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SUMMARY:Eid al-Adha (May 26th, 2026 at sunset)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_culture" titl
 e="Islamic culture"><span style="color:white; font-size: 165%;"><b>Islamic 
 culture</b></span></a><br><br></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Category:Arabic_architecture" title="Category:Arabic architecture"><span st
 yle="color:#6FADFF;">Arabic</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;"
 >&middot;</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Azer
 baijan" title="Architecture of Azerbaijan"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Aze
 ri</span></a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Islamic_archite
 cture" title="Indo-Islamic architecture"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Indo-
 Islamic</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&middot;</span> <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan" title="Iwan"><span style="color:#6
 FADFF;">Iwan</span></a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_ar
 chitecture" title="Moorish architecture"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Moori
 sh</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&middot;</span>  <a href
 ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_style" title="Moroccan style"><span
  style="color:#6FADFF;">Moroccan</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:b
 old;">&middot;</span>  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_archite
 cture" title="Mughal architecture"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Mughal</spa
 n></a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_architecture" title
 ="Ottoman architecture"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Ottoman</span></a>&nbs
 p;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&middot;</span> <a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Iranian_architecture" title="Iranian architecture"><span style
 ="color:#6FADFF;">Persian</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&
 middot;</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Somali
 a" title="Architecture of Somalia" class="mw-redirect"><span style="color:#
 6FADFF;">Somali</span></a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudano-
 Sahelian" title="Sudano-Sahelian"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Sudano-Sahel
 ian</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&middot;</span>  <a hre
 f="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatar_mosque" title="Tatar mosque"><span st
 yle="color:#6FADFF;">Tatar</span></a></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa" tit
 le="Mother Teresa">Mother Teresa</a></b> of Calcutta (<a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>) has been memorialize
 d throughout the world in recognition of her work with the poor. During her
  lifetime this commemoration often took the form of awards and honorary deg
 rees bestowed upon her. She has also been memorialized through museums and 
 dedications of churches, roads and other structures.</p><p>The <a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_House_of_Mother_Teresa" title="Memorial 
 House of Mother Teresa">Memorial House of Mother Teresa</a> was opened in M
 other Teresa's hometown of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje" ti
 tle="Skopje">Skopje</a>, present-day Republic of Macedonia (<span class="pl
 ainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.orghttp://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Comm
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 s="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and ot
 her data for this location"><span class="latitude">41&deg;59&prime;38&Prime
 ;N</span> <span class="longitude">21&deg;25&prime;50&Prime;E</span></span><
 /span><span class="geo-multi-punct">&#65279; / &#65279;</span><span class="
 geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other da
 ta for this location">41.993827&deg;N 21.430689&deg;E</span><span style="di
 splay:none">&#65279; / <span class="geo">41.993827; 21.430689</span></span>
 </span></a></span>). The museum has a significant selection of objects from
  Mother Teresa's life in Skopje and relics from her later life. In the memo
 rial room there is a model of her family home, made by Vojo Georgievski.</p
 >
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SUMMARY:Independence Day (Albania) (November 28th, 2026 at midnight)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>An <b>Independence Day</b> is an annual event commemorating
  the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversary" title="Anniversary"
 >anniversary</a> of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation" title="
 Nation">nation</a>'s assumption of independent <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">statehood</a>, usually a
 fter ceasing to be a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony" title="C
 olony">colony</a> or part of another nation or state; more rarely after the
  end of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_occupation" title=
 "Military occupation">military occupation</a>.</p><p>Most countries observe
  their respective independence days as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/National_Day" title="National Day">national holiday</a>, and in some ca
 ses the observance date is controversial or contested. Not all countries ob
 serve an independence day holiday, choosing to celebrate other <a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_day" title="National day" class="mw-redi
 rect">national days</a> instead of or alongside an independence day.</p>
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SUMMARY:Liberation Day (November 29th, 2026 at midnight)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Liberation Day</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Day" title="Day">day</a>, often a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Public_holiday" title="Public holiday">public holiday</a>, that marks th
 e liberation of a place, similar to an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Independence_day" title="Independence day" class="mw-redirect">independen
 ce day</a>. Liberation marks the date of either a <a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Revolution" title="Revolution">revolution</a>, as in <a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, or the end of an 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_occupation" title="Military 
