Christian feast day: October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
October 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 3
Christian feast day: October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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October 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 3
Christian feast day: October 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Gandhi Jayanti is a national holiday in India, celebrated annually on 2nd October to honour the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the key leaders of the Indian independence movement …
Gandhi's birthday-related observances: Gandhi Jayanti (India)
Grandparents' Day or National Grandparents' Day is a secular holiday celebrated in various countries; it is celebrated to show the bond between grandparents and grandchildren. It o…
National Grandparents Day (Italy)
Abd al-Masih, born Asher ben Levi, is described as a saint and martyr in early Christianity. The name Abd al-Masih means "servant/slave of the Messiah" in Arabic.
Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih
There were two abbots of Disentis Abbey named Adalgott, both venerated as Catholic saints. They are sometimes confused in later historical writing, despite living approximately 130…
Christian feast day: Adalgott
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on …
Christian feast day: Blessed Szilárd Bogdánffy
International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It was established on 15 June 2007 according to United Nations General Assembly resoluti…
Gandhi's birthday-related observances: International Day of Non-Violence
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country located in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the no…
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea from France in 1958
International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It was established on 15 June 2007 according to United Nations General Assembly resoluti…
International Day of Non-Violence
Dionysius the Areopagite was an Athenian judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, who lived in the first century. A convert to Christianity, he is venerated as a saint by multiple C…
Christian feast day: Dionysius the Areopagite
The 'Two Hewalds' were Saint Hewald the Black and Saint Hewald the White, Anglo-Saxon martyrs in Old Saxony about 692. Both bore the same name, but were distinguished by the differ…
Christian feast day: Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair
Francis Borgia, was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson of both Pope Alexander VI and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, he was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After the d…
Christian feast day: Francis Borgia
Saint Gérard founded Brogne Abbey and reformed eighteen others according to the Benedictine Rule.
Christian feast day: Gerard of Brogne
Hesychius of Sinai was a hieromonk of Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai, and an ascetic author of the Byzantine period in literature.
Christian feast day: Hesychius of Sinai
Théodore Guérin was a French-American Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, based in Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.
Christian feast day: Théodore Guérin
Maximian of Bagai was a 5th century bishop of Bagai in Roman North Africa. His life shows the extent that the religious schism in Roman North Africa could become violent.
Christian feast day: Maximian of Bagai
October 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 4
Christian feast day: October 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The 3 October Festival is a festival in Leiden, the Netherlands. It is held annually during the days leading up to the 3rd and often concludes that evening or the following day. Ob…
3 October Festival (Leiden, Netherlands)
John Raleigh Mott was an American evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received …
Christian feast day: John Raleigh Mott (Episcopal Church)
German Unity Day is the National Day of Germany, celebrated on 3 October as a public holiday. It commemorates German reunification in 1990 when the German Democratic Republic cease…
German Unity Day (Germany)
Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters, produced by Lorne Michaels, written by Tina Fey and starring Lindsay Lohan. The supporting cast includes Rac…
Mean Girls Day
Public holidays in Honduras are primarily centered on Christianity and the commemoration of significant events in Honduran history. Each celebration is very important to many fami…
Morazán Day (Honduras)
This is a list of public holidays in Iraq.
National Day, celebrates the independence of Iraq from the United Kingdom in 1932.
Gaecheonjeol is a public holiday in South Korea on 3 October. Also known by the English name National Foundation Day, this holiday celebrates the legendary formation of the first K…
National Foundation Day or Gaecheonjeol (South Korea)