Home›Feasts›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups holidays by the religion whose adherents keep them. Wikipedia notes that "a religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every holiday from one religious tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedDays a tradition appoints for celebration, usually commemorating a person or an event and marked by a service and by eating rather than abstaining. The word is a Latin Christian liturgical term for a day of appointed rank in the calendar; extending it to the Islamic eid and to Baha'i holy days is a convenience of this classification, not a term those traditions use. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHolidays & Festivals 1Learn MoreThe feasts This group gathers feasts, the festal days of the religious calendar centred on celebration and, often, shared eating, commemorating a saint, an event of sacred history or a season of the year. In the Christian calendar especially, the feast is a central form of observance. The browser will find the feasts the atlas gathers. The entries describe each feast's occasion, customs and meaning, noting the tradition and the date on which it falls.TraditionFilter Results54 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll225,776 (1)278,000 (1)368,000 (1)400,910 (1)887,000 (1)1,000,000 (1)1,500,000 (3)2,130,000 (1)3,500,000 (2)17,887,212 (1)95,000,000 (1)100,000,000 (1)110,000,000 (1)260,000,000 (1)1,406,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll225,776 (1)278,000 (1)368,000 (1)400,910 (1)887,000 (1)1,000,000 (1)1,200,000 (1)1,450,000 (1)1,500,000 (3)2,500,000 (1)3,500,000 (1)17,887,212 (1)53,871,526 (1)78,000,000 (1)80,000,000 (1)220,000,000 (1)1,406,000,000 (1)Bankruptcy FilingsAll28 (1)Basis of the Education Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (2)Basis of the Health Facility CountAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Humanitarian Aid FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (31)Independent Survey (15)National Census (11)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (19)Basis of the Wealth FigureAllAudited Annual Report (6)Court-Documented Inventory (1)Journalistic or Scholarly Estimate (6)Regulator Filing (3)The Body's Own Published Statistics (3)Calendar SystemAllJulian (Old Calendar) (2)Church FamilyAllAnabaptist (3)Anglican (5)Baptist (3)Church of the East (1)Eastern Catholic (2)Eastern Orthodox (10)Evangelical (2)Latter Day Saint (1)Lutheran (3)Methodist (8)Moravian (1)Oriental Orthodox (5)Pentecostal (1)Reformed (4)Restorationist (1)Roman Catholic (1)Date of SeparationAll2022 (1)2019-2023 (1)Date of Separation End YearAll451 (2)1204 (2)1527 (1)1555 (2)1560 (1)1561 (1)1566 (1)1571 (1)1612 (1)1712 (1)1795 (1)1830 (1)1850 (1)1908 (1)1914 (1)1925 (1)2019 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll451 (4)1054 (3)1346 (1)1448 (1)1457 (1)1517 (1)1521 (1)1525 (1)1534 (2)1536 (2)1560 (1)1609 (1)1666 (1)1693 (1)1736 (1)1784 (1)1787 (1)1796 (1)1804 (1)1811 (1)1830 (1)1833 (1)1843 (1)1858 (1)1870 (1)1881 (1)1885 (1)1895 (1)1906 (1)1915 (1)1961 (1)1993 (1)2018 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAffirms the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (1)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (5)Chalcedonian: two natures in the one person of Christ (Chalcedon, 451) (20)Miaphysite: one incarnate nature of the Word, divine and human united (2)Miaphysite: one incarnate nature of the Word, divine and human united (3)Non-trinitarian: the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity is not held (1)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (1)Rejects the Filioque: the Spirit proceeds from the Father (10)Restorationist: holds the apostolic church to have been lost and restored (2)Strict dyophysite: two distinct natures held in two qnome (concrete hypostases), not Chalcedon's two natures in one hypostasis (1)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (26)Trinitarian: one God in three persons (14)Documented Accused CountAll1 (1)5 (1)19 (1)21 (1)237 (1)390 (1)800 (1)1670 (1)1880 (1)2900 (1)4392 (1)Education Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)2026-03-29 (1)GovernanceAllA federation of autonomous member organisations (4)A single central governing body over the whole movement (1)Autonomous local bodies under a national umbrella association (2)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (5)Connexional: congregations bound in a conference with itinerant ministry (8)Delegated representation from congregations up to a general conference (1)Episcopal: governed by bishops (12)No central authority (7)Presbyterian: governed by elders in graded courts (4)Self-governing churches under patriarchs, deciding in synod (16)Synodal: governed by synods of clergy and lay delegates (4)Universal primacy of a single bishop (1)Health Facility Count As OfAll2023-12-31 (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (6)Customary Norm (11)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (3)Preached Expectation, Not Enforced (10)Humanitarian Aid Figure As OfAll2025-12-31 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllChurch Slavonic (6)Classical Arabic (1)Classical Armenian (Grabar) (2)Classical Syriac (3)Coptic (2)Early Modern German (the Luther Bible) (1)Geez (3)Georgian (1)Greek (liturgical) (5)Latin (1)The vernacular (37)Membership Figure As OfAll1868-01-01 (1)1876-01-01 (1)1900-01-01 (1)1910-01-01 (1)1912-01-01 (2)1917-01-01 (1)1923-01-01 (1)1924-01-01 (1)1939-01-01 (1)1958-01-01 (1)1968-01-01 (2)1970-01-01 (2)1971-12-31 (1)1972-01-01 (1)1988-12-31 (1)1991-01-01 (1)1992-01-01 (1)1996-01-01 (1)2000-12-31 (1)2002-01-01 (1)2004-01-01 (1)2005-01-01 (1)2006-01-01 (2)2007-01-01 (4)2008-01-01 (2)2009-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (8)2011-01-01 (6)2013-01-01 (2)2014-01-01 (5)2015-01-01 (4)2016-01-01 (5)2016-12-31 (1)2017-01-01 (2)2017-10-30 (1)2017-11-08 (1)2018-01-01 (4)2019-01-01 (3)2020-01-01 (7)2021-01-01 (3)2021-03-21 (1)2021-12-31 (1)2022-01-01 (13)2022-12-31 (2)2023-01-01 (3)2023-04-29 (1)2023-07-01 (1)2023-08-08 (1)2023-12-31 (1)2024-01-01 (6)2024-03-01 (1)2024-12-31 (3)2025-01-01 (5)2026-02-01 (1)2026-08-14 (2)2026-08-16 (1)OrdinationAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (2)Celibacy required of the ordained (2)Married clergy permitted (20)Open to women and men (19)Restricted to men (22)The full female ordination lineage is held lapsed; revival contested (1)Varies between provinces or member bodies (12)Origin Period End YearAll52 (1)301 (1)337 (1)340 (2)410 (1)431 (1)451 (2)988 (1)1100 (1)1204 (1)1219 (1)1448 (1)1467 (1)1527 (2)1530 (1)1555 (1)1559 (2)1560 (1)1561 (1)1571 (2)1592 (1)1596 (1)1612 (1)1667 (1)1712 (1)1745 (1)1784 (1)1789 (1)1816 (1)1821 (1)1830 (1)1832 (1)1850 (1)1860 (1)1867 (1)1870 (1)1881 (1)1906 (1)1908 (1)1915 (1)1961 (1)1968 (2)1988 (1)2022 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll30 (3)42 (1)49 (1)295 (1)320 (2)326 (1)390 (1)431 (1)988 (2)1219 (1)1457 (1)1517 (2)1525 (1)1527 (1)1534 (3)1536 (2)1560 (2)1571 (1)1596 (1)1609 (1)1652 (1)1693 (1)1734 (1)1738 (1)1787 (1)1789 (1)1796 (1)1801 (1)1820 (1)1850 (1)1860 (1)1870 (1)1880 (1)1881 (1)1895 (1)1901 (1)1961 (1)1968 (2)1988 (1)2022 (1)Position on JustificationAllFaith Alone (3)No Communion Wide Standard (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage is held to be a lifelong, monogamous, indissoluble union; remarriage after divorce is not sanctioned while a spouse lives (2)Marriage is held to be monogamous, with remarriage after divorce sanctioned under specified conditions (5)No single uniform teaching on marriage's terms holds across the body (1)Position on PredestinationAllDouble