holiday of obligation
1holiday — n 1. vacation, day off, time off, breathing space or spell, respite, recess; furlough, leave, leave of absence, sabbatical. 2. gala day, red letter day, banner day, field day; occasion, event, birthday, anniversary, jubilee; carnival, fair,… …
2Holy Day of Obligation — Christianity portal In the Catholic Church, Holy Days of Obligation or Holidays of Obligation,[1] less commonly called Feasts of Precept, are the days on which, as …
3Epiphany (holiday) — This article is about the feast day. For the feeling, see Epiphany (feeling). Epiphany, (Koine Greek: ἐπιφάνεια, epiphaneia, manifestation , striking appearance ,[1]) or Theophany, (Ancient Greek (ἡ) Θεοφάνεια, Τheophaneia,[2]) meaning vision of… …
4St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007 — The St Andrew s Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament that officially designates St. Andrew s Day (30 November) to be a bank holiday in Scotland.BackgroundThe Bill that led to the Act being passed was first… …
5holy days of obligation — in the Roman Catholic Church, religious feast days on which Catholics must attend mass and refrain from unnecessary work. Although all Sundays are sanctified in this way, the term holy days usually refers to other feasts that must be… …
6Immaculate Conception — • In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 8 December, 1854, Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus… …
7Shrine of Guadalupe — Shrine of Guadalupe † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Shrine of Guadalupe Guadalupe is strictly the name of a picture, but was extended to the church containing the picture and to the town that grew up around. The word is Spanish Arabic, but… …
8St. Michael the Archangel — St. Michael the Archangel † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Michael the Archangel (Hebrew Who is like God? ). St. Michael is one of the principal Angels; his name was the war cry of the good angels in the battle fought in …
9St. George — St. George † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. George Martyr, patron of England, suffered at or near Lydda, also known as Diospolis, in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine. According to the very careful investigation of the… …
10Leodegar — Infobox Saint name=Saint Leodegar (or Leger) Bishop of Autun birth date=c. 615 death date=death date|679|10|2|mf=y feast day=October 2 venerated in=Roman Catholic Church imagesize= 250px caption= The martyrdom of St. Leger. From a picture French… …
