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* The Feast of Saint Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra in Lycia ( December 6 )
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It may come from a custom in the late Roman / early Christian era, wherein metal boxes placed outside churches were used to collect special offerings tied to the Feast of Saint Stephen, which in the Western Church falls on the same day as Boxing Day.
** Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter ( Roman Catholic Church )
* February 22 – Samson of Dol is ordained as bishop in Brittany on the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter.
** Feast of Saint Nicholas ( People give each other gifts, often supposedly receiving them from Saint Nicholas.
* The Feast of Saint James the Just ( October 23 )
* The Feast of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki ( October 26 )
* The Feast of Saint Spiridon ( December 12 )
* The Feast of Saint Stephen the Deacon ( December 27 )
* The Feast of Saint Basil the Great and the Circumcision of Christ ( January 1 )
* The Feast of Saint George ( April 23 )
* The Feast of Saint Elijah the Prophet ( July 20 )
* The Feast of Saint Christina the Great Martyr ( July 24 )
* Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Saint Ursula, Feast Day October 21
Referred to as the " Feast of All Feasts ", Saint Anthony's Feast in Boston's North End was begun in 1919 by Italian immigrants from Montefalcione, a small town near Naples, where the tradition of honoring Saint Anthony goes back to 1688.
The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Catholic saint on whose Feast day the river was discovered by French explorers.
Isaac composed a 6-voice motet Angeli Archangeli for the Feast of All Saint ’ s Day, honoring angels, archangels, and all other saints.
Michaelmas, the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel ( also the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, Uriel and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels ) is a day in the Western Christian calendar which occurs on 29 September.
Feast and Nicholas
Along with Easter, Christmastime is one of the most important periods on the Christian calendar, and is often closely connected to other holidays at this time of year, such as Advent, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, St. Nicholas Day, St. Stephen's Day, New Year's, and the Feast of the Epiphany.
Many of the genre scenes he portrayed, as in The Feast of Saint Nicholas, are lively to the point of chaos and lustfulness, even so much that a Jan Steen household, meaning a messy scene, became a Dutch proverb ( een huishouden van Jan Steen ).
File: Jan Steen-Het Sint Nicolaasfeest. jpg | The Feast of Saint Nicholas
The Feast of Saint Nicholas, by Jan Steen
The Feast of St. Nicholas is celebrated in parts of Europe on December 6.
Siġġiewi also celebrates its Feast on the last week of June, in honour of Saint Nicholas, with band marches around the streets, aerial fireworks and catherine wheels, street decorations and celebrations in the main church.
* Website on the 6th of December Street Decorations Group, for the Feast of St. Nicholas
In Tarpon Springs, Florida, the City and St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church host the longest-running and largest Feast Day of the Epiphany Celebration in the United States.
Along with Easter, Christmas time is one of the most important periods on the Christian calendar, and is often closely connected to other holidays at this time of year, such as Advent, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, St. Nicholas Day, St. Stephen's Day, New Year's, and the Feast of the Epiphany.
The Feast of St Nicholas is still celebrated every year in this small hamlet of Zejtun on the 6th of December.
Burghers of Dutch origin sometimes celebrate the Feast of Saint Nicholas in December, and those of Portuguese-Jewish origin observe customs such as the separation time of a woman after childbirth ( see Leviticus 12: 2-5 ), the redemption of the Firstborn ( Pidyon ha-Ben ), and the purification bath ( taharah ) after a daughter ’ s first period ( see niddah ).
Feast and Bishop
With this deed dating back to August 15, 805 A. D., the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, she donated her entire property in Dachau, including 5 so called Colonenhöfe and some serfs and bondsman, to devolve to the Bishop of the Diocese of Freising after her death.
In 1226, King Henry III granted the Bishop of Salisbury a charter to hold a fair lasting 8 days from the Feast of the Assumption of Mary ( 15 August ).
Note 2: In Hawaii, in 1992, the Bishop of Honolulu, pursuant to an indult from the Holy See, established the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and Christmas as the only Holy Days of Obligation to be observed in the state.
