http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/
http://www.goarch.org/chapel/calendar
Days of the Jewish Week
Other than Shabbat, the name of the seventh day of the week, the Jewish calendar doesn’t have names for the days of the week. The days of the week are simply known as first day, second day, third day, etc. Sometimes they are referred to more fully as First Day of the Sabbath, etc. Below is a list for those who are interested.
Hebrew Transliteration English
Yom Rishon First Day (Sunday)
Yom Sheini Second Day (Monday)
Yom Shlishi Third Day (Tuesday)
Yom R’vi’i Fourth Day (Wednesday)
Yom Chamishi Fifth Day (Thursday)
Yom Shishi Sixth Day (Friday)
Yom Shabbat Sabbath Day (Saturday)
The Jewish calendar has the following months:
Hebrew English Number Length Civil Equivalent
Nissan 1 30 days March-April
Iyar 2 29 days April-May
Sivan 3 30 days May-June
Tammuz 4 29 days June-July
Av 5 30 days July-August
Elul 6 29 days August-September
Tishri 7 30 days September-October
Cheshvan 8 29 or 30 days October-November
Kislev 9 30 or 29 days November-December
Tevet 10 29 days December-January
Shevat 11 30 days January-February
Adar I (leap years only) 12 30 days February-March
Adar
(called Adar Beit in leap years) 12
(13 in leap years) 29 days February-March
Whitsuntide (approx. 6 months)
15th – 22nd nissan=pesah or Passover (feast of unleavened bread)
27th=yom ha shoah (holocaust Remembrance Day)
5 iyar=yom haatmaut (Israel’s Independence Day)
18th =lag b’omer
28th=yom yeruskalayim (Jerusalem day)
6-7 sivan=Shavuot (feast of weeks)
17 tammuz=fast of tamuz
The 3 weeks or apostles’ fast
Nativity of john the Baptist
St. peter & paul
9 av=tishah b’av (fast of av)
The transfiguration of christ
Dormition fast (2 weeks)
Dormition of the theotokos
Beheading of john the Baptist
1-2 tishrei=rosh Hashanah (Jewish/ecclesiastical new year)
Nativity of the theotokos
The exaltation of the cross
pokrov
3rd=fast of gedaliah
10th=yom Kippur (day of atonement)
15th-22nd=sukkot (feast of tabernacles)
23rd=simhat torah (rejoicing of the law)
25 kislev-2 tevet=Hanukah (feast of lights)
Entry of the theotokos into the temple
10th=fast of tevet
Christmas fast or advent (4 weeks)
Christmas
Synaxis of the theotokos
The circumcision of christ
Theophany
Baptism of christ
3 great hierarchs
Septuagesima
Sexagesima
Quinquagesima
The great fast or lent (40 days)
candlemas
15 shevat=tu b’shevat (new year for trees)
13 adar=fast of esther
Annunciation of the theotokos
14-15th=purim
Holy week
Pascha
Ascension Day
exaudi
Whitsunday or Pentecost
All saints
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http://timeline.biblehistory.com/home
• Adam=3954-3024 BC
• Noah=2898-1948 BC
• Abraham=1946-1771 Bc
• 12 tribes-1699 bc
o Moses-1526-1406 bc
• Philistine oppression-115-1075 bc
o Elisha-885-798 bc
o Jonah-823-720 bc
o Isaiah=766-686 bc
o Great earthquake of 757 bc
o Nahum=683-610 bc
o Nehemiah=473-403 bc
o Anna=89 bc
• Augustus Caesar=63 bc
• Joseph=30 bc
• Jesus=4 bc-ad 31
• Great schism=1054
• Luther=1484-1531
• Renaissance=1350-1700
• The enlightenment=1697-1790
• American independence=1776
• Industrial revolution=1760-1914
• World war 1=1917?
• World war 2=1941?
• Korea-1955?
• Vietnam-1969?
• Gulf war-1991?
• 911-2001
• Great tribulation=2009-2016
• Armageddon/abomination of desolation=2016-2020?
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