This tradition, initiated by the then Rector Rev. Fr Sylvester Ranasinghe ... Kithu Dana Pubuduwa bein the Chief Celebrant on the occasion of the Feast of St. Joseph and College Day on the 19th of ...

Why has Church of England moved St. George's Day this year? While the feast for St. George's Day is held on the 23rd of April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death, this year it ...

Groundhog Day is behind us. Easter is around the corner. And in the middle is a holiday associated with merry drinking and a centuries-old religious figure: St ... observing a feast day on ...

So my students are often surprised when I tell them that St. Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue. In fact, there’s even a color ...

MY GRANDFATHER CAME FROM IRELAND 100 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR, AND WHEN HE CAME, SAINT PATRICK’S DAY WAS THE FEAST DAY OF SAINT PATRICK, AND IT REALLY WAS A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY WE SPENT OUR DAY WITH ...

St. Patrick's Day, observed on March 17, has transitioned from a feast day in Ireland to a widely celebrated holiday in the United States. The holiday commemorates St. Patrick, the patron saint of ...

St. Joseph Cathedral, 401 Main St., will celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19 with a noon Mass, traditional St. Joseph's Altar, and community meal. The altar will be open for prayer and ...

"The mischievous mythical creatures don’t actually have anything to do with the feast day of Ireland’s patron saint, who is credited with spreading Christianity on the island in the fifth ...

St. Nicholas was named a saint by the church on Dec. 6, which is the same day he is believed to have died in 343 A.D. The day is celebrated as a feast day. The Dec. 6 Feast of St. Nicholas became ...

He’s the last saint ... his feast on Dec. 31. He was the first full papal reign under the Edict of Toleration, ending the persecution of and legalizing Christianity in the Roman Empire ...

The Octave contains another feast just before its climax: Pope St. Sylvester I (285-335 ... Christ came to die for us, born to take up the Cross one day. The Church's first martyr, the deacon St.