Roman Catholic
Devotions to Christ
The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vu lgate Latin Acts 1:9-11 section title: Ascensio Iesu) is the Chr istian teaching found in the New Testament that the res urrected Jesus was taken up to heaven in his resurr ected body,[Acts 1:9-11] in the presence of eleven of his apostle s, occurring 40 days after the resurrection. In the biblical narrative, an angel te lls the watching disciples that Jesus' second coming will take place in the same man ner as his ascension.[1]
The Ascension of Jesus is professed in the N icene Creed and in the Apostles' Creed. The Ascension implies Jesus' humanity being taken into Heaven.[2] The Feast of the Ascension, celebrated on the 40th day of Easter (always a Thursday), is one of the chief feasts of the C hristian year.[2] The feast dates back at least to the lat er 4th century, as is widely attested.[2]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Pentecost (May 24th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Pentecost DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260524 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Pentecost-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:May 27 (Western)
Prayer, Vigils, Fasting (pre-fes tival), Novenas, Retreats
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Whit Sunday (May 24th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Whit-Sunday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260524 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Whit-Sunday-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday (also known a s Monday of the Holy Spirit) is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a movable feast in the Christian calendar. It is movabl e because it is determined by the date of Easter.
Whit Monday gets its English name for following "Whitsun", the day that became one of the three baptismal seasons. The o rigin of the name "Whit Sunday" is generally attributed to the white garmen ts formerly worn by those newly baptized on this feast.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Trinity Sunday (May 31st, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Trinity-Sunday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Trinity-Sunday-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity. Trinity Sunday celebra tes the Christian dogma of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the Father, the Son, and th e Ho ly Spirit.[1]
Trinity Sunday is celebrated in all the Western liturgical c hurches: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, (most) Presbyterians, Methodists, and many churches within the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Corpus Christi (June 4th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Corpus-Christi DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260604 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Corpus-Christi-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Corpus Christi (Latin for Body of Christ) is a Latin Rite solemnity, now d esignated the solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpu s Christi).[1] It is also celebrated in some Anglican, Lutheran< /a> and Old Catholic Churches. Like Trinity Sunday an d the Solemnity of Christ the King, it does not commemorate a particular event in Jesus' life. Instead it ce lebrates the Body and Blood of Christ really present in the Eucharist. Its date is the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but "where the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Bl ood of Christ is not a Holyday of Obligation, it is a ssigned to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity as its proper day".[1]
At the end of the Mass, it is customary ìn many place s to have a procession of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacram ent.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Corpus Christi Sunday (June 7th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Corpus-Christi-Sunday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260607 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Corpus-Christi-Sunday-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Corpus Christi (Latin for Body of Christ) is a Latin Rite solemnity, now d esignated the solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpu s Christi).[1] It is also celebrated in some Anglican, Lutheran< /a> and Old Catholic Churches. Like Trinity Sunday an d the Solemnity of Christ the King, it does not commemorate a particular event in Jesus' life. Instead it ce lebrates the Body and Blood of Christ really present in the Eucharist. Its date is the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but "where the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Bl ood of Christ is not a Holyday of Obligation, it is a ssigned to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity as its proper day".[1]
At the end of the Mass, it is customary ìn many place s to have a procession of the Blessed Sacrament, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacram ent.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 12th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Sacred-Heart-of-Jesus DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260612 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Sacred-Heart-of-Jesus-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Sacred Heart (also known as Most Sacred Heart of Jesus) is one of the most famous religious devotions to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of his divine love f or humanity.
