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Rastafari is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious movement and a social movement by scholars of religion. Ther…
Birthday of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first procl…
Children's Day (Indonesia)
Basil or Vasiľ Hopko was an eparch (bishop) of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 14 September 2003 for his martyrdom under Communist occupa…
Christian feast day: Blessed Basil Hopko
Bridget of Sweden, OSsS, also known as Birgitta Birgersdotter and Birgitta of Vadstena, was a Swedish Catholic mystic and the founder of the Bridgettines. Outside Sweden, she was a…
Christian feast day: Bridget of Sweden
Phocas, sometimes called Phocas the Gardener, is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His life and legend may have been a fusion of three …
Christian feast day: Heiromartyr Phocas (Eastern Orthodox)
Giovanna da Orvieto was an Italian Dominican tertiary. She was known for her wise intellect and for her intense devotion to serving the will of God while being noted for being pron…
Christian feast day: Blessed Giovanna da Orvieto
John Cassian, also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman, was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern churches for his mystical wr…
Christian feast day: John Cassian (Western Christianity)
Liborius of Le Mans was the second Bishop of Le Mans. He is the patron saint of the cathedral and archdiocese of Paderborn in Germany. The year of his birth is unknown; he died in …
Christian feast day: Liborius of Le Mans
Blessed María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate, also known by her religious name Margarita María, was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Mer…
Christian feast day: Margarita María
The Passionist Martyrs of Daimiel were a group of priests and brothers of the Passionist Congregation killed by anti-clericalist Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War.
Christian feast day: Martyrs of Daimiel
Saints Rasyphus (Rasiphus) and Ravennus are venerated as Christian saints and martyrs. According to Christian tradition, they were natives of Britain who fled their country during …
Christian feast day: Rasyphus and Ravennus
July 22 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 24
Christian feast day: July 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
This is a list of holidays in Papua New Guinea.
National Remembrance Day (Papua New Guinea)
Revolution Day refers to the public holiday in Egypt on 23 July, the anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 which led to the declaration of the modern republic of Egypt, en…
Revolution Day (Egypt)
The Carnival of Awussu, or in French carnaval d'Aoussou, is an annual festive and cultural event that unfolds each 24th of July in Sousse, Tunisia.
Carnival of Awussu (Tunisia)
Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898) was a Lebanese Maronite monk and priest. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for holiness, and for his ability …
Christian feast day: Charbel (Maronite Church/Catholic Church)
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Christina the Astonishing
Saint Christina of Tyre, also known as Christine of Bolsena, or in the Eastern Orthodox Church as Christina the Great martyr, is venerated as a virgin martyr of the third century. …
Christian feast day: Christina of Bolsena
Euphrasia was a Constantinopolitan nun who was venerated after her death as a saint for her piety and example of charity.
Christian feast day: Euphrasia of Constantinople
John Boste is a saint in the Catholic Church, and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Christian feast day: John Boste
Kinga of Poland or Kinga of Hungary, also Saint Kinga was a Hungarian princess at birth and gained the title of Grand Duchess Of Poland, once the marriage pact between her and Bole…
Christian feast day: Kinga (or Cunegunda) of Poland
Declán of Ardmore, also called Déclán, was an early Irish saint of the Déisi Muman who was remembered for having converted the Déisi to Christianity in the late 5th century and for…
Christian feast day: Declán of Ardmore