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Orthodox Christians Celebrate Orthodox Easter Monday

Orthodox Easter Monday is a religious observance for Russian Orthodox Christians all over the world. Orthodox Easter Monday is a religious observance for Greek Orthodox Christians all over the world.

Orthodox Easter Monday: April 16

Orthodox Easter Monday is a religious observance for Orthodox Christians all over the world.

Easter Monday is the second day of Bright Week for Orthodox Christians, and it follows immediately after Easter Sunday. It is also the first day of the Pentecostarian, the 50 days after Easter that end with the day of Pentecost.

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Posted on 15 Apr 2012 in : Albania Holidays,Belarus Holidays,Bosnia and Herzegovina Holidays,Bulgaria Holidays,Cyprus Holidays,Egypt Holidays,Ethiopia Holidays,Georgia Holidays,Greece Holidays,Greek Orthodox Calendar,Macedonia Holidays,Russia Holidays,Russian Orthodox Calendar,Ukraine Holidays


Ethiopian Patriots’ Victory Day

Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day is celebrated as a public holiday in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Patriots’ Victory Day: April 6

Ethiopian Patriots’ Victory Day is celebrated as a public holiday in Ethiopia

Patriots’ Victory Day is being commemorated by Ethiopia every April 6th to give respects to the Ethiopian patriots who fought for the independence of their country’s capital, Addis Ababa on 1941.

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Posted on 05 Apr 2012 in : April Holidays,Ethiopia Holidays


Ethiopia Celebrates Victory of Adowa

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Victory of Adowa: March 2

Victory of Adowa is a public holiday in Ethiopia

Ethiopia celebrates the Victory of Adowa, also known as Battle of Adwa (Adowa or Adua in Italian), every 1st of March every year. The Battle of Adowa that sparked between Ethiopia and Italy on March 1, 1896.

The Victory of Adwa marks this event as a celebration for national unity and progress and sends a real message to the European countries that not all African countries are “for the taking” by ambitious European countries.

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Posted on 01 Mar 2012 in : Ethiopia Holidays,March Holidays


Coptic Epiphany Observed by Coptic Orthodox Christians

Coptic Epiphany is a religious observance for Coptic Orthodox Christians all over the world.

Orthodox Epiphany Date: January 19

Coptic Epiphany is a religious observance for Orthodox Christians all over the world.

Epiphany is one of the seven major feasts of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The epiphany signifies the appearance or manifestation of God to man through Jesus Christ. For Orthodox churches it is the celebration of the baptism of Jesus; for Western Christians it is the Feast of the Magi.

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Posted on 18 Jan 2012 in : Christian Calendar,Ethiopia Holidays,Georgia Holidays


Orthodox New Year Celebrated by Orthodox Christians

Orthodox New Year is a religious observance for Coptic Orthodox Christians all over the world.

Orthodox New Year: January 14

Orthodox New Year is a religious observance for Orthodox Christians all over the world.

Orthodox New Year is also known as Old New Year. The New Year falls on January 1 on the old Julian calendar, corresponding to January 14 on the modern Gregorian calendar, and it will remain as such until 2100. Orthodox Christians follow the Julian calendar that was the effective calendar before the appearance of the Gregorian calendar edited by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.

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Posted on 13 Jan 2012 in : Christian Calendar,Equatorial Guinea Holidays,Ethiopia Holidays,France Holidays,January Holidays

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