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A Jehovah's Witnesses Convention in Kraków, Poland. Each year, Jehovah's Witnesses hold two one-day "Circuit Assemblies", held in each circuit worldwide. Each circuit comprises several congregations in a geographical area. These are held either in Assembly Halls owned by Jehovah's Witnesses, or in rented facilities, such as public auditoriums.
The seventh-day Sabbatarians observe and re-establish the Bible's Sabbath commandment, including observances running from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset, similar to Jews and the early Christians. [1] Many of these groups observe the Sabbath by picking up practices from modern Rabbinic Judaism.
Jehovah's Witnesses suffered religious persecution by the Nazis because they refused military service and allegiance to Hitler's National Socialist Party. [354] [355] Of those, 2,000 were sent to Nazi concentration camps, where they were identified by purple triangles; [355] as many as 1,200 died, including 250 who were executed.
Add these January holidays and observances to your calendar. Find official awareness days and various weekly and monthly observances in 2024.
Early Christian observance of both the spiritual seventh-day sabbath and a Lord's Day assembly is evidenced in a letter from Ignatius of Antioch to the Magnesians c. 110. [ 13 ] [ 18 ] The Pseudo-Ignatian additions amplified this point by combining weekly observance of a spiritual seventh-day sabbath with the Lord's assembly. [ 19 ]
Sure many of us celebrate New Year’s Day, but there are other special holidays and observances in January 2023 to celebrate. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support ...
The Lord's Evening Meal, also known as the Memorial of Jesus' Death, is an annual commemoration of the death of Jesus by Jehovah's Witnesses.Witnesses consider it the only religious event that Christians are commanded to observe by the Bible, as well as the most important day of the year.
Good Friday may be one of the many holidays that occurs during Holy Week (along with Easter, Ash Wednesday, and Palm Sunday), but it also holds much historical and religious significance on its own!