"nocturn of Maundy Thursday are from Saint Augustines ""Enarrationes in Psalmos"" Second of Poulenc's ""Sept répons des ténèbres"". The lessons for the third nocturn of Maundy Thursday are from 1 Corinthians II: 17-34 First of Poulenc's ""Sept répons des ténèbres"". Good Friday is the sixth day (Latin: Feria VI or Feria Sexta) of the Holy Week. In Latin the occasion is also indicated as ""In Parasceve"" (Parasceve being Latin for Friday). Thus the second set of nine responsories for Holy Week can appear under titles such as ""Feria VI – In Parasceve"". The lessons of the first nocturn of Good"
"Wednesday Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601 it is the third day of the week. In countries that use the ""Sunday-last"" convention and in the Jewish Hebrew calendar Wednesday is defined as the third day of the week. The name is derived from Old English ""Wōdnesdæg"" and Middle English ""Wednesdei"", ""day of Woden"", reflecting the pre-Christian religion practiced by the Anglo-Saxons, a variation of the Norse god Odin. In other languages, such as the French ""mercredi"" or Italian ""mercoledì"", the day's name is a calque of ""dies Mercurii"" ""day"
"Le Journal du Dimanche Le Journal du Dimanche (English: ""Sunday's newspaper"") is a French weekly newspaper published on Sundays in France. ""Le Journal du Dimanche"" was created by Pierre Lazareff in 1948. He was managing editor of ""France Soir"" at that time. The weekly paper belongs to the Lagardère Group through Hachette Filipacchi Médias. The company is also the publisher of the paper which is based in Paris and which is published on Sundays. ""Le Journal du Dimanche"" was published in broadsheet format until 1999 when it began to be published in the Berliner format. On 6 March 2011 the"
"French Community Holiday The Belgian French Community Holiday () is a holiday on 27 September, held only in the French Community of Belgium. It is also variously translated as Day of the French Community, French Community Day, Feast Day of the French Community , Festival of the French Community This date was chosen by the French Community of Belgium after an important episode in the Belgian Revolution. The Belgian Revolution from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands erupted on the night of 25 August 1830, following a performance of Daniel Auber's sentimental and patriotic opera ""La Muette de Portici"", a"
"In Vietnamese, the working days in the week are named as: ""Thứ Hai"" (second day), ""Thứ Ba"" (third day), ""Thứ Tư"" (fourth day), ""Thứ Năm"" (fifth day), ""Thứ Sáu"" (sixth day), ""Thứ Bảy"" (seventh day). Sunday is called ""Chủ Nhật"", a corrupted form of ""Chúa Nhật"" meaning ""Lord's Day"". Some colloquial text in the south of Vietnam and from the church may still use the old form to mean Sunday. In German, Wednesday is called ""Mittwoch"", literally ""mid-week"", implying that weeks run from Sunday to Saturday. In Italian, Sunday is called ""domenica"", which also means ""Lord's Day"" (from Latin ""Dies"
"Tuesday Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the second day of the week. According to some commonly used calendars, however, especially in the United States, it is the third day of the week. The English name is derived from Old English ""Tiwesdæg"" and Middle English ""Tewesday,"" meaning ""Tīw's Day"", the day of Tiw or Týr, the god of single combat, and law and justice in Norse mythology. Tiw was equated with Mars in the interpretatio germanica, and the name of the day is a translation of Latin"
"일요일 Il-yo-Il, meaning ""day of sun"". The international standard ISO 8601 for representation of dates and times, states that Sunday is the seventh and last day of the week. This method of representing dates and times unambiguously was first published in 1988. In the Judaic, some Christian, as well as in some Islamic tradition, Sunday has been considered the first day of the week. A number of languages express this position either by the name for the day or by the naming of the other days. In Hebrew it is called יום ראשון ""yom rishon"", in Arabic الأحد ""al-ahad"", in"
"Dominica""). One finds similar cognates in French, where the name is ""dimanche"", as well as Romanian (""duminică"") and Spanish and Portuguese (""domingo""). Slavic languages implicitly number Monday as day number one, not two. Russian ""воскресение"" (Sunday) means ""resurrection (of Jesus)"" (that is the day of a week which commemorates it). In Old Russian Sunday was also called ""неделя"" ""free day"" or ""day with no work"", but in the contemporary language this word means ""week"". Hungarian ""péntek"" (Friday) is a Slavic loanword, so the correlation with ""five"" is not evident to Hungarians. Hungarians use ""Vasárnap"" for Sunday, which means ""market day""."
