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A parish festival or parish fair or indulgence feast (atlaidai; odpust parafialny) is a local annual festival held by Roman Catholic churches in Poland and Lithuania on a feast day of the patron saint of a given parish.[1]

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  1. 21 relations: Assumption of Mary, Šiluva, Žemaičių Kalvarija, Calendar of saints, Catholic Church, Counter-Reformation, Great Žemaičių Kalvarija Festival, Indulgence, Krekenava, Lithuania, Mother of God of Trakai, Nativity of Mary, Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, Parish, Patron saint, Pivašiūnai, Poland, Trakai, Vilnius, Visitation (Christianity), Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija.

  2. Catholicism in Lithuania
  3. Catholicism in Poland
  4. Christian festivals in Europe
  5. Lithuanian traditions
  6. Polish traditions

Assumption of Mary

The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church.

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Šiluva

Šiluva is a small town of less than 700 inhabitants in Lithuania.

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Žemaičių Kalvarija

Žemaičių Kalvarija (Samogitian: Žemaitiu Kalvarėjė, Samogitian Calvary) is a town in Plungė district municipality, Lithuania.

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Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Counter-Reformation

The Counter-Reformation, also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to, the Protestant Reformations at the time.

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Great Žemaičių Kalvarija Festival

The Great Žemaičių Kalvarija Festival or The Great Samogitian Calvary Festival (Didieji Žemaičių Kalvarijos atlaidai) is a Roman Catholic festival dedicated to St. Parish festival and Great Žemaičių Kalvarija Festival are Christian festivals in Europe.

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Indulgence

In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence (from indulgeo, 'permit') is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for (forgiven) sins".

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Krekenava

Krekenava (Krakinów; Krakinave) is a town (population 1,375) in Panevėžys district municipality in northern Lithuania, on the bank of Nevėžis.

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Lithuania

Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.

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Mother of God of Trakai

The Mother of God of Trakai is a Roman Catholic icon, located in the main altarpiece of the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trakai, Lithuania.

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Nativity of Mary

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Mary, Marymas or the Birth of the Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus.

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Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn

Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn (Aušros Vartų Dievo Motina, Matka Boża Ostrobramska, Маці Божая Вастрабрамская, Остробрамская икона Божией Матери) is the prominent Christian icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated by the faithful in the Chapel of the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Parish

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.

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Patron saint

A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person.

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Pivašiūnai

Pivašiūnai is a village in Alytus district municipality, in Alytus County, in southeastern Lithuania.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Trakai

Trakai (see names section for alternative and historic names) is a city and lake resort in Lithuania.

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Vilnius

Vilnius, previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states.

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Visitation (Christianity)

In Christianity, the Visitation, also known as the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, refers to the visit of Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke,.

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Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija

The Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija or VLE is a 25-volume universal Lithuanian-language encyclopedia published by the Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute from 2001 to 2014.

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See also

Catholicism in Lithuania

Catholicism in Poland

Christian festivals in Europe

Lithuanian traditions

Polish traditions

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parish_festival

Also known as Parish fair.