Saint Mark's Day, or the Feast of Saint Mark, commemorates Mark the Evangelist and takes place on April 25. The 25th of April is a national holiday throughout...
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ܝܘܚܢܢ, romanized: Yōḥannān) or Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Modern Bible scholars have...
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Michaelmas (redirect from The Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels)
MIK-əl-məs; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is...
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Slava (tradition) (redirect from Slava (patron saint feast day))
saint. For example, the city of Belgrade celebrates the Ascension of Jesus Christ as its patronal feast. A Slava celebration incorporates aspects of pagan...
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Saint Andrew's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Andrew or Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle. It is celebrated on 30 November. Saint...
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Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr...
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St. Martin's Day (redirect from Feast of Saint Martin)
Saint Martin's Day or Martinmas (obsolete: Martlemas), and historically called Old Halloween or Old Hallowmas Eve, is the feast day of Saint Martin of...
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Saint George's Day is the feast day of Saint George, celebrated by Christian churches, countries, regions, and cities of which he is the patron saint...
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April (section Wednesday of last full week of April)
Kurdistan) Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand) Arbor Day (Germany) DNA Day Feast of Saint Mark (Western Christianity) Flag Day (Faroe Islands) Flag Day (Eswatini)...
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Saint Lucy's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Lucy, is a Christian feast day observed on 13 December. The observance commemorates Lucia of Syracuse...
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The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul is a liturgical feast in honor of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Saint Peter...
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St. Mark's Eve is the day before the feast day of St. Mark the Evangelist. In liturgical Christian churches, this feast of St. Mark is observed on 25...
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Patronal festival (redirect from Patron saint feast day)
advocate' or 'patron' of the location holding the festival, who is a saint or virgin. The day of this celebration is called patronal feast day, patronal day...
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Saint Sylvester's Day, also known as Silvester or the Feast of Saint Sylvester, is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope...
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calendars mark the feast day as December 14. Odile was the daughter of Etichon (also known as Athich, Adalrich or Aldaric), Duke of Alsace and founder of the...
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All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian...
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addition to all the major Catholic holidays, the Feast of Saint Mark, which commemorates the city's patron saint, was also celebrated with equal pomp. During...
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The Feast of the Holy Cross, or Feast of the Cross, commemorates the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. In the Christian liturgical calendar, there...
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Pasquino (category Talking statues of Rome)
torso of the statue in a toga and decorated it with Latin epigrams on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Mark. The Cardinal's actions led to a custom of criticizing...
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Sinterklaas (redirect from Feast of Sinterklaas)
colonies. The feast of Sinterklaas celebrates the name day of Saint Nicholas on 6 December. The feast is celebrated annually with the giving of gifts on St...
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and her feast, on 22 November, is the occasion of concerts and musical festivals. She is also known as Cecilia of Rome. Saint Cecilia is one of several...
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Venetian School (music) (category Culture of the Republic of Venice)
between Donato and Zarlino during the Feast of Saint Mark. Members of the conservative branch tended to follow the style of Franco-Flemish polyphony, and included...
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refers to feast days which are Christianized reformulations of feasts from pre-Christian times. Historian Peter Brown, in his The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise...
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earliest date on which the Feast of Christ the King can occur is 20 November and the latest is 26 November. It typically marks the end of Ordinary Time, which...
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Pachomius the Great (redirect from Saint Pachomius)
mark his feast on 15 May or 28 May. In Lutheranism, he is remembered as a renewer of the church, along with his contemporary (and fellow desert saint)...
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Saint John's Eve, starting at sunset on 23 June, is the eve of the feast day of Saint John the Baptist. This is one of the very few feast days marking...
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Thomas the Apostle (redirect from Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle)
the Apostle. He is regarded as the patron saint of India among its Christian adherents, and the Feast of Saint Thomas on July 3 is celebrated as Indian...
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The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ (also called the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy...
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feast of Saint Stephen. The recovery of the relics were described in a letter written by Avitus of Braga, who was involved in a plot to bring some of...
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Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It includes both annual feast days and calendar of saints by month. November 30 – Saint Mary August 7–22 – Filseta May 9 – Lideta Maryam...
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