The body of God is always with us on Thursday. DO YOU KNOW WHY?

It is one of the most important festivals of the Roman Catholic Church. It is not part of the liturgical calendar of Protestant churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church. It's 60 days after Easter. In Poland, "always" on Thursday because it is in this day that the passion of Jesus Christ began.

In the Polish calendar of liturgical celebrations, they were permanently registered in 1420. One hundred years after the first celebrations in Poznań, the synod of Gniezno established them as a universal feast for all the faithful. However, the feast of Corpus Christi was born two hundred years ago, before being approved in Gniezno as a universal holiday. The procession to the rite was introduced in 1317 by Pope John XXII. Previously, however, they were organized from a "popular initiative" in the years 1265-1275 in Cologne, Germany. However, it is not everywhere that holidays fall on a Thursday. For example, in Spain since 1991, it is celebrated on Sunday.

The body of God is a day off, among others in Austria, Brazil, Bolivia, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Liechtenstein, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, parts of the country. Spain, Germany and Switzerland, but not Italy, as they are celebrated on Sunday. In countries where the body of God has been moved from Thursday to Sunday, celebrations are usually not accompanied by processions. This is the case in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, England and the United States.