Predestination (1)Election Affirmed Reprobation Unstated (1)Single Predestination (1)Unsettled (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (6)Same-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (2)Same-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (15)Same-sex unions may be blessed, but ordination is not extended to partnered LGBT clergy (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (7)Position on the EucharistAllNo Communion Wide Definition (1)Sacramental Union (1)Spiritual Reception by Faith (2)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Principle of WorshipAllNormative (3)Regulative (1)Relation to the StateAllDisestablished (5)Established (3)No Establishment (19)Privileged Never Established (11)Varies by Province (13)Rule Established or Last ChangedAll1838-07-08 (1)2000-01-01 (1)2007-11-28 (1)2010-10-24 (1)2019-01-01 (1)Sacraments RecognisedAllTwo (4)Settlement TotalAll500,000 (1)995,000 (1)137,300,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)5,590,000,000 (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllFive percent. (1)Ten percent. (7)Standing of Holy OrdersAllHistoric Episcopate (1)Historic Episcopate Locally Adapted (1)Historic Episcopate Received Not Required (1)Ministry by Lawful Call (1)Status TodayAllDissolved; the community wound itself up (1)Living tradition, practised today (53)Wealth Figure As Of YearAll1997 (1)2007 (1)2008 (1)2009 (1)2014 (1)2016 (2)2018 (1)2019 (1)2023 (1)2024 (8)2025 (3)2026 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition3 entriesAfrican Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchTradition3 entriesAmishTradition3 entriesAnabaptismTradition3 entriesAnglican CommunionTradition7 entriesAnglicanismTradition8 entriesArmenian Apostolic ChurchTradition7 entriesAssyrian Church of the EastTradition3 entriesBaptistTradition1 entryCalvinism (Reformed)Tradition3 entriesChristian Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition3 entriesChurch of CyprusTradition11 entriesChurch of EnglandTradition11 entriesChurch of God (Anderson, Indiana)Tradition1 entryChurch of GreeceTradition11 entriesChurch of IrelandTradition7 entriesChurch of ScotlandTradition2 entriesChurch of SwedenTradition9 entriesChurch of the NazareneTradition2 entriesCoptic OrthodoxyTradition6 entriesDisciples of ChristTradition2 entriesDutch Reformed ChurchTradition3 entriesEastern OrthodoxyTradition12 entriesEcumenical Patriarchate of ConstantinopleTradition11 entriesThe Episcopal ChurchTradition8 entriesEritrean Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition5 entriesEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo ChurchTradition5 entriesEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaTradition12 entriesEvangelicalismTradition1 entryFree Methodist ChurchTradition2 entriesGeorgian Orthodox ChurchTradition11 entriesGlobal Methodist ChurchTradition5 entriesGreek Orthodox ChurchTradition11 entriesLatter-day Saints (Mormonism)Tradition1 entryLutheranismTradition12 entriesMaronite ChurchTradition6 entriesMennonitesTradition3 entriesMethodismTradition5 entriesMoravian ChurchTradition3 entriesNational Baptist Convention of AmericaTradition1 entryOld BelieversTradition11 entriesOriental OrthodoxyTradition8 entriesPentecostalismTradition2 entriesPresbyterianismTradition2 entriesProgressive National Baptist ConventionTradition1 entryProtestantismTradition2 entriesRoman CatholicismTradition26 entriesRomanian Orthodox ChurchTradition11 entriesRussian Orthodox ChurchTradition11 entriesSerbian Orthodox ChurchTradition12 entriesUkrainian Greek Catholic ChurchTradition11 entriesUkrainian Orthodox ChurchTradition11 entriesThe United Methodist ChurchTradition6 entriesWesleyan ChurchTradition2 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editiontier 1F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.