Talk:Moveable feast
From Academic Kids
I may be really off here, since I'm no expert on this subject, but isn't Candlemas always on Feb. 2? What about Whitsuntide, Palm Sunday, days like those? -- Zoe
- I'm not sure that Palm Sunday is a feast per se; in Eastern Orthodoxy, it's right around the transition from Great Lent to Holy Week, and at most would only include a slight relaxation of the Lenten fast, such as allowing fish and oil that day. February 2 is always the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, sometimes called the Encounter instead of Presentation. I think Roman Catholics emphasize the cleansing of Mary in the Temple that day, but celebrate the same event. Don't know what Candlemas and Whitsuntide are... Wesley
If this is about Christianity then the inclusion of Japanese holidays seems misplaced. If it is about other things as well, then Independence Day (always on the 4th of July) could be contrasted with Thanksgiving Day (usually taken to have religious significance, not always Christian, even though its date was enacted by a supposedly religiously neutral Congress) in that the latter is the fourth Thursday in November rather than always on the same date. And what of Richard Nixon's reforms that made Memorial Day, Columbus Day, and perhaps a few others, always fall on the nearest Monday to a particular date? And how do Muslims decide when the Hajj takes place? Michael Hardy 23:10, 17 Oct 2003 (UTC)
