Christians have a special festival yclept All Saints’ Day, which is commemorated in honor of all the saints. It is habitually celebrated on the first day of November in many western churches, such as the Roman Catholic; and Protestant churches, including the Methodist, the Anglican, and the Lutheran churches. On the other hand, All Saints’ Day is held on the first Sunday following Pentecost by eastern churches, including the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate Catholic churches due east, and the Byzantine Lutheran churches. Whereas the Oriental Orthodox churches of Chaldea celebrate it on the first Friday subsequent to Easter, along with other Eastern Catholic churches.
Christian Holidays and Observances
Christian holidays play a very significant part in this world’s daily agenda, even though many other people around the world are not Christians and vast areas in which Christianity has no followers. The Christian holidays are well known around the world, and they are also a critical factor in international business at certain times of the year. From its very beginning, Christianity set out to mark its historical events by holidays, creating these holidays to commemorate some meaningful event in the history of the religion birth.