"Persian and related languages یکشنبه ""yek-shanbe"", all meaning ""first"". In Greek, the names of the days Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (""Δευτέρα"", ""Τρίτη"", ""Τετάρτη"" and ""Πέμπτη"") mean ""second"", ""third"", ""fourth"", and ""fifth"" respectively. This leaves Sunday in the first position of the week count. The current Greek name for Sunday, ""Κυριακή"" (Kyriake), means ""Lord's Day"" coming from the word ""Κύριος"" (Kyrios), which is the Greek word for ""Lord"". Similarly in Portuguese, where the days from Monday to Friday are counted as ""segunda-feira"", ""terça-feira"", ""quarta-feira"", ""quinta-feira"" and ""sexta-feira"", while Sunday itself similar to Greek has the name of ""Lord's Day"" (""domingo"")."
"Monday Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday. According to the international standard ISO 8601 it is the first day of the week. The name of Monday is derived from Old English ""Mōnandæg"" and Middle English ""Monenday"", originally a translation of Latin ""dies lunae"" ""day of the Moon"". The names of the day of the week were coined in the Roman era, in Greek and Latin, in the case of Monday as ἡμέρᾱ Σελήνης, ""diēs Lūnae"" ""day of the Moon"". Most languages use terms either directly derived from these names, or loan-translations based on them. The"
"Bastille Day Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In French, it is formally called ' (; ""The National Celebration"") and commonly and legally ' (; ""the 14th of July""). The French National Day is the anniversary of Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a turning point of the French Revolution, as well as the Fête de la Fédération which celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Celebrations are held throughout France. The oldest and largest regular"
"Saturday Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. The Romans named Saturday ""Sāturni diēs"" (""Saturn's Day"") no later than the 2nd century for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's name was introduced into West Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German ""sater(s)dach"", Middle Dutch ""saterdag"" (Modern Dutch ""zaterdag"") and Old English ""Sætern(es)dæġ"" and ""Sæterdæġ"". The day was also referred to as ""Sæternes dæġe"" in an Old English translation of Bede's ""Ecclesiastical History of the English People"". In"
"fourth day in a week. The Baltic languages also use the term ""fourth day"" (Latvian ""ceturtdiena"", Lithuanian ""ketvirtadienis""). Greek uses a number for this day: Πέμπτη ""Pémpti"" ""fifth,"" as does ""fifth day,"" Hebrew: ""יום חמישי"" (""Yom Hamishi"" – day fifth) often written 'יום ה (""Yom Hey"" – 5th letter Hey day), and Arabic: ""يوم الخميس"" (""Yaum al-Khamīs"" – fifth day). Rooted from Arabic, Indonesian word for Thursday is ""Kamis"", similarly ""Khamis"" in Malay and ""Kemis"" in Javanese. In Catholic liturgy, Thursday is referred to in Latin as ""feria quinta"". Portuguese, unlike other Romance languages, uses the word ""quinta-feira,"" meaning ""fifth"
"Quinzaine Quinzaine is a word of French language derivation: 'a quinzaine' is to Fifteen as 'a dozen' is to Twelve, and 'a trental' is to Thirty. It has various contexts of use in English. 'La quinzaine' is used in French to indicate a two week period, just like 'huit jours' indicates a one week period (in France) even though two weeks are fourteen days and one week is 7 days. It is an old habit to add the current day as to say 'in two weeks plus today'. The English language equivalent is 'fortnight' which means fourteen days. A Quinzaine"
"Jeûne genevois Jeûne genevois (meaning Genevan fast) is a public holiday in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland which occurs on the Thursday following the first Sunday of September. It dates back to the 16th century. In Europe, beginning in the 15th century, people fasted as a way of remembering famines, plagues and wars. The Swiss Federal Diets of 1480 and 1483 talked about national Fast Days of penitence and thanksgiving but in the end, left these to the cantons. With no federal law, fast days became pilgrimages, processions, litanies and fasts. In 1522 Huldrych Zwingli, who helped stir Protestant Reformation"
"Belgian French, the numbers 70 and 90 are ""septante"" and ""nonante"", respectively, not ""soixante-dix"" and ""quatre-vingt-dix"" (compare the use of ""nénante"" for 90 in Jèrriais). Initial capital letters are commonly used in writing the names of the days of the week and months of the year. ""Messire"" is used for the title of knighthood (continental French uses ""sir"", often lower case ) – for example, the former Bailiff of Jersey, Sir Philip Bailhache is correctly addressed in French as ""Messire Philip Bailhache"". Jersey English has imported a number of Jersey Legal French titles and terminology. Many of these, in turn,"
