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Marguerite Bays, OFS was a Swiss seamstress and mystic. She lived a simple life as a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and adapted the tenets of the order's charism into her o…
Christian feast day: Marguerite Bays
Our Mother of Perpetual Succour, colloquially known as Our Lady of Perpetual Help), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon and…
Christian feast day: Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Sampson the Hospitable was a citizen of Constantinople who devoted his time to serving the poor of the city.
Christian feast day: Sampson the Hospitable
Saint Zoilus is venerated as a saint by the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. Christian tradition states that he was a young man martyred with nineteen others at Córdo…
Christian feast day: Zoilus
June 26 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 28
Christian feast day: June 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Milada Horáková was a Czech politician and a member of the underground resistance movement against Nazi Germany and then against the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. She was focu…
Commemoration Day for the Victims of the Communist Regime (Czech Republic)
Public Holidays in Turkmenistan are laid out in the Constitution of Turkmenistan, which acts as a list of nationally recognized public holidays in the country.
Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art and poetry of Magtymguly Pyragy (Turkmenistan)
Helen Keller Day is a commemorative holiday to celebrate the birth of Helen Keller, observed on June 27 annually. The holiday observance was created by presidential proclamation in…
Helen Keller Day (United States)
Multiculturalism in Canada was officially adopted by the government during the 1970s and 1980s. The Canadian federal government has been described as the instigator of multicultura…
Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada)
Independence Day, observed annually on 27 June, is a national holiday in Djibouti. It marks the territory's declaration of independence from France. An independence referendum was …
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Djibouti from France in 1977
In Brazil, "Mixed Race Day" is observed annually on June 27, three days after the Day of the Caboclo, in celebration of all mixed-race Brazilians, including the caboclos. The date …
Mixed Race Day (Brazil)
National PTSD Awareness Day was officially designated in 2010 by the United States Senate with Senate Resolution 541 of the 111th Congress dedicated to creating awareness regarding…
National PTSD Awareness Day (United States)
Seven Sleepers' Day on June 27 is a feast day commemorating the legend of the Seven Sleepers as well as one of the best-known bits of traditional weather lore remaining in German-s…
Seven Sleepers' Day or Siebenschläfertag (Germany)
This following is a list of public holidays in Tajikistan:
Unity Day (Tajikistan)
Pride Month, sometimes specified as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, is a month-long observance dedicated to the celebration of LGBTQ pride, commemorating the contributions of lesbian, gay, b…
International LGBTQ Pride Day, marking the anniversary of Stonewall riots
Basilides and Potamiaena were Christian martyrs now venerated as saints. Both died in Alexandria during the persecutions under Septimius Severus.
Christian feast day: Basilides and Potamiana
Heimerad was a German priest and travelling preacher. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, with the title of Fool for Christ. His fe…
Christian feast day: Heimerad
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Pia Mastena
Pope Paul I was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the emerging Papal States from 29 May 757 to his death on 28 June 767. He first served as a Roman deacon and was frequently employed…
Christian feast day: Paulus I
Vincenza Gerosa, born Caterina Gerosa, was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Lovere that she founded alongside Bartolo…
Christian feast day: Vincenza Gerosa
Irenaeus was a Greek bishop in the second century, noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely,…
Christian feast day: Irenaeus of Lyon (Western Christianity)
June 27 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 29
Christian feast day: June 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day is a Ukrainian public holiday celebrated on 28 June since 1996. It commemorates the anniversary of the approval by the Verkhovna Rada of the Constitution of Ukrain…
Constitution Day (Ukraine)
The 1956 Poznań protests, also known as Poznań June, were the first of several massive protests against the communist government of the Polish People's Republic. Demonstrations by …
Poznań Remembrance Day (Poland)