Is Bio-ethanol and the Church an unlikely combination? Well, I did wonder if the headline meant that the popemobile was going to be converted to alternative fuels.
But no, there are parts of the World there the two come together for a different reason, that reason being that the Catholic Church in the Philippines are concerned about the building of a bio-ethanol plant.
Read more about their “Bioethanol forum” on the One Alternative Energy Blog.
Buß- und Bettag is a day celebrated in the Evangelical Church. It is a day on which to change one’s direction and to turn to God as the Church year comes to an end and we move towards Advent.
It was previously a national holiday, but this was changed from 1995 onwards to finance the new Pflegeversicherung. It remains a holiday in Saxony.
Many families start their Christmas preparations on this day, for example they bake the first Christmas biscuits.
To hear a simple explanation and a short discussion in German, listen to the podcast:
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Allerheiligen is celebrated on 1st November each year. It is a public holiday in a number of western Bundesländer, and has been celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church since the 9th Century.
The next day is Allerseelen (2nd November), and it is on these days that people visit and tend to the graves of their deceased relatives.
It is not a public holiday in Hessen and as such many people from the neighbouring Bundesländer come here to go shopping!
To hear a simple explanation and short discussion in German, listen to the podcast:
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