Ash Wednesday/Beginning of Lent (Christian)

The beginning of the 40-day season of Lent.  Catholics and Protestants will have ashes applied to their foreheads in the shape of a cross, symbolizing penance, mourning and mortality A […]

Palm Sunday (Christian)

Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified. In the Gospels, […]

Holy Thursday/Maundy (Christian)

Christian:  Holy Thursday is the commemoration of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, when he established the sacrament of Holy Communion prior to his arrest and crucifixion. Later that evening […]

Good Friday (Christian)

Good Friday is the day on which Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. More Information A day of fast and abstinence from meat for Catholics over the age of […]

Easter (Christian)

A festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead three days after his crucifixion.  It is the most important day of the Christian calendar. More Information Holiday […]

First Sunday of Advent (Catholic)

For Catholics, the new Liturgical Year commences with the first Sunday of Advent.  In this new liturgical year, the Church not only wishes to indicate the beginning of a period, […]

Christmas (Christian)

Birth of Jesus Christ. Christians believe that He is the Son of God, the Messiah, and Savior of the world. More Information Holiday Greeting: Merry Christmas

Golden Rule

"Is there any rule that one should follow all of one's life? Yes! The rule of the gentle goodness: That which we do not wish to be done to us, we do not do to others."

- Analectas 15:23

Confucianism
Confucianism