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Legend makes Abdias first bishop of Babylon and one of the Seventy Apostles who are collectively mentioned in the Gospel of Luke 10:1–20. Saints Simon and Jude allegedly consecrate…
Christian feast day: Abdias of Babylon
Abgar V, called Ukkāmā, was an Arab King of Osroene with his capital at Edessa and described as "king of the Arabs".
Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Eadsige, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1038 to 1050. He crowned Edward the Confessor as king of England in 1043.
Christian feast day: Eadsige
Faro, Count of Guînes, was bishop of Meaux. The family to which Faro belonged is known as the Faronids and is named after him.
Christian feast day: Faro
Fidelis of Como was an Italian military saint, according to Christian tradition.
Christian feast day: Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
Firmilian, Bishop of Caesarea Mazaca from c. 232, was a disciple of Origen. He had a contemporary reputation comparable to that of Dionysius of Alexandria or Cyprian, bishop of Car…
Christian feast day: Firmilian
Francisco Serrano was a Spanish Catholic missionary in China during the 18th century. He died as a martyr in 1748 and was later canonized by the church as a saint.
Christian feast day: Francis Serrano
Saint Godwin of Stavelot was a Benedictine abbot of the monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy, Belgium, who died in 690. His feast day is October 28. His name comes from the Old English wo…
Christian feast day: Godwin of Stavelot
Job of Pochayev, to the world Ivan Zalizo, in Great Schema John was an Eastern Orthodox monk and saint.
Christian feast day: Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Simon the Zealot, also the Canaanite or the Canaanean, was one of the apostles of Jesus. A few pseudepigraphical writings were connected to him, but Jerome does not include him in …
Christian feast day: The Apostles Simon and Jude (Western Christianity)
The Lord of Miracles, also known as Christ of Miracles, is a Catholic devotion and title of Jesus Christ that is associated with a painting of Christ crucified venerated in Lima, P…
Christian feast day: Lord of Miracles (Lima)
October 27 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 29
Christian feast day: October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International Animation Day (IAD) is an international observance on October 28 that was proclaimed in 2002 by the ASIFA as the main global event to celebrate the art of animation.
International Animation Day (ASIFA)
The following table indicates declared Indonesian government national holidays. Cultural variants also provide opportunity for holidays tied to local events. Beside official hol…
Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia)
The Liberation Day of Ukraine, officially the Day of Liberation of Ukraine from Fascist Invaders, is a holiday celebrated annually on 28 October in Ukraine. It commemorates the Lib…
Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the…
Abraham of Rostov (?–1077), Archimandrite of Rostov, in the world Abercius, was born in the tenth century in Chuhloma, which is in Kostroma region near Galich, Russia.
Christian feast day: Abraham of Rostov
Public holidays in the Czech Republic are defined by Act No. 245/2000, on national (public) holidays, on other holidays, on significant days and on days off from work. In additio…
Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from…
Ohi Day is celebrated throughout Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities around the world on 28 October each year. Ohi Day commemorates the rejection by the Greek dictator Ioannis…
Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
The 1891 Mino–Owari earthquake struck the Japanese provinces of Mino and Owari in the Nōbi Plain in the early morning of October 28 with a surface-wave magnitude of 8.0 and moment…
Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
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 Chiara Badano
Saint Colman mac Duagh was born at Corker, Kiltartan, County Galway, Ireland, the son of the Irish chieftain Duac. He initially lived as a recluse, living in prayer and prolonged f…
Christian feast day: Colman mac Duagh
The Douai Martyrs is a name applied by the Catholic Church to 158 Catholic priests from Great Britain who studied at the English College, Douai and were subsequently executed by th…
Christian feast day: Douai Martyrs
Gaetano Errico, MSSCC was an Italian Catholic priest from Naples and the founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Christian feast day: Gaetano Errico
James Hannington was an English Anglican missionary and martyr. He was the first Anglican bishop of East Africa.
Christian feast day: James Hannington (Anglicanism)