Sentence examples for Easter observances from inspiring English sources

Eggs figure importantly in Passover and Easter observances.

Winik said the ratings were hurt because Easter observances cut into viewership.

As early as the seventh century, however, questions were raised about Irish orthodoxy, primarily concerning Easter observances.

Worshipers said that, for the first time, Greek Orthodox Easter observances had not been held at the church, because of the siege.

While the Palm Sunday and Easter observances of Holy Week are generally more joyful, Maundy Thursday observances take on a more solemn tone and focus on two primary rituals that are portrayed in the biblical accounts of the Last Supper.

The Israelis barred him from traveling to Bethlehem for Christmas observances there.

Throughout Iraq, churches canceled or toned down Christmas observances this year, both in response to threats of violence and in honor of the nearly 60 Christians killed in October, when militants stormed a Syrian Catholic church and blew themselves up.

On a side note, if the wished-for annual celebration actually does happen, a quick check of the online National Day Calendar reveals that it will join other May 24 observances: National Escargot Day, National Scavenger Hunt Day and Aviation Maintenance Technician Day.

In 1978, observance of Veterans Day is moved from October to Nov. 11.

A state legislator who enraged black leaders by saying black Virginians "should just get over" slavery is now proposing that the state celebrate Juneteenth, the June 19 observance of slavery's end.

The March 19 , 2013observance of the tenth anniversary of the Iraq invasion provided abundant opportunity for somber reflection on the follies of crackpot realism in foreign policy.