What is another name for Whit Sunday
"Belgium, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominica, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Hungary, Iceland, Ivory Coast, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montserrat, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Switzerland, Togo and Ukraine. In many of these countries, Whit Monday is known as ""the second day of Pentecost"" or ""the second Whitsun"". In France, it became a work day for many workers from 2005 to 2007. This was to raise extra funds following the government's lack of preparation for a summertime heat wave, which led to a shortage of proper"
"demesne this week, which marked a pause in the agricultural year. Whit Monday, the day after Whitsun, remained a holiday in Britain until 1971 when, with effect from 1972, the movable holiday was replaced with the fixed Spring Bank Holiday on the last Monday in May. Whit was the occasion for varied forms of celebration. In the North West of England, church and chapel parades called whit walks still take place at this time (sometimes on Whit Friday, the Friday after Whitsun). Typically, the parades include brass bands and choirs; girls attending are dressed in white. Traditionally, Whit fairs (sometimes"
"Whitsun Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used especially in Britain and Ireland, and throughout the world among Anglicans and Methodists, for the Christian festival of Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ's disciples (Acts 2). In England it took on some characteristics of Beltane, which originated from the pagan celebration of Summer's Day, the beginning of the summer half-year, in Europe. Whitsuntide, the week following Whitsunday, was one of three vacation weeks for the medieval villein; on most manors he was free from service on the lord's"
"is also called Whit Sunday. Composed before the numbered cycles: 1 – First year in Leipzig, : 2 – Second cycle, : 3 – ""Between the third and the fourth cycles"": 4 – Picander cycle, libretto planned for : 5 – Other and/or later: Pentecost Monday (2. Pfingsttag) is also called Whit Monday. 2 – Second cycle, : 3 – ""Between the third and the fourth cycles"": 4 – Picander cycle, : 5 – Other and/or later: Pentecost Tuesday (3. Pfingsttag) is also called Whit Tuesday. 1 – First cycle, : 2 – Second cycle, : 3 – ""Between the"
"""Whit week"". As the first holiday of the summer, Whitsun was one of the favourite times in the traditional calendar, and Whit Sunday, or the following week, was a time for celebration. This took the form of fêtes, fairs, pageants and parades, with Whitsun ales and Morris dancing in the south of England and Whit walks and wakes in the north. A poster advertising the Whitsun festivities at Sunbury, Middlesex in 1778 listed the following attractions: On Whit Monday, in the morning, will be a punting match...The first boat that comes in to receive a guinea...In the afternoon a gold-laced"
"the UK in 1871, but lost this status in 1972 when the fixed Spring Bank Holiday was created. Whitsun Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used especially in Britain and Ireland, and throughout the world among Anglicans and Methodists, for the Christian festival of Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ's disciples (Acts 2). In England it took on some characteristics of Beltane, which originated from the pagan celebration of Summer's Day, the beginning of the summer half-year, in Europe. Whitsuntide, the week following Whitsunday, was one of"
"for this rite, as the temperatures in late spring might be supposed to be more conducive to outdoor immersion as was then the practice. It is proposed that the term Whit Sunday derives from the custom of the newly baptized wearing white clothing, and from the white vestments worn by the clergy in English liturgical uses. The holiday was also one of the three days each year (along with Christmas and Easter) Roman Catholics were required to confess and receive Holy Communion in order to remain in good ecclesiastical standing. Holy Communion is likewise often a feature of the Protestant"
"In the north west of England, church and chapel parades called Whit Walks take place at Whitsun (sometimes on Whit Friday, the Friday after Whitsun). Typically, the parades contain brass bands and choirs; girls attending are dressed in white. Traditionally, Whit Fairs (sometimes called Whitsun Ales) took place. Other customs such as morris dancing and cheese rolling are also associated with Whitsun. ""Whitsunday"" has been the name of the day in the Church of England. (The Book of Common Prayer only once uses the word ""Pentecost"" for the festival. Though some think that name derives from white clothes worn by"
