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22 hours ago · Good Friday is a widely instituted legal holiday around the world, including in most Western countries and 12 U.S. states. [7] Some predominantly Christian countries, such as Germany, have laws prohibiting certain acts such as public dancing and horse racing, in remembrance of the somber nature of Good Friday.
- Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
- The Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday
22 hours ago · 0:39. Before you dye your eggs for Easter Sunday, you can take time to celebrate this lesser-known holiday in Holy Week. Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, is just one of the spring ...
22 hours ago · Easter occurs shortly after the vernal equinox. Easter is a central holy day of Christianity and commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus three days after His death by crucifixion. Jesus's resurrection is an awe-inspiring component of Easter. Prior to Easter, on what is now known as Good Friday, Jesus sacrificed Himself for all humankind and ...
22 hours ago · Israeli/Jewish national holidays and days of remembrance. As a general rule, the biblical Jewish holidays (Sabbath, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot and Purim) are observed as public holidays in Israel. Chanukah is a school holiday, but businesses remain open.
4 hours ago · Now, the American neocons. They are on record, getting up to all kinds of tricks to shake Russia's sovereignty and shatter its defenses. But not just defense, the neocons openly profess their manifest intent to break up the Russian state, to terminate Russia's economic survival, Russia's very existence.
22 hours ago · The Eucharist ( / ˈjuːkərɪst /, YOO-kər-ist; from Koinē Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: evcharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving'), also known as Holy Communion, Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. Christians believe that the rite was ...
22 hours ago · The 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament will involve 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2025-26 season. The 87th annual edition of the tournament will begin on March 17, 2026, and will ...