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Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit, is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian liturgical calendar. It is moveable because it is determined by the date of Easter. In the Catholic Church, it is the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, marking ...
Monday is named after the Moon in many languages. Monday is the day of the week that takes place between Sunday and Tuesday. [ 1] According to the International Organization for Standardization 's ISO 8601 standard, it is the first day of the week. [ 2]
This is a translation of the Latin phrase diēs Sōlis. English, like most of the Germanic languages, preserves the day's association with the sun. Many other European languages, including all of the Romance languages, have changed its name to the equivalent of "the Lord's day" (based on Ecclesiastical Latin dies Dominica).
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Seville, Hospital de la Caridad. Sic transit gloria mundi is a Latin phrase that means "Thus passes the worldly glory." In idiomatic contexts, the phrase has been used to mean "fame is fleeting". [1] [2] The phrase was used in the ritual of papal coronation ceremonies between 1409 (when it was used at the coronation of Alexander V) [3] and 1963.
Mardi Gras ( UK: / ˌmɑːrdi ˈɡrɑː /, US: / ˈmɑːrdi ɡrɑː /; [ 1][ 2] also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn ); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. [ 3] Mardi Gras is French for " Fat Tuesday ", reflecting the practice of the last night of ...
The result is that all dates from 1 Nisan through 29 (or 30) Cheshvan can each fall on one of four days of the week. Dates during Kislev can fall on any of six days of the week; during Tevet and Shevat, five days; and dates during Adar (or Adar I and II, in leap years) can each fall on one of four days of the week. Gate.
Śmigus-dyngus [a] ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈɕmigus ˈdɨnɡus]) or lany poniedziałek [b] ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈlanɨ ˌpɔɲɛˈd͡ʑawɛk]) is a celebration held on Easter Monday across Central Europe, and in small parts of Eastern and Southern Europe. The tradition is widely associated with Poland in English-speaking countries and is ...