Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday (also known a s Monday of the Holy Spirit) is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a movable feast in the Christian calendar. It is movabl e because it is determined by the date of Easter.
Whit Monday gets its English name for following "Whitsun", the day that became one of the three baptismal seasons. The o rigin of the name "Whit Sunday" is generally attributed to the white garmen ts formerly worn by those newly baptized on this feast.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:National Acadian Day (August 15th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/National-Acadian-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-National-Acadian-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The National Acadian Day is observed in Canada each year on Au gust 15, celebrating the Assumption of Mary. It was during th e first National Convention of the Acadians held at Memramcook, New Brunswick, in 1881 that the Acadian leaders received the mandate t o set the date of this celebration.
The choice of the date was the ob ject of a debate at the convention between those wishing for Acadians to ce lebrate June 24, Saint-Jean-Baptist e Day, and National Day of French Canadians since 1834 and National Holiday of Quebec si nce 1977, and others wishing the celebration to occur on August 15.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Okhi Day (October 28th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Okhi-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261028 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Okhi-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Ohi Day (also spelled Ochi Day, Greek: Επέτει&omicr on;ς του «'Οχι» Epeteios tou "'Ohi", Anniversary of the "No") is celebrated thro ughout Greece< /a>, Cyprus and the Gree k communities around the world on October 28 each year, to commemorate Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas' (in power from August 4, 1936 , until January 29, 1941) rejection of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussol ini">Benito Mussolini on October 28, 1940.
This ultimatum, which was presented to Metaxas by the Italian ambassador in Greece, Emanuel e Grazzi, on October 28, 1940, at dawn (04:00 am), after a party in the German embassy in Athens, demanded that Greece allow Axis forces to enter Greek terr itory and occupy certain unspecified "strategic locations" or otherwise fac e war. It was allegedly answered with a single laconic word: ό ;χι (No!) However, his actual reply was, Alors, c'est la gu erre (Then it is war).
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Christmas (December 25th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Christmas DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261225 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Christmas-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Cr
9;stesmæsse, literally "Christ's mass") is an annual commemora
tion of the birth of Jesus Christ,[5][6
] celebrated generally on December 25[2][3][4] a
s a religious and cultural holiday by billions of peopl
e around the world. A feast central to the
Ch
ristian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.[7]<
/a> Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations,[8][9][10] is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,[1][11][12] and is an integral part
of the Christmas and holiday season.
The precise year of Jesus' birth, which some histo
rians place between 7 and 2 BC, is unknown.[13]
Boxing Day is traditionally a day following Christma s when wealthy people in the United Kingdom would give a box containing a g ift to their servants.[1] Today, Boxing Day is bette r known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on December 26, or the firs t or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and some other Commonwealth nations.
In South Africa, Boxing Day w as renamed Day of Goodwill in 1994. In Ireland it is recogn ized as St. Stephen's Day (Irish: Lá Fh&eacut e;ile Stiofáin) or the Day of the Wren (Irish: Lá an Dreoilín). In the Netherla nds, Latvi a, L ithuania, Austria, Germany, Scandinavia and Poland, December 26 is celebrated as the Second Ch ristmas Day.[2]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:New Years Day (January 1st, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/New-Years-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-New-Years-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first d ay of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as th e Julian calendar used in ancient Rome. 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 holiday, often celebrated wi th firew orks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts. January 1 on the J ulian calendar currently corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian c alendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year. New Year's Day is a postal holiday in the United States.[1]
The Romans dedicated this day to Jan us, 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 < span>[2] in honor of his life and his institu tion of the new rationalized calendar.[3] 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 153 BC, when it was stipulated that the two annual consuls (after whose names the years were identified) entered into off ice on that day, though no consensus exists on the matter.[4] Dates in March, coin ciding with the spring equinox, or commemorating the Annunciation of Jesus, along with a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the Middle Ages, though calendars often continued to display the months in columns runni ng from January to December.[citation needed]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Epiphany (January 6th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Epiphany DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270106 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Epiphany-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Epiphany (Koine Greek: ἐπιφά& nu;εια, epiphaneia, "manifestation", "striking ap pearance"[1]) or Theophany< span>[2] (Ancient Greek (ἡ) Θ εοφάνεια, Τheophaneia meaning "vision of God"[3]), which traditionally falls on 6 January, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ. Western Christians commemorate principally (but not sole ly) the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the Baby Jesus , and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles. Eastern Christians commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the Son of God.[4]
Eastern Churches following the Julian Calendar observe the Theophany feast on what for most countries is 19 January[5] because of the 13-day difference today between that calendar and the generally used Gregorian cale ndar.[6]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Clean Monday (March 15th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Clean-Monday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270315 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Clean-Monday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Clean Monday (Greek: Καθαρά Δευτ έρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday , Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of the Eastern Orthodox Chris tian and Eastern Catholic Great Lent. It is a movable feast that occurs at the beginning of th e 7th week before Orthodox Easter Sunday.
