Zone1 Is CORPUS CHRISTI DAY (German: Fronleichnam) an official holiday where you live?

[Zebra]

Is CORPUS CHRISTI DAY (German: Fronleichnam) an official holiday where you live?

 

[Zebra]

yes

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

No...it's a town around seven hours southwest of me in Texas.

 

[Papageorgio]

Why?

 

[White 6]

Is CORPUS CHRISTI DAY (German: Fronleichnam) an official holiday where you live?

Never heard of it as a holiday.

 

[deannalw]

I say screw Christi and his stupid corpus too.

 

[1srelluc]

Squarehead holiday.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

Never heard of it.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

Squarehead holiday.

 

[Zebra]

Never heard of it as a holiday.

Now you have.

 

[Zebra]

it's a town around seven hours southwest of me in Texas.

I know.
But that town is not called Fronleichnam in German.

 

[Zebra]

So far:

1 x yes
3 x no

 

[White 6]

Now you have.

Thanks. I have been retired for about 8 years. All days are paid holidays.

 

[Zebra]

Some Info:

In Portugal the feast is known as Dia de Corpo de Deus and has been one of the major religious observances both on the mainland and in the Azores since medieval times. In the city of Ponta Delgada, in the Azores, the people make a flower-petal carpet almost three quarters of a mile in length. A procession of high-ranking clergy and red-robed priests who are followed by a group of first communicants (those who will receive communion for the first time), pass over this carpet. The climax of the ceremony comes when the bishop raises the silver monstrance and exposes the Blessed Sacrament, the “body of Christ”.

In Germany Corpus Christi is celebrated with colorful processions where the sacrament and other holy symbols are carried throughout the villages. Small-town streets are decorated with flowers and greenery. Children dressed in white wear wreaths of flowers and accompany women in regional costume and local clergy. Sometimes people display pictures of Jesus Christ and spread carpets in front of their houses to honor the day. Some processions, for example in the region of Bavaria, are held on lakes rather than on the streets, with flower-decked boats carrying members of the procession and worshippers across the waters.

and:

Corpus Christi is a public holiday in countries such as Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Poland, Portugal, and Trinidad and Tobago. It is not a federal holiday in countries, such as Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi is a Christian observance that honors the Holy Eucharist. It is also known as the Feast of the Most Holy Body of Christ, as well as the Day of Wreaths.

www.timeanddate.com

 

[Zebra]

Germany is a federal republic of 16 "länder".
Some länder have this day as a holiday, some not.
It is a holiday in Baden-Württemberg, where I live.

 

[Zebra]

Thanks.

You are welcome.

 

[Zebra]

I have been retired for about 8 years. All days are paid holidays.

Same with me.

 

[Zebra]

What Wiki says:

Corpus Christi is a moveable feast, celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday,[11] 60 days after Easter, or, in countries where it is not a holy day of obligation, on the following Sunday.

Corpus Christi is a public holiday in some countries with a predominantly Catholic population including, among others, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, parts of Germany, Grenada, Haiti, Jerusalem in Israel, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, parts of Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Spain, parts of Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, parts of the United States, and Venezuela.

Feast of Corpus Christi - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Grumblenuts]

We have a Chris Christie

He was Governor of New Jersey for 8 years. Sort of porpoise. Not particularly mobile.
Running for President again in 2024. He'll have a day post hell freezing over.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I know.
But that town is not called Fronleichnam in German.

Who cares?