Fasts and feasts
Here are entered works on religious fasts and feasts in general and on Christian fasts and feasts. The heading may also be divided by religious body or non-Christian religion, e.g. Fasts and feasts -- Catholic Church, [Judaism, etc.] For fasts and feasts of a religious body occurring in a particular place, add a second heading Fasts and feasts--[local subdivision.]
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Broader terms:- Fasting -- Religious aspects
- Christian antiquities
- Days
- Liturgics
- Rites and ceremonies
- Theology, Practical
- Fasts and feasts -- Early works to 1800
- Fasts and feasts -- Eastern churches
- Fasts and feasts -- England
- Fasts and feasts -- Greek religion
- Fasts and feasts -- Islam
- Fasts and feasts -- Japan
- Fasts and feasts -- Judaism
- Fasts and feasts -- Juvenile fiction
- Fasts and feasts -- Orthodox Eastern Church
- Fasts and feasts -- Poetry
- Fasts and feasts -- Shīʻah
- Advent
- All Saints' Day
- All Souls' Day
- Christmas
- Church year
- Easter
- Epiphany
- Fast-day sermons
- Festival-day sermons
- John the Baptist's Day
- Lent
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Feasts
- Pentecost Festival
- Sunday
- Thanksgiving Day
- Church festivals
- Ecclesiastical fasts and feasts
- Fast days
- Feast days
- Feasts
- Heortology
- Holy days
- Religious festivals
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Pagan Holidays, or God's Holy Days: Which?, by Herbert W. Armstrong (multiple formats with commentary at thetrumpet.com)- The Hidden Side of Christian Festivals (Los Angeles et al.: St. Alban Press, 1920), by C. W. Leadbeater
- When the Sun Moves Northward: Being a Treatise on the Six Sacred Months, Containing the Mystic Ritual from the "Story of the Year", and the Teaching Concerning the Resurrecton From "Green Leaves" (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, ca. 1923), by Mabel Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Festival of the Dead (reprinted as New Materials for the History of Man #1; Toronto: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1920), by R. G. Haliburton (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Pilgrimage of Etheria (1919 SPCK edition of all extant portions of this work), by Egeria, trans. by M. L. McClure and Charles Lett Feltoe (HTML at CCEL)
- The Pilgrimage of S. Silvia of Aquitania to the Holy Places (Circ. 385 A.D.) (in English only (Latin text omitted); London: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, 1896), by Egeria, ed. by J. H. Bernard, contrib. by Charles William Wilson (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- An Essay on the Proper Lessons, Appointed by the Liturgy of the Church of England, to be Read on Sundays and Chief Festivals Throughout the Year, As They Are Directed by Her Table of Proper Lessons (third edition, 4 volumes; London: Printed for Ogles, Duncan, and Cochhan, 1818), by William Wogan, contrib. by James Gatliff
- The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic Epistles, Ibis, and Halieuticon of Ovid: Literally Translated Into English Prose, With Copious Notes (London: H. G. Bohn, 1851), by Ovid, trans. by Henry T. Riley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic Epistles, Ibis, and Halieuticon of Ovid: Literally Translated Into English Prose, With Copious Notes (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1885), by Ovid, trans. by Henry T. Riley (page images at HathiTrust)
- Greek Saints and Their Festivals (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1910), by Mary Agnes Hamilton
- Annus Ecclesiasticus Graeco-Slavicus, Editus Anno Millenario Sanctorum Cyrilli et Methodii, Slavice Geatis Apostolorum (in Latin; Brussels: Typ. Henrici Goemaere, 1863), by I. Martynov
- A Testimony for Truth Against All Hireling Priests and Deceivers, by Judith Boulbie (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Old Christmas, by Washington Irving (Gutenberg text)
- Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving (London: Macmillan and Co., 1888), by Washington Irving, illust. by Randolph Caldecott (page images at openlibrary.org)
- Matsuri: Festival and Rite in Japanese Life (Tokyo: Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, c1988), trans. by Norman Havens (HTML in Japan)
- Pagan Holidays, or God's Holy Days: Which?, by Herbert W. Armstrong (multiple formats with commentary at thetrumpet.com)
- Beacons on the Talmud's Sea: Analyses of Passages From The Talmud And Issues In Halachah, Adapted From The Works of The Lubavitcher Rebbe, by Menachem Mendel Schneerson (HTML at chabad.org)
- The Feasts of Camelot, with the Tales That Were Told There (London: Bell and Daldy, 1863), by Mrs. T. K. Hervey (multiple formats at Google)
- The Christian Year, by John Keble
- Resurgence (Boston: T. Todd Co., printers, c1914), by Seraph Maltbie Dean and Lee Parker Dean
- True Christmas Spirit (c1955), by Edward J. Sutfin (HTML at EWTN)
