Christian holy day

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Christian holy day - a religious holiday for Christians quarter day - a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due holy day, religious holiday - a day specified for religious observance holy day of obligation - a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion January 20, Saint Agnes's Eve - a Christian holy day Easter Day, Easter Sunday - the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated Palm Sunday - Sunday before Easter Passion Sunday - second Sunday before Easter Good Friday - Friday before Easter Low Sunday - the Sunday following Easter Holy Saturday - the Saturday before Easter; the last day of Lent Holy Innocents' Day, Innocents' Day - December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem Septuagesima, Septuagesima Sunday - the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) Quinquagesima, Quinquagesima Sunday - the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent) Quadragesima, Quadrigesima Sunday - the first Sunday in Lent Trinity Sunday - eighth Sunday after Easter Rogation Day - one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday - the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper Corpus Christi - Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246 June 29, Saints Peter and Paul - first celebrated in the 3rd century Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day, Epiphany - twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus March 19, Saint Joseph, St Joseph - a Christian holy day Twelfth night - eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5 All Souls' Day, November 2 - a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory Ash Wednesday - the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance Ember Day - a day set aside for fasting and prayer Advent Sunday - the first of the four Sundays during Advent Mardi Gras, pancake day, Shrove Tuesday - the last day before Lent August 6, Transfiguration, Transfiguration Day - (Christianity) a church festival held in commemoration of the Transfiguration of Jesus