Is Sunday the first day of the week or the last day of the week?

Question

some calendars put Sunday before Monday and end with Saturday, and some starts from Monday and end with Sunday.

Answer 1

Well, usually Monday is the first day of the "business week". This question varies by religion, culture, and other parameters. There's no one definitive answer.

Answer 2

I will make it simple.



Sunday started out as the first day.

Saturday used to be Savvato, or Sabbath. So it used to be the last day.

Jesus is said to have been born on the first day of the week, or Sunday.

Eventually people started to worship on Sunday instead of Saturday.

As such, to keep with tradition as the last day being the day or rest and prayer, the last day of the week was changed to Sunday.

By doing that, Monday was made into the first day.



Officially Sunday is the first day but unofficially Monday is the first day and because of this you will see some calenders go by Monday being the first day.



Why we go by what the bible says is because every gov't in eastern Europe, which discovered the Americas, is founded by the bible. That is to say that most laws and rules and what is considered good and wrong came from the Bible. Killing was never wrong before the Bible said so.



hope i helped,

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Answer 3

I thought the first and last day of the week were lost in a different dimension, thats what Einstein said isn't it? or was is Stevey Hawkings?



Thats so cool, i read all the answers and noticed that Jesus was BORN on a sunday and he died on a Saturday and was REborn on a Sunday again, he has a real thing for Sunday's personally i find them a bit miserable!



I think the calendar needs to be altered to include 'Firstday' it would stop me answering these questions, bloody silly Pope Gregory XIII, he DIDN'T know where it was at clearly!

Answer 4

From a religious standpoint, God rested on the 7th day, which was Saturday (which is why Jews have the sabbath on Saturday.) Some countries indeed put Sunday as the last day of the week, making "weekend" more literal. I'd say it doesn't matter much.

Answer 5

I've always known Sunday to be the first day of the week. I guess thats why a lot of stores aren't open on Sundays..

Answer 6

I like to think of it as sunday being the ZEROTH day, and Monday being the first day...tuesday-2, wednesday-3...etectera



It doesn't really matter.

Answer 7

I think sunday is the first day of the week.

Answer 8

Sunday is the first day of the week, Saturday is the seventh day. Religiously speaking the sabbath has always been celebrated on Saturday; however since Christ was resurrected on a Sunday it has since been celebrated on Sunday (according to the Bible), this does not change the order of the days though.

Answer 9

it is a toughie but i think monday to sunday cause i have been brought up in a christian home so if you think like that then god created the world and rested on the seventh day which he called sunday ...