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In the Syro-Malabar Church, there are 6 holy days of obligation: [3] Epiphany (January 6) Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29) The Ascension of Our Lord (sixth Thursday after Easter) St. Thomas (July 3) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) Christmas (December 25)
The Transfiguration is the second of the "Three Feasts of the Saviour in August", the other two being the Procession of the Cross on 1 August and the Icon of Christ Not Made by Hand on 16 August. The Transfiguration is preceded by a one-day Forefeast and is followed by an Afterfeast of eight days, ending the day before the Forefeast of the ...
In Ireland, the only holy days of obligation that are also public holidays are Christmas and Saint Patrick's Day. Thus, there are five working holy days. Similarly, Slovakia has four holy days of obligation that are also public holidays: Christmas, Solemnity of Mary Mother of God, Epiphany, and All Saints', leaving it with five working holy days.
All holy days of obligation on a global level are also solemnities; however, not all solemnities are holy days of obligation. For example, The Nativity of the Lord Jesus (Christmas) (25 December) is a solemnity which is always a holy day of obligation, whereas the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (24 June) is
12 August: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious – optional memorial; 13 August: Saints Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs – optional memorial; 14 August: Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr – memorial; 15 August: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – solemnity; 16 August: Saint Stephen of Hungary – optional ...
1 Timothy 4:4-5: "For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer." Psalm 100:4 ...
Psalm 127:3-5: "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth.
The 1969 revision of the liturgical year and the calendar in the Roman Rite states: “1 January, the Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord, is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and also the commemoration of the conferral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.” [18] [19] It deleted the 11 October feast, even for Portugal, stating ...