This devotion is predominantly used in the Catholic Church and among some high-church Anglicans and Lutherans. The devotion especially emphasizes the unmitigated love, compassion, an d long-suffering of the heart of Christ towards humanity. The origin of thi s devotion in its modern form is derived from a French Roman Catholic nun, Marguerite Marie Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion fr om Jesus during a mystical experience. Pred ecessors to the modern devotion arose unmistakably in the Middle Ages in va rious facets of Catholic mysticism.[1]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Nativity-John-the-Baptist DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260624 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Nativity-John-the-Baptist-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Nativity of St. John the Baptist (or Birth of John the Baptist, or Nativity of the Forerunner) is a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of John the Baptis t, a prophet who foretold the coming of the Messiah in the person of Jesus and who bapt ized Jesus.
Christians have long interpreted the life of John the Baptist as a preparation for the coming of < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ" title="Jesus Christ" cla ss="mw-redirect">Jesus Christ, and the circumstances of his birth, as r ecorded in the New Testament, are miraculous. The sole biblical account of birth of John the Baptist comes from the Gospel of Luke. John&rsq uo;s parents, Zechariah or Zachary — a Jew ish priest — and Elizabeth, were without children and both were beyond the age of child-bearing. Dur ing Zechariah's rotation to serve in the Temple in Jerusalem, he was chosen by lot to offer incense at the Golden Altar in the Holy Place. The Archangel Gabriel appeared to him and anno unced that he and his wife would give birth to a child, and that they shoul d name him John. However, because Zechariah did not believe the message of Gabriel, he was rendered speechless until the time of John's birth; at that time, his relatives wanted to name the child after his father, and Zechariah wro te, "His name is John" and could speak (Luke 1:5-25; 1:57-66). Following Zechari ah's obedience to the command of God, he was given the gift of prophecy, and fore told the future ministry of John (Luke 1:67-79).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Solemnity-of-Saints-Peter-Paul DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260629 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Solemnity-of-Saints-Peter-Paul-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, or the Solemn ity of Saints Peter and Paul, is a liturgical feast in honour of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul, which is observed on 29 June. The celebratio n is of ancient origin, the date selected being the anniversary either of t heir death or of the translation of t heir relics.[1]
In the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, it is celeb rated as a solemnity. In the General Roman Ca lendar of 1962, it is a first-class feast. It is a ho ly day of obligation in the universal Church.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (July 5th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Saints-Cyril-and-Methodius-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260705 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Saints-Cyril-and-Methodius-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Saints Cyril and Methodius (Greek: Κύριλλο&sigmaf ; καὶ Μεθόδιο&si gmaf;, Old Church Slavonic: Кѷриллъ и Меѳодїи [more]) were < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Greeks" title="Byzantine Gre eks">Byzantine Greek brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century .[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Th ey were Christian missionaries among the Slavic peo ples of the First Bulgarian Empire, Great Moravia , and Pannonia. Through their work they influenced the cu ltural development of all Slavs, for which they received the title "Apos tles to the Slavs". They are credited with devising the Gla golitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic.[11] After their deaths, their pupils continued t heir missionary work among other Slavs. Both brothers are venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title of "equ al-to-apostles". In 1880, Pope Leo XIII introduced their feast into the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron s aints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia. [12]
The two brothers were born i
n
Thessaloniki – Cyril in 827–828 and Methodius in 815–
820. Cyril was reputedly the youngest of seven brothers; he was born Consta
ntine,[13] but took the name Cyril upon becoming a monk shortly before
his death,[14[16] according to the "Vita Cyrilli" ("The Life of Cyril"). Their father was Leo, a droungarios of the
Byzantine theme of Thessaloniki, and their m
other was Maria, who may have been a Slav.[17]
The National Acadian Day is observed in Canada each year on Au gust 15, celebrating the Assumption of Mary. It was during th e first National Convention of the Acadians held at Memramcook, New Brunswick, in 1881 that the Acadian leaders received the mandate t o set the date of this celebration.
