feasts, ecclesiastical
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feasts, ecclesiastical. These come under three main headings:(1)
SUNDAYS, the weekly commemoration of the Resurrection.(2)
MOVABLE FEASTS. The most important are
Easter, the annual commemoration of the Resurrection, and
Whitsunday (q.v.). Certain other feasts vary with the date of Easter.(3)
IMMOVABLE FEASTS. The earliest were probably the anniversaries of
martyrs, to which other saints' days were added later. By the 4th cent. various fixed feasts of the Lord, notably
Christmas and the
Epiphany, became generally observed.
See also
FESTUM,
MEMORIA,
SOLEMNITAS, and
YEAR, LITURGICAL.
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