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Festa del bocoło (rosebud festival) in St Mark's Square, Venice. The Feast of Saint Mark (Italian: Festa di san Marco), also known as the rosebud festival (Venetian: festa del bócoło), is a festival in Venice held on 25 April celebrating Venice's patron saint, Saint Mark. On this day, men traditionally give a single rosebud to the women they ...
Michaelmas (/ ˈ m ɪ k əl m ə s / MIK-əl-məs; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed in many Western Christian liturgical calendars on 29 September, and on 8 November in the Eastern Christian traditions.
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Saint Michael's principal feast day is 8 November (those that use the Julian calendar celebrate it on what in the Gregorian calendar is now 21 November), honouring him along with the rest of the "Bodiless Powers of Heaven" (i.e. angels) as their Supreme Commander (Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the Other ...
24 April: Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr – optional memorial; 25 April: Saint Mark, Evangelist – feast; 28 April: Saint Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr – optional memorial; 28 April: Saint Louis Grignon de Montfort, Priest – optional memorial; 29 April: Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church – memorial
April 25 is the 115th day of the year ... [25] 1989 – Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player; 1989 ... Christian feast day:
The Annunciation to Mary, 25 March; Mark the Evangelist, 25 April (or 26 April if ANZAC Day is observed on the 25th) Philip and James, 1 May or 3 May; Barnabas, 11 June; The Birth of John the Baptist, 24 June; Peter and Paul, 29 June; Mary Magdalene, 22 July; James, 25 July; Transfiguration of Jesus, 6 August; Mary (mother of Jesus), 15 August ...
The Eve of St. Mark, a poem by John Keats [6] The Eve of St. Mark, a 1942 play by Maxwell Anderson; Washington Irving included a story called "St. Mark's Eve" in his 1822 collection, Bracebridge Hall. The story describes several British superstitions about the souls of those soon to die appearing at the local church steps on St. Mark's Eve
St. Francis of Assisi was especially devoted to Saint Michael and would fast for about forty days from the feast of the Assumption (August 15) to Saint Michael's feast day on September 29. [25] Some Franciscan communities continue to observe the period from August 15 to September 29 as "St. Michael's Lent", a time of fasting and prayer.