In ancient Roman religion, Februus was the god of purification.

For the Etruscans, Februus was also the god of riches ( money / gold ) and death, both connected to the underworld in the same natural manner as with the better-known Roman god Pluto.

Februus is possibly named in honor of the more ancient Februa, ( also Februalia and Februatio ), the spring festival of washing and purification.

She may have originated from the Roman god Februus.

Februus may have become the Roman Febris, goddess of fever ( febris in Latin means fever ) and malaria.

Because of this coincidence, the two gods ( Faun and Februus ) were often considered the same entity.

The Hajj is a pilgrimage that occurs during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah to the holy city of Mecca.

The midday meal is the main meal, except during the holy month of Ramadan.

Some Muslim parents, residing in Western countries mimick modern Christmas celebration traditions, as a means of trying to make Ramadan a more enjoyable time for their children who are too young to fast and understand the spiritual significance of the holy month.

The Saxons offered cakes to their gods in February ( Solmonath ) and there was a religious festival associated with the harvest, Halegmonath (" holy month " or month of offerings ", September ).

mandates establishment of this holy day on the 10th day of the 7th month as the day of atonement for sins.

#: God said to Moses that the tenth day of the month is the day of atonement and will be holy.

#: The tenth day of the seventh month is a holy day and one must not work.

Karaite Jews also maintain that Rabbinic Jews are not observing Jewish holy days on their correct date, because the dates are fixed according to the pre-calculated Hillel II calendar, instead of beginning each month with the sighting of the New Moon from the horizon of Israel, and starting the year during the month when the barley reaches the stage of Aviv in the land of Israel.

Sometimes such restrictions have coincided with Friday prayers during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

The fifth day of holy Shrawan ( श ् र ा वण ) month i. e. Shrawan Krishna Panchami of the Hindu Lunar Calendar is marked as auspicious day for the religious procession, Nrisimha Yatra ( न ृ स िं ह य ा त ् र ा).

In 2008, MBC 1 had depicted the life and leadership of Al-Mansur in a historical series aired during the holy month of Ramadan.

Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitr, or Id al-Fitr ( عيد الفطر ‘ Īdu l-Fiṭr ), often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting ( sawm ).

It is observed on the first of the month of Shawwal at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims undergo a period of fasting.

( Note: " Ramadan Mubarak " means " Blessed Ramadan "; the operation was so named because it began on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Masimaham is an annual event that occurs in the Tamil month of Masi ( February – March ) in the star of Magam in kumbakanom which is a very beautiful and ancient and holy place.

Fasting is the fourth of the Five Pillars of Islam and involves fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, which is probably the most notable time for fasting among Muslims.

In Islam, fasting for a month is an obligatory practice during the holy month of Ramadan, from fajr ( dawn ), until the maghrib ( dusk ).

During the holy month of Ramadan, special daily prayers called Tarawih are read in the mosques every evening.

He said Gorton was a holy man ; ;

It made him pretty hot under the collar, after the idea Miss Sis had given him, to be told by Miss Kiz that her holy spa was all reserved for this summer and next, if you please, and that much as she regretted it, they would be unable to entertain Mrs. Robards and the children.

He did not have a separate cult, but he was the personification of the holy magic-song sung by the magicians that was supposed to cure disease.

The double-axe ( λάβρυς: labrys ) was the holy symbol of the Cretan labyrinth.

Apollo Delphinios was a sea-god especially worshiped in Crete and in the islands, and his name indicates his connection with Delphi and the holy serpent Delphyne ( womb ).

These symbols show the deep religiosity of Gaudi, who was inspired by the contemporaneous construction of his basilica to choose the theme of the holy family.

Permission was given, and Hasan Ali Shah's mother and a few relatives were sent to Najaf and other holy cities in Iraq in which the shrines of his ancestors, the Shiite Imams are found.

The portrayal of the West-Saxon resistance to the Vikings by Asser and the chronicler as a Christian holy war was more than mere rhetoric or ' propaganda '.

The testament of Alfonso leaving his kingdom to the three holy orders was dismissed out of hand by the nobility of his kingdoms, and possible successors were sought.

Adhemar negotiated with Alexius I Comnenus at Constantinople, reestablished at Nicaea some discipline among the crusaders, fought a crucial role at the Battle of Dorylaeum and was largely responsible for sustaining morale during the siege of Antioch through various religious rites including fasting and special observances of holy days.

With the withdrawal of these states, a congress was called on the holy island of Delos to institute a new alliance to continue the fight against the Persians ; hence the modern designation " Delian League ".

When the priests emerged from the holy place after placing the Ark there, the Temple was filled with a cloud, " for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord " ( 1 Kings 8: 10-11 ; 2 Chron.

The form used in the Roman Rite included anointing of seven parts of the body while saying ( in Latin ): " Through this holy unction and His own most tender mercy may the Lord pardon thee whatever sins or faults thou hast committed deliquisti by sight hearing, smell, taste, touch, walking, carnal delectation ", the last phrase corresponding to the part of the body that was touched ; however, in the words of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, " the unction of the loins is generally, if not universally, omitted in English-speaking countries, and it is of course everywhere forbidden in case of women ".

* Temple of Aphaea, dedicated to its namesake, a goddess who was later associated with Athena ; the temple was part of a pre-Christian, equilateral holy triangle of temples including the Athenian Parthenon and the temple of Poseidon at Sounion.

Nothing was considered more holy than the covenant of marriage, and to portray it in such a way was completely unacceptable ; however, a few more open-minded critics such as the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw found Ibsen's willingness to examine society without prejudice exhilarating.

" He went out and saw an angel who wore a girdle with a cross, one resembling the holy Eskiem ( Tonsure or Schema ), and on his head was a head cover ( Kolansowa ).

The Babylonian Talmud was the first attempt to attach authors to the holy books: each book, according to the authors of the Talmud, was written by a prophet, and each prophet was an eyewitness of the events described, and Joshua himself wrote " the book that bears his name ".

In the Book of Matthew 24: 15, of the New Testament, Jesus gives attestation to Daniel, " When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place ( let the reader understand )".

I went to London with my wife to celebrate Christmas Day ... Sermon ended, as minister was giving us the holy sacrament, the chapel was surrounded with soldiers, and all the communicants and assembly surprised and kept prisoners by them, some in the house, others carried away ...