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The popular tradition of taking a trip during Ferragosto arose under the Fascist regime.In the second half of the 1920s, during the mid-August period, the regime organised hundreds of popular trips through the fascist leisure and recreational organisations of various corporations, and via the setting up of the "People's Trains of Ferragosto", which were available at discounted prices.
The Solemnity of the Assumption on 15 August was celebrated in the Eastern Church from the 6th century. The Western Church adopted this date as a Holy Day of Obligation to commemorate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a reference to the belief in a real, physical elevation of her sinless soul and incorrupt body into Heaven.
In the Syro-Malabar Church, there are 6 holy days of obligation: [3] Epiphany (January 6) Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29) The Ascension of Our Lord (sixth Thursday after Easter) St. Thomas (July 3) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) Christmas (December 25)
15 August: the Assumption of Mary – Solemnity (holy days of obligation in Ecclesiastical Province of Hanoi) 2 September: Vietnam National Day – Optional Memorial; 5 September: Saint Teresa of Calcutta, virgin – Optional Memorial; The Mid-Autumn Festival: Day of Prayer for Children (Votive Mass) – Feast; 1 October: Saint Thérèse of ...
The holy days of obligation for Latin Church Catholics are indicated in canon 1246 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law: [2] Can. 1246. §1. Sunday, on which—by apostolic tradition—the paschal mystery is celebrated, must be observed in the universal Church as the primordial holy day of obligation. The following days must also be observed: the ...
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North Carolina’s tourism industry and some parents pushed for the law. But Wake County could begin the school year Aug. 7 — nearly three weeks earlier than what is allowed.
The three-day festival of Nemoralia corresponds to the Catholic feast days of Hippolytus of Rome (a supposed 3rd century CE martyr who shares a name with Hippolytus, a mythological figure heavily associated with Diana) on August 13, and the feast of Assumption of Mary on August 15. Scholars such as C.M. Green, James Frazer, and others have ...