Christian Festivals

Twelfth Night, was originally, and still is, celebrated by pagans as the last day of Yule when the Yule log is allowed to burn out and a piece is kept to ignite next year’s Yule log. So one last toasted ...

Advent is the Christian festival preparing for Christmas. It is celebrated with candle lighting, wreaths and special services. Advent lasts until 24th December. Advent calendars usually start from 1...

All Saints’ Day is closely associated with All Hallows Eve, ie Halloween, as well as All Souls' day which is tomorrow. It is a Christian festival offering the opportunity for people to remember the saint...

Today is the time to remember and pray for deceased family members and friends. Some people visit the graves of dead family or friends on All Souls’ Day. Churches hold special services to remember those ...

Ascension Day is one of the earliest Christian festivals dating back to the year 68 CE. According to the New Testament Jesus Christ met several times with his disciples during the 40 days after his resur...

Today (24th December) marks the beginning of the Christian Festival of Christmas which celebrates the birth of Jesus as the "Light of the World" and it joins so many other celebrations of light at this t...

Corpus Christi is celebrated primarily in the Roman Catholic Church around the world and some Anglican churches in the UK. It is in commemoration of the Last Supper. Corpus Christi usually falls on the T...

Lent is the period of six weeks (40 days not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, the most important festival in the Christian calendar. The Christian Festival of Lent comprising Shrove Tuesday,...

Michaelmas, is the Christian festival for the Feast of Michael and All Angels. It always falls on or near pagan festivals. The history of Michaelmas in the UK goes back to pagan times. In England, i...

Pentecost is a commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus Christ’s disciples on the 50th day after Easter, according to the Christian Bible. It is also known as Whit Sunday. In some co...

St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and his day, 30th November is celebrated by Scots, around the world but who was he? He is thought to be the elder brother of St. Peter and was a deciple of...

St. David, also known as Dewi Sant,e Patron Saint of Wales and it is celebrated as a patriotic and cultural festival in Wales. St David was born in Cardiganshire and became renowned as a preacher and tea...

Happy St George’s Day to all you English out there. The Irish all over the world celebrate St Patrick's Day in style and yet the reserved English hardly acknowledge it at all nowadays. St George is ...

St. Nicolas was born to wealthy parents sometime during the third century in the village of Patara, in modern day Turkey which was then a part of Greece. His parents raised him as a devout Christian. On ...

17th March is St Patrick’s Day, and is celebrated by those of Irish decent all over the world especially in America. But who was St. Patrick, and how did he become Patron Saint of Ireland?  What did...

Today is the day that legend has it shall determin the weather for the next 40 days. The ancient nursary rhyme goes like this: St. Swithin's day if thou dost rainFor forty days it will remain St. Swithi...

4th of October is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, (the Patron Saint of Animals, thus it is also World Animal Day. St Francis, founded the Franciscan order within the Catholic Church’s in Italy d...

Trinity Sunday is a Christian festival but what makes this one significant? Trinity Sunday is different because it's the only Christian Festival that celebrates the doctrine of the church rather tha...