Thanksgiving: a festival of gratitude in our communities

Von WOM

In the time around the Thanksgiving, which is traditionally celebrated towards the end of September or early October, a colorful festival carousel opens up in numerous parishes of both Christian denominations. This time -honored tradition, which has its roots in the Roman Empire and in ancient Greece, ensures festively decorated altars and magnificent decorations. The magnificent Thanksgiving crowns, harvest cars and arrangements that show the goods of agriculture are particularly characteristic

The Thanksgiving Festival is not celebrated in Germany for a fixed date, although the German Bishops' Conference for 2024 selected October 6th as a possible date. Every community is free to organize the festival on a day that suits you. This flexibility gives the communities the opportunity to vary depending on the regional conditions and traditions.

The meaning of the festival

A central message of the Thanksgiving Festival includes human responsibility towards creation. The cultural customs remind us to be careful with nature and to be grateful for the gifts provided. The time -honored prayer "Our daily bread give us today" reflects this gratitude and is brought to noticeable by the lush decoration of the altar areas. Vegetables such as pumpkins, apples and potatoes find their place next to grain and other products and symbolize the variety of nature.

Special recognition also deserves the committed citizens who, by decorating the altars in their parishes, highlights the beauty of the Thanksgiving Festival. Readers of the local newspaper, who photographed their most beautiful Thanksgiving moments, provide impressive images. The message for this asks to send the readers to their own photos, which reflects a committed community that is proud of their traditions. The places recorded in the pictures include the parish church of St. Sebastian in Mittelkalbach and the St. Bartholomäus Church in Künzell-Dietershausen, both of whom invite you to celebrate the festival with elaborately designed altars.

For more information and impressions of the celebrations, interested readers can view the numerous pictures from the region on the website that the readers sent in. Detailed representations of these celebrations can be found in the reporting on osthessen-news.de . Each picture tells its own story of gratitude and the community spirit that is alive in the region.