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Seventh Day (radio)
The seventh day may refer to: * Saturday in some calendars * Sunday in other calendars * Friday in the Bahá'í calendar * Shabbat in Judaism * Sabbath in seventh-day churches * Qixi Festival, a Chinese festival that falls on the seventh day of the 7th month on the Chinese calendar Film and TV *''The 7th Day'', a 2004 Spanish film * 7th Day (film), ''7th Day'' (film), a 2014 Malayalam film * The Seventh Day (1922 film), ''The Seventh Day'' (1922 film), a 1922 American silent film * The Seventh Day (2021 film), ''The Seventh Day'' (2021 film), a 2021 American film * The Seventh Day (TV series), ''The Seventh Day'' (TV series), a 2008 Hong Kong television series Others * The Seventh Day (album), ''The Seventh Day'' (album), a 2008 Chinese album by Thin Man * The Seventh Day (novel), ''The Seventh Day'' (novel), a 2013 Chinese novel by Yu Hua See also * Biblical Sabbath * Sabbath in Christianity * Seventh-day Adventist Church {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday
Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday ("Saturn's Day") for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's name was introduced into West Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German , ''saterdach'', Middle Dutch (Modern Dutch ) and Old English , ''Sæterndæġ'' or . Origins Between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, the Roman Empire gradually replaced the eight-day Roman nundinal cycle with the seven-day week. The astrological order of the days was explained by Vettius Valens and Dio Cassius (and Chaucer gave the same explanation in his ''Treatise on the Astrolabe''). According to these authors, it was a principle of astrology that the heavenly bodies presided, in succession, over the hours of the day. The association of the weekdays with the respective deities is thus indirect, the days are named for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
