Christian holy day


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Noun1.Christian holy day - a religious holiday for Christians
quarter day - a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due
holy day, religious holiday - a day specified for religious observance
holy day of obligation - a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
January 20, Saint Agnes's Eve - a Christian holy day
Easter Day, Easter Sunday - the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
Palm Sunday - Sunday before Easter
Passion Sunday - second Sunday before Easter
Good Friday - Friday before Easter
Low Sunday - the Sunday following Easter
Holy Saturday - the Saturday before Easter; the last day of Lent
Holy Innocents' Day, Innocents' Day - December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
Septuagesima, Septuagesima Sunday - the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter)
Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday - the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
Quadragesima, Quadrigesima Sunday - the first Sunday in Lent
Trinity Sunday - eighth Sunday after Easter
Rogation Day - one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday - the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper
Corpus Christi - Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
June 29, Saints Peter and Paul - first celebrated in the 3rd century
Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day, Epiphany - twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
March 19, Saint Joseph, St Joseph - a Christian holy day
Twelfth night - eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
All Souls' Day, November 2 - a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory
Ash Wednesday - the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
Ember Day - a day set aside for fasting and prayer
Advent Sunday - the first of the four Sundays during Advent
Mardi Gras, pancake day, Shrove Tuesday - the last day before Lent
August 6, Transfiguration, Transfiguration Day - (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus
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