The choice of the date was the ob ject of a debate at the convention between those wishing for Acadians to ce lebrate June 24, Saint-Jean-Baptist e Day, and National Day of French Canadians since 1834 and National Holiday of Quebec si nce 1977, and others wishing the celebration to occur on August 15.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Reformation Day (October 31st, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Reformation-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Reformation-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Reformation Day is a religious holiday celebrated on October 31 in remembrance of the Reformation, partic ularly by Lutheran and some Reformed church commu nities. It is a civic holiday in Slovenia (since the Reformation contributed to its cultural development profoundly, although Slovenes are mainly Roman Catholics) and in the Germa n states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. It is also a national holiday in Chile since 2008.
In the United States churches
often transfer the holiday, so that it falls on the Sunday (called Refo
rmation Sunday) on or before October 31, with All Saints' Day moved to the Sunday on or after November 1.[
All Saints' Day (in the Roman Catholic Church officially the Solemnity of All Saints and also called All Hall ows or Hallowmas[3] ), often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebr ated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown. In the Western calendar it is the day after Halloween and the day before All Souls' Day.
In Western Christian theology, the d ay commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in Heaven. It is a national holiday in many historically Catholic countr ies. In the Catholic Church and many Anglican churches, the n ext day specifically commemorates the departed faithful who have not yet be en purif ied and reached heaven. Christians who celebrate All Saints' Day and Al l Souls' Day do so in the fundamental belief that there is a prayerful spir itual bond between those in purgatory (the 'Churc h Suffering'), those in heaven (the 'church triumphant'), and the living (the 'church mili tant'). Other Christian traditions define, remember and respond to the saints in different ways; for example, in the Met hodist Church, the word "saints" refers to all Christians a nd therefore, on All Saint's Day, the Church Univ ersal, as well as the deceased members of a local congregation, are honoured and remembered.[2][4]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:All Souls' Day (November 2nd, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/All-Souls-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-All-Souls-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:All Souls' Day commemorates the faithful departed. In Western Christianity, this day is observed principally in t he Catholic Church, although some churches of Anglican Communion an d the Old Catholic Churches also celebrate it. The Eastern Orthodox Church observes several All Souls' Days du ring the year. The Roman Catholic celebration is associated with the doctri ne that the souls of the faithful who at death have not been cleansed from the temporal punishment due to venial sins and from attachment to mortal sins c annot immediately attain the beatific vision in hea ven, and that they may be helped to do so by prayer and by the sacrifice of the < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)" >Mass.[1] In other words, when they d ied, they had not yet attained full sanctification and moral perfection, a requirement for entrance into Heaven. This sanctification is carried out po sthumously in Purgatory.
The official name of the celebration in the Roman Rite
liturgy
of the Roman Catholic Church i
s "The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed".[1
The Feast of Christ the King (in the Latin Rite of the Rom an Catholic Church, properly the Solemnity of Christ the King) is the la st holy Sunday in the western liturgical ca lendar, celebrated by the Roman Cat holic Church as well as many Anglicans, Luthera ns, and other Mainline Protestants.
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Advent, anglicized from the Latin word adventus meaning "co ming", is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_year" title="Liturgical yea r">liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi . The Eastern churches' equivalent of Adv ent is called the Nativity Fast, but it differs both in length and obse rvances and does not begin the church year, which starts instead on September 1.[1]
The progression of the season may be marked with an Advent calendar, a practice introduced by German Lutherans. At l east in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Moravian, Presbyterian and Met hodist calendars, Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before December 25, the Sunday from November 27 to December 3 inclusive.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Saint Andrew's Day (November 30th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Saint-Andrews-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261130 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Saint-Andrews-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Roman Catholic Church (traditional holy day of precept)
St. Andrew's Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on November 30 in Scotland.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Immaculate Conception (December 8th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Immaculate-Conception DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261208 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Immaculate-Conception-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Immaculate Conception is a dogma of the Catholic Church maintaining that the Blessed Virgin Mary was kept free of original sin from he r moment of conception and was filled with the sanctifying grace normally conferred during baptism.[2][3] It is one of the four dogmas in Roman Catholic Ma riology. Mary is often called the Immaculata (the Immaculate One), particularly in artistic and cultural contexts.[4]
The Immacu late Conception should not be confused with the Virginity of Mary or the Virgin birth of Jesus; it refers to the conception of Mar y by her mother, Saint Anne. Although the belief was widely held since at lea st Late Antiquity, the doctrine was not formally proclaimed until Dec ember 8, 1854, by Pope Pius IX in his papal bull Ineffabilis Deus< /a>. It is not formal doctrine except in the Roman Catholic Church.[5] Th e Feast of the Immaculate Concept ion is observed on December 8 in many countries as a Holy Day of Obligation and in some places as a nation al or public holiday.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Christmas Eve (December 24th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Christmas-Eve DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261224 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Christmas-Eve-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Christmas Eve refers to the evening preceding Christmas Day, a < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide" title="Christmas worldwide">widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of N azareth that takes place on December 25.[4] It is a culturally significant celebration for most of the Western world and i s widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day.
