February was named after the Latin word “Februum” meaning purification. It was so named after the purification ritual “Februa” dedicated to deity Juno, held on February 15th in the old Roman calendar. The Biblical calendar observes a 13 month leap year every two or three years. Since the
Ancient Romans referred to January as “Ianuarius” (meaning month of Janus), a word not so far removed from the modern day January and taken from the Etruscan word “Jauna” meaning “door”. The Romans dedicated it as their first month to their god of gateways and doorways whose name was JANUS,
December derived its name from the Latin word “Decem” meaning ten (10). According to the old Roman calendar, it was the 10th month before they dedicated their new first month to January moving December to 12th month though it maintained its name as 10th month. According to the Biblical
PRAYING THROUGH THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2015 November derived its name from the Latin word “Novem” meaning (9). It is the ninth 9th month of the Biblical sacred calendar (the month Chisleu/Kislev), the third 3rd month according to the civil calendar 5776 and the eleventh 11th month according to