"Whitby Goth Weekend Whitby Goth Weekend abbreviated to WGW or referred to by attendees as Whitby, is a twice-yearly music festival for the gothic subculture, in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, organised by Jo Hampshire. Whitby Goth Weekend is an alternative music festival held in Whitby. The event consists of two nights of live bands (Friday and Saturday) at the town's largest venue, The Spa Pavilion, and three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) of alternative trade stalls at the Spa Pavilion, Whitby Leisure Centre, and Whitby Brunswick Centre. The term ""Whitby Goth Weekend"" is sometimes used as a generic term to"
"Sunday (1997 film) Sunday is a 1997 independent film directed by Jonathan Nossiter. Set in Queens, a borough of New York City, it is a dark comedy about an unemployed, homeless IBM functionary mistaken by an aging actress for famous film director Matthew Delacorta. The screenplay is an adaptation by Nossiter and James Lasdun or Lasdun's own short story ""Ate, Memos or the Miracle"" (published in his collection of stories, ""Three Evenings""). The two would later collaborate again on ""Signs & Wonders"". Starring David Suchet (who reportedly added 40 pounds for his role), as well as Lisa Harrow and Jared"
"involves singing a rather unusual song around the village before and on Whit Sunday itself. The tradition seems to have died out at the beginning of the 20th century, but was revived once for the coronation of King George VI in 1937, and was revived as a regular event in 2005. There are no longer any pubs in Whaddon. Between 1841 and around 1900 The Pickering Arms was open in the village, becoming a farmhouse after it closed and burning down in around 1970. The Home served coprolite workers at Whaddon Green for several decades in the late 19th century."
"have been placed 12 scrolls, representing the teaching of the Twelve Apostles. The Monday of the Holy Spirit, also called Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, falls on the day after Pentecost Sunday. This day commemorates the Holy Spirit's role in the feast of Pentecost. Churches named after the Holy Spirit and, in Western Christianity, those named after the Holy Trinity, commemorate their feast on this day (In Eastern Christianity, churches named after the Holy Trinity, commemorate their feast on Pentecost Sunday). The First Sunday After Pentecost is dedicated to the commemoration of All Saints. The next day (Monday) is the"
"on Christian holidays. Of the few direct references to Christianity, this for Whit Sunday 1942 is characteristically oblique: ""Midsummer,"" Heselton says ""is lauded as 'the day of all days most dear'"". Nature and the feelings of magical enchantment that come from it are commonly repeated themes, as is the theme of a fairy-like dancing maiden, often referred to as 'the Queen', who seems to personify the seasons and the land. For example: The diaries also contain frequent references to fairies and the full moon; bits of herb-lore, and occasionally vivid descriptions of classical gods such as Aurora. Other examples seem"
"is a moveable feast. The holy day is also called ""White Sunday"" or ""Whitsunday"", especially in the United Kingdom, where traditionally the next day, Whit Monday, was also a public holiday (now fixed by statute on the last Monday in May). In Germany Pentecost is denominated of """" and often coincides with scholastic holidays and the beginning of many outdoor and springtime activities, such as festivals and organized outdoor activities by youth organizations. The Monday after Pentecost is a legal holiday in many European nations. The term Pentecost comes from the Greek () meaning ""fiftieth"". It refers to the festival"
"health care for the elderly. It continues to be a ""worked public holiday"" in France. In Liechtenstein, Whit Monday is considered to be a ""favorite holiday"", much like Christmas in many other countries. In Germany, Whit Monday () is a Holy Day of Obligation for Roman Catholics. In South Tyrol, it replaces the holiday of the local patron saint celebrated elsewhere in Italy. Until 1973, Whit Monday was a public holiday in Ireland (also called a bank holiday). It was a bank holiday in the United Kingdom until 1967. It was formally replaced by the fixed Spring Bank Holiday on"