One reason celebrations occur on Christmas Eve is because the t
raditional Christian liturgical day starts at sunset,[5] an inheritance from Jewish tradition,[6] which in tur
n is based in the story of creation in Genesis: "And there was evening, and
there was morning – the first day."[7] This liturgical day i
s followed for all days in the Eastern rite[8] and the cu
stom of beginning Christmas celebration (as well as Sunday and the other ma
jor festivals) in the preceding evening is preserved in western Churches th
at have altered the liturgical day to start at midnight, for example the Ro
man Catholic Church.[9] Many churches still ring
their church bells and hold prayers in the evening before holidays; for exa
mple the Nordic Lutheran churches.
Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Cr
9;stesmæsse, literally "Christ's mass") is an annual commemora
tion of the birth of Jesus Christ,[5][6
] celebrated generally on December 25[2][3][4] a
s a religious and cultural holiday by billions of peopl
e around the world. A feast central to the
Ch
ristian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.[7]<
/a> Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations,[8][9][10] is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,[1][11][12] and is an integral part
of the Christmas and holiday season.
The precise year of Jesus' birth, which some histo
rians place between 7 and 2 BC, is unknown.[13]
St. Stephen's Day, or the Feast of St. Stephen, is a Christian saint's day celebrated on 26 Dece mber in the Western Church and 27 December in the Eastern Church. Many Eastern Orthodox churches adhere to the Julian calendar and mark St. S tephen's Day on 27 December according to that calendar, which places it on 9 January of the Gregorian calendar used in secular contexts. It commemorates St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protoma rtyr. It is an official public holiday in Austria, Balearic Islands, Cataloni a, Croat ia, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Poland. The date is also a Public Holiday in those co untries that celebrate Boxing Day on the day instead/as well.
In Ireland, the day is one of nine official public holidays.[1]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:New Years Day (January 1st, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/New-Years-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-New-Years-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first d ay of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as th e Julian calendar used in ancient Rome. With most countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year's Day is the close st thing to being the world's only truly global public holiday, often celebrated wi th firew orks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts. January 1 on the J ulian calendar currently corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian c alendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year. New Year's Day is a postal holiday in the United States.[1]
The Romans dedicated this day to Jan us, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings. After Julius Caesar reform ed the calendar in 46 BC and was subsequently murdered, the Roman Senate vo ted to deify him on the 1st January 42 BC < span>[2] in honor of his life and his institu tion of the new rationalized calendar.[3] The month originally owes its name to th e deity Janus, who had two faces, one looking forward and the other looking backward. This suggests that New Year's celebrations are founded on pagan traditions. Some have suggested this occurred in 153 BC, when it was stipulated that the two annual consuls (after whose names the years were identified) entered into off ice on that day, though no consensus exists on the matter.[4] Dates in March, coin ciding with the spring equinox, or commemorating the Annunciation of Jesus, along with a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the Middle Ages, though calendars often continued to display the months in columns runni ng from January to December.[citation needed]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Solemnity of Mary (January 1st, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Solemnity-of-Mary DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Solemnity-of-Mary-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is a liturgical feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrated by the Roman Cathol ic Church on 1 January, the Octave Day of Christmas. In som e countries this day is considered a Day of Obl igation.