- The Twelve Days of Christmas (c1955), by Elsa Chaney (HTML at EWTN)
- Our Christmas Symbols (Raleigh, NC: Graphic Press, c1953), by Aylene E. Cooke and Cameron Cooke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Story of Christmas: Sun, Saviour and Santa Claus (Atlanta: Oglethorpe University Press, 1941), by Thornwell Jacobs (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Christmas Book: Origin of the Christmas Tree, the Mistletoe, the Yule Log and St. Nicholas (Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, 1898), by Carla Wenckebach (page images at HathiTrust)
- Christmas Entertainments (originally published in 1740 as "Round About Our Coal Fire"; reprinted London: Field and Tuer, et al., ca. 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan (London: T. F. Unwin, 1912), by Clement A. Miles (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Feast of St. Friend: A Christmas Book (New York: George H. Doran Co., 1911), by Arnold Bennett (Gutenberg text)
- Friendship and Happiness (Hodder and Stoughton edition; usually titled "The Feast of St. Friend"), by Arnold Bennett (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- The Lights of Beacon Hill: A Christmas Message (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1922), by Abbie Farwell Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Mystical Interpretation of Christmas, by Max Heindel (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Myths and Legends of Christmastide (San Francisco: Stanley-Taylor Co., 1901), by Bertha F. Herrick (Gutenberg text)
- Yule-Tide in Many Lands, by Mary Poague Pringle and Clara A. Urann, illust. by L. J. Bridgman (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Christmas Dispute Revived, in a Letter From Mr. William Smith, of Norwalk, Conncticut, to Elder Elias Lee, of Ballston, State of New-York, Now Published With a Reply by Mr. Lee (Ballston, NY: Printed by W. Child for E. Lee, 1800), by William Smith and Elias Lee (HTML at Evans TCP)
- A Little Book for Christmas (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917), by Cyrus Townsend Brady, illust. by Will Crawford (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- St. Nicholas: His Legend and His Rôle in the Christmas Celebration and Other Popular Customs (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917), by George Harley McKnight
- St. Paul and Protestantism, With Other Essays (popular edition; London: Smith, Elder, 1892), by Matthew Arnold (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Our Children's Year of Grace (fifth edition, 1955), by Therese Mueller (HTML at EWTN)
- Annus Ecclesiasticus Graeco-Slavicus, Editus Anno Millenario Sanctorum Cyrilli et Methodii, Slavice Geatis Apostolorum (in Latin; Brussels: Typ. Henrici Goemaere, 1863), by I. Martynov
- The Hidden Side of Christian Festivals (Los Angeles et al.: St. Alban Press, 1920), by C. W. Leadbeater
- The Greatest Drama Ever Staged (published with "The Triumph of Easter"; c1938), by Dorothy L. Sayers (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- The Bible View of Slavery (1861 sermon by Raphall, with contemporary rebuttals by Einhorn and Heilprin), by Morris J. Raphall, contrib. by David Einhorn and Michael Heilprin (illustrated HTML at jewish-history.com)
- Bible View of Slavery: A Discourse, Delivered at the Jewish Synagogue "Bnai Jeshurum", New York, on the Day of the National Fast, Jan. 4, 1861 (New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1861), by Morris J. Raphall
- God our Refuge and Strength in This War: A Discourse Before the Congregations of the First and Second Presbyterian Churches, on the Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, Appointed by President Davis, Friday, Nov. 15, 1861 (Richmond: W. Hargrave White, 1861), by T. V. Moore (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Le Feste di San Giovanni in Firenze: Breve Notizia (in Italian; Florence: A. Ciardi, 1887), by Aurelio Gotti
- Keep a True Lent, by Charles Fillmore (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Sunday: The Sabbath, by Harold Camping (PDF at Wayback Machine)
- The Christian Sabbath: Is it of Divine Origin?, by John E. Remsburg (Gutenberg text)
- The Sabbath in Puritan New England (seventh edition), by Alice Morse Earle (Gutenberg text)
- Little Known Facts About Thanksgiving and Lincoln's Proclamation (Fort Wayne, IN: Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., ca. 1939), by Louis Austin Warren (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Proclamations for Thanksgiving, Issued by the Continental Congress, Pres't Washington, by the National and State Governments on the Peace of 1815, and by the Governors of New York Since the Introduction of the Custom; With Those of the Governors of the Several States in 1858 (Albany, NY: Munsell and Rowland, 1858), ed. by Franklin B. Hough (page images at Ohio Memory)
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