The common term for this day, "Clean Monday", refers to the leaving behind of sinful attitudes and non-fasting foods. It is sometimes called "Ash Monday, " by analogy with Ash Wednesday (the day when the Western Churches begi n Lent). The term is often a misnomer, as only a small subset of Eastern Ca tholic Churches practice the Imposition of Ashes. The Maronite Catholic Church is a notable Eastern rite that employs the use of ashes on this day.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Annunciation (March 25th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Annunciation DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270325 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Annunciation-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Annunciation (anglicised from the Latin Vu lgate Luke 1:36-39 Annuntiatio nativitatis Christi), also referr ed to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary or Annunciat ion of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would con ceive and become the mother of Jesus, the Son of God, marking his Incarnation. Gabriel told Mary to name her son Jesus, meaning "Saviour". Many Christians observe this event with the Feast of the Annunci ation on 25 March, nine full months before Christmas, the birthday of Jesus. Ac cording to Luk e 1:26, the Annunciation occurred "in the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy with Joh n the Baptist.[3]
Approximating the northern vernal eq uinox, the date of the Annunciation also marked the New Year in many places, including England, where it is called Lady Day. Both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chu rches hold that the Annunciation took place at Nazareth, but differ as to the precise location. The Basilica of the Annunc iation marks the site preferred by the former, while the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annu nciation marks that preferred by the latter.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Independence Day (Greece) (March 25th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Independence-Day-GR DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270325 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Independence-Day-GR-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually a fter ceasing to be a colony or part of another nation or state; more rarely after the end of a military occupation.
Most countries observe their respective independence days as a national holiday, 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 national days instead of or alongside an independence day.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Good Friday (March 26th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Good-Friday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270326 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Good-Friday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:April 6 (Western)
Good Frida
y (from the senses pious, holy of the word "good"),[1] is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is ob
served during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday pr
eceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Je
wish observance of Passover. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Fri
day, Black Friday,[2
Easter (Old Englis
h: Ēostre) or Pas
cha (Greek: Πάσχ&
alpha;, Paskha; Aramaic: פֶּסחא Pasḥa
; from Hebrew: פ&
#1462;ּסַח Pesa
717;)[1
Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in rel ation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox.[8] 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. Eastern Christianity< /a> bases its calculations on the Julian calendar whose 21 March co rresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the Gregorian c alendar, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 April and 8 May.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Easter Monday (Western) (March 29th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Easter-Monday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270329 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Easter-Monday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Easter Monday (also known as Egg Nyte) is the day after Eas ter Sunday and is celebrated as a holiday in some largely Christian cultures, especially Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox cultures. Easter Monday in the R oman Catholic liturgical calendar is th e second day of the octave of Easter Week and analogously i n the Eastern Orthodox Church is the second day of Bright Week.
Forme rly, the post-Easter festivities involved a week of secular cel ebration, but in many places this was reduced to one day in the 19th centur y. Events include egg rolling competitions and, in predominantly Roman Catholic countries, dousing other peopl e with water which traditionally had been blessed with holy water the day bef ore at Easter Sunday Mass and carried home to bless the house and food.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260514T134546Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Labour Day (May 1st, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Labour-Day-May1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270501 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Labour-Day-May1-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celeb rate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight- hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours fo r recreation, and eight hours for rest.
Celebrating the Australian labour movement, the Labour Day public holiday is fixed by the various state a nd territory governments, and so varies considerably. It is the first M onday in October in the Australian Capital Te rritory, New South Wales and South Australia. In both < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In Western Australia, Lab our Day is the first Monday in March. In both Queensland and the No rthern Territory, it is the first Monday in May.
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