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Easter in Italy. Italian traditional Easter cake, the Colomba di Pasqua. It is the Easter counterpart of the two well-known Italian Christmas desserts, panettone and pandoro. Easter in Italy ( Italian: Pasqua, pronounced [ˈpaskwa]) is one of the country's major holidays. [ 1] Easter in Italy enters Holy Week with Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday ...
Until 1977 the following were also considered public holidays in Italy for civil purposes: [ 6] 19 March, Saint Joseph Day; 40 days after Easter, Ascension of Jesus; 60 days after Easter, Corpus Christi; 29 June, Saints Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome (it remained a public holiday only in the municipality of Rome);
Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter Day. [1] It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks , as described in the Acts of ...
In Spain, Easter Monday is an official public holiday in Catalonia, the Land of Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Navarre, the Basque Country, Cantabria, and La Rioja. [ 13] In Catalonia, the Land of Valencia, and Murcia a feature of this day is a pastry called Easter mona. [ 14] It is usually given by godparents to their godchildren, and it is ...
Easter, [ nb 1] also called Pascha[ nb 2] ( Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, [ nb 3] is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. [ 10 ...
Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is a holiday in some countries. Easter Monday in the Western Christian liturgical calendar is the second day of Eastertide and analogously in the Byzantine Rite is the second day of Bright Week. Recognized as a bank holiday in many countries, many traditional religious events, as open-air Masses ...
The paschal or Easter-month is the first one in the year to have its fourteenth day (its formal full moon) on or after 21 March. Easter is the Sunday after its 14th day (or, saying the same thing, the Sunday within its third week). The paschal lunar month always begins on a date in the 29-day period from 8 March to 5 April inclusive.
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Maria Santissima Madre di Dio. 6 January. Epiphany. Epifania del Signore. 11 February. Lateran Treaty Day. Anniversario della istituzione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano. Commemorates the 1929 signing of the Lateran Treaty, which established Vatican City as a sovereign state.