 occupation">occupation</a> by another state, thereby differing from indepen
 dence in the meaning of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession" ti
 tle="Secession">secession</a> from another country.</p><p><br></p>
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SUMMARY:Christmas (December 25th, 2026 at midnight)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Christmas</b> or <b>Christmas Day</b> (<a href="http://e
 n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language" title="Old English language" cla
 ss="mw-redirect">Old English</a>: <span lang="ang" xml:lang="ang"><i>Cr&#29
 9;stesm&aelig;sse</i></span>, literally "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Christ" title="Christ">Christ</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Mass_(liturgy)" title="Mass (liturgy)">mass</a>") is an annual commemora
 tion of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nat
 ivity of Jesus">the birth</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesu
 s" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ" ti
 tle="Christ">Christ</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</sp
 an></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CathChrit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-CathChrit-5"><span>[</span>6
 <span>]</span></a></sup> celebrated generally on <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a><sup id="cite_r
 ef-altdays_1-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr
 istmas#cite_note-altdays-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id=
 "cite_ref-Jan7_2-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Christmas#cite_note-Jan7-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id
 ="cite_ref-4Dates_3-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Christmas#cite_note-4Dates-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> a
 s a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_festival" title="Religi
 ous festival">religious</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultu
 ral_Christian" title="Cultural Christian">cultural</a> <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a> by billions of peopl
 e <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide" title="Christm
 as worldwide">around the world</a>. A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Feast_day" title="Feast day" class="mw-redirect">feast</a> central to the 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Ch
 ristian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical_year" title="L
 iturgical year">liturgical year</a>, it closes the <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Advent" title="Advent">Advent</a> season and initiates the <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas" title="Twelve
  Days of Christmas">twelve days</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Christmastide" title="Christmastide">Christmastide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-
 CRI-Christmastide_6-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Christmas#cite_note-CRI-Christmastide-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span><
 /a></sup> Christmas is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holid
 ay" title="Public holiday">civil holiday</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/List_of_holidays_by_country" title="List of holidays by country"
 >many of the world's nations</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>8<s
 pan>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span
 ></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup
 > is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,<sup id="cite_ref
 -nonXians_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chri
 stmas#cite_note-nonXians-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id=
 "cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris
 tmas#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_re
 f-11" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cit
 e_note-11"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup> and is an integral part
  of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season"
  title="Christmas and holiday season">Christmas and holiday season</a>.</p>
 <p>The precise year of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_
 Jesus#Birth" title="Chronology of Jesus">Jesus' birth</a>, which some histo
 rians place between 7 and 2 BC, is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="ref
 erence"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-12"><span
 >[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AUC_13-0" class="refer
 ence"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-AUC-13"><sp
 an>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup> By the early-to-mid 4th century, <a h
 ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Chri
 stianity">Western Christianity</a> had placed Christmas on December 25, a d
 ate later adopted in the East.<sup id="cite_ref-Chrono354_14-0" class="refe
 rence"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-Chrono354-
 14"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SusanKOrigins
 _15-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#ci
 te_note-SusanKOrigins-15"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> The date
  of Christmas may have initially been chosen to correspond with the day exa
 ctly nine months after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciati
 on" title="Annunciation">Annunciation</a>, the date Christians believe Jesu
 s to have been conceived,<sup id="cite_ref-bib-arch.org_16-0" class="refere
 nce"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-bib-arch.org
 -16"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup> as well as the date of the <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_solstice" title="Southern sols
 tice">southern solstice</a>, i.e., the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Roman_calendar" title="Roman calendar">Roman</a> <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice" title="Winter solstice">winter solstice</a>)
 , with a sun connection being possible because Christians consider Jesus to
  be the "Sun of righteousness" prophesied in <a rel="nofollow" class="exter
 nal text" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20
