Eusocian holidays

Eusocian holidays are days of commemoration and celebration to the Eusocian Faithful, marking important events in the religion's history which are then transformed through communal ritual into moments of heightened numinous experience. The Temple of Eusocianity is responsible for establishing and maintaining holidays on the Eusocian calendar, as well as setting proper guidelines for their acceptable observance.

Function

Eusocian holidays serve three major, related, and equally important functions. Firstly, they directly connect individual Faithful with the Goddess through time via their continued and repetitious observance year after year. Just as a holiday was celebrated by those in the past, it is celebrated by those in the present and will be celebrated by those in the future all the way up to the arrival of Ithophsa. Thus is a chain forged from the future back to the present. Holidays are not to be internalized by the individual Faithful as disconnected moments in time, but as single, continuous, living bodies of which all Faithful are apart. Secondly, Eusocian holidays connect the individual Faithful with the wider Eusocian community, strengthening the faith of all and reinforcing shared belief and common purpose. Thirdly, the different rituals practiced on the various holidays have different effects on the soul of the Faithful, such as unburdening on the Day of Atonement or humbling as on the Day of Thanks.

Libationals

Libationals are those holidays that have as part of their service a sacrificial libation.

Day of Atonement

The Day of Atonement commemorates the first libation given to the Goddess, and is celebrated on 6 Turridor. Faithful apologize for all the ways in which they may have failed to hasten Her arrival, and engage in acts of symbolic contrition by which they receive forgiveness.

Day of Thanks

The Day of Thanks commemorates the second libation given to the Goddess, and is celebrated on 34 Turridor. Faithful thank Her for having chosen them, and rejoice.

Non-Libationals

Non-Libationals are those holidays that do not have a libation as part of their service.

Weekly Services

Weekly services take place every month on all Septidays except those on the 28th, and excluding the Septidays after the libationals.

Preparatory Services

Preparatory services take place on the 28th of each month, and consist of rituals which build up and culminate in the libationals.