The best-known and most significant example today is the
liturgical Paschal Triduum (the three days from the evening of
Maundy Thursday to
Easter Sunday). Other liturgical tridua celebrated in
Western Christianity include the
Rogation Days preceding
Ascension Thursday, the feasts of
Christmas and
Pentecost together with the first two days of their
octave, and
Allhallowtide that lasts from
Halloween to
All Souls Day. In
Eastern Christianity (both
Orthodox and
Catholic) the analogues of festive tridua take the form of a major feasts followed by an associated
Synaxis. The most publicly celebrated examples are the feast of
Epiphany together with its eve and the following day dedicated to Saint
John the Baptist, and the
Nativity feast with
Christmas Eve and the Synaxis of
Theotokos. In Spain, tridua are celebrated in honor of each sacred image, for instance, a brotherhood has a fixed date of tridua in honor of their Christ or Virgin. Ecclesiastical approval has been granted for tridua in honour of the
Trinity, the
Eucharist and
Saint Joseph. Tridua are also celebrated on the local level, often preceding the feasts of patron saints of parishes and localities. An example would be the
Obando Fertility Rites in the
Philippines, which commemorate
Saint Paschal Baylon,
Saint Clare of Assisi (in addition to her actual feast day), and
Our Lady of Salambáo for three consecutive days in mid-May. ==Other occasions==