 Malachi&amp;verse=4:2&amp;src=ESV">Malachi 4:2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bib-ar
 ch.org_16-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ
 mas#cite_note-bib-arch.org-16"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
  id="cite_ref-Newton_17-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.o
 rg/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-Newton-17"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></
 sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-18"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup><sup
  id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C
 hristmas#cite_note-19"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cit
 e_ref-SolInvictus_20-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Christmas#cite_note-SolInvictus-20"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a>
 </sup></p>
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SUMMARY:New Years Day (January 1st, 2027 at midnight)
URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/New-Years-Day
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>New Year's Day</b> is observed on January 1, the first d
 ay of the year on the modern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregoria
 n_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> as well as th
 e <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian cale
 ndar">Julian calendar</a> used in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anc
 ient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">ancient Rome</a>. With most countries using
  the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year's Day is the close
 st thing to being the world's only truly global public <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a>, often celebrated wi
 th <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks" title="Fireworks">firew
 orks</a> at the stroke of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight" t
 itle="Midnight">midnight</a> as the new year starts. January 1 on the <a hr
 ef="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">J
 ulian calendar</a> currently corresponds to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Old_New_Year" title="Old New Year">January 14</a> on the Gregorian c
 alendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" title="Eastern Orthodox" class="
 mw-redirect">Eastern Orthodox</a> churches celebrate the <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year" title="New Year">New Year</a>. New Year's Day
  is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_holiday" title="Postal h
 oliday">postal holiday</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni
 ted_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" cl
 ass="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day#cite
 _note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p><p>The Romans dedicated
  this day to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus" title="Janus">Jan
 us</a>, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings. After Julius Caesar reform
 ed the calendar in 46 BC and was subsequently murdered, the Roman Senate vo
 ted to deify him on the 1st January 42 BC <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="refer
 ence"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day#cite_note-1"><
 span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> in honor of his life and his institu
 tion of the new rationalized calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day#cite_note-2"><span
 >[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> The month originally owes its name to th
 e deity Janus, who had two faces, one looking forward and the other looking
  backward. This suggests that New Year's celebrations are founded on pagan 
 traditions. Some have suggested this occurred in <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/153_BC" title="153 BC">153 BC</a>, when it was stipulated that 
 the two annual <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consul" title="Consul"
 >consuls</a> (after whose names the years were identified) entered into off
 ice on that day, though no consensus exists on the matter.<sup id="cite_ref
 -3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Da
 y#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> Dates in March, coin
 ciding with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox" title=
 "March equinox">spring equinox</a>, or commemorating the <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Annunciation</a> of 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, along
  with a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the <a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</
 a>, though calendars often continued to display the months in columns runni
 ng from January to December.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:n
 owrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed
 " title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs reference
 s to reliable sources from April 2012">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup
 ></p>
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SUMMARY:International Women's Day (March 8th, 2027 at midnight)
URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/International-Womens-Day
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>International Women's Day</b> (<b>IWD</b>), originally c
 alled <b>International Working Women&rsquo;s Day</b>, is marked on <b><a hr
 ef="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_8" title="March 8">March 8</a></b> e
 very year.<sup id="cite_ref-UN_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/International_Womens_Day#cite_note-UN-0"><span>[</span>1<s
 pan>]</span></a></sup> In different regions the focus of the celebrations r
 anges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards wo
 men to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievement
 s. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the cultu
 re of many countries, primarily <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easte
 rn_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a>, <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, and the former <a href=
 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_bloc" title="Soviet bloc" class="mw-re
 direct">Soviet bloc</a>. In many regions, the day lost its political flavou
