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.
Armistice day is the day that is celebrated every year keeping in mind the symbolic end of the first world war which falls on the first of November in the year 1918. It also commemorates the armistice that is signed between Germany and the allies at Rethondes in France. This was for the cessation of the hostilities on the western front. This took effect from about eleven in the morning. It is also the eleventh hour of the eleventh day which also falls on the eleventh month. This date was officially marked as a day to end the war and reflect the cease fire in the western front.
The French—like so many other people around the globe—were affected by the events of World War I. It wasn’t until November 11, 1918, at the hour of 11 A.M., that the war officially came to an end. All told, over 15 million people were killed in the brutal conflict, nearly 1.7 million of them French.
Bastille Day is celebrated in France as a public holiday.
Bastille Day is celebrated in France every year on fourteenth of July to commemorate the start of the great French Revolution of the eighteenth century which put an end to the French Aristocracy. The day was when the rebels stormed the fortress of Bastille Prison and broke out the inmates, and hence causing the initiation of the great revolution, which was later recognized as the foundation for the development of the great country of France.
Whit Monday is a Christian holiday celebrated around the world.
Whit Monday, popularly known as the Monday of the Holy Spirit or Pentecost Monday, is a day celebrated by Christians around the world directly after the day of Pentecost. The holiday is considered moveable as its date is determined by the date of Easter in both the Eastern and Western forms of Christianity.
