Kirchenjahr und Lebensfeste

What festivals are celebrated each year? How do calendar year and church year differ? What do you celebrate in a person's life? The introductory chapter contains short introductions and impulses that provide an overview. The chapter on the church year offers building blocks on festivals and holidays. Scenes and symbols illustrate the celebration. Bible stories illuminate its background. The focus is on church feasts, as well as those that are related to church festivals such as New Year's Eve, Memorial Day, Shrove Tuesday and Halloween, which is celebrated in competition with Reformation Day. The chapter on festivals of life deals with church rituals that are celebrated in transition: Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage and Burial. Since birthdays are important celebrations of life for children, they are also considered.