Quakers traditionally reject liturgical calendars,
but increasingly, Friends observe the various holidays and festivals,
whether sacred or secular, at least on a cultural basis. As I have
observed before, however, the rejection of times and seasons is not a
rejection of the idea of the holidays themselves, not a rejection of
the stories and ideas behind them, but a rejection of the basic idea
of “holy days”. No day is more sacred than any other; for
Christian Friends, or for any who draw inspiration from Christian
stories, no day is more appropriate than another for the remembrance
of the story of Holy Week, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion on
Resurrection, just the same as no day is more appropriate than any
other for the remembrance of the Nativity,
nor indeed for the remembrance
of those lost in war or the struggle
to achieve rights and equality for women.
