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Black Thursday Black Thursday
BLACK THURSDAY (1978) tunisian riots between government forces and striking workers over a sagging economy. On 26 January 1978, demonstrations organized by the Union G Read more
Maundy Thursday Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday [Lat. mandatum, word in the ceremony], traditional English name for Thursday of Holy Week , so named because it is considered the anniversary of the institution of the Eucharist by Jesus at the Last Supper (that is, the mandatum novum or "new commandment" ). In some... Read more
Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day national holiday in the United States commemorating the Pilgrims ' celebration of the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of great starvation and privation. The celebration was probably held in October. The neighboring Wampanoags, who outnumbered the... Read more
Maundy Maundy
Maundy in the UK, a public ceremony on the Thursday before Easter (Maundy Thursday), at which the sovereign distributes Maundy money, silver coins specially minted for this purpose. The number of recipients and the face value in pence of the amount they each receive traditionally correspond to the... Read more
Holy Week Holy Week
Holy Week week before Easter . Its chief days are named Palm Sunday , Maundy Thursday , Good Friday , and Holy Saturday. In Christian life it is a week of devout observance, commemorating the Passion and Jesus' death on the cross. The liturgies have special features and services, e.g., ... Read more
Thor Thor
Thor , Germanic Donar , Norse god of thunder. An ancient and highly revered divinity, Thor was the patron and protector of peasants and warriors. As a god of might and war he was represented as extremely powerful and fearless, occasionally slow-witted, armed with a magical hammer (which returned... Read more
Friday Friday
Friday the day of the week before Saturday and following Thursday, recorded in Old English and named for the Germanic goddess Frigga, as a translation of the late Latin Veneris dies ‘day of the planet Venus’.Friday, in memory of Good Friday, was traditionally a day of fasting and... Read more
Good Friday Good Friday
Good Friday anniversary of Jesus' death on the cross. According to the Gospels, Jesus was put to death on the Friday before Easter Day. Since the early church Good Friday has been observed by fasting and penance. In the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Anglican traditions, the celebration of the... Read more
Ascension Ascension
Ascension name usually given to the departure of Jesus from earth as related in the Gospels according to Mark (16) and Luke (24) and in Acts 1.1-11. The annual commemoration of this is one of the principal feasts in most Christian churches. Ascension Thursday, as it is called, occurs on the 40th... Read more

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