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In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation or precepts are days on which the faithful are expected to attend Mass, and engage in rest from work and recreation (i.e., they are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God), according to the third commandment.
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)
The ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite is a regulation for the liturgy of the Roman Catholic church. It determines for each liturgical day which observance has priority when liturgical dates and times coincide (or "occur"), which texts are used for the celebration of the Holy Mass and the Liturgy of the hours and which liturgical ...
From the website of the Catholic Church in Finland [12] 19 January: Saint Henry, bishop and martyr – Solemnity; 3 February: Saint Ansgar, bishop – Memorial; 14 February: Saints Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop – Feast; 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church – Feast; 18 May: Saint Eric, martyr – Memorial
It is considered a holy day of obligation in the Catholic church, said Monsignor Walter Rossi, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.
Thursday after the Sixth Sunday of Easter (40th day of Eastertide – 30 April to 3 June) Ascension of the Lord: If not a holy day of obligation, transferred to replace the Seventh Sunday of Easter (3 May to 6 June) 50th day of Eastertide (10 May to 13 June) Pentecost (Whitsunday); always on a Sunday Sunday after Pentecost (17 May to 20 June)
Also the octave day of Christmas, and civil New Year’s Day. 6 January: Epiphany: Epifania del Signore: 11 February: Lateran Treaty Day: Anniversario della istituzione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano: Commemorates the 1929 signing of the Lateran Treaty, which established Vatican City as a sovereign state. 13 March: Anniversary of the ...
John XXIII's General Roman Calendar of 1960 reduced the number of celebrations and completely abandoned the ranking as Doubles, Simples, etc. . The General Roman Calendar of 1969 has subsequent adjustments and is currently in general use in the Latin Church (the present General Roman Calendar, observed for instance by the Pope himself).