Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. On Palm Sunday, it’s the traditional time for church confirmations and festive meals following them. But Maundy Thursday, the day of the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The Arabic term “Eid al-Fitr” means, literally, “feast of breaking the fast”. It is the first day following the disciplined time of fasting ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Whit Monday was a follow up to Whit Sunday, or Pentecost Sunday, and was a religious holiday celebrating the coming of the Holy Spirit and ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. After years of repression of all religions in Albania, during its dark decades of Communist rule, both Christianity and Islam have ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Children’s Day is meant to stress the importance and value of children intrinsically, in family units, and in society at large. It’s a ...

Orthodox Pentecost is a national holiday in Cyprus and is also observed by the more than 250 million Orthodox believers around the world. Aside from Easter, Pentecost is the highest feast on the ...

The two great “Apostles to the Slavs”, Cyril and Methodius, are highly esteemed in both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. They have their own feast day on 5 July in the Roman Catholic ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Our Lady of Meritxell is a statue of the Virgin Mary that was long cherished by the people of Andorra. It was first graven in the 1100’s ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Until the end of the 17th Century, Serbia was ruled by the Ottoman Empire of Turkey. At the end of that century, the northern part of the ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Another reason that Christmas is a little more “low profile” in Albania is the lingering effects of decades of Communist rule. The Marxist ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The date of Easter changes each year based on the centuries-old calculations that determine the Christian Ecclesiastical Calendar. This ...