**Celebrating Jesus' ministry after 2,000 years?** Not expecting an answer immediately from any one denomination, but I would be more than curious to know if any Christian denomination(s) have started to make plans to celebrate Christ's three years of public ministry. It matters not to me in which way or manner they are doing any festivities. I am more interested to see if is this being brought forth by the various Christian communities, like Lent prepares us for Easter so to speak. > Using astronomical data, Humphreys and Waddington have calculated that there are only two dates during this decade that a Friday Passover could be celebrated on Nissan 14—either April 7, AD 30 or April 3, AD 33. - Death of Jesus Most scholars believe for different reasons, that Jesus died in the spring of either 30 AD or 33 AD. Astronomy narrows the possibilities to 27 AD, 30 AD, 33 AD or 34 AD. [How long was Jesus's ministry?](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/14763/how-long-was-jesuss-ministry) It was 3.5 years of duration. Taking this into consideration in my question, if any Church group were to accept the 27 AD possibility, what would they do in order to commemorate Jesus' three year public ministry prior to the 2000 anniversary of Passion, Death and Resurrection: 2024-2027. I realized this question is posed early, but I would like to be able to commemorate Christ's three years of public ministry in some way or other in spirit and truth! Any input would be greatly appreciated as to what preparations are being done in this domain. Any input from any denomination would be welcome. Walking in the footprints of the Master!

Are we going all round the houses debating whether it was autumn, winter, or spring when Jesus was born, when it’s what the Bible does ***not*** say about the date of his birth that should speak volumes to us? Are we apparently deaf to that? What I mean is that if the date of Jesus’ birth was important, would it not have been clear, in scripture? If God wanted us to note the date of Jesus’ birth, the Bible surely would have stated it? Further, if God wanted us to annually celebrate that birth-date, would there not have been a command to do that, in the Bible? After all, Jesus expressly told his followers to remember his death, even though the exact date of it is debatable, given that the year of his death depends on knowing the year of his birth, and that’s not known as a fact. Yet the omission in the Bible as to any kind of celebration of Christ’s birth stands in stark contrast to the command to remember his death. I'm ***not*** wanting this question to turn into reasons as to why we should celebrate Jesus' birth every year, or not. I just want to know if anyone else has pondered the absence of information about this, in the Bible, and your thoughts. I look for answers from Christians who believe that Jesus Christ “became flesh and dwelt among us” as stated in John 1:1-14, obtaining his human nature from the virgin Mary.

As a general rule, do Baptists mark Ascension Day? I'm think particularly of the Thursday, but if attention is typically drawn on a Sunday either side. Many countries have Ascension Day as a bank holiday, and many churches consider Ascension Day to be a major feast day. Do Baptists?

In the following YouTube video clip (Messe à Notre-Dame de Paris du 20 janvier 2019 ) in which it is clearly visible that the priest celebrating mass in the Paris Notre Dame is wearing some kind of *Order* or special 5-star or cross medallion. What is this cross or star? What does it mean?

Following-up to these previous questions , why do some traditions *not* celebrate the birth and death (or, more accurately, His resurrection) of Christ as "official" church "events"? I understand that celebrating the Communion Table is a celebration of Jesus death - but why not celebrate His birth and resurrection, too, in a "special" way (ie beyond just celebrating His resurrection every Sunday by that being the the church comes together for worship)?

Do Christians in general treat Friday as a special day, perhaps with a worship service, prayers or confession? Is it more or less special than Sunday? If most don't, are there some Christians who do hold Friday as special in some way, perhaps holding worship services on Friday?

I'll be visiting Italy during holidays and will be in Rome with my partner between 20 to 28th December. I'd have already visited monuments, Vatican City and several popular cathedrals. Being a non-Christian, I want to take care that I don't offend any locals. As most of the places will be closed on December 25th, what would be your recommendation for me to have the best experience of Rome offers with a religious perspective in mind for this day? ***Post Script**: This question was asked on StackExchange Travel community and people suggested me to ask the question on this site instead.*

This is going to be published in my local Catholic parish's bulletin this week. >A SPECIAL EVENT: REFORMATION 500 COMMEMORATION > > Wednesday, April 26 @ 7:00pm > > In honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, > > St. John’s Lutheran Church will host an ecumenical vesper service. Congregations in Evansville will gather to embrace our commonalities. Ministers from the various congregations will be discussing our similarities and differences regarding Holy Baptism and Holy Communion in a relaxed atmosphere, followed by refreshments. This event is in collaboration with our partner congregations in Evansville. The whole community is invited; invite your friends and neighbors of all faith traditions! Has anything changed in the last 500 years that Catholics should be commemorating the Reformation? For some odd reason I thought we were against that...

What is the earliest historical testimony (e.g., in writing) of the celebration (i.e., a feast) of the nativity of the Lord Jesus Christ, whether it be on the equivalent of December 25, January 6, or some other date of the Roman calendar?

I am wondering how the 2034 Easter celebration will look like from the perspective of various Christian churches. I am mostly interested in the Roman Catholics. Since we can only guess, I would like to ask about the past instead. What were the 250th, 500th … 1000th … 1750th anniversaries like? Was there anything special, beyond the Masses and the gathering at that square at Rome and the usual "Urbi et Orbi" speech?

A quick search on Google will come up with several Christian holidays including: - Valentine's Day - Good Friday - Thanksgiving - Christmas However, in many multi-cultural countries, there are often holidays which are from other religions, other beliefs or even tradition itself. For example a Chinese Christian celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival . Is that allowed? PS: Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of the 8th Month on the Lunar Calendar. Chinese celebrate this day by bring out laterns, eating mooncakes, and reciting poems. It's kind of a tradition to me personally, but there are beliefs and myths behind the festival.

> **Possible Duplicate:** > https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/5144 > https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/4772 > https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/1360 > **Also Related:** > https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/4802 > https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/2653 > https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/4802 > **Se also:** The [tag:christmas] tag. I have a curiosity about our celebrations, for instance Christmas, based on Jesus birth. It is not biblical. 25 December is a pagan date, commemoration of Mitra's birth and not Jesus's birth. The only clue about Jesus birth is that of the shepherds who visited Him, they were still in the fields, which lets us eliminate the month of December, as the harsh winter in the northern hemisphere did not allow the action. And I never saw a Christian not celebrating the Christmas even it been a pagan celebration. There are other dates that I have doubts but I'll leave them for another question later. Is my information correct about it?