 r, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in
  a way somewhat similar to a mixture of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Mother%27s_Day" title="Mother's Day">Mother's Day</a> and <a href="http:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day" title="Valentine's Day">Valentin
 e's Day</a>. In other regions, however, the original political and human ri
 ghts theme designated by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_N
 ations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> runs strong, and politica
 l and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out 
 and examined in a hopeful manner.</p><p>The first <i>national</i> Women's D
 ay was observed on 28 February 1909 in the United States following a declar
 ation by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Ameri
 ca" title="Socialist Party of America">Socialist Party of America</a>.<sup 
 id="cite_ref-UN_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/International_Womens_Day#cite_note-UN-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a
 ></sup> In August 1910, an International Women's Conference was organized t
 o precede the general meeting of the Socialist <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Second_International" title="Second International">Second Interna
 tional</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Cope
 nhagen">Copenhagen</a>. Inspired in part by the American socialists, German
  Socialist Luise Zietz proposed the establishment of an annual 'Internation
 al Woman's Day' (singular) and was seconded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Communist" title="Communist" class="mw-redirect">communist</a> <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Zetkin" title="Clara Zetkin">Clar
 a Zetkin</a>, although no date was specified at that conference.<sup id="ci
 te_ref-kaplan_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 International_Womens_Day#cite_note-kaplan-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span><
 /a></sup> Delegates (100 women from 17 countries) agreed with the idea as a
  strategy to promote equal rights, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.o
 rg/wiki/Suffrage" title="Suffrage">suffrage</a>, for women.<sup id="cite_re
 f-iwd_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat
 ional_Womens_Day#cite_note-iwd-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> T
 he following year, on 18 March, 1911, IWD was marked for the first time, by
  over a million people in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" ti
 tle="Austria">Austria</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" t
 itle="Denmark">Denmark</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" 
 title="Germany">Germany</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switz
 erland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. In the Austro-Hungarian Empire
  alone, there were 300 demonstrations.<sup id="cite_ref-kaplan_1-1" class="
 reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Womens_Day#c
 ite_note-kaplan-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> In Vienna, women
  paraded on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringstrasse" title="R
 ingstrasse" class="mw-redirect">Ringstrasse</a> and carried banners honouri
 ng the martyrs of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune" 
 title="Paris Commune">Paris Commune</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kaplan_1-2" class
 ="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Womens_Day
 #cite_note-kaplan-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> Women demanded
  that women be given the right to vote and to hold public office. They also
  protested against employment sex discrimination.<sup id="cite_ref-UN_0-2" 
 class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women
 s_Day#cite_note-UN-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Americans con
 tinued to celebrate National Women's Day on the last Sunday in February.<su
 p id="cite_ref-kaplan_1-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.o
 rg/wiki/International_Womens_Day#cite_note-kaplan-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]
 </span></a></sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>In many countries, <b>Teachers' Days</b> are intended to be
  special days for the appreciation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Teacher" title="Teacher">teachers</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/World_Teachers%27_Day" title="World Teachers' Day">World Teachers' Day</
 a> is celebrated across the world on October 5. Ever since the importance o
 f teachers has been recognized by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNE
 SCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>, by adopting the &ldquo;Recommendation conce
 rning the status of teachers&rdquo;, World Teachers' Day has been celebrate
 d annually.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Teacher%27s_Day#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>
 </sup> This includes celebrations to honor the teachers for their special c
 ontribution in a particular field area or the community in general.</p><p>T
 he idea of celebrating Teacher's Day took ground independently in many coun
 tries during the 20th century; in most cases, they celebrate a local educat
 or or an important milestone in education (for example, Argentina commemora
 tes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Faustino_Sarmiento" title
 ="Domingo Faustino Sarmiento">Domingo Faustino Sarmiento</a>'s death on Sep
 tember 11 since 1915,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teacher%27s_Day#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]<
 /span></a></sup> while India celebrates <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Dr._Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan" class
 ="mw-redirect">Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a>'s birthday on September 5 s
 ince 1962<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Teacher%27s_Day#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></
 sup>). These two factors explain why almost all countries celebrate this da
 y on different dates, unlike many other International Days.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_culture" titl
 e="Islamic culture"><span style="color:white; font-size: 165%;"><b>Islamic 
