Aside from Easter, Pentecost is the highest feast on the Orthodox calendar. Year Date Day Holiday 2025 9 Jun Mon Orthodox Whit Monday 2026 1 Jun Mon Orthodox Whit Monday 2027 21 Jun Mon Orthodox Whit ...

The Feast of the Ascension is the fortieth day after Easter Sunday, which commemorates the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2.

When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to ...

Bishop Joseph Shen Bin led the faithful in celebrating the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and the start of the Jubilee Year 2025 ...

Every year, Nakano Central Park celebrates Sichuan – the spicy cuisine based on the Chinese pepper of the same name. At the ...

Q. 427. Why is this feast called also Pentecost? A. This feast is called also Pentecost because Pentecost means the fiftieth; and the Holy Ghost came down upon the Apostles fifty days after the ...

It was shortened and somewhat reorganized by Father Johann Roten. The following feature points to the evolution of Marian Feasts in the recent past. It shows the feasts in vigor before the liturgical ...

By Michael M. Canaris Astute churchgoers likely recently noted that the weekend of Jan. 18-19 marked the Second Sunday in ...

Wesley Hill’s small volume about Easter is a beautiful and useful invitation to be shocked anew by the central event of our faith.