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Swithun, Bishop of Winchester
The Church of England calendar lists Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, on 15 July.
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Faith Tradition Spirituality observances
Religious, spiritual and tradition-based observances across different communities and calendars.
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Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God
OCA’s saints calendar states that the Synaxis of the Most Holy Mother of God is commemorated on 26 December.
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The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
The USCCB identifies 28 December as the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs.
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Todos los Santos (All Saints’ Day)
Spain’s national labor-holiday regulation identifies 1 November as Todos los Santos; the 2026 official calendar shows that substitute-day treatment can vary by autonomous community when the…
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Traditional Return of Santo Domingo de Guzmán (Managua)
Current 2026 Nicaraguan coverage documents the traditional return of the image of Santo Domingo de Guzmán to Las Sierritas on 10 August; separate current reporting records 1 and 10 August a…
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Tết / Lunar New Year holiday
Vietnam’s Government News reports the Prime Minister-approved nine-day 2026 Lunar New Year holiday break from 14 through 22 February.
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Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon
A/RES/54/115 (1999)
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Vincy Mas
Official Vincy Mas and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines government sources identify Vincy Mas as the country’s national carnival, currently coordinated by the Carnival Development Corporati…
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World Communion Sunday
PC(USA) traces World Communion Sunday to Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh in 1933 and defines the first-Sunday-in-October observance; United Methodist material also documents the…
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World Religion Day
Bahá’í World News Service states that World Religion Day was initiated in 1950 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and is commemorated on the third Sunday…
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Ólavsøka / Saint Olaf's Wake
The official Faroe Islands site verifies Ólavsøka as the July 28–29 national festival, July 29 as the National Day, and the Saint Olaf historical rationale. Claims remain scoped to the Faro…
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“In God We Trust” coinage anniversary
U.S. Mint and Library of Congress history identify 22 April 1864 as the date Congress authorized the motto on the two-cent coin. That supports an anniversary anchor; it does not establish a…