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Low Sunday is the first Sunday after Easter (second octave of Easter Sunday). On that day the Easter (the Easter octave) closed. “Beloken” comes from beluiken, an Old Dutch word “close” means. This day is also known as Mercy Sunday (or Sunday of Divine Mercy). The Latin name of Low Sunday is Dominica in Albis (Sunday in white clothes), referring to the white baptismal clothes of the catechumens. The Pope wearing white choir or special clothing, a white satin trimmed with fur mozetta. Low Sunday in Germany, therefore “White Sunday” called. Before the Second Vatican Council were the first words of the Mass on this Sunday Quasimodo. Therefore, this Sunday was named Quasimodo-Sunday. In the Jubilee Year in 2000 pope John Paul II on April 30 from this day until Sunday of Divine Mercy. The Polish pope, died in 2005 on the eve of this Sunday had a great respect for the Polish visionary Maria Faustina Kowalska, who said that Christ (a... read more

Holy Cross is the name of a Christian holy day, in the Catholic and Orthodox liturgical calendar on the 14th September falls. The day is celebrated as Holy Cross Day in parts of the Anglican Church and to those (especially English) Lutheran churches that follow the Revised Common Lectionary. History The origin of this festival is combined with the emerging around 350/60 legend, known as Helena, Kyriakos or Proto Nike Legend, the finding of the Cross by Empress Helena in temporal association with the construction of the Holy Sepulcher by Constantine. In this context, a relic of the cross was shown, as were all distributed by 350 cross-particles. From Jerusalem to spread the worship of the cross, including the custom of cross relics and representations of the cross to show the people to worship (to increase it “” = uphold), as is happening today in the Catholic Good Friday liturgy. Emperor Constantine had in the place of t... read more

Māgha Pūjā or Makha Bucha (Lao: ມະຄະບູຊາ; Thai: มาฆบูชา (Pronunciation)) is an important religious festival celebrated by Buddhists in Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos on the full moon day of the third lunar month (this usually falls in February). The third lunar month is known in the Thai language as Makha (Pali: Māgha); Bucha is also a Thai word (Pali: Pūjā), meaning “to venerate” or “to honor”. As such, Makha Bucha Day is for the veneration of Buddha and his teachings on the full moon day of the third lunar month. The spiritual aims of the day are: not to commit any kind of sins; do only good; purify one’s mind. Māgha Pūjā is a public holiday in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia – and is an occasion when Buddhists tend to go to the temple to perform merit-making activities. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magha_Puja See also: Sending Flowers... read more