Tag Archives: Christian traditions
TRIVIA TRAIL: ADVENT
Question: What does the word ‘Advent’ mean? Answer: In Latin, ‘coming’, as in the coming of Jesus into the world. https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/advent.shtml https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/advent-and-christmas-2021-resources-heart-christmas
HISTORIC CELEBRATION: ASH WEDNESDAY
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent. On Ash Wednesday, Christians of various denominations go to church to have a cross put on their foreheads out of ashes that have come from the burning of Palm Sunday crosses from the year before. The crosses serve to remind the faithful of their mortality as the priests […]
HISTORIC CELEBRATION: DÍA de REYES (DAY OF THE KINGS)
For Christians, the Twelve Days of Christmas are now past and it is time to celebrate Epiphany, the day the Three Wise Men are said to have arrived to worship the Christ Child. In Hispanic countries, this is known as Día de Reyes, the Day of the Kings. The night before, figures of the Kings […]
HISTORY TIDBIT: CHRISTINGLES
Christingle means ‘Christ’s Light’ and this is the time of year many churches hold Christingle Services. Christingle services began with a Moravian congregation in Marienborn, Germany in 1747, when children at a special children’s service were told how Jesus, the Light of the World, had come to Earth to kindle an everlasting flame in their […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: CHRISTMAS ANTICIPATION
Question: What type of calendar went up in many homes today? Answer: An Advent calendar. Like many Christmas traditions, this one started in Germany, around 1851. The first printed Advent calendar was made by Gerhard Lang, a partner in the Reichhold & Lang printing shop in Munich. When he was a child, his mother had […]
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