This week is host to many holy days and holidays. Below is a list of them and their dates. Also we have included articles Faith in Focus, the Missourian and christianity.about.com written about the holy days and holidays. Palm Sunday, March 28, 2010 Stitching Prayers (Belief in Brief: Palm Sunday) Passover: March 30 – April [...]
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Upcoming holy days and holidays
Posted in Belief in Brief, Christianity, Judaism, Religious Holidays, tagged Christianity, Easter, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox Easter, Good Friday, Judaism, Maundy Thursday, Palm Sunday, Passover on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Mecca Diaries”
Posted in Islam, Religious Holidays, tagged hajj, Islam, Mecca, Muslims, Saudi Arabia, VBS.tv on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have recently discovered VBS.tv. It’s an interesting site that specializes in documentary style videos. Many of their pieces have been featured on cnn.com. The most recent one that have caught my attention is the “Mecca Diaries.” These videos center around the hajj, a pilgrimage Muslims must make once in their lifetime to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It [...]
German Mardi Gras celebration in Columbia
Posted in Christianity, Events, Lent, Local, religion and culture, Religious Holidays, tagged Fastnacht, German, Mardi Gras, United Church of Christ on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The United Church of Christ in Columbia celebrated Mardi Gras with a traditional German meal on Tuesday. The ColumbiaMissourian reported Tuesday that it was the 26th annual celebration of Fastnacht, and included traditional German foods and music from Der Deutschmeister Musickers. More photos are online.
Belief in Brief: The origins of St. Valentine’s Day
Posted in Belief in Brief, Christianity, Paganism, Religion and Popular Culture, Religious Holidays, tagged Chaucer, February 14, Henry Ansgar Kelly, Love, Lupercalia, martyr, Pagan, Paganism, Roman Catholic, St. Valentine, The Parliament of the Fowls, Valentine's, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Roman Catholic Origins: According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, there are three different martyrs named Valentine. Two were in the clergy in Italy during the second half of the third century. The third lived in Africa. However, not much is known about him. There are two prominent legends about St. Valentine: During the reign of Emperor [...]
Observing Lent
Posted in Christianity, Lent, Local, Religious Holidays, tagged film series, First Christian Church, Interfaith council, Lent, Olivet Christian Church on February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Many Columbia congregations will observe Lent, a 40-day period of prepartion for Easter that starts with Ash Wednesday. For a list of specific Ash Wednesday services in the community, go to our Faith Directory which provides links to church Web sites where information can be found on service times. The Interfaith Council in Columbia holds [...]
Lent film discussions
Posted in Christianity, Lent, Local, Religion and Popular Culture, Religious Holidays on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Olivet Christian Church will be holding film discussions about race and class on the Sundays leading up to Easter. The sessions will be at 5 p.m. starting Feb. 21 and ending on March 28. Films that will be discussed include: “Grand Canyon,” “Frozen River,” The Station Agent,”The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” and “The Shawshank [...]
Hanukkah? Chanukah? Khanukkah?
Posted in Judaism, Religious Holidays on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Each language has its own sound, and each sound makes perfect sense to a native speaker. However, issues often arise when trying to translate one language to another. Often mistranslations abound and texts are translated, re-translated and re-translated but still errors can be found. One issue may be that some sounds from languages cannot be [...]
Hand bells ring, are you listening?
Posted in Christianity, Local, religion and culture, Religious Holidays, tagged Christmas, First Baptist Church, music on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A little late for tonight’s performance, but the Columbia Handbell Ensemble is performing its 20th annual Winter Concerts this weekend at First Baptist Church. One concert was tonight at 7 p.m., another Sunday at 2 p.m., with a third tomorrow night in Hermann. For details and more on the hand bell choir, read our story [...]
Left Behind on a Holiday
Posted in religion and culture, Religious Holidays on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times posted a story on September 27th that caught my attention. It was called “Nannies Get a Holiday. Rich Families Get a Suite.” The story summary mentioned Ramadan, and since it has been in the news a lot recently, I wanted to see what angle they would choose. The story talks about [...]
Dispute among Jews over Tisha b’Av events
Posted in Belief in Brief, Judaism, Local, Religion and Politics, Religious Holidays, Religious Leaders on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Members of Congregation Beth Shalom attended a service Wednesday, July 29, to remember the importance of a day called Tisha’ah b’Av. Numerous calamities that have occurred in Jewish history seem to have converged on this one day in the Hebrew calendar. The day, which means “The Ninth of Av” is remembered first as the day [...]
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