 culture</b></span></a><br><br></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Category:Arabic_architecture" title="Category:Arabic architecture"><span st
 yle="color:#6FADFF;">Arabic</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;"
 >&middot;</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Azer
 baijan" title="Architecture of Azerbaijan"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Aze
 ri</span></a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Islamic_archite
 cture" title="Indo-Islamic architecture"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Indo-
 Islamic</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&middot;</span> <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan" title="Iwan"><span style="color:#6
 FADFF;">Iwan</span></a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_ar
 chitecture" title="Moorish architecture"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Moori
 sh</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&middot;</span>  <a href
 ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_style" title="Moroccan style"><span
  style="color:#6FADFF;">Moroccan</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:b
 old;">&middot;</span>  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_archite
 cture" title="Mughal architecture"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Mughal</spa
 n></a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_architecture" title
 ="Ottoman architecture"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Ottoman</span></a>&nbs
 p;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&middot;</span> <a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Iranian_architecture" title="Iranian architecture"><span style
 ="color:#6FADFF;">Persian</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&
 middot;</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Somali
 a" title="Architecture of Somalia" class="mw-redirect"><span style="color:#
 6FADFF;">Somali</span></a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudano-
 Sahelian" title="Sudano-Sahelian"><span style="color:#6FADFF;">Sudano-Sahel
 ian</span></a>&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:bold;">&middot;</span>  <a hre
 f="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatar_mosque" title="Tatar mosque"><span st
 yle="color:#6FADFF;">Tatar</span></a></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Nowr&#363;z</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P
 ersian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" xml:
 lang="fa">&#1606;&#1608;&#1585;&#1608;&#1586;</span>&lrm;, <small>IPA:&nbsp
 ;</small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet
  (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for
 _Persian" title="Wikipedia:IPA for Persian">[nou&#712;&#638;u&#720;z]</a></
 span>, meaning "[The] New Day") is the name of the Iranian <a href="http://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year" title="New Year">New Year</a><sup id="cite_
 ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_
 note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> in <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Iranian_calendars" title="Iranian calendars">Iranian calendar
 s</a> and the corresponding traditional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Festivals" title="Festivals" class="mw-redirect">celebrations</a>.<sup i
 d="cite_ref-Meri_4-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Nowruz#cite_note-Meri-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> Nowruz 
 is also widely referred to as the "Persian New Year".<sup id="cite_ref-5" c
 lass="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-5">
 <span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="referenc
 e"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>
 7<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span
 ></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Nowruz#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup></p
 ><p>Nowruz is celebrated and observed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian peoples</a> and the <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Iran" title="Greater Iran">rela
 ted cultural continent</a> and has spread in many other parts of the world,
  including parts of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Asia" tit
 le="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C
 aucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Northwestern China</a>, the <a href
 ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a> and some g
 roups in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans"
 >Balkans</a>.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Easter</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_En
 glish_language" title="Old English language" class="mw-redirect">Old Englis
 h</a>: <span lang="ang" xml:lang="ang"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/%C4%92ostre" title="&#274;ostre">&#274;ostre</a></i></span>) or <b>Pas
 cha</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek
  language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el" xml:lang="el">&Pi;&#940;&sigma;&chi;&
 alpha;</span>, <i>Paskha</i>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic
 _language" title="Aramaic language">Aramaic</a>: <span lang="arc" xml:lang=
 "arc">&#1508;&#1462;&#1468;&#1505;&#1495;&#1488;</span>&lrm; <i>Pas&#7717;a
 </i>; from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="He
 brew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1508;&
 #1462;&#1468;&#1505;&#1463;&#1495;</span>&lrm; <i><a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Pesa%E1%B8%A5" title="Pesa&#7717;" class="mw-redirect">Pesa&#7
 717;</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-Etymology_0-0" class="reference"><a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-Etymology-0"><span>[</span>1<sp
 an>]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiani
 ty" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Festival" title="Festival">feast</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a> celebrating the <a href="http://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">
 resurrection of</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" title="Jes
 us">Jesus</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ" title="Christ">
 Christ</a> on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_day_in_the_Bi
