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A Jehovah's Witnesses Convention in Kraków, Poland. Each year, Jehovah's Witnesses hold two one-day "Circuit Assemblies", held in each circuit worldwide. Each circuit comprises several congregations in a geographical area. These are held either in Assembly Halls owned by Jehovah's Witnesses, or in rented facilities, such as public auditoriums.
Jehovah's Witnesses commemorate Christ's death by observing The Lord's Evening Meal, or Memorial, each year on Nisan 14 of the Jewish calendar. They believe that this is the only celebration commanded for Christians in the Bible, often citing Jesus' words in 1 Corinthians 11:25-26 (NWT) , "'Keep doing this ... in remembrance of me'".
The Lord's Evening Meal, also known as the Memorial of Jesus' death, is an annual commemoration of the death of Jesus by Jehovah's Witnesses. Witnesses consider it the only religious event that Christians are commanded to observe by the Bible, as well as the most important day of the year.
The first official Earth Day happened a year after his initial idea for a national teach-in, on April 22, 1970. The beauty of recycling: Practice your 'R's' for Earth Day Why is Earth Day on April 22?
Jehovah's Witnesses are organized hierarchically, in what the leadership calls a theocratic organization, reflecting their belief that it is God's visible organization on earth. [116] Jehovah's Witnesses establish local branch offices to centralize their activities in any given country. [117] These branch offices are also referred to as Bethel ...
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the present world order, which they believe to be under the control of Satan, will be ended by a direct intervention of Jehovah (God), who will use Jesus to fully establish his heavenly government over earth, destroying existing human governments and non-Witnesses, [5] and creating a cleansed society of true ...
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the entire Bible, including both the Old Testament and the New Testament, is inspired of God and important for the Christian faith.(2 Timothy 3:16,17) Witnesses generally use a translation of the Bible that they developed in the mid-twentieth century, known as the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (NWT).
More than 2,000 people had gathered for a Jehovah’s Witness prayer meeting in the state’s Kalamassery town when the blast occurred. The 12-year-old girl from Ernakulam district, who was among ...