Thread:The Bibliomaniac/@comment-142.165.218.38-20190527231203/@comment-37166538-20190605214307

For me, I celebrate seasons and festivals/important days.

The seasons of my church year are (in order):

Advent - before Christmas in December, when we anticipate Jesus' first and second coming

Christmas - the time when we celebrate the birth of the Savior

Ephiphany - after Christmas, representing the time of Jesus ministry when he revealed his heavenly power

Lent - the time in which we recognize Jesus suffereing and death on our behalf and remember our sins

Easter - a 50-day period of time in which we celebrate Jesus' ressurection

Pentecost - the longest season of the church year, in which we are reminded of the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. It serves as a reminder to share God's Word so that the church may grow, as it did on Pentecost.

End Times - Just before the beginning of the next church year (Advent) we celebrate End Times, when we remember that this world is soon going to come to an end on Judgement Day.

Festivals, Holidays, Important Days, etc. (in order):

Christmas Day (the birth of Jesus)

Three Kings Day (the celebration of the coming of the Maji)

Ash Wednesday (a day in which remember our sins and coming death)

Palm Sunday (the sunday before the crucifixion, when Jesus entered Jerusalem)

Maunday Thursday (when Jesus instituted Holy Communion)

Good Friday (the day of the crucifixion)

Easter Sunday (the day of the ressurection)

Good Shepherd Sunday (when we remember that Jesus is our Good Shepherd)

Ascension (when Jesus ascended into heaven)

Pentecost (when the Holy Spirit came to the disciples; the birth of the Christian church)

Reformation* (when Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church, sparking the Reformation and, ultimately, Protestantism)


 * This is the same day as Halloween, but is a completely seperate holiday. I don't celebrate Halloween, really. All Hallows Eve and All Saints Day, though!