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In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation or precepts are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and recreation (i.e., they are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God), according to the third commandment.
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)
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
It is considered a holy day of obligation in the Catholic church, said Monsignor Walter Rossi, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.
Christopher is recognized as a saint of the Catholic Church, being listed as a martyr in the Roman Martyrology under 25 July. [ 4 ] In 1969, when Paul VI issued Mysterii Paschalis , he acknowledged that, while the written Acts of Saint Christopher are merely legendary, attestations to the veneration of the martyr date from ancient times.
In the Catholic Church, the Ascension of the Lord is ranked as a Solemnity and is a Holy Day of Obligation. In the Anglican Communion , Ascension Day is a Principal Feast . The three days before Ascension Thursday are sometimes referred to as the Rogation days , and the previous Sunday—the Sixth Sunday of Easter (or the Fifth Sunday after ...
The Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of the ember week were days of fast and abstinence, though the Wednesday and Saturday were often only days of partial abstinence. In addition, Catholics were required to abstain from meat (but not fast) on all other Fridays, unless the Friday coincided with a holy day of obligation.
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