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3 days ago · Annual. Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. 'the Day of the Festival of Patrick'), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( c. 385 – c. 461 ), the foremost patron saint of Ireland . Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian ...
- Saint Patrick's Day
- Ethnic, national, Christian
1 day ago · Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.
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- Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus
6 days ago · Feast day 13 May Our Lady of Fátima ( Portuguese : Nossa Senhora de Fátima , pronounced [ˈnɔsɐ sɨˈɲɔɾɐ ðɨ ˈfatimɐ] ; formally known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima ) is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus , based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima ...
- 13 May to 13 October 1917
- Marian apparition
2 days ago · On May 9, Christians celebrate the Ascension, symbolizing Jesus' ascent to God. Le Monde explores the history and symbolism of one of Christianity's most important feasts. The Ascension of Jesus ...
2 days ago · Take Ascension Day as a prime example. Since the 1983 Code of Canon Law (CIC), bishops’ conferences have been permitted, with the approval of the Holy See, to direct the observance of weekday holy days to Sunday. This permission is different from an older practice of observing an “external solemnity”—repeating a weekday feast on the ...
2 days ago · A report in the Hawaii Catholic Herald notes: May 10 was picked because it marks a significant event in the life of St. Damien de Veuster, a day on which he performed a particular act of supreme ...
4 days ago · Washington D.C., Aug 15, 2023 / 02:30 am (CNA). On Aug. 15, Catholics around the world mark the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into Heaven. But while the feast day is a relatively new one, the history of the holiday — and the mystery behind it — has its roots in the earliest ...
