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...

of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ is not a holy day of obligation, it is assigned to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity as its proper day"...

Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church Liturgical year Holy day of obligation Octave (liturgical) Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite Synaxis Universal...

the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary, mother of Jesus and...

Pfingstmontag) is a Holy Day of Obligation for Roman Catholics. It is celebrated in South Tyrol, and for its capital city Bolzano it replaces the holiday of the local...

Catholicism, 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...

celebrations of saints, are to be observed List of movable Eastern Christian observances List of movable Western Christian observances Holy day of obligation, in...

carpenters. It is also Father's Day in some Catholic countries, mainly Spain, Portugal, and Italy. It is not a holy day of obligation for Catholics in the United...

baptism, confirmation (Chrismation), and Holy Communion on the same day as an infant's baptism. Traditions of celebration surrounding First Communion usually...

the Octave (8th) day of Christmas. This solemnity is a Holy Day of Obligation in areas that have not abrogated it. Christians of Byzantine, West Syriac...

Creator in Holy Communion at least during the Easter season. You shall keep holy the holy days of obligation. You shall observe the prescribed days of fasting...

observed as a holy day of obligation while in the United States and Canada, it is not. The feast ceased being a Holy Day of Obligation in the United States...

celebrated on a Sunday, it is not a holy day of obligation. In the General Roman Calendar of 1969 the Feast of the Holy Family outranks the various saints...

also terminates all obligations of the clerical state, except for the obligation of celibacy. Dispensation from the obligation of celibacy can only be...

time for fulfilling the obligation to attend Mass on Sunday or a Holy Day of Obligation now begins on the evening of the day before, and most parish churches...

religious and cultural holiday. In the dioceses of Ireland, it is both a solemnity and a holy day of obligation. Two Latin works survive which are generally...

each Holy Day of Obligation. However, the cleric is able to fulfil this obligation by shifting the celebration of this Mass intention to another day, or...

holy day of obligation. On a local level, the reverse is also possible, e. g., in Germany the (global) feast of St. Stephen (26 December) is a holy day...

'offering') may be made out of only four ingredients: fine (white) wheat flour, pure water, yeast, and salt. Sometimes holy water will be either sprinkled...

Saint Patrick's Day thus became a holy day of obligation for Catholics in Ireland. It is also a feast day in the Church of Ireland, part of the Anglican...

Catholic Church – for the Eucharist (also called Holy Communion), administered, with or without Anointing of the Sick (also called Extreme Unction), to a...

bound to attend Holy Mass on Sundays and every holy day of obligation. To be a godparent at the bestowal of baptism and confirmation, a Catholic must be...

sacraments of healing, consisting of the Sacrament of Penance and the Anointing of the Sick; and the sacraments of service: Holy Orders and Matrimony. Furthermore...

international mass is celebrated at the basilica every Sunday and holy day of obligation, at 9 a.m., and is open to the public (until the church is full)...

latter is a holy day of obligation; where it is not a holy day of obligation, it is celebrated on the Sunday after the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (1...

eighth day of his life (1 January). The Roman Catholic Church celebrates on this day the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, which is also a Holy Day of Obligation...

The holy kiss is an ancient traditional Christian greeting, also called the kiss of peace or kiss of charity, and sometimes the "brother kiss" (among men)...

fast) on all other Fridays, unless the Friday coincided with a holy day of obligation. The former regulations on abstinence obliged Catholics starting...

prayer of confession of sinfulness, known as the Confiteor, used in the Roman Rite at the beginning of Mass or when receiving the sacrament of Penance...

denote holy persons committed to an ascetic lifestyle, which may include members of religious orders and individual holy persons. The Second Council of Lyon...