The feast was celebrated in the East before it was in th e West, but by the 5th century it was celebrated in France and Spain on the Sunday before Christmas. In Rome, even before the 7th century, 1 January was used as a celebration of the Maternit y of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the 13 th and 14th centuries, the Feas t of the Circumcision of Christ had come to replace the Marian feast on 1 January. The celebration of the Feast of the Circumcision on 1 January w as expanded to the entire Roman Catholic Church in 1570 when Pope Pius V pr omulgated the Roman Missal. In 1914, the feast of the "Maternity of the B lessed Virgin Mary" was established in Portugal, occurring on 11 October. In 1931 , this feast was extended to the entire Roman Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI and maintained on 11 October. Following the Second V atican Council in 1974, Pope Paul VI removed the Feast of the Circumc ision of Christ from the liturgical calendar, and replaced it with the feas t of the "Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God."[1] In the Extraordinary form of the Roman Rite , Catholics continue to celebrate this feast day with the o ld name "The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" on 11 October, and 1 Jan uary is the Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Twelfth Night (January 5th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Twelfth-Night DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270105 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Twelfth-Night-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Twelfth Night is a festival in some branches of Christ ianity marking the coming of the Epip hany and concluding the Twelve Days of Christmas< /a>.
It is defined by the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as "the evening of the fifth of January, preceding Twelfth Day, the eve of th e Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking".[1] However, there is currently some confusi on as to which night is Twelfth Night:[2] some count th e night of Epiphany itself (sixth of January) to be Twelfth Night.[2] One source of this confusion is said to be the Med ieval custom of starting each new day at sunset[citation n eeded], so that Twelfth Night precedes Twelfth Day. In some cases the 25 December is the first day of Christmas, so therefore 5 J anuary is the 12th day. It is erroneous to count the Christmas season as th e 12 days after Christmas Day, making 6 January the Twelfth Day, as 6 January is the Epiphany, and church seasons do not overlap[c itation needed].
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Epiphany (January 6th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Epiphany DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270106 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Epiphany-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Epiphany (Koine Greek: ἐπιφά& nu;εια, epiphaneia, "manifestation", "striking ap pearance"[1]) or Theophany< span>[2] (Ancient Greek (ἡ) Θ εοφάνεια, Τheophaneia meaning "vision of God"[3]), which traditionally falls on 6 January, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ. Western Christians commemorate principally (but not sole ly) the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the Baby Jesus , and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles. Eastern Christians commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the Son of God.[4]
Eastern Churches following the Julian Calendar observe the Theophany feast on what for most countries is 19 January[5] because of the 13-day difference today between that calendar and the generally used Gregorian cale ndar.[6]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Septuagesima (January 24th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Septuagesima DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270124 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Septuagesima-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Septuagesima (in full, Septuagesima Sunday) i s the name for the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Ash Wednesd ay. The term is sometimes applied also to the period that begins on thi s day and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins. T his period is also known as the pre-Lenten season or Shrovetide. The other two Sundays in this period of the liturgical year are called Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, the latter sometimes also called Shrove Sunday. The earliest date on which Septuagesima Sunday can occu r is January 18 (Easter falling on March 22 in a non-leap year) and the lat est is February 22 (Easter falling on April 25 in a leap year).
