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Orthodox Christians Celebrate Orthodox Clean Monday

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

Orthodox Clean Monday: February 15

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

Clean Monday is the first day of the Great Lent that precedes Easter in Orthodox Christian Churches. It is like Ash Wednesday for Western Churches. The name gives away the intentions of the day: to leave all sinful behavior behind and enter the Great Lent period with a clean heart, ready to celebrate Easter.

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Posted on 14 Feb 2012 in : Bulgaria Holidays,France Holidays,Greece Holidays,Greek Orthodox Calendar


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


New Year

New Year Day in Albania.New Year Day in Algeria.New Year Day in Andorra.New Year Day in Angola.New Year Day in Argentina.New Year Day in Armenia.New Year Day in Australia.New Year Day in Austria.
New Year Day in Azerbaijan.New Year Day in Bahamas.New Year Day in Bahrain.New Year Day in Bahrain.New Year Day in Bangladesh.New Year Day in Barbados.New Year Day in Belgium.New Year Day in Benin.

New Year Date: January 01

New Year Day is celebrated worldwide.

New Year is an extravagantly celebrated festival in all the cultures in the world. Each culture celebrates New Year according to their calendar. Countries which follow the Gregorian calendar celebrate New Year on January 1st every year which is considered the most festive day amongst all the other days of the year.
The New Year Day.
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Armistice Day

Armistice Day.

Armistice Day: November 11

Armistice day is observed in France.

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.

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Posted on 10 Nov 2011 in : France Holidays,November Holidays


France Observes Armistice Day

Armistice Day in France is a public holiday.

Armistice Day Date: November 11

Armistice Day is a public holiday in France.

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.

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Posted on 10 Nov 2011 in : France Holidays,November Holidays

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