"on Whit Weekend in June. The village is also host to the West Clare Drama Festival which was established in 1962. In the outlying parish, popular scenic areas are the cliffs of Ballard and Killard and the popular White Strand beach which is located in the townland of Killard. Surfing has become popular in recent times along the northern coastline of the parish. The White Strand beach in Killard attracts lots of visitors during the summer due to the availability of two beaches for safe swimming and the cleanliness of the water. Nearby there is a monument to Pat McDonald"
"mills and factories. The week of closure, or wakes week, was often held at Whitsuntide. A report in John Harlan and T.T. Wilkinson's ""Lancashire Folk lore"" (1882) reads: It is customary for the cotton mills etc., to close for Whitsuntide week to give the hands a holiday; the men going to the races etc. and the women visiting Manchester on Whit-Saturday, thronging the markets, the Royal Exchange and the Infirmary Esplanade, and other public places: And gazing in at the shop windows, whence this day is usually called 'Gaping Sunday'. Whit Monday was officially recognised as a bank holiday in"
"Germanic term is a Germanic interpretation of Latin ""dies solis"" (""day of the sun""), which is a translation of the Ancient Greek ""heméra helíou"". The p-Celtic Welsh language also translates the Latin ""day of the sun"" as ""dydd Sul"". In most Indian languages, the word for Sunday is ""Ravivāra"" or ""Adityavāra"" or its derived forms — ""vāra"" meaning day, ""Aditya"" and ""Ravi"" both being a style (manner of address) for Surya i.e. the Sun and Suryadeva the chief solar deity and one of the Adityas. Ravivāra is first day cited in Jyotisha, which provides logical reason for giving the name"
"Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Day of Prayer, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday, Whit Monday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day) and on Constitution Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve (on New Year's Eve from 3 pm only). On these days almost all shops will remain closed. Exempt are bakeries, DIYs, garden centres, gas stations and smaller supermarkets. Prior to 1994, trading laws forbade sale of certain products on a Sunday; the distinction between those that could and could not be sold was increasingly seen as arbitrary, and the laws were inadequately enforced and widely flouted. For example, some"
"disciples, with Thomas the Apostle present, on the Sunday following his resurrection. A traditional name in English is Low Sunday, perhaps given this name because of the contrast with the high festival of Easter on the preceding Sunday, or the word ""Low"" may be a corruption of Latin ""Laudes"", the first word of a sequence in use in the Sarum Rite. Another name is Quasimodo Sunday, from the first words of the introit in Latin. Easter Week was known as ""ebdomada alba"" (white week) or ""in albis"" (in white), because of the white robes that those who had been baptized"
"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"
"to be celebrated throughout the universal Church. In the Eastern Orthodox Church Whit Monday is known as ""Monday of the Holy Spirit"" or ""Day of the Holy Spirit"" and is the first day of the afterfeast of Pentecost, being dedicated specifically to the honor of God the Holy Spirit and particularly in commemoration of his descent upon the apostles at Pentecost. The day following is known as Third Day of the Trinity. In the services on the Monday of the Holy Spirit many of the same hymns are sung as on the day of Pentecost itself. During the Divine Liturgy"
"also the official name for Saturday in East Germany. In West Frisian there are also two words for Saturday. In Wood Frisian it is "" saterdei"" and in Clay Frisian it is ""sneon"", derived from ""snjoen"", a combination of Old Frisian ""sunne"", meaning ""sun"" and ""joen"", meaning eve. In the Westphalian dialects of Low Saxon, in East Frisian Low Saxon and in the Saterland Frisian language, Saturday is called ""Satertag"", also akin to Dutch ""Zaterdag"", which has the same linguistic roots as the English word ""Saturday"". It was formerly thought that the English name referred to a deity named ""Sætere"""
