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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…
Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers Day (Vietnam)
Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, born as Anna Muttathupadathu, was an Indian Catholic nun and educator. She is the first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by …
Christian feast day: Alphonsa Muttathupadathu (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
Saint Botvid was a Christian missionary in Sweden during the 11th century.
Christian feast day: Botvid
Jaime Hilario Barbal, FSC was a Spanish Catholic and professed Brother of the Christian Schools. He served for almost two decades as a teacher in the schools that his order managed…
Christian feast day: Jaime Hilario Barbal
Nazarius and Celsus were two martyrs of whom little is known beyond the discovery of their bodies by Ambrose of Milan.
Christian feast day: Nazarius and Celsus
Pedro Poveda was a Spanish Catholic priest, humanitarian, and educator. He was the founder of the Teresian Association. His humanitarian-educational activity lasted for over 30 yea…
Christian feast day: Pedro Poveda Castroverde
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…
Christian feast day: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Henry Purcell (Episcopal Church commemoration)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…
Christian feast day: Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, George Frederick Handel (Lutheran commemoration)
Pope Victor I was a Roman African prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Rome in the late second century. The dates of his tenure are uncertain, but one source …
Christian feast day: Pope Victor I
Samson of Dol was a Welsh saint, who is also counted among the seven founder saints of Brittany with Pol Aurelian, Tugdual or Tudwal, Brieuc, Malo, Patern (Paternus) and Corentin. …
Christian feast day: Samson of Dol
July 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 29
Christian feast day: July 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal of inhabitants of the North American region historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764 by Great Britain. It included th…
Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval (Canada)
The Fiestas Patrias peruanas, or Peruvian National Holidays, are celebrations of Peru's independence from the Spanish Empire. They officially consist of two days:28 July, in commem…
Fiestas Patrias, celebrates the independence of Peru from Spain by General José de San Martín in 1821.
Ólavsøka is the biggest summer festival in the Faroe Islands, and by most Faroese considered as the national holiday of the Faroes along with Flag Day on 25 April. Ólavsøka is cele…
Ólavsøka Eve (Faroe Islands)
World Hepatitis Day, observed on July 28 every year, aims to raise global awareness of hepatitis — a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E — and encoura…
World Hepatitis Day
Lazarus of Bethany is a figure of the New Testament whose life is restored by Jesus four days after his death, as told in the Gospel of John. The resurrection is considered one of …
Christian feast day: Lazarus of Bethany
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino (RSM), is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apenn…
Liberation Day (San Marino)
Lupus was an early bishop of Troyes. Around 426, the bishops in Britain requested assistance from the bishops of Gaul in dealing with Pelagianism. Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus wer…
Christian feast day: Lupus of Troyes
Martha is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany …
Christian feast day: Martha of Bethany (Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Church)
Mary of Bethany is a biblical figure mentioned by name in the Gospel of John and probably the Gospel of Luke in the Christian New Testament. Together with her siblings Lazarus and …
Christian feast day: Mary of Bethany
Olaf Haraldsson, also called Saint Olaf, Olaf the Holy, Olaf II, and Olaf the Stout or "Large", was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfol…
Christian feast day: Olaf II of Norway
Saints Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix were siblings martyred in Rome during the Diocletianic Persecution.
Christian feast day: Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix
Guillaume Pinchon was a French Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Saint-Brieuc from his appointment in 1220 until his death. He was a champion for the poor and defended t…
Christian feast day: William Pinchon
July 28 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 30
Christian feast day: July 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)