Home›Observances›Status Today›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis 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.FactsLearn MoreLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (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.Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results55 entriesTraditionAllAfrican Methodist Episcopal Church (3)African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (3)Alevism (1)Anglican Communion (3)Anglicanism (3)Armenian Apostolic Church (1)Assyrian Church of the East (1)Calvinism (Reformed) (2)Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (3)Church of Cyprus (4)Church of England (3)Church of Greece (4)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 (5)Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (4)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 (4)Global Methodist Church (3)Greek Orthodox Church (4)Khalsa (1)Lutheranism (4)Mahayana (1)Maronite Church (2)Methodism (3)Moravian Church (3)Nirmala (1)Old Believers (4)Oriental Orthodoxy (3)Presbyterianism (2)Protestantism (2)Roman Catholicism (6)Romanian Orthodox Church (4)Russian Orthodox Church (4)Serbian Orthodox Church (4)Shaivism (1)Shia (Twelver) (1)Svetambara (1)The Episcopal Church (3)The United Methodist Church (3)Theravada (4)Udasi (1)Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (4)Ukrainian Orthodox Church (4)Vajrayana (1)Wesleyan Church (1)Zen (1)Calendar SystemAllBikrami / Vikrami (Punjabi lunisolar) (1)Buddhist lunisolar (South and Southeast Asian) (4)Chinese lunisolar (1)Gregorian (civil solar) (14)Hebrew (lunisolar) (3)Hindu lunisolar (panchanga) (13)Hindu solar (sidereal, sankranti-based) (1)Islamic Hijri (lunar) (6)Julian (Old Calendar) (3)Nanakshahi (Sikh tropical solar, 2003) (1)No calendar: set directly by the sky (2)Date TypeAllComputed from another feast (7)Fixed date in its own calendar (33)Fixed weekday of a month or season (3)Set by an astronomical event or computus (5)Set by observation or authority within a window (4)Observance TypeAllAlmsgiving / offering (4)Atonement / repentance (1)Commemoration of a person or event (14)Fast / abstinence (8)Feast / celebration (8)Kinship or family bond (4)Martyrdom remembered (2)Memorial of the dead (7)Nativity / birth remembered (2)New year (3)Ordinary season, no distinct festal or penitential character (1)Penitential season (4)Pilgrimage (1)Procession (3)Seasonal turning point (2)Veneration of a deity or holy figure (6)Vigil / night observance (5)MonthAllJuly (2)June (1)October (2)September (1)Origin EraAll300 BCE (3)1 (2)380 (3)610 (1)632 (1)638 (1)680 (1)700 (1)835 (1)843 (1)1000 (1)1469 (1)1517 (1)1705 (1)1851 (1)Place of OriginAllBrazil (1)China (1)Greece (1)India (13)Indonesia (1)Israel (3)Japan (1)Nepal (1)Russia (2)Saudi Arabia (1)United States (2)Vietnam (2)UNESCO StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 55AdventLiving tradition, practised todayAkshaya TritiyaLiving tradition, practised todayAll Hallows' EveLiving tradition, practised todayAllan Kardec DayLiving tradition, practised todayAsalha PujaLiving tradition, practised todayAshuraLiving tradition, practised todayBodhi DayLiving tradition, practised todayBright WeekLiving tradition, practised todayChaitra ParvaLiving tradition, practised todayChaturmasyaLiving tradition, practised todayChristmastideLiving tradition, practised todayDarwin DayLiving tradition, practised todayDay of ArafahLiving tradition, practised todayEastertideLiving tradition, practised todayEsbatLiving tradition, practised todayFet GedeLiving tradition, practised todayFlower CommunionLiving tradition, practised todayGuru Nanak GurpurabLiving tradition, practised todayGuru PurnimaLiving tradition, practised todayHiganLiving tradition, practised todayHoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung (Feast of the Holy Mother)Living tradition, practised todayHoly WeekLiving tradition, practised todayIslamic New YearLiving tradition, practised todayKarva ChauthLiving tradition, practised todayKathinaLiving tradition, practised todayKukur TiharLiving tradition, practised todayLaylat al-Bara'ahLiving tradition, practised todayLaylat al-QadrLiving tradition, practised todayMagha PujaLiving tradition, practised todayMaghiLiving tradition, practised todayMaha ShivaratriLiving tradition, practised todayMawlidLiving tradition, practised todayNaga PanchamiLiving tradition, practised todayNational Day of ReasonLiving tradition, practised todayNyepiLiving tradition, practised todayOrdinary TimeLiving tradition, practised todayPalm SundayLiving tradition, practised todayParinirvana DayLiving tradition, practised todayParyushanaLiving tradition, practised todayPhu Day FestivalLiving tradition, practised todayPitru PakshaLiving tradition, practised todayPrometheiaLiving tradition, practised todayQingmingLiving tradition, practised todayRadonitsaLiving tradition, practised todayRaksha BandhanLiving tradition, practised todayReformation DayLiving tradition, practised todayRosh ChodeshLiving tradition, practised todaySunday of OrthodoxyLiving tradition, practised todayTu B'AvLiving tradition, practised todayTu BiShvatLiving tradition, practised todayUposathaLiving tradition, practised todayVaikuntha EkadashiLiving tradition, practised todayVat PurnimaLiving tradition, practised todayWorld Humanist DayLiving tradition, practised todayYsyakh (Yhyakh)Living tradition, practised todaySources1. 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.