"When Should I Celebrate Christian Holidays? A Guide to Understanding the Timing of Religious Observances"

There are about twenty or more Christian Holidays (Holy Days) but we mainly celebrate Christmas and Easter. In this post each holiday will be explained as well as when to and how to celebrate them.

• Easter: also known as Resurrection Day celebrated on Sunday, it is usually a colorful holiday celebrated with food and games like hiding the painted eggs (easter eggs) and having children find them. The religious importance of this holiday is the faith in the resurrection of Christ our Lord after he was crucified and dead for three days. The faith is represented in hiding the easter eggs and having the children find them, even though they can not see the eggs at first they have faith that someone has hidden an egg somewhere for them to find.

• Pentecost: it is celebrated on the 50th day after Easter which represents the day the Holy Spirit descended unto Mother Mary.

• Good Friday: on this day we reflect on our sins and fast from certain foods because on this day (the Friday before Easter) our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified.

• All Saints Day: on this day we celebrate all saints known or unknown, this is celebrated on the Sunday after Pentecost.

• Ascension Day: Ascension Day or “The Feast of the Ascension,” is a celebration of Jesus' ascension into heaven 40 days following his resurrection on Easter.

• Christmas: Celebrated on December 25th to honor the birth of Jesus Christ.

• Orthodox Christmas: the Orthodox Church recognizes January 7th as the day Jesus Christ was born

• Epiphany: celebrated on January 6, Epiphany is considered the day when the Three Wise Men finally arrived in Bethlehem and recognized baby Jesus as divine.

• Advent: advent is the Christian holiday leading up to the Nativity and as preparation for the second coming of Jesus Christ.

• Baptism of the Lord: baptism of the Lord. Marking the day on which Jesus was said to have been baptized in the River Jordan by John the Baptist.

• Candlemas: Candlemas Day. On February 2, some Christians attend church carrying candles that represent Jesus as “the light of the world,”.

• Lent: Lent is a six-week tradition of fasting or abstaining from certain foods (or other luxuries) observed by many Christians around the world. It lasts 40 days.

• Holy Week: it begins the Holy Week and commemorates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. Shrove Tuesday.

• LAMMAS Day: Lammas Day. This celebration takes place on August 1 and is mainly a Protestant event in English-speaking countries. It is “Loaf Mass Day” this day observes the departure of Jesus from earth after his resurrection.

• Shrove Tuesday: Shrove Tuesday was originally observed as a day for confession, reflection, and introspection before Lent.

• Assumption Day: The Feast of the Assumption is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.

• Palm Sunday: Palm Sunday (also known as Passion Sunday) is celebrated the Sunday before Easter and on the first day of Holy Week. Palm Sunday is observed by worship services and parades commentating the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.

• Ash Wednesday: Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent and is 40 days before Easter. It is the first day of fasting and abstinence.

• Corpus Christi: Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi, or “The Feast of Corpus Christi,” translates as “the blood and body of Christ”

• Feast of Annunciation: celebration takes place for the Annunciation to commemorate the day an angel announced that the Virgin Mary would be blessed with a son, Jesus Christ.

• Solemnity of Mother Mary, Mother of God: mainly a Catholic holiday, the Solemnity of Mary is intended to commemorate the Blessed Virgin Mary.

• Maundy Thursday: observed as the day that Jesus ate the Last Supper and washed the feet of his disciples prior to his arrest.

• Feast of Dedication: the traditional Christian holiday of Pentecost · Pentecost celebrates the birth of the Church.