Holiday of the Receiving of Ra

[Subani]

Hey guys, question for you.

I found this calendar http://mythome.org/egyptcalendar.html and was wondering if anyone knows what the "Holiday of the Receiving of Ra" is or might entail. My husband found it and it happens to exist on his birthday, so he was wondering if it was real.

I couldn't recall anything like that, but I am not the best at remembering stuff, so I thought I would ask.

Thank you!

[Rev. Shefyt]

I had to do a little digging on this!   One thing to bear in mind with the dates, though, is that owing to confusion over the switch between Julian and Gregorian calendars, different lists of festivals can show the dates a month apart. On the Kemetic Orthodox version of the calendar (as it appears in Hemet's Daybook), it looks like this festival is in June rather than May. Sorry for any disappointment.

The Daybook gives this as "The Feast and Reception of Ra"; I'm guessing it's one of those festivals where the God is brought out of the shrine and all the people celebrate.