The celebrations are held the day before Catholics begin the religious observance of Lent.

庆祝活动会在天主教开始大斋节的前一天举行。

It is the final part of the Hajj ritual before the yearly Eid al-Adha religious observance.

这是朝圣活动的最后一步，随后就是一年一度的宗教节日古尔邦节。

We're going to start this new week with some signs of spring including two annual religious observances.

我们将从春天标志中包括一年一度的两个宗教仪式开始这个新的一周。

Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, which for many Christians is a time for fasting and thought ahead of the religious observance of Easter.

星期三是四月斋的开始，对于许多基督徒来说，这段时间用来禁食，同时也用来在复活节的宗教仪式前进行思考。

Our custom is to celebrate Christmas as a religious observance.

我们的习俗是庆祝圣诞节作为一种宗教仪式。

So, a " religious observance" could be a holiday.

因此，“宗教仪式”可以是假期。

The other religious observance starts tonight, it's the first night of Passover, a Jewish holiday that celebrates when the Israelites escaped from slavery in Egypt.

另一个宗教仪式逾越节的第一个夜晚今晚开始, 这是一种犹太人的假日, 庆祝以色列人逃出埃及的奴隶制。

A " religious observance" means that we celebrate it as a religious holiday.

“宗教仪式”意味着我们将其作为宗教节日来庆祝。

Peter Tanner prided himself upon his strict religious observances: he was a deacon in the church.

彼得·坦纳 (Peter Tanner) 以他严格的宗教仪式而自豪：他是教堂的执事。

Our custom is to celebrate Christmas every year as a religious observance, complete with Advent wreathes and Midnight Mass.

我们的习俗是每年将圣诞节作为一种宗教仪式来庆祝，伴随着降临节花圈和午夜弥撒。

The trip is expected to end near Mount Cristo Rey, where people come each year to make a religious observance.

这次旅行预计将在 Mount Cristo Rey 附近结束，那里每年都有人来这里举行宗教仪式。

The idea in part is to give people a chance to rest, of course, as well as, in the case of Christmas, I suppose, to participate in religious observances, religious services related to the holiday.

这个想法部分是为了给人们一个休息的机会，当然，以及，在圣诞节的情况下，我想，参加与假期相关的宗教仪式和宗教服务。