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Table of Contents<br />

Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................<br />

Introduction .....................................................................................................................<br />

Foreword ...........................................................................................................................<br />

Time: Perceptions <strong>and</strong> Concepts ..................................................................<br />

Time <strong>in</strong> <strong>Christian</strong>ity <strong>and</strong> Islam .............................................................................<br />

Time <strong>in</strong> <strong>Christian</strong>ity .........................................................................................................<br />

Time <strong>in</strong> Islam ..................................................................................................................<br />

Calendars, their Mean<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> the Reason why they are Used ..............<br />

The Solar Calendar .........................................................................................................<br />

The Lunar Calendar ........................................................................................................<br />

Months of the Churches Calendar <strong>in</strong> General ....................................................................<br />

The Month of May: Honor<strong>in</strong>g Virg<strong>in</strong> Mary ...................................................................<br />

The Lunar/Hegira Months ...............................................................................................<br />

The specificity of some Lunar/Hegira Months ..............................................................<br />

Days of the Week: Their Context <strong>and</strong> Importance .............................................................<br />

Sunday for <strong>Christian</strong>s .................................................................................................<br />

Friday for Muslims ......................................................................................................<br />

Special Religious Occasions <strong>and</strong> Holidays, <strong>and</strong> their<br />

Celebrations <strong>in</strong> <strong>Christian</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Islamic</strong> Religions ..................................<br />

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The Liturgical Cycle <strong>and</strong> Holidays <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Christian</strong> Religion ....................<br />

Christmas <strong>and</strong> Epiphany .................................................................................................<br />

25 December <strong>and</strong> 6 January .......................................................................................<br />

Popular Customs <strong>and</strong> Habits ..................................................................................<br />

Epiphany (Theophania or Aldenh) ...........................................................................<br />

The New Yeast .......................................................................................................<br />

The Bless<strong>in</strong>g of Water .............................................................................................<br />

The Prostration of the Magi ....................................................................................<br />

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