Do yo know, when your name day is?

[Deleted member 6]

My name day is May 28. My mom’s birthday was May 29.

 

[Munro]

My name day is May 28. My mom’s birthday was May 29.

Wonderful that somebody knows!

 

[Arial]

What is a scam in this case?

I just wondered because there was nothing in the OP that explained what you were talking about. There was only a link and when I clicked on the link to hopefully find out what you were talking about (I am not Catholic so had no idea) I only got to read a few words that told me nothing before a message came up saying I had to pay to read the rest of it. And of course if I had done so it would have required me to give personal financial information.

 

[Munro]

Here is a text from Wiki:

In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom.[1] It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a biblical character or other saint.[2] Where they are popular, individuals celebrate both their name day and their birthday in a given year.[3]

The custom originated with the Christian calendar of saints: believers named after a saint would celebrate that saint's feast day. Within Christianity, name days have greater resonance in areas where the Christian denominations of Catholicism, Lutheranism and Orthodoxy predominate.[1]

In some countries, however, name-day celebrations do not have a connection to explicitly Christian traditions.

Name day - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Munro]

And more:

The celebration of name days has been a tradition in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries since the Middle Ages, and has also continued in some measure in countries, such as the Scandinavian countries, whose Protestant established church retains certain Catholic traditions. The name days originate in the list of holidays celebrated in commemoration of saints and martyrs of the church. For example, the name Karl or Carl is celebrated in Sweden on 28 January, the anniversary of the death of Charlemagne (Charles Magnus, i.e., "the great"). The church promoted the celebration of name days (or rather saints' feast days) over birthdays, as the latter was seen as a pagan tradition.

Where name days occur, official lists contain the current assignations of names to days. There are different lists for Finnish, Swedish, Sámi, and other countries that celebrate name days, though some names are celebrated on the same day in many countries. From the 18th century and onwards the list of name days has been modified in Sweden and Finland.

Name day - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[prism]

i don't even know what a name-day is, let alone when it is.

 

[Munro]

i don't even know what a name-day is

Then you might inform yourself.

 

[Munro]

i don't even know what a name-day is, let alone when it is.

I just see that I have posted an explanation above.
Edit by mod.

 

[Munro]

Here is a text from Wiki:

Name day - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

For anybody who can read.

 

[Munro]

And more:

Name day - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

For anybody who can read.

 

[Munro]

i don't even know what a name-day is, let alone when it is.

A real pity if hatred against anything Catholic goes so far as to lose the ability to read.

 

[prism]

Then you might inform yourself.

go ahead

 

[prism]

I just see that I have posted an explanation above.
Does your hatred against anything Catholic goes so far that you cannot read anymore?

I'm sorry I didn't see it. Why do you prejudge my attitude toward Catholics?

 

[prism]

A real pity if hatred against anything Catholic goes so far as to lose the ability to read.

Whatever.

 

[Munro]

I'm sorry I didn't see it. Why do you prejudge my attitude toward Catholics?

Sorry - I take it back.

In Germany these name days are sometimes ridiculed by some Protestants as "Catholic nonsense".

If you say, you just don't know them, that is OK.

 

[prism]

Sorry - I take it back.

In Germany these name days are sometimes ridiculed by some Protestants as "Catholic nonsense".

If you say, you just don't know them, that is OK.

I guess I should have known, having been through the Lutheran rites.

 

[Munro]

I guess I should have known, having been through the Lutheran rites.

I think the ELCA church in the USA has some name days - but under another name?

 

[prism]

I think the ELCA church in the USA has some name days - but under another name?

Obviously I was never in ELCA, only LCMS, WELS or ELS.

 

[Munro]

I has been said that name days are more religious than birthdays.

 

[prism]

I has been said that name days are more religious than birthdays.

Growing up under atheism we only had birthdays , and even that wasn't a big deal.