Spring Equinox News

Eggs are quite wonderful. They are a deliciously versatile foodstuff, and their hard, watertight shell made it possible for life to leave the ocean and come onto the land about 400 million years ago.

It will start from the first solar term, known as the Start of Spring with the "whipping of the bull" at Jianguomen, then the Vernal Equinox, when a ceremony for agriculture is held at the Temple of the Sun by the Chaoyang sub-district office, and the "Heping Summer Solstice Festival" organized by the Hepingli at the Temple of the Earth.

Jupiter went stationary retrograde at 51 minutes after midnight PDT on June 15, 8:51 am Greenwich time.

IN traditional Chinese culture the festival of Qing Ming marks the spring equinox: the time of regeneration, of budding and rebirth.

World Council of Churches - News Release Contact: +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org For immediate release - 28/05/2009 08:20:38 >A COMMON DATE FOR EASTER IS POSSIBLE The hope that all Christians will be able to celebrate Easter on the same day in the future was reaffirmed by an international ecumenical seminar organized by the ...

What are you celebrating on May Day? Let's hope the original celebration stays in ancient history.

Merry May Day! Observed as the spring 'cross quarter' day - halfway between spring equinox and summer solstice - it's the traditional beginning of the pastoral summer when herdsmen began heading to the hills with their animals.

Title: MAY DAY TREATS May Day - May 1 - is Friday and is generally celebrated as the advent of spring, being halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice.

IT is the eve of the dark moon of the spring equinox, or Nyepi Day, the annual Balinese day of silence.

It may not be laid down in the calendar, but some time after the spring equinox, when the weather warms up and the days start getting longer, is the beginning of festival time.

April 22 is Earth Day. Some parts of the world look to the vernal equinox in March as Earth Day as well.

Why we ALL wear symbolically colorful outfits By all accounts the number of special events commemorating Nowruz has proliferated worldwide in the past decade.

The economy and the vernal equinox are getting the blame for a large drop in attendance at Universal Orlando.

Christians celebrated a most important occurrence this past Sunday. Called Easter, it was a celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Posted by South Jersey News Online vwilliams@sjnewsco.com April 12, 2009 9:18AM Have you ever wondered how the legend of the Easter Bunny started? The English name for Easter comes from the Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eastre.

Sunday is Easter, a movable feast that follows the cycle of the moon and is not fixed to our civil Gregorian calendar.

Seriously though, enjoy your day , and try not to eat ham until you burst. The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God.

The religious significance of today is widely known, but the secular traditions that have come to be associated with Easter may have fuzzier origins.

Greetings, everyone, and welcome to Guam's astounding spring skies. People have been watching the sky for a long time, and we've made our clocks and calendars using the repeating events that occur there.

Posted 4/4/2009 5:37 PM CDT Did you know Jews bless the sun every 28 years? Happily, the website www.ritualwell/org provides a succinct explanation, beginning with the text from Bereshit: God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate day from night; they shall serve as signs for the set times - the days and the years; and ...