This page groups holidays by whether they are still kept today. Wikipedia notes that "the science of religious rites and festivals is known as heortology," a field that studies festivals whether or not they are still actively observed. Browsing by status today lets a visitor separate a holiday still widely kept from one now studied only historically.
Facts
Overview
What Defines This GroupingDays 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. 2 Learn More
The 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.
Status Today
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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