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Happy Half Christmas!

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Today is #Pentecost when Christians celebrate and remember the day when God's Holy Spirit started to help the followers of Jesus. #PentecostSunday https://t.co/tNwrRF7ubf

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Today is Ascension Day. It's when Christians remember and celebrate that Jesus 'ascended' into heaven following his resurrection. https://t.co/tNwrRF7ubf

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Happy Easter! Easter Sunday or Easter Day is the most important day of the year for Christians. It is when they celebrate that three days after being killed, Jesus rose from the dead. https://t.co/13d3UOYbUD #HappyEaster #Easter #Easter2025 #EasterSunday #HeIsRisen

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Today is Good Friday, a very important day for all Christians. On Good Friday, Christians remember that Jesus died for everyone. https://t.co/qkm8WisMyL and https://t.co/TfTO0y7vKB #GoodFriday

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Early on the Friday morning, Jesus was taken to the Roman leader, who had the power to put him to death. #GoodFriday https://t.co/y94fCS1qvW

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After Jesus was arrested, he was taken to the Jewish authorities for a trial (but not a very legal one...) #MaundyThursday #HolyThursday #GoodFriday https://t.co/NRzD20cIgR

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After the meal, Jesus and some of his friends went to a local garden. It was there that one of Jesus's friends betrayed him and Jesus was arrested. #MaundyThursday #HolyThursday https://t.co/EVRKmAbav9

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This evening Christians remember the 'last supper', the meal that Jesus had with his friends before he was arrested. https://t.co/ObE5umIXbj #MaundyThursday #HolyThursday

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Today is Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday, the Thursday of Holy Week. It represents the day that the Jewish Passover was celebrated in the Bible Story of Easter. https://t.co/91k7UKJkAm #MaundyThursday #HolyThursday

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Happy #PalmSunday! Today is when Christians remember how Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey. https://t.co/bBAJrbho3l and https://t.co/cZiNa02Ioi

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Today is the Feast of the Annunciation which remembers and celebrates when Mary was visited by an Angel! https://t.co/1hcvC30h9y

The dating of Christmas on the 25th December might well be because people celebrated the Annunciation nine months earlier on the 25th of March.

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Today it's Mothering Sunday in the UK, Ireland and a few other countries (the fourth Sunday of Lent). It's also called "Mother's Day" but most other countries have Mother's Day on the 2nd Sunday in May! Mothering Sunday was traditionally when people visited their 'mother' church.

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Today is #AshWednesday, the first day of Lent. The name comes from the tradition of putting a small cross of ash on peoples forehead at Ash Wednesday church services. Lent is the time leading up to Easter. https://t.co/4SEiZgATng and https://t.co/2xLIpKcA5D #Lent

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Today is #ShroveTuesday, the day before Lent. Shrove comes from the old middle English word 'Shriven'. It became known as Shriven Tuesday and then Shrove Tuesday. It’s called Pancake Day as they were a good way using up foods before Lent. #PancakeDay
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Happy #Candlemas! 40 days after Christmas, Candlemas is when Christians remember Jesus being taken to the Jewish Temple as a baby. Church candles are often blessed at Candlemas. It’s also when any decorations which are still up REALLY need to come down! https://t.co/MA8dOJtY6j

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Happy Christmas! REALLY!!! Today it's Christmas in many Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox Churches (like those in Russia 🇷🇺, Belarus 🇧🇾, Serbia 🇷🇸 and Ethiopia 🇪🇹), in some Greek Orthodox Churches and for some Greek Catholics 🇬🇷. #OrthodoxChristmas

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Happy Christmas! REALLY!!! Today it's Christmas in the Armenian Apostolic Church 🇦🇲. It's also when Christmas is celebrated on the tiny Scottish island of Foula 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿!

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Happy Epiphany! Epiphany is celebrated 12 days after Christmas on 6th January and is the time when Christians remember the Wise Men (also sometimes called the Three Kings) who visited Jesus.

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Happy Twelfth Night / Epiphany Eve! Historically this marked the end of the 12 Days of Christmas and there was a big party!
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