It is blessed by the bishop of the diocese at the Chrism Mass he celebrates on Holy Thursday or on a day close to it.

Each year, the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates the anniversary of the consecration of the Church of the Resurrection ( Holy Sepulchre ) on September 13 ( for those churches which follow the traditional Julian calendar, September 13 currently falls on September 26 of the modern Gregorian calendar ).

Holy and Great Thursday is a more festive day than the others of Holy Week in that it celebrates the institution of the Eucharist.

Ascension Thursday, which celebrates the return of Jesus to heaven following his resurrection, is the fortieth day of Easter, but, in places where it is not observed as a Holy Day of Obligation, the post-1969 form of the Roman rite transfers it to the following Sunday.

The Holy Week commemorations reach their peak on Good Friday as the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the passion of Jesus.

Every fourth Sunday in July, the Portuguese community in Benicia celebrates the feast of the Holy Ghost, commemorating the Queen Saint Isabel of Portugal, with a parade to Saint Dominic's Church followed by mass, an auction and a dance.

December 29 celebrates the Holy Innocents.

The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates the Holy Maccabean Martyrs on August 1, the first day of the Dormition Fast.

The Holy Week commemorations reach their paramount on Good Friday as the Catholic Church celebrates the passion of Jesus.

Titian's Equestrian Portrait of Charles V | Equestrian Portrait of Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire ( 1548 ) celebrates Charles ' victory at Mühlberg.

Trinity Sunday celebrates the Christian dogma of the Trinity, the three Persons of God: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Every year on the 3rd week of January, the Philippines celebrates the festival of the " Santo Niño " ( Holy Child Jesus ), the largest being held in Cebu City.

On the Sunday nearest September 28 ( always two weeks after the Exaltation ) the Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak ( Varaka Khach ) commemorating the third century placement of an authentic relic of the cross in Armenian soil at Varagavank.

On the Sunday closest to October 26, the Armenian Church celebrates the Discovery of the Holy Cross ( Kyood Khach ), commemorating the finding of the True Cross by Saint Helena ( 327 AD ).

After these resolutions, no Russian Orthodox Christian who wishes to remain faithful to the decisions of the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church may knowingly participate in a liturgy at which Bishop Basil celebrates as a Bishop ; nor may they receive Holy Communion from Bishop Basil.

In Jerusalem, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch receives the Holy Fire and subsequently celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Sepulchre ( i. e., empty tomb ) of Christ on the very place where his body lay at the time of his Resurrection.

Each August, the Roman Catholic congregation of the historic Holy Rosary Church celebrates the 4-day festival for the Feast of the Assumption, in which Little Italy stages Greater Cleveland's largest Italian-American street festival.

The American Catholic Church in the United States celebrates the seven sacraments of: Baptism, First Communion, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Marriage, Holy Orders, and Last Rites.

Father Young celebrates the TLM weekdays at Most Holy Redeemer, and each Sunday at St. Vincent's Holy Rosary Chapel in Marinwood.

The coastal town of Pasuquin celebrates its Holy Week with much religiosity and solemnity.

The former celebrates its Feast Day every December 8 in honor of the Immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary while the latter on the third Saturday of January in honor of the Holy Child Jesus.

" The Christian story, which pre-eminently transmits and celebrates the memory of Jesus and God ’ s revelatory deed in and through his life and death, should lead us beyond itself to a living encounter with the real presence of all that it celebrates and rehearses: him, whom by story we recall, we actually know as the living Spirit of the fellowship of faith.

* Independence Day, celebrates the day on which Pakistan was made an independent country based on border lines created by the British during the end of their rule of India in 1947.

Nova Scotia celebrates Arbour Day on the Thursday during National Forest Week, which is the first full week in May.

Little is known of the family with certainty ; the Chambers Biographical Dictionary records that they arrived in Spain in the 8th century but the name is familiar from the romance by Ginés Perez de Hita, Guerras civiles de Granada, which celebrates the feuds of the Abencerrages and the rival family of the Zegris, and the cruel treatment to which the former were subjected.

However December 16 is only the date on which the state celebrates the event, while the actual day on which the independence of Bahrain was declared was August 15, 1971 ( see Bahrain Independence Day )

The New Testament teaches that the resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is a foundation of the Christian faith.

* 1967 – Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, which officially made Canada its own federal dominion.

Sukkot commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God protected them under difficult desert conditions.

Bujold devised for this planet a history which allowed for “ swords ‘ n ’ spaceships .” Barrayar in the lifetime of Miles Vorkosigan commands spaceships, computers, and other high technology, but its culture remembers dueling, examines newborns for defects and practices infanticide if any are found, celebrates the Emperor ’ s birthday by handing him bags of gold, and provides liveried life-sworn servants to carry love-letters sealed with the writer's blood.

Many names for pubs that appear nonsensical may have come from corruptions of old slogans or phrases, such as " The Bag o ' Nails " ( Bacchanals ), " The Goat and Compasses " ( God Encompasseth Us ), " The Cat and the Fiddle " ( Caton Fidèle ) and " The Bull and Bush ", which purportedly celebrates the victory of Henry VIII at " Boulogne Bouche " or Boulogne-sur-Mer Harbour.

Koolhaas celebrates the " chance-like " nature of city life: " The City is an addictive machine from which there is no escape " " Rem Koolhaas ... defined the city as a collection of “ red hot spots .” ( Anna Klingmann ).

There are a lot of tapas contest and competitions all around Spain, Although there is only one National Tapas competiton which celebrates every year in November.

* Penn Cove Mussel Festival, which takes place in March, celebrates the bounty of the sea, especially the mussel.

* March 25 – Motown celebrates its 25th anniversary and has the television special Motown 25 during which Michael Jackson performed " Billie Jean " and introduces to the world the moonwalk.

The trend culminated in Shota Rustaveli's epic poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin ( Vepkhistq ' aosani ), which celebrates the ideals of an " Age of Chivalry " and is revered in Georgia as the greatest achievement of native literature.

The Loures Carnival is a highlight of Lisbon's festivities which celebrates the country's folk traditions, including the " enterro do bacalhau " or burial of the cod, which symbolizes the end of Carnival and the festivities.

From spring to autumn, several festivals take place in Meissen, such as the pottery market or the Weinfest, which celebrates the wine harvest.

Tucson celebrates the historic arrest with an annual " Dillinger Days " festival, the highlight of which is a reenactment.

St Cuthbert is also the namesake of St Cuthbert's College in Epsom, New Zealand, which celebrates St Cuthbert's Day on 21 March as a day of school celebration.

Orthodox temples are often decorated with greenery and flowers on this feast day, and the celebration is intentionally similar to the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates the giving of the Mosaic Law.

The city's biggest and most popular annual festival is 3 Oktober or " 3 October ," which celebrates the end of the Spanish siege of 1574.

** Caesar celebrates his Gallic Triumph, after which Vercingetorix is executed.