Home›Observances›Calendar System›Gregorian (civil solar)Browse ByGregorian (civil solar)This page groups holidays by the kind of calendar that sets their date. Wikipedia notes that "religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar." Browsing by calendar system lets a visitor find every holiday fixed by the same kind of calendar.FactsLearn MoreGregorian (civil solar)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedDays a tradition marks without ranking them as feasts or festivals - commemorations of a teacher or a martyr, preparatory and penitential seasons, monthly and fortnightly observances, days of remembrance for the dead. The grouping is residual: it collects what the calendar sets apart but does not celebrate. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHolidays & Festivals 1Learn MoreThe Observances This group holds observances, the appointed days and periods a tradition sets aside for religious attention, whether in commemoration, devotion or discipline, spanning the range of solemn and reflective occasions of the sacred year. The browser will find the observances the atlas gathers from across the traditions. The entries describe each observance's occasion and customs, noting the tradition and the time in the calendar it marks.Gregorian (civil solar)Filter Results15 entriesTraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (4)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (4)Anglican Communion (3)Anglicanism (3)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Calvinism (Reformed) (2)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (4)Church of Cyprus (2)Church of England (3)Church of Greece (2)Church of Ireland (3)Church of Scotland (1)Church of Sweden (3)Church of the Nazarene (1)Coptic Orthodoxy (2)Disciples of Christ (1)Dutch Reformed Church (1)Eastern Orthodoxy (2)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (2)Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (2)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (3)Evangelicalism (1)Free Methodist Church (1)Georgian Orthodox Church (2)Global Methodist Church (4)Greek Orthodox Church (2)Lutheranism (4)Mahayana (1)Maronite Church (2)Methodism (4)Moravian Church (4)National Baptist Convention of America (1)Old Believers (2)Oriental Orthodoxy (2)Presbyterianism (2)Progressive National Baptist Convention (1)Protestantism (2)Roman Catholicism (6)Romanian Orthodox Church (2)Russian Orthodox Church (2)Serbian Orthodox Church (2)The Episcopal Church (3)The United Methodist Church (4)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (2)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (2)Vajrayana (1)Wesleyan Church (1)Zen (1)Date TypeAllComputed from another feast (4)Fixed date in its own calendar (8)Fixed weekday of a month or season (2)Set by an astronomical event or computus (1)Observance TypeAllCommemoration of a person or event (7)Feast / celebration (3)Memorial of the dead (2)Ordinary season, no distinct festal or penitential character (1)Penitential season (2)Procession (1)Vigil / night observance (3)MonthAllJune (1)October (2)Origin EraAll380 (3)700 (1)835 (1)1517 (1)1740 (1)Place of OriginAllUnited States (2)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (14)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15AdventGregorian (civil solar)All Hallows' EveGregorian (civil solar)Bodhi DayGregorian (civil solar)ChristmastideGregorian (civil solar)Darwin DayGregorian (civil solar)EastertideGregorian (civil solar)Fet GedeGregorian (civil solar)Holy WeekGregorian (civil solar)National Day of ReasonGregorian (civil solar)Ordinary TimeGregorian (civil solar)Palm SundayGregorian (civil solar)Parinirvana DayGregorian (civil solar)Reformation DayGregorian (civil solar)Watch NightGregorian (civil solar)World Humanist DayGregorian (civil solar)Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 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.