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These days are variously called church calendar, ecclesiastical dates, fasting
days, festivals, holy days, sabbats, days of observance and seasonal days of
celebration, etc.  | Christmas is always on December 25 (among Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations); St. Valentine's day is on February 14. |
Others vary slightly from year to year, depending upon the proximity to a leap year:
| Wiccans, other Neo-Pagans and other aboriginal religions often celebrate:
Because the earth takes about 365.26 days to circle the sun, the date and time of the solstices and equinoxes shift from year to year. They may occur on the 20, 21 or 23rd of the month. | ||||||
| Other dates are computed according to a complex formula. The timing of Easter Sunday shows its pagan roots, being based upon Sun and Moon worship. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 21, the nominal date of the Spring Equinox. It can fall on any date from March 22 to April 25th. The sequence is so complicated that it takes 5.7 million years to repeat a cycle. Eastern Orthodox churches sometimes celebrate Easter on the same day as the rest of Christianity. However if that date does not follow Passover, then the Orthodox churches delay their Easter - sometimes by over a month. |
List of religious festivals and holy days:
| January to June |
| July to December |
Copyright © 1997 & 2001 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Latest update: 2001-DEC-2
Author: B.A. Robinson
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