 ble" title="Third day in the Bible">third day</a> after his <a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion" title="Crucifixion">crucifixion</a> at 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary" title="Calvary">Calvary</a> 
 as described in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament" ti
 tle="New Testament">New Testament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2
 <span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span>
 </a></sup> Easter is preceded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent
 " title="Lent">Lent</a>, a forty-day period of <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Fasting" title="Fasting">fasting</a>, prayer, and <a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penance" title="Penance">penance</a>. The last week 
 of Lent is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Week" title="H
 oly Week">Holy Week</a>, and it contains the days of the <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Triduum" title="Easter Triduum" class="mw-redire
 ct">Easter Triduum</a>, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau
 ndy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Maundy Thursday</a>, commemorating <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_washing" title="Foot washing">Maun
 dy</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Supper" title="La
 st Supper">Last Supper</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</sp
 an></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> 
 as well as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good F
 riday">Good Friday</a>, commemorating the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion and dea
 th of Jesus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></su
 p> Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Eastertide" title="Eastertide">Eastertide</a> or the Easter S
 eason, ending with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost_Sunday" 
 title="Pentecost Sunday" class="mw-redirect">Pentecost Sunday</a>. The fest
 ival is referred to in English by a variety of different names including <b
 >Easter Day</b>, <b>Easter Sunday</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7
 <span>]</span></a></sup><b>Resurrection Day</b> and <b>Resurrection Sunday<
 /b>.</p><p>Easter is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moveable_feast
 " title="Moveable feast">moveable feast</a>, meaning it is not fixed in rel
 ation to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_calendar" title="C
 ivil calendar">civil calendar</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">First Council of
  Nicaea</a> (325) established the date of Easter as the first <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday" title="Sunday">Sunday</a> after the <a hre
 f="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon" title="Full moon">full moon</a> 
 (the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_Full_Moon" title="Pascha
 l Full Moon">Paschal Full Moon</a>) following the northern hemisphere's <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernal_equinox" title="Vernal equinox" c
 lass="mw-redirect">vernal equinox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oikoumene.org_7-0" 
 class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-oi
 koumene.org-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> Ecclesiastically, th
 e equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, as
 tronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years), and the "Full Moon" is n
 ot necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefor
 e varies between 22 March and 25 April. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity<
 /a> bases its calculations on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jul
 ian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a> whose 21 March co
 rresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian c
 alendar</a>, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 
 April and 8 May.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>May Day</b> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May
 _1" title="May 1">May 1</a> is an ancient northern hemisphere <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(season)" title="Spring (season)">spring fe
 stival</a> and usually a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holid
 ay" title="Public holiday">public holiday</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="r
 eference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day#cite_note-0"><span>
 [</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> it is also a traditional spring holiday i
 n many cultures.</p><p>May Day is related to the <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/Celt" title="Celt" class="mw-redirect">Celtic</a> festival of <
 a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a> a
 nd the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germa
 nic peoples">Germanic</a> festival of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Walpurgis_Night" title="Walpurgis Night">Walpurgis Night</a>. May Day fall
 s exactly half a year from November 1, another <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Cross-quarter_day" title="Cross-quarter day" class="mw-redirect">
 cross-quarter day</a> which is also associated with various northern Europe
 an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism" title="Paganism">pagan</
 a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopaganism" title="Neopaganis
 m" class="mw-redirect">neopagan</a> festivals such as <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a>. May Day marks the en
 d of the unfarmable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and
  it has traditionally been an occasion for popular and often raucous celebr
 ations. As Europe became Christianized the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Paganism" title="Paganism">pagan</a> holidays lost their religious ch
 aracter and either changed into popular secular celebrations, as with May D
 ay, or were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism#Religious_sync
 retism" title="Syncretism">merged with</a> or replaced by new <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" title="Christian">Christian</a> holiday
 s as with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas
 ">Christmas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter" title="Easte
