Official "Important Religious Days" Thread

[RobinRedbreast]

Very interesting Thanks, I'll add that.

 

[RobinRedbreast]

anatolian, do the dates change for your holy days from year to year? Or is it fixed on the calendar. Or is it on a different calendar (like a lunar cycle, etc.)

 

[anatolian]

yes it is on the lunar calender which is 355 days.every year these special days come ten days closer.

edit:umh..big mistake, it is 354 day not 355.

 

[RobinRedbreast]

cool Thanks for the info

 

[Arthra]

I noticed that this thread has been maybe neglected of late so just wanted to wish all my Christian friends and the moderators here at Christian Forums a Merry Christmas and hope that the season will be one of deepening and spiritual blessings.

- Art

 

[RobinRedbreast]

Thanks Arthra

Yeah I've been uber busy lately The holidays are real nutty at work for me

 

[Secundulus]

I noticed that this thread has been maybe neglected of late

I haven't forgotten. I just wanted to post by the month so as not to put too much at one time.

so just wanted to wish all my Christian friends and the moderators here at Christian Forums a Merry Christmas and hope that the season will be one of deepening and spiritual blessings.

Thank you. During these last days of Advent, while we prepare ourselves for the arrival of the Lord, I want to wish you and all others on this forum fortune and happiness in the new year and will pray that God blesses you all favorably.

 

[BruceDLimber]

The reason our [Baha'i] Holy Days involve two days on Gregorian calendar is that for us the day begins at sunset and is completed the sunset of the next day:

Day of the Covenant - November 25/26
The Ascension (death) of 'Abdu'l-Baha - November 27/28

Greetings!

In fact, the calendars of ALL the Abrahamic religions--Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Babi Faith, and the Baha'i Faith--actually begin at sunset! (Not all religious groups actually stick to this, of course.)

This is why, for example, some Christians celebrate Christmas on the evening of December 24.

It's also why instructions for liturgical paraments (altar hangings, etc.) in various churches state things like:

"WHITE
"From the eve of Christmas to ...

"RED
"From the eve of Pentecost to ..."

Best regards,

Bruce