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About the Day of the Holy Cross in Mexico

Mexico
EVENT NAME:
Day of the Holy Cross (MX)
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Career , Real Estate
Technology & Telecom , Christian
Mexico & Central America
Dates Active:
Begins: May 03, 2025
Ends: May 03, 2025
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The construction unions in Mexico chose to defy Pope John XXIII's cancellation of this feast day in the Catholic calendar in 1960. Until then, it was a day when people decorated the crosses of the dead and within the town with flowers and streamers. In later years they and other leaders petitioned the Pope and were able to keep their beloved holiday in Mexico alone.

Today it is not just about decorating the crosses in Mexico. It is also about honoring the men and women of the construction industries that helped save their cherished day—with blessings.

WHY SO MANY FEAST DAYS?
Have you ever noticed that there seem to be feast days for just about everything in the Catholic and Orthodox Christian faiths? There is a reason for that. The church granted feast days to allow all subjects of the Crown to take a day off. As most worked six days a week, feast days provided a break that landowners and nobility couldn't deny. If they tried, they were going against the church, and that you did not do.

In medieval times, there were approximately 60 feast days a year. Add this to 52 Sundays, Christmas, and Easter; workers received at least 114 days off a year. Contrast that to today. The average American gets 104 weekend days and seven national holidays off work—three days less than the commoners of the Dark Ages, in case you're feeling overworked.

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Dec 30, 2024

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