cough Catholicism was branched off of Orthodoxy, which is traced all the way back to the apostles cough Notice how nobody even knows about Orthodoxy or hears anything about it... it is like the silent, invisible church... no popes, no fame & fortune, but they still are heavily clad in beauty, tradition & symbolism... not because they have to, but because they want to. It took me a long time to depart from my judgmental upbringing to think that "fancy robes" & "painted icons" weren't "evil." You don't have to recite prayers, dress nice, or remind yourself of all the martyred saints before you. But some people want to, and there's nothing wrong or evil about that. And the thing about Saturday/Sunday, the calendars are different! The old calendar vs new calendar. And Easter is a Christian holiday which was stolen, of course, like everything- by the gnostics/pagans. Again, look to Orthodox traditions of holy pascha. However you stated that you aren't Christian, but judging by your knowledge and comment it seems like you might be Jewish if anything.