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Dragon Boat Festival 2014 | Duan Wu Jie 2014

Dragon Boat Festival 2014 / Duan Wu Jie 2014 / 端午节 2014 / Chinese Dumpling Festival Dragon Boat Festival is a festival celebrated by Chinese as well as many others of Chinese origins, including those living in Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Vietnam. Based on Chinese lunar calendar, Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th month, thus called as Duan Wu Jie (端午节) or Double Fifth Festival. Chinese Dumpling Festival is sometimes called as solar maximus festival which happens every summer solstice or the northern hemisphere’s longest day of the year. When is Dragon Boat Festival 2014? The date of Dragon Boat Festival is determined based on lunar calendar, and falls on 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. Thus in Gregorian (Western) calendar the date will change from year to year. Dragon Boat Festival 2014 will fall on Monday, 2 June 2014. Zong Zi: Chinese Dumpling Zong zi (粽子) or simply zong is a tradition...

Good Friday

Good Friday 2014 Celebration Good Friday / Holy Friday / Great Friday Good Friday, known also as Holy Friday or Great Friday, is a religious holiday observed primarily by Catholics and Christians all over the world commemorating the crucifixion and eventual death of Jesus Christ. The holiday is observed during Holy Week on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday . Many Christians and Catholics take part in fasting and penance among the observations. Dates of Good Friday Observations Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, and date of Good Friday falls on different day every year based certain calculations. Easter falls on the first Sunday following the Paschal Full Moon, the full moon on or after 21 March, taken to be the date of the vernal equinox. Also take note Good Friday is calculated differently in Eastern Christianity and Western Christianity. The Western calculation uses the Gregorian calendar, while the Eastern calculation uses the Julian calendar, whose 21 M...

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday 2014 What is Ash Wednesday? In tradition of the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday is the first day in the Lenten fasting season, where devotees prepare themselves for Easter celebration of Jesus resurrection. Ash Wednesday is proceeded by Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) When is Ash Wednesday 2014? Ash Wednesday 2014 falls on Wednesday, 5 March 2014. Ash Wednesday 2014 Celebrations Ash Wednesday 2014 will be celebrated in many countries including US, UK, Ireland, and Philippines. Ash Wednesday in United States of America Many Christian in the USA will come to Ash Wednesday mass, including students from Catholic schools. Priests will draw a cross on attendes forehead with ash as symbol for repentance and forgiveness. Ash Wednesday in Ireland Ash Wednesday marks the start Lenten season, the holiest occasion for Christians in Ireland. True to tradition from the past, people come to church and get their forehead marked with a cross of ashes. The a...

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday 2014 Palm Sunday 2014 or Passion Sunday 2014 is a Christian festival commemorating Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. It is customary in many countries to celebrate Palm Sunday with a special mass before the blessing of palm leaves, or in some other countries, olive branches. The blessing usually takes place outside the church which also includes the reading of the Gospel that tells of how Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and how people greeted him with palms leaves. This is followed by a march into the church with constant waving of the blessed palm leaves and branches. Included in the Palm Sunday mass is the reading of the Passion and the sequence of events of Jesus? capture, suffering and death. When is Palm Sunday 2014? the date of 2014 Palm Sunday falls on Sunday, 13 April 2014. When is 2013 Palm Sunday?  Palm Sunday 2013 falls on Sunday, 24 March 2013. Palm Sunday in Around The World Palm Sunday for the year 2014 is celebrat...

Easter

Easter 2014 Easter Also called Resurrection Sunday, Easter 2014 is one of the major festival in the Christian calendar as it celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The early church saw the account of Jesus? resurrection as the main indication of God?s point, declaring Jesus as the Messiah and Savior. Easter is celebrated since the fourth century and has been the center of the Christian community that even churches that traditionally do not follow other feasts of the church year celebrate Easter as the focal point of Christian faith and worship. When Is Easter 2014? Easter Sunday 2014: Sunday, 20 April 2014 Easter Monday 2014: Monday, 21 April 2014 Easter 2014 will fall on Sunday, 20 April 2014. In many countries, the celebrations begin a week earlier, with Palm Sunday marking the start of Holy week . Easter Date Calculations Easter date is based on lunar cycle. Accordingly, lunar month that starts somewhere between 8 March and 5...

Holy Week 2014

Let's celebrate Holy Week 2014 Holy Week 2014, leading to the Easter 2014 is celebrated by Christians around the world to commemorate the most important events in Christianity: death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Earliest catholic reference as to the celebration and observance of the Holy Week are found in the Apostolical Constitutions in the latter half of the 3rd and 4th century. When is Holy Week 2014? Date of Holy Week 2014 2013 Holy Week will be celebrated from Sunday, 13 April 2014 to Sunday, 20 April 2014. Below is the date of days in 2014 holy week. Please note that Easter date change from year to year, and the dates below is only for Holy Week 2014 and not for other years. Palm Sunday 2014 Sunday, 13 April 2014 Holy Monday 2014 Monday, 14 April 2014 Holy Tuesday 2014 Tuesday, 15 April 2014 Holy Wednesday 2014 Wednesday, 16 April 2014 Maundy Thursday 2014 / Huwebes Santo 2014 Thursday, 17 April 2014 Good Friday 2014 ...

Thaipusam 2014

Thaipusam or Thai Poosam is a yearly holiday celebrated by the Tamil Hindus to honor Lord Murugan. This holiday is hugely anticipated and widely observed in many parts of the world where Tamil communities, big or small, can be found. Thaipusam is celebrated when the moon is full on the tenth Tamil month called Thai. When is Thaipusam 2014? Thaipusam for 2014 will fall on 17 January 2014, but celebrations start and end before the date itself. The Story of Thaipusam The story of Thaipusam is deeply entrenched in Hindu mythology. The Devas (deities of natural forces and moral values) were in constant battle with the Asuras (deities of chaos). Their constant loss had the devas approach Lord Shiva for help, asking him for a strong leader to carry them to victory. Different accounts state that Murngan was born to Shiva and Parvati, and successfully led the devas in defeating the asuras. This led to the creation of the festival Thaipusam. Symbols of Thaipusam Thaipu...