"and ""Frankies' Letter"" (on Kindle) is from Stalybridge and currently resides there. M. John Harrison describes Stalybridge in his short story ""The Ice Monkey"" as a place ""where nothing is clear-cut and there is neither town nor country, just a grim industrial muddle of the two"". Whit Friday is the name given to the first Friday after Whitsun in areas of northeast Cheshire, southeast Lancashire and the western fringes of Yorkshire. The day has a cultural significance in Stalybridge as the date on which the annual Whit Walks were traditionally held. It is also the day on which the traditional"
"Sunday, the day on which in every week the resurrection of Christ was celebrated. Latin adopted the Greek term for the feast, and in most European languages, notable exceptions being English, German and the Slavic languages, the feast is today called ""Pascha"" or words derived from it. However, in Polish the basic term is ""Wielkanoc"" (literally a compound word 'Greatnight'), while ""Pascha"" is unusual form. The very day is also called ""Wielka Niedziela"", ie. 'the Great Sunday'. In Old English the form ""Pascan"" was used by Byrhtferth (c. 970 – c. 1020) and the form ""Pasches"" in the ""Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"""
"Refreshment Sunday The Refreshment Sundays or Rose Sundays are Sundays within the two major fasts observed in Western Christianity, Lent and Advent. On these days, the fast was allowed to be relaxed, hence the name ""Refreshment Sunday"". Correspondingly, the liturgical colours of the season are replaced with rose, hence the name ""Rose Sunday"". The Refreshment Sundays are: Of these, the better known is Laetare Sunday, and if reference is made to a single ""Refreshment Sunday"" or ""Rose Sunday"" it is usually this Sunday that is meant. It is also called Mothering Sunday, Mother's Day, Rose Sunday, and Laetare Sunday. In"
"peoples seem to have adopted the week as a division of time from the Romans, but they changed the Roman names into those of corresponding Teutonic deities. Hence, the ""dies Solis"" became Sunday (German, ""Sonntag""). The English noun ""Sunday"" derived sometime before 1250 from ""sunedai"", which itself developed from Old English (before 700) ""Sunnandæg"" (literally meaning ""sun's day""), which is cognate to other Germanic languages, including Old Frisian ""sunnandei"", Old Saxon ""sunnundag"", Middle Dutch ""sonnendach"" (modern Dutch ""zondag""), Old High German ""sunnun tag"" (modern German ""Sonntag""), and Old Norse ""sunnudagr"" (Danish and Norwegian ""søndag"", Icelandic ""sunnudagur"" and Swedish ""söndag""). The"
"who sold his sugar plantation where he had over 200 slaves and moved to Whitby. Alongside it is St Hilda's Priory, the mother house of the Order of the Holy Paraclete. The castle was used as a school and is now a conference centre and hotel in association with the priory. Frank Meadow Sutcliffe left a photographic record of the town, harbour, fishing and residents in late-Victorian times. His most famous photograph entitled ""Water Rats"" was taken in 1886. He became famous internationally as a great exponent of pictorial photography. He exhibited his work in Tokyo, Vienna, France, the US"
"of a local patron saint, or for important feast days such as Saint George, which may be combined with the paschal celebration. If it becomes necessary to celebrate a funeral during Bright Week, even this service is radically different, and follows for the most part the format for Paschal Matins, with only a few funeral hymns being chanted. The Sunday which follows Pascha (the Second Sunday ""of"" Pascha) is called ""Thomas Sunday"", because it recounts the appearance of Jesus to the Apostle Thomas eight days after his resurrection (). Thomas Sunday is also called ""Antipascha"" (literally, ""in the place of"
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"White Sunday White Sunday is a national holiday in Samoa falling on the second Sunday of October, with the Monday following a public holiday. It is a day for parents and communities to acknowledge and celebrate childhood by hosting special programs during church services which include scriptural recitations, biblical story reenactments, and creative dance performances. Children receive gifts (often new clothing and/or school supplies) on White Sunday and are allowed privileges normally reserved for elders, such as being the first to be served food at family meal time. On White Sunday, Samoan women and children dress completely in white clothing."