Se ptuagesima comes from the Latin word for "seventieth" with Sexagesima and < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinquagesima" title="Quinquagesima">Q uinquagesima equalling "sixtieth" and "fiftieth" respectively. They are patterned after the Latin word for the season of Lent, Quadragesima , which means "fortieth", as Lent is forty days long excluding Sundays. Because every Sunday recalls the resurrection of Christ, they are consider ed "little Easters" and not treated as days of penance. Quinquagesima Sunda y is indeed the fiftieth day before Easter (counting inclusively), but the numbers indicated by the names "Sexagesima" and "Septuagesima" do not corre spond to the interval between these Sundays and Easter.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Sexagesima (January 31st, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Sexagesima DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270131 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Sexagesima-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Sexagesima /s< 3;ksəˈdʒɛsɨmə/, or, in full, Se xagesima Sunday, is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday in the Gregorian Rite liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, and also in that of some Protest ant denominations, particularly those with Anglican and < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran" title="Lutheran" class="mw-r edirect">Lutheran origins.
The name "Sexagesima" is derived from the Latin sexagesimus, meaning "sixtieth," and appears to be a back-formation of Quinquagesima, the term formerly used to denote the last Sunday before Lent (the latter name alluding to the fact that there are fifty days betwe en that Sunday and Easter, if one counts both days themselves in the total) . Through the same process, the Sunday before Sexagesima Sunday was formerl y known as Septuagesima Sunday, and marked the start of the Pre-L enten Season which eventually became the time for carnival celebrations throu ghout Europe, this custom being later exported to places settled and/or colonized by Europeans. While Quinquagesima (50th day) is mathematically correct (al lowing for the inclusive counting), Sexagesima and Septuagesima are only approximations (the exact number of days is 57 and 64 respectively). The ea rliest Sexagesima can occur is January 25 and the latest is February 28 (or February 29 in a leap year).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Candlemas (February 2nd, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Candlemas DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270202 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Candlemas-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, which falls on 2 February, celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and some Eastern Catholic Churches, it is one of the twelve Great Feasts, and is sometimes called Hypapante (lit., 'Meeting' in Greek). Other traditional names include Candlemas, the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, and the Meeting o f the Lord. In the Roman Catholic C hurch the "Feast of the Presentation of the Lord" is a Feast Day, the m ajor feast between the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle on J anuary 25 and the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle on February 2 2. In some Western liturgical churches, Vespers (or Compline) on the Feast of the Present ation marks the end of the Epiphany season. In the Church o f England, the Presentation of Christ in the Temple is a Principal Feast celebrated either on 2 February or on the Sunday between 28 Janua ry and 3 February.
In the Latin Rite of the Cat holic Church, the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple is the fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. It was also reflected in the former practice of the "churching" of new mothers, forty days after the birth of a child.< /p> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Mardi Gras (February 9th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Mardi-Gras DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270209 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Mardi-Gras-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:
The terms "Mardi Gras" (
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In many areas, the term "Mardi Gras
" has come to mean the whole period of activity related to the celebratory
events, beyond just the single day. In some US cities, it is now called "Ma
rdi Gras Day" or "Fat Tuesday".
[1][2][
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span>][5] Others treat the final three-day period before Ash W
ednesday as the Mardi Gras.[8]
In Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras-associated socia
l events begin in November, followed by mystic society balls on Thanksg
iving,[7][9] then New Year's Eve, followed by
parades and balls in January and February, celebrating up to midnight befo
re Ash Wednesday. In earlier times parades were held on New Year's Day.
[
7] Other cities famous for Mardi Gras celebra
tions include Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Barranquilla, Colombia; Port
of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; Quebec City, Canada; Mazatlán, Sinaloa<
/a>, Mexico; and New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday, Panca ke Day, Mardi Gras, and Fat Tuesday) is the day preceding Ash Wednesday , the first day of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is observed mainly in English speaking countries, [citation needed], but is also observed i n the Philippines and Germany. Shrove Tuesday is linked to Easter, so its date changes on an annual basis.
