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John the Apostle, also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the Ne…
Christian feast day: St John before the Latin Gate
May 5 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 7
Christian feast day: May 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International No Diet Day is an annual celebration dedicated to body positivity and the rejection of diet culture. It is observed globally in a number of countries, including the U…
International No Diet Day
Martyrs' Day is a Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese Muslim-Christian Arab nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on 6 May 1916 by Jamal Pasha, a…
Martyrs' Day (Lebanon and Syria)
Azulejo is a form of Iberian painted tin-glazed ceramic tilework. They are an ornamental art form, but also had a specific function, such as aiding temperature control in homes. Th…
National Azulejo Day (Portugal)
Hıdırellez or Hıdrellez is a folk holiday celebrated as the day on which the prophets Al-Khidr (Hızır) and Elijah (İlyas) met on Earth. Hıdırellez starts on the night of May 5 and …
The first day of Hıdırellez (Turkey)
Saint Acacius, also known as Agathius of Byzantium, Achatius, or Agathonas to Christian tradition, was a Cappadocian Greek centurion of the imperial army, martyred around 304. A ch…
Christian feast day: Agathius of Byzantium
Agostino Roscelli, also known as Augustine Roscelli, and Augustin Roscelli, was an Italian priest who inspired social change in Genoa, Italy for children and disadvantaged women. H…
Christian feast day: Agostino Roscelli
Anthony of Kiev, also called Anthony of the Caves, was a monk and the founder of the monastic tradition in Kievan Rus'. Together with Theodosius of Kiev, he co-founded the Kiev Pec…
Christian feast day: Anthony of Kiev
Pope Benedict II was the bishop of Rome from 26 June 684 to his death on 8 May 685. Pope Benedict II's feast day is 7 May.
Christian feast day: Pope Benedict II
Flavia Domitilla was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century AD. She was a granddaughter of Emperor Vespasian and a niece of Emperors Titus and Domitian. She married her second cous…
Christian feast day: Flavia Domitilla
Gisela of Hungary was the first queen consort of Hungary by marriage to Stephen I of Hungary, and the sister of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor. She has been beatified by the Catholic…
Christian feast day: Gisela of Hungary
Harriet Starr Cannon was a nun who founded the Sisterhood of St. Mary, one of the first orders of Augustinian nuns in the Anglican Communion and which remains dedicated to social s…
Christian feast day: Harriet Starr Cannon (Episcopal Church (USA))
John of Beverley was an English bishop active in the kingdom of Northumbria. He was the bishop of Hexham and then the bishop of York, which was the most important religious designa…
Christian feast day: John of Beverley
Rose Venerini, also called Rosa Venerini, was an Italian Roman Catholic saint and virgin who founded the first public schools for girls and young women in Italy. According to the V…
Christian feast day: Rose Venerini
May 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 8
Christian feast day: May 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Defender of the Fatherland Day is a national holiday celebrated annually on May 7, commemorating the founding of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan. The event is marked by military par…
Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)
Radio Day, Communications Workers' Day or Radio and Television Day is a commemoration of the development of radio in Russia. It takes place on 7 May, the day in 1895 on which Alexa…
Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria)
Amato Ronconi was an Italian Catholic who became a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order. Ronconi lived a life of penitence and dedicated all his works to the poor throu…
Christian feast day: Amato Ronconi
Pope Boniface IV was the bishop of Rome from 608 to his death on 8 May 615. He was a member of the Benedictine order. Boniface had served as a deacon under Pope Gregory I, and like…
Christian feast day: Pope Boniface IV
Arsenius the Deacon, sometimes known as Arsenius of Scetis and Turah, Arsenius the Roman or Arsenius the Great, was a Roman imperial tutor who became an anchorite in Egypt, one of …
Christian feast day: Arsenius the Great
Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the region. O…
Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (Vietnam)
Michael, also called Archangel Michael or Michael the Taxiarch, is an archangel and the warrior of God in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam while additionally being a saint in Chris…
Christian feast day: Apparition of Saint Michael
Desideratus was a French saint from Soissons in the Christian church.
Christian feast day: Desideratus