2007-03-02 01:48:01 · 6 answers · asked by prettysexygirl234 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BIG question! Well, there is of course Christmas: a time we set aside to celebrate Christ's birth (not necessarily the date of his birth, though. Most scholars think He was born sometime in Septemeber). There is also Easter, when we celebrate His rising from the dead. Those are the two big ones. Now, for several weeks (40 days) leading up to Easter, we celebrate Lent. This commemorates when Jesus fasted in the desert for 40 days at the beginning of His ministry. Catholic and other orthodox traditions celebrate Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) the day before the beginning of Lent (Ash Wednesday). On fat Tuesday, they indulge in the thing they are giving up for Lent (a fast). Ash Wednesday is a day for putting ashes in the sign of the cross on the forehead as a sign of mourning for the death of the Christ. Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, the day we recognize Jesus' crucifixion.
Depending on your denomination, there are days dedicated to saints (I'm pretty sure there is one for every day of the year). Also, some Christians hold to Jewish festivals and holidays (Jesus was a Jew) such as Purim (Queen Esther and the Jews being spared from the Persian King), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) Seder (Passover) Chanukah (Festival of Lights) Feast of Trumpets, Feast of Tabernacles etc.
2007-03-02 01:58:10 · answer #1 · answered by girlpreacher 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is only one special day that TRUE Christians celebrate annually. That is the Memorial of Christ's death. Concerning that day, Jesus told his disciples: "Keep doing this in remembrance of me." Luke 22:19
Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and Lent are pagan observances that Catholicism borrowed from the pagans. True Christians have nothing to do with them. They are spiritually unclean.
2007-03-02 01:50:53 · answer #2 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scripturally speaking, once Christ fulfilled the law all the previous 'special days and customs' of the Jews were abolished. (Galatians 4:9-11...But now that you have come to know God, or rather now that you have come to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and beggarly elementary things and want to slave for them over again? You are scrupulously observing days and months and seasons and years. I fear for you, that somehow I have toiled to no purpose respecting you.)
Though one more observance was commanded, which was the observance of the memorial of Jesus' death. (Luke 22:19,20...Also, he took a loaf, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying: “This means my body which is to be given in your behalf. Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” Also, the cup in the same way after they had the evening meal, he saying: “This cup means the new covenant by virtue of my blood, which is to be poured out in your behalf.)
That is the only special day we, as Christians, are commanded to observe.
2007-03-02 02:02:39 · answer #3 · answered by Badriya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, They start January the 1st or each year and end Demember 31 , Then they begin again.
2007-03-02 01:55:15 · answer #4 · answered by PREACHER'S WIFE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas....Resurrection Day....Reformation Day.....
Communion with other believers in the faith.
2007-03-02 01:50:04 · answer #5 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is none unless your catholic
2007-03-02 01:51:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