"a domestic animal (Quintidi) or an agricultural tool (Decadi). Messidor Messidor () was the tenth month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word ""messis"", which means ""harvest"". Messidor was the first month of the summer quarter (""mois d'été""). It started on 19 or 20 June. It ended on 18 or 19 July. It follows the Prairial and precedes the Thermidor. Like all FRC months Messidor lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called ""décades"" (decades). Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day"
"having cooked plum pies the day before (area plums being in season), with these plum pies the only food eaten in many Geneva households on ""Jeûne genevois"". Jeûne genevois Jeûne genevois (meaning Genevan fast) is a public holiday in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland which occurs on the Thursday following the first Sunday of September. It dates back to the 16th century. In Europe, beginning in the 15th century, people fasted as a way of remembering famines, plagues and wars. The Swiss Federal Diets of 1480 and 1483 talked about national Fast Days of penitence and thanksgiving but in the"
"of each week day. In the Thai solar calendar of Thailand, the name (""Waan Arthit"") is derived from Aditya, and the associated colour is red. In Russian the word for Sunday is Воскресенье (Voskreseniye) meaning ""Resurrection"". In other Slavic languages the word means ""no work"", for example Polish: Niedziela, Ukrainian: Недiля, Belorussian: Нядзеля, Croatian: nedjelja, Serbian and Slovenian: Nedelja, Czech: Neděle, and Bulgarian: Неделя. The Modern Greek word for Sunday, , is derived from (Kyrios, Lord) also, due to its liturgical significance as the day commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, i.e. The Lord's Day. In Korean, Sunday is called"
"Dimanche Dimanche (""Sunday""), also known as Dimanche - Le Journal d'un Seul Jour (""Sunday - The Newspaper for Only One Day"") is an artist's book by the French artist Yves Klein. Taking the form of a 4-page Sunday broadsheet, the piece was published on Sunday 27 November 1960 and sold on newsstands throughout Paris for one day only, as well as being handed out at a press conference held by Klein at the Galerie Rive Droite at 11.00am on the same day. An early example of conceptual art, it is most famous for being the first time that the photo-montage"
"Persian (چهارشنبه—Cheharshnbh). Portuguese uses the word ""quarta-feira"", meaning ""fourth day"", while in Greek the word is ""Tetarti"" (Τετάρτη) meaning simply ""fourth"". Similarly, Arabic means ""fourth"", Hebrew means ""fourth"", and Persian means ""fourth day"". Yet the name for the day in Estonian ""kolmapäev"", Lithuanian ""trečiadienis"", and Latvian ""trešdiena"" means ""third day"" while in Mandarin Chinese (""xīngqīsān""), means ""day three"", as Sunday is unnumbered. The Creation narrative in the Hebrew Bible places the creation of the Sun and Moon on ""the fourth day"" of the divine workweek. Quakers traditionally referred to Wednesday as ""Fourth Day"" to avoid the pagan associations with the"
"Journée de solidarité envers les personnes âgées The French Journée de solidarité (or Journée de solidarité envers les personnes âgées / ""Day of solidarity with the elderly"") is a french law from the ""Code Du Travail"". It was established on June 30, 2004 under the government of Jean-Pierre Raffarin. This law states that each year an employee must work seven hours for free for one of his or her employers, and that each year the employer has to pay a specific contribution. The contribution is defined by another law at a rate of 0.3 percent to be paid to the"
"day on the electoral timetable, therefore an election can now be held on Maundy Thursday; prior to this elections were sometimes scheduled on the Tuesday before as an alternative. Thursday is aligned by the planet Jupiter and the astrological signs of Pisces and Sagittarius. Thursday Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. ""See Names of the days of the week for more on naming conventions. "" The name is derived from Old English ""Þūnresdæg"" and Middle English ""Thuresday"" (with loss of"
"""Ónsdagur"", though, which shares etymology with Wednesday. Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Onsdag, (""Ons-dag"" = Oden's/Odin's dag/day). In Japanese, the word for Wednesday is 水曜日(sui youbi), meaning 'water day' and is associated with 水星 (suisei): Mercury (the planet), literally meaning ""water star"". Similarly, in Korean the word Wednesday is 수요일 (su yo il), also meaning water day. In most of the languages of India, the word for Wednesday is Budhavāra — vāra meaning day and Budha being the planet Mercury. In Armenian (Չորեքշաբթի—chorekshabti), Georgian (ოთხშაბათი—otkhshabati), Turkish (Çarşamba), and Tajik (Chorshanbiyev) languages the word literally means as ""four (days) from Saturday"" originating from"
"another. The National holiday (called Bastille Day in English) is on the 14 of July. Military parades, called Défilés du 14 juillet, are held, the largest on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris in front of the President of the Republic. On November 2, All Souls Day (""La Fête des morts""), the French traditionally bring chrysanthemums to the tombs of departed family members. On November 11, Remembrance Day (""Le Jour de la Commémoration"" or ""L' Armistice"") is an official holiday. Christmas is generally celebrated in France on Christmas Eve by a traditional meal (typical dishes include oysters, boudin blanc and the"
