by holidayconnections · Published 06/01/2023 · Last modified 09/13/2023
Corpus Christi is a moveable feast, celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, 60 days after Easter. Corpus Christi a.k.a. “Maundy Thursday” initiates the Paschal Triduum, the period which commemorates the passion, death, and resurrection...
by holidayconnections · Published 05/19/2023
The Emancipation Proclamation, declared by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 during the American Civil War, only freed slaves held in Confederate states. The emancipation became national policy, when the Thirteenth Amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8,...
by holidayconnections · Published 04/30/2023 · Last modified 05/15/2023
This month we’ve talked about religious holidays, and I hope you discovered some new facts you did not know before. I hope you continue reading about what interest you, and find out the facts by...
by holidayconnections · Published 04/29/2023
According to Baruch StermanJudy Taubes Sterman, for ancient Israelites, tekhelet was God’s chosen color. It was the color of the sumptuous drapes adorning Solomon’s Temple (2 Chronicles 3:14) as well as the robes worn by...