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The Solemnity of the Assumption on 15 August was celebrated in the Eastern Church from the 6th century. The Western Church adopted this date as a Holy Day of Obligation to commemorate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary , a reference to the belief in a real, physical elevation of her sinless soul and incorrupt body into Heaven.
Eastern Christians celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos on August 15 (August 28, N.S. for those following the Julian Calendar), the same calendar day as the Roman Catholic Feast of the Assumption of Mary. "Dormition" and "Assumption" are the different names respectively in use by the Eastern and Western traditions relating to the end of ...
During the early medieval period, the Roman Catholic Church moved the date of Ferragosto from the 1st to 15 August – the feast day of the Assumption of Mary – so as to impose a Christian ideology onto the pre-existing celebration.
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The day commemorates the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage in 1946, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on the form of government following World War II and the fall of Fascism. The day is one of the national symbols of Italy. 15 August: Assumption Day: Assunzione
Basilica of the Assumption of Aglona was built in the late Baroque style, and it is decorated with two 60-meter-high (200 ft) towers. Inside, there are cross vaults, arches, columns and it is decorated with rococo ornaments. Every year on the 15th of August, pilgrims come to celebrate the Virgin Mary's Assumption day.
Statehood Day: dan državnosti: State holiday, work-free. Commemorates the act of independence in 1991. 15 August Assumption Day: Marijino vnebovzetje (veliki šmaren) Work-free day since 1992. [6] 31 October Reformation Day: dan reformacije: Civic holiday since 1992, [7] work-free day. [8] 1 November All Saints' Day: dan spomina na mrtve or ...