 r">Easter</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost" title="Pent
 ecost">Pentecost</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saint%27
 s_Day" title="All Saint's Day" class="mw-redirect">All Saint's Day</a>. In 
 the twentieth century, many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopagani
 sm" title="Neopaganism" class="mw-redirect">neopagans</a> began reconstruct
 ing the old traditions and celebrating May Day as a pagan religious festiva
 l again.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Easter</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_En
 glish_language" title="Old English language" class="mw-redirect">Old Englis
 h</a>: <span lang="ang" xml:lang="ang"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/%C4%92ostre" title="&#274;ostre">&#274;ostre</a></i></span>) or <b>Pas
 cha</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek
  language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el" xml:lang="el">&Pi;&#940;&sigma;&chi;&
 alpha;</span>, <i>Paskha</i>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic
 _language" title="Aramaic language">Aramaic</a>: <span lang="arc" xml:lang=
 "arc">&#1508;&#1462;&#1468;&#1505;&#1495;&#1488;</span>&lrm; <i>Pas&#7717;a
 </i>; from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="He
 brew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1508;&
 #1462;&#1468;&#1505;&#1463;&#1495;</span>&lrm; <i><a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Pesa%E1%B8%A5" title="Pesa&#7717;" class="mw-redirect">Pesa&#7
 717;</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-Etymology_0-0" class="reference"><a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-Etymology-0"><span>[</span>1<sp
 an>]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiani
 ty" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Festival" title="Festival">feast</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a> celebrating the <a href="http://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">
 resurrection of</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" title="Jes
 us">Jesus</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ" title="Christ">
 Christ</a> on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_day_in_the_Bi
 ble" title="Third day in the Bible">third day</a> after his <a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion" title="Crucifixion">crucifixion</a> at 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary" title="Calvary">Calvary</a> 
 as described in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament" ti
 tle="New Testament">New Testament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2
 <span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span>
 </a></sup> Easter is preceded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent
 " title="Lent">Lent</a>, a forty-day period of <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Fasting" title="Fasting">fasting</a>, prayer, and <a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penance" title="Penance">penance</a>. The last week 
 of Lent is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Week" title="H
 oly Week">Holy Week</a>, and it contains the days of the <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Triduum" title="Easter Triduum" class="mw-redire
 ct">Easter Triduum</a>, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau
 ndy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Maundy Thursday</a>, commemorating <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_washing" title="Foot washing">Maun
 dy</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Supper" title="La
 st Supper">Last Supper</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</sp
 an></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> 
 as well as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good F
 riday">Good Friday</a>, commemorating the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">crucifixion and dea
 th of Jesus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></su
 p> Easter is followed by a fifty-day period called <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Eastertide" title="Eastertide">Eastertide</a> or the Easter S
 eason, ending with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost_Sunday" 
 title="Pentecost Sunday" class="mw-redirect">Pentecost Sunday</a>. The fest
 ival is referred to in English by a variety of different names including <b
 >Easter Day</b>, <b>Easter Sunday</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7
 <span>]</span></a></sup><b>Resurrection Day</b> and <b>Resurrection Sunday<
 /b>.</p><p>Easter is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moveable_feast
 " title="Moveable feast">moveable feast</a>, meaning it is not fixed in rel
 ation to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_calendar" title="C
 ivil calendar">civil calendar</a>. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">First Council of
  Nicaea</a> (325) established the date of Easter as the first <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday" title="Sunday">Sunday</a> after the <a hre
 f="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon" title="Full moon">full moon</a> 
 (the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_Full_Moon" title="Pascha
 l Full Moon">Paschal Full Moon</a>) following the northern hemisphere's <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernal_equinox" title="Vernal equinox" c
 lass="mw-redirect">vernal equinox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oikoumene.org_7-0" 
 class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter#cite_note-oi
 koumene.org-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> Ecclesiastically, th
 e equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, as
 tronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years), and the "Full Moon" is n
 ot necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefor
 e varies between 22 March and 25 April. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity<
 /a> bases its calculations on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jul
 ian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a> whose 21 March co
 rresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian c
 alendar</a>, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 
 April and 8 May.</p>
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