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Fiesta San Antonio (or simply Fiesta) has been since its 1891 inception an annual festival held in April in San Antonio, Texas. It is the city's signature event, along with some events held in the neighboring cities: Boerne , Schertz , Windcrest , Balcones Heights , and Alamo Heights ).
Still known as one of San Antonio's more contemporary places of worship, Temple Beth-El is very open in their support of the Jewish and LGBT community. [10] Rabbi Mara Nathan became the Temple's senior rabbi in July, 2014. [8] The Temple is also served by Associate Rabbi Marina Yergin, and Cantor Julie Berlin, as well as Rabbi Emeritus Stahl.
St. Mary & St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Omaha (formerly located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the Church has recently moved its services to a new building constructed in Omaha to be closer to its members and abide more fully with its archdiocesan designation as the Coptic Orthodox Church in Omaha)
Maslenitsa corresponds to the Western Christian Carnival, except that Orthodox Lent begins on a Monday instead of a Wednesday, and the Orthodox date of Easter can differ greatly from the Western Christian date. According to archeological evidence from 2nd century A.D. Maslenitsa may be the oldest surviving Slavic holiday. [4]
This is an incomplete list of festivals in the United States with articles on Wikipedia, as well as lists of other festival lists, by geographic location. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
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Carnival celebrations — parties, fancy masked balls and other markers of the season — may start on Jan. 6, but the big buildup to Mardi Gras happens in New Orleans in the final 12 days of the ...
[4] [5] It traditionally opens a period of religious instruction leading to the reception of catechumens at Easter, [2] supported by events such as mystery plays. [6] The traditional lectionary for the canonical hours summarizes salvation history between Septuagesima and Easter, beginning with a reading of the Book of Genesis . [ 7 ]