In most traditions the day is known f or the eating of pancakes before the start of Lent. Pancakes are eaten as t hey are made out of the main foods available, sugar, fat, flour and eggs, t he consumption of which was traditionally restricted during the ritual fasting asso ciated with Lent.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Ash Wednesday (February 10th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Ash-Wednesday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270210 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Ash-Wednesday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Ch ristianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easte r. It can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10.
Ac cording to the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke; Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert befo re the beginning of his public ministry, during which he endured temptation by Satan.[4] [5] Ash Wednesday marks the beginning o f this 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Lent (February 10th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Lent DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270210 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Lent-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, "fortieth" [1]) is an observance in the liturg ical year of many Christian denominations, lasting for a period of approxim ately six weeks leading up to Easter. In most Western denominations Lent is taken to run from Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday (Ho ly Thursday) or to Easter Eve.
The traditional purp ose of Lent is the preparation of the believer—through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial. Its instituti onal purpose is heightened in the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking th e death and resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the ev ents of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday, which t hen culminates in the celebration on Easter Sunday of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Saint Patrick's Day (March 17th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Saint-Patricks-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270317 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Saint-Patricks-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Saint Patrick's Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick") is a cult ural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March. It commemorates Saint Patrick (c. AD 387–461), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland, an d the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.[2]
It is o
bserved by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland),[3] the Ea
stern Orthodox Church and Lutheran Church. Saint Patrick's Day was made
an official feast day in the early seventeenth century, and
has gradually become a celebration of Irish culture in genera
l.
Saint Joseph's Day, March 19, the Feast of St. Jo seph is in Western Christianity the principal feast day of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. [1] It has the rank of a solemnity in the Roman Catholic Church; Catholics who follo w the Missal of 1962 celebrate it as a first class feast. Previous to 1962 it was celebrated as a feast of the rank of double of the first class. It i s a feast< /a> in the provinces of the Anglican Communion, and a feast o r festival in the Lutheran Church. Saint Joseph's Day is the Patronal Feast day for Poland as well as for Canada, persons name d Joseph, Josephine, etc., for religious orders, schools and parish es bearing his name, and for carpenters. It is also Father' s Day in some Catholic countries, mainly Spain, Portugal, and Italy.
March 19 was dedicated to Saint Joseph in several Western calendars by the tenth century, and this cu stom was established in Rome by 1479. Pope St. Pius V extended its use to t he entire Roman Rite by his Apostolic Constitution Quo Primum (July 14, 1570). Since 1969, Episcopal Conferences may, if they wis h, transfer it to a date outside Lent.< span>[2]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Palm Sunday (March 21st, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Palm-Sunday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270321 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Palm-Sunday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels. (Mark 11:1–11, Matth ew 21:1–11, Luke 19:28–44, and John 12:12–19).
In many Christian churches, Palm Sunday is marked by the distribution o f palm leaves (often tied into crosses) to the assembled worshipers. The di fficulty of procuring palms for that day's ceremonies in unfavorable climates for palms led to the substitution of boughs of box, yew< /a>, willow, or other native trees. The Sunday was often designated by the names of t hese trees, as Yew Sunday, or by the general term Branch Sunday.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Holy Week (March 21st, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Holy-Week DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270321 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Holy-Week-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomas Sancta or Hebdomas Maior, "Greater Week"; Greek: Ἁγία κα ὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδ&omicro n;μάς, Hagia kai Megale Hebdomas) in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sund ay, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), Good Friday, and Holy Satu rday. It does not include Easter Sunday. In Eas tern Orthodox tradition, Holy Week starts on Lazarus Saturday, th e day before Palm Sunday. (Easter Sunday, for context, is the first day of the new season of the Great Fifty Days, or Eastertide, there being fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday.)
