəˈdʒɛsɨmə/, or, in full, Se xagesima Sunday, is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday in the Gregorian Rite liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, and also in that of some Protest ant denominations, particularly those with Anglican and < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran" title="Lutheran" class="mw-r edirect">Lutheran origins.
The name "Sexagesima" is derived from the Latin sexagesimus, meaning "sixtieth," and appears to be a back-formation of Quinquagesima, the term formerly used to denote the last Sunday before Lent (the latter name alluding to the fact that there are fifty days betwe en that Sunday and Easter, if one counts both days themselves in the total) . Through the same process, the Sunday before Sexagesima Sunday was formerl y known as Septuagesima Sunday, and marked the start of the Pre-L enten Season which eventually became the time for carnival celebrations throu ghout Europe, this custom being later exported to places settled and/or colonized by Europeans. While Quinquagesima (50th day) is mathematically correct (al lowing for the inclusive counting), Sexagesima and Septuagesima are only approximations (the exact number of days is 57 and 64 respectively). The ea rliest Sexagesima can occur is January 25 and the latest is February 28 (or February 29 in a leap year).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Lent (March 5th, 2014 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Lent DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140305 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Lent-00002014 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, "fortieth" [1]) is an observance in the liturg ical year of many Christian denominations, lasting for a period of approxim ately six weeks leading up to Easter. In most Western denominations Lent is taken to run from Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday (Ho ly Thursday) or to Easter Eve.
The traditional purp ose of Lent is the preparation of the believer—through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial. Its instituti onal purpose is heightened in the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking th e death and resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the ev ents of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday, which t hen culminates in the celebration on Easter Sunday of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Palm Sunday (April 13th, 2014 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Palm-Sunday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140413 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Palm-Sunday-00002014 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels. (Mark 11:1–11, Matth ew 21:1–11, Luke 19:28–44, and John 12:12–19).
In many Christian churches, Palm Sunday is marked by the distribution o f palm leaves (often tied into crosses) to the assembled worshipers. The di fficulty of procuring palms for that day's ceremonies in unfavorable climates for palms led to the substitution of boughs of box, yew< /a>, willow, or other native trees. The Sunday was often designated by the names of t hese trees, as Yew Sunday, or by the general term Branch Sunday.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Good Friday (April 18th, 2014 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Good-Friday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140418 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Good-Friday-00002014 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:April 6 (Western)
Good Frida
y (from the senses pious, holy of the word "good"),[1] is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is ob
served during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday pr
eceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Je
wish observance of Passover. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Fri
day, Black Friday,[2
Easter (Old Englis
h: Ēostre) or Pas
cha (Greek: Πάσχ&
alpha;, Paskha; Aramaic: פֶּסחא Pasḥa
; from Hebrew: פ&
#1462;ּסַח Pesa
717;)[1
Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in rel ation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox.[8] Ecclesiastically, th e equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, as tronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years), and the "Full Moon" is n ot necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefor e varies between 22 March and 25 April. Eastern Christianity< /a> bases its calculations on the Julian calendar whose 21 March co rresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the Gregorian c alendar, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 April and 8 May.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Ascension Day (May 29th, 2014 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Ascension-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140529 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Ascension-Day-00002014 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vu lgate Latin Acts 1:9-11 section title: Ascensio Iesu) is the Chr istian teaching found in the New Testament that the res urrected Jesus was taken up to heaven in his resurr ected body,[Acts 1:9-11] in the presence of eleven of his apostle s, occurring 40 days after the resurrection. In the biblical narrative, an angel te lls the watching disciples that Jesus' second coming will take place in the same man ner as his ascension.[1]
The Ascension of Jesus is professed in the N icene Creed and in the Apostles' Creed. The Ascension implies Jesus' humanity being taken into Heaven.[2] The Feast of the Ascension, celebrated on the 40th day of Easter (always a Thursday), is one of the chief feasts of the C hristian year.[2] The feast dates back at least to the lat er 4th century, as is widely attested.[2]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130524T060249Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Whit Sunday (June 8th, 2014 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Whit-Sunday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140608 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Whit-Sunday-00002014 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday (also known a s Monday of the Holy Spirit) is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a movable feast in the Christian calendar. It is movabl e because it is determined by the date of Easter.
Whit Monday gets its English name for following "Whitsun", the day that became one of the three baptismal seasons. The o rigin of the name "Whit Sunday" is generally attributed to the white garmen ts formerly worn by those newly baptized on this feast.
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