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The first Grand Lodge was formed on 24 June the feast day of John the Baptist in 1717. [1] This may arise from an old tradition, as the Baptist appears to have been regarded as the patron of stonemasons in continental Europe during the Middle Ages.
All over Europe "Saint John's fires" are lit on mountains and hilltops on the eve of his feast. As the first day of summer, Saint John's Day is considered in ancient folklore one of the great "charmed" festivals of the year. Hidden treasures are said to lie open in lonely places, waiting for the lucky finder. Divining rods should be cut on this ...
Bonfires (commonly called Saint John's Fires in various languages) were lit in honour of St. John on Saint John's Eve and Saint John's Day, [13] and served to repel witches and evil spirits. [14] A Christian interpretation of carrying lighted torches on St John's Eve is that they are "an emblem of St. John the Baptist, who was 'a burning and ...
Prayer Book Study IX was published in 1957. It proposed more than 80 new feasts to the calendar, including new major feasts for the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Saint Mary Magdalene and Holy Cross Day. Prayer Book Study XVI was published in 1964 as Lesser Feasts and Fasts. [23]
See also Saint John's Eve; August 29, an Eastern Orthodox feast commemorating his beheading; September 23 an Eastern Orthodox feast celebrating his conception; a Roman Catholic and Lutheran feast celebrating his conception; Thout 2, a Coptic Orthodox feast; Dehwa Daimana (Mandaean feast): 1st day of Hiṭia, the 11th month of the Mandaean calendar
Saint John's feast day is 30 March in both the East and West. The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Byzantine Catholic churches also commemorate him on the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent . Many churches are dedicated to him in Russia , including a church and belltower in the Moscow Kremlin .
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He did attend church the next day, a Sunday. There was also a White House Prayer Service with Billy Graham , Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, and Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin as speakers. [16] 1977 – Jimmy Carter attended a private service at First Baptist Church [17] 1981 – Ronald Reagan attended a private service at St. John's Episcopal Church.