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Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on 31 October in remembrance of the onset of the Reformation. According to Philip Melanchthon , 31 October 1517 was the day Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg , Electorate of Saxony , in the Holy Roman Empire .
October 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Día de la Canción Criolla ; Earliest day on which All Saints Day can fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 (Finland, Sweden) Halloween and related celebrations: Allantide
Samhain is one of the quarter days in the medieval Gaelic calendar and has been celebrated on 31 October – 1 November [108] in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. [109] [110] A kindred festival has been held by the Brittonic Celts, called Calan Gaeaf in Wales, Kalan Gwav in Cornwall and Kalan Goañv in Brittany; a name meaning "first day ...
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The Gregorian calendar, like the Julian calendar, is a solar calendar with 12 months of 28–31 days each. The year in both calendars consists of 365 days, with a leap day being added to February in the leap years. The months and length of months in the Gregorian calendar are the same as for the Julian calendar.
At Jefferson's birth, the difference was eleven days between the Julian and Gregorian calendars and so his birthday of 2 April in the Julian calendar is 13 April in the Gregorian calendar. Similarly, George Washington is now officially reported as having been born on 22 February 1732, rather than on 11 February 1731/32 (Julian calendar). [ 26 ]
Albanian Catholics have used the Gregorian calendar since 5 Oct 1583. [3] [4] Armenia: Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic: 1918 17 Apr 1 May 13 [5] Austria Carinthia: 1583 14 Dec 25 Dec 10 [6] Austria: Lower Austria: 1583 20 Oct 31 Oct 10 [6] Austria Salzburg: 1583 10 Feb 21 Feb 10 [6] Austria Styria: 1583 11 Dec 22 Dec 10 [6 ...
October 31. OCA - The Lives of the Saints. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p. 81. The Thirty-First Day of the Month of October. Orthodoxy in China. October 31. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate ...