August 15- Holy Day
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stbartshopper
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Is the island a Catholic population in general as they observe these or is it because these are also French 'holidays'?
cassidain
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As is Assumption Day. Many French will take advantage of a Thursday holiday to faire le pont de l’assomption. Creating a four day weekend.
KevinS
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stbartshopper
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I looked up the difference between Ascension and Assumption Days-
http://www.rosarychurch.net/answers/qa082000a.html
http://www.rosarychurch.net/answers/qa082000a.html
Izzy
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That is a bit incomplete. The Gospel of John uses the active concept of ascension in regard to Christ. One very important example is 3:13 - "No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the son of man". Mark, Luke and Acts use the passive concept of assumption. The use of both active and passive terms can be considered to reflect the divine and human for Christ.
The feast celebrated today is one of the assumption of a human. Other issues regarding today's holy day (e.g., its biblical, or lack of biblical basis, and whether Mary "died" or assumption occurred without death) may also be of interest to some.
stbartshopper
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Izzy- Where was the photo taken of your ikon? What time of day? It is a great shot!
Izzy
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Thanks.
Ascension of a full moon (August 2018) so not too long after sunset would be the assumption for the time.
Location - this can be a where am (was) challenge for some on the forum. The answer is found here.
Very clever, Izzy!