Holy Week in the Christian year is the week immediately before Easter. The e arliest Catholic allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole wit h special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the lat ter half of the 3rd century and 4th century. In this text, abstinence from flesh is commanded for all the days, while for the Friday and Sunday an abs olute fast is commanded. Dionysius Alexandrinus in his canonical epistle (A D 260), refers to the 91 fasting days implying that the observance of them had already become an established usage in his time.[1]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Holy Wednesday (March 24th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Holy-Wednesday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270324 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Holy-Wednesday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:In Christianity, Holy Wednesday (also called Sp y Wednesday, and in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Holy and Great Wednesday, Greek : Μεγάλη Τετά& rho;τη, Megale Tetarte) is the Wednesday of the Holy Week, t he week before Easter. It is followed by Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday).
In Western Christianity, the Wednesday before Easter i s sometimes known as "Spy Wednesday", as a reference to the betrayal of Jes us by Judas Iscariot.[1][2]< /a>, indicating that it is the day that Judas Iscariot first co nspired with the Sanhedrin to betray Jesus for thirty silver coins. [3][4]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Annunciation (March 25th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Annunciation DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270325 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Annunciation-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Annunciation (anglicised from the Latin Vu lgate Luke 1:36-39 Annuntiatio nativitatis Christi), also referr ed to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary or Annunciat ion of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would con ceive and become the mother of Jesus, the Son of God, marking his Incarnation. Gabriel told Mary to name her son Jesus, meaning "Saviour". Many Christians observe this event with the Feast of the Annunci ation on 25 March, nine full months before Christmas, the birthday of Jesus. Ac cording to Luk e 1:26, the Annunciation occurred "in the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy with Joh n the Baptist.[3]
Approximating the northern vernal eq uinox, the date of the Annunciation also marked the New Year in many places, including England, where it is called Lady Day. Both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chu rches hold that the Annunciation took place at Nazareth, but differ as to the precise location. The Basilica of the Annunc iation marks the site preferred by the former, while the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annu nciation marks that preferred by the latter.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Maundy Thursday (March 25th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Maundy-Thursday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270325 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Maundy-Thursday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursda y and Thursday of Mysteries) is the Christian feast, or holy day, fa lling on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Maundy and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles as descr ibed in the Canonical gospels.[1] It is the fifth day of Holy Week, and is preceded by Spy Wedne sday and followed by Good Friday.[ 2]
The date is always between 19 March and 22 April inclusive, but these dates fall on different days depending on whether the Gregorian or Julian calendar is used lit urgically. Eastern churches generally use the Julian cale ndar, and so celebrate this feast throughout the 21st century between 1 Apr il and 5 May in the more commonly used Gregorian calendar. The liturgy held on the evening of Maundy Thursday initiates the East er Triduum, the period which commemorates the passion , death, and resurrection of Chri st; this period includes Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and ends on the ev ening of Easte r.[3][1] The mass or service of w orship is normally celebrated in the evening, when Friday begins accord ing to Jewis h tradition, as the Last Supper was held on feast of Passover.[4]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Good Friday (March 26th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Good-Friday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270326 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Good-Friday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:April 6 (Western)
Good Frida
y (from the senses pious, holy of the word "good"),[1] is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is ob
served during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday pr
eceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Je
wish observance of Passover. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Fri
day, Black Friday,[2
Holy Saturday (Latin:
Holy Saturday is sometime s called Easter Saturday,[ 2] though this phrase is more correctly applied to t he Saturday in Easter Week.< a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Saturday#cite_note-2">[3]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T093117Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Easter (Western) (March 28th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Easter DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270328 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Easter-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Easter (Old Englis
h: Ēostre) or Pas
cha (Greek: Πάσχ&
alpha;, Paskha; Aramaic: פֶּסחא Pasḥa
; from Hebrew: פ&
#1462;ּסַח Pesa
717;)[1
Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in rel ation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox.[8] Ecclesiastically, th e equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, as tronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years), and the "Full Moon" is n ot necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefor e varies between 22 March and 25 April. Eastern Christianity< /a> bases its calculations on the Julian calendar whose 21 March co rresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the Gregorian c alendar, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 April and 8 May.
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