"a holiday (but a working holiday). This was confirmed by the French Council of State on May 3, 2005. Many people, especially from the Collectif des Amis du Lundi (CAL) activist organisation are against this law which re-establishes in France one mandatory unpaid work day. The French Council of State was consulted over the constitutional position but did not consider the law illegal. Employer unions' points of view: Employee unions' point of view: Journée de solidarité envers les personnes âgées The French Journée de solidarité (or Journée de solidarité envers les personnes âgées / ""Day of solidarity with the elderly"")"
"VSD (French magazine) VSD is a French weekly news, celebrity and leisure magazine, published on Thursdays in France. The name is formed from the first letters of the French names for Friday (Vendredi), Saturday (Samedi) and Sunday (Dimanche). ""VSD"" was first published on 9 September 1977 by Maurice Siegel. After Siegel's death in 1985, direction passed to his sons François and Jean-Dominique. Publication ceased in August 1995. The title was purchased by Prisma Presse, a media subsidiary of the German company Bertelsmann and relaunched in June 1996. Like its rival ""Paris Match"" it relies heavily on paparazzi photography and celebrity"
"Sansculottides The Sansculottides (; also ""Epagomènes""; French ""Sans-culottides"", ""Sanculottides"", ""jours complémentaires"", ""jours épagomènes"") are holidays following the last month of the year on the French Republican Calendar which was used following the French Revolution from approximately 1793 to 1805. The Sansculottides, named after the Sansculottes, append the twelve, 30-day months of the Republican Calendar with five complementary days in a common year or six complementary days in a leap year so that the calendar year would approximately match the tropical year. They follow the last day of Fructidor, the last month of the year, and precede the first day of"
"English, when counting ""8"" days from Sunday, Monday will be ""day 1"", Tuesday ""day 2"", and the following Monday will be the ""eighth day"". When counting ""inclusively,"" the Sunday (the start day) will be ""day 1"" and therefore the following Sunday will be the ""eighth day"". For example, the French phrase for ""fortnight"" is ""quinzaine"" (15 [days]), and similar words are present in Greek (δεκαπενθήμερο, ""dekapenthímero""), Spanish (""quincena"") and Portuguese (""quinzena""). In contrast, the English word ""fortnight"" itself derives from ""a fourteen-night"", as the archaic ""sennight"" does from ""a seven-night""; the English words are not examples of inclusive counting. Names"
"practice of swearing by Jove to witness an oath in law courts is the origin of the expression ""by Jove!""—archaic, but still in use. The name of the god was also adopted as the name of the planet Jupiter; the adjective ""jovial"" originally described those born under the planet of Jupiter (reputed to be jolly, optimistic, and buoyant in temperament). Jove was the original namesake of Latin forms of the weekday now known in English as Thursday (originally called ""Iovis Dies"" in Latin). These became ""jeudi"" in French, ""jueves"" in Spanish, ""joi"" in Romanian, ""giovedì"" in Italian, ""dijous"" in Catalan,"
"Europe and it is especially aligned by the astrological signs of Gemini and Virgo. Wednesday is one of the only three days aside from Neptune and Pluto to be associated by another planet, which is Uranus. Wednesday Wednesday is the day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601 it is the third day of the week. In countries that use the ""Sunday-last"" convention and in the Jewish Hebrew calendar Wednesday is defined as the third day of the week. The name is derived from Old English ""Wōdnesdæg"" and Middle English ""Wednesdei"", ""day of Woden"","
"film ""Celine and Julie Go Boating"" refers to the calendar and its hours of the day. Alain Tanner's 1979 film ""Messidor"" presents a haphazard summer road trip of two young women in Switzerland. French Republican calendar The French Republican calendar (), also commonly called the French Revolutionary calendar (""calendrier révolutionnaire français""), was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805, and for 18 days by the Paris Commune in 1871. The revolutionary system was designed in part to remove all religious and royalist influences"
"also used. Quinzaine Quinzaine is a word of French language derivation: 'a quinzaine' is to Fifteen as 'a dozen' is to Twelve, and 'a trental' is to Thirty. It has various contexts of use in English. 'La quinzaine' is used in French to indicate a two week period, just like 'huit jours' indicates a one week period (in France) even though two weeks are fourteen days and one week is 7 days. It is an old habit to add the current day as to say 'in two weeks plus today'. The English language equivalent is 'fortnight' which means fourteen days."