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Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in Western Christianity and 27 December in Eastern Christianity.
In the Armenian Apostolic and Armenian Catholic Churches, Saint Stephen's Day falls on 25 December – the day on which the feast of the Nativity of Jesus (Christmas) falls in all other churches. This is because the Armenian churches maintain the decree of Constantine, which stipulated that the Nativity and Theophany of Jesus were to be ...
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
1 All Saints' Day; 2 ... 25 Christmas Day; 26 †Stephen, Deacon, ... Archived from the original on 9 April 2010 This page was last edited ...
The Top importance biographies to the Saints project as of today - Anthony the Great, Augustine of Canterbury, Augustine of Hippo, Barnabas, Bartholomew the Apostle, Basil of Caesarea, Eusebius of Caesarea, Gabriel, the Holy Innocents, Isaac, James the Just, James the Less, James, son of Alphaeus, James, son of Zebedee, John Calvin, John the Apostle, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist ...
St. Anacletus Pope and Martyr (13 July; merged with the 26 April feast of St. Cletus) On the Finding of the Body of St. Stephen Protomartyr (3 August; considered a duplication of the 26 December feast of St. Stephen) The commemoration of St. Vitalis Martyr (28 April) was likewise deleted, due to doubts about the historicity of his martyrdom.
The saint's feast day is 1 February, ... he was abbot of St. Stephen's monastery, which served pilgrims. ... Francisco de Jesus Marto (11 June 1908 – 4 April 1919) ...
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