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Major Christian Holidays (5 Minimum required)

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Here are major Christian holidays (more than five), with brief descriptions and typical timing:

1. Advent — four-week season of preparation and expectant waiting before Christmas (late November–December; begins the fourth Sunday before Christmas).
2. Christmas (Nativity) — celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ (December 25 in most Western churches; Eastern Orthodox often celebrate on January 7 or December 25 on the Julian calendar).
3. Epiphany (Theophany) — commemorates the visit of the Magi and/or Jesus’ revelation to the nations; also baptized by John in Eastern traditions (January 6).
4. Lent (including Ash Wednesday) — 40-day penitential season of fasting and reflection leading up to Easter; begins on Ash Wednesday (date movable, 46 days before Easter).
5. Palm Sunday — marks Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, the start of Holy Week (the Sunday before Easter).
6. Maundy Thursday — commemorates the Last Supper (Thursday of Holy Week, movable).
7. Good Friday — commemorates Jesus’ crucifixion and death (Friday of Holy Week, movable).
8. Easter (Resurrection Sunday) — celebrates Jesus’ resurrection from the dead; the most important feast in Christianity (date movable, first Sunday after the first full moon on/after the vernal equinox).
9. Ascension Day — celebrates Jesus’ ascension into heaven (40 days after Easter).
10. Pentecost — celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and the birth of the Church (50 days after Easter).

Note: Dates for Easter and related feasts are moveable and vary between Western (Gregorian) and Eastern Orthodox (Julian) calendars.