Bishop Josip inaugurated the Order on 4 October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
On the Feast of the Annunciation, four patriarchs, 22 cardinals and 80 bishops assembled in the Cathedral of Pisa under the presidency of Cardinal de Malesset, Bishop of Palestrina.
On the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, 1973, in the presence of a vast gathering of religious and civic dignitaries, Bishop Rudderham took possession of the new Clifton Cathedral, which now graces the Bristol skyline.
Watson was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15, 1557, by the Archbishop of York in London.
The current Bishop is Philip Egan who was ordained Bishop at St John's Cathedral, Portsmouth, on 24th September 2012, the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham.
It is difficult, if not quite impossible, to distinguish it from certain other similar celebrations, such, for example, as the Feast of Asses, and the enthronement of the Boy Bishop.
*" The Bishop's Feast ": A home-born returnee is invited by an old nun to witness the enthronement of a new Bishop in Roseau, before spending a week on Dominica's leeward coast.
The book sought to clarify the age of the church ; and to mark the 2nd millennium the Bishop of Penrith, the Right Reverend Richard Garrard, made a unilateral declaration — on the Sunday nearest the Feast of St Olaf, 30 July 2000 — that the church building was at least 1, 000 years old, dating from before AD 1000.
The Archdiocese of Birmingham is currently led by the Most Reverend Bernard Longley, titular bishop of Zanda, who was named as the Archbishop on 1 October 2009, and was installed in his Cathedral by Bishop David McGough, and presented with his crozier by his predecessor Archbishop Nichols on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December 2009.
Feast and December
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is observed on December 8 in many Catholic countries as a Holy Day of Obligation and in some places as a national or public holiday.
The Church celebrates the Feast of the Immaculate Conception ( when Mary was conceived free from original sin ) on 8 December, exactly nine months before celebrating the Nativity of Mary.
Beginning in the 16th century, European countries began officially making January 1 the start of the New Year once again — sometimes called Circumcision Style because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the seventh day after December 25.
In ecclesiastical affairs, Sixtus IV instituted 8 December as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
** December 21 ( Feast of St Thomas the Apostle ) – They discover Isla Santo Tomé, probably Socorro Island.
Christmastide follows, beginning with First Vespers of Christmas on the evening of 24 December and ending with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
* The Feast of the Conception of Mary by Saints Joachim and Anne ( December 9 )
On December 9, 1812 ( the " Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin "), a series of massive earthquakes shook Southern California.
Tragedy struck the settlement when on the morning of December 8, 1812, the " Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin ", a series of large earthquakes shook Southern California during the first Sunday service.
It was established on December 8, 1787 ( the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, hence the mission's name ) by the Franciscan order.
Two accounts, published in the 1640s, one in Spanish, one in Nahuatl, tell how, while walking from his village to Mexico City in the early morning of December 9, 1531 ( then the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in the Spanish Empire ), the peasant Juan Diego saw on the slopes of the Hill of Tepeyac a vision of a girl of fifteen or sixteen years of age, surrounded by light.
* Julia of Mérida, Feast Day December 10
Considering that Christ was conceived on that date, 25 March was recognized as the Feast of the Annunciation which had to be followed, nine months later, by the celebration of the birth of Christ, Christmas, on 25 December.
The March 25 date was known as Annunciation Style ; the January 1 date was known as Circumcision Style, because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, considered to be the eighth day of Christ's life, counting from December 25 when his birth is celebrated.
" The scene was unveiled on December 24 and remained in place until February 2, 2008 for The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.
Torres was born on 28 December 1852, on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, in Santa Cruz de Iguña, Besaya Valley ( Cantabria ), Spain.
The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the First Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 14, and December 13.
St. Stephen's Day, or the Feast of St. Stephen, is a Christian saint's day celebrated on 26 December in the Western Church and 27 December in the Eastern Church.
On 8 December 1933, she was canonized as a saint by Pope Pius XI in the Catholic Church ; while her Feast Day is observed on April 16.